Project: Arrowhead Gardens
Address: 9200 2nd Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106
Type: Mixed-Use Apartments
Services: Architecture
Description: Arrowhead Gardens provides 449 affordable rental housing units for independent seniors. Two large residential buildings and one mixed-used building are configured around a Village Center community building and extensive landscaped courtyards. The density of the site development has been mitigated through thoughtful attention given the design of open spaces, views and vistas, connectivity between buildings, and a variety of community gardens and gathering spaces throughout the project.
Residential amenities include penthouse community sunrooms and rooftop terraces located in each of the buildings and extensively landscaped courtyards with walking trails, water features and pea-patch gardening. The centrally located Village Center contains formal and informal community gathering spaces, media room, craft room, computer lab and fitness center, as well as the management and leasing offices and on-site manager residences.
Sustainable practices included rainwater and groundwater “harvesting” for the majority of the site’s irrigation needs and electric plug-in vehicles available for use by residents.
