On an empty lot next door to a popular craft brewery, the Blockhouse team wanted to build housing that would fit a buzzing Spokane (WA) neighborhood. They carefully placed micro and skinny units around some oldgrowth trees to create a pocket neighborhood (interior gathering spaces for the community), leaving just a few parking spaces at the property’s edge.

The Blockhouses were partially prefabbed making it easier to save the trees from crosslaminated timber (CLT) that serves as both structure and interior cladding. The wood, sourced from smalldiameter and sometimes diseased or dead trees, helps to clear the local national forest for forest fires.

They covered the entire roof of Perry Street Brewery with solar panels in order to achieve netzero status. Each of the eight units from the 960squarefoot skinny homes to the 260squarefoot micro studios has a smart wall that helps to control climate based on use and weather conditions.

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