rha-Sunset gardens
Awards: 2024 Governor’s Smart Communities Award
Location: Renton, Washington
Client: Renton Housing Authority
Completed: 2024
This affordable housing project focuses on providing housing for veterans, and new office space for the Renton Housing Authority. A Veteran’s Memorial Garden on the north side of the site is accessible to everyone. Proposed improvements on site and in the R.O.W. include new sidewalks and planting areas, adding more vegetation to the site and improving the pedestrian experience. A plaza at the southwest of the site highlights the corner with signage, site furniture, and planting. The level 2 tenant courtyard allows for a generous outdoor common space with several seating areas, raised planters with trees, shrubs and groundcover, and raised planters for tenant gardening. Bioretention planters treat stormwater from the site.