2016 Directory

39 standard communal gyms to include educational spaces with programs for and by the residents, community gardens with advisors to promote healthy eating, communal kitchens, and outdoor cinemas. Unique to Freight Res- idences is a shipping container pool and a community recreation room, designed as a learning and play space. • Innovative building design considers circulation strategies that go beyond the standard double loaded corridors to create entry conditions with individuality and a sense of privacy, which can make an apartment unit feel like a private home. At Freight Residences, stacked, repeating modules of 18-foot sections are accessed through private gardens creating a sense of a townhouse configuration. Innovation should extend to unit design to create flexibility. The unit designs for Freight Residences are flexible, including spaces such as crib rooms that can alternatively be used as home offices. Only one hallway, the length of the four-story building exists to access the one bedroom apartments and top floor units. In most parts of the country, we are in the middle of a housing boom that will hopefully be used as an opportunity to repair community fabric and mend social ills. Dynia Architects, in concert with our development partners, is com- mitted to designing quality housing projects. We strive to enhance communi- ties and promote social connectivity, while at the same time delivering timeless and innovative work. b Sectional Unit Diagram of Freight Residences Green space is a vital part of successful multi-family design. At Freight Residences, private garden patios are featured on the ground floor. Steel siding covers the entire building façade of Freight Residences. The maintenance free durability of the siding is sustainable and durable. Garage Doors in all units connect the interior spaces to the outdoors and provide natural ventilation at Freight Residences.