Architects:Studio Twenty Seven Architecture

Area :10033 m²

Year :2018

Photographs :Anice Hoachlander, Hoachlander Davis Photography

Lead Architects :John K Burke, Principal, Niki Livingston, Jim Spearman, Allyson Klinner

MEP Engineer :Meta Engineers

Civil Engineers :Christopher Consultants

Landscape Engineers :Clinton & Associates

Structural Engineer : Ehlert Bryan

City : Washington

Country : United States

A housing community is the latest reincarnation of this one hundred and ten-year-old structure. Built by J. Edward Chapman in 1908 over the remnants of his horse stable destroyed by fire and his old coal yard sales shed, Chapman Coal Company Garage and Stables represents a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history and embodies distinctive characteristics of early twentieth century life in Washington, DC. For these reasons the building and site are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The identity of the new housing community is derived from this rich history.

The design includes a five-story addition to the site that totals 114 affordable and market-rate living units. The development celebrates this historic resource by preserving the early 20th cen-tury light industrial detailing of the building. The lobby is now located off the shaft that was used as an automobile elevator to lift Ford Model-Ts and other vehicles to their service bays. Former automotive service spaces with terrazzo floors have become living units opening to a densely planted front garden.