A collaboration between the Native American Youth and Family Center, Native American Rehabilitation Association and Community Development Partners, Nesika Illahee provides 59 units of native-specific affordable housing in NE Portland. An exterior plaza and large community room help facilitate connections among residents and to the greater neighborhood. On site counseling services will be provided to those in NARA's rehabilitation program.
Large folding doors and a continuous wood trellis serve to transition the interior community room to the exterior plaza. Curvilinear benches and radial concrete scoring serve to make the space inviting and engaging.
Work performed by Brendan Sanchez as a project architect while at Carleton Hart Architecture.