I'-Sah'-Din'-Dii Housing Development
Mescalero, NM
Mescalero, NM
Completed while working at Atkin Olshin Schade Architects
Role in Project: Design, Product research, illustration, Construction Documents
The I-sah’-Din’-Dii Housing Development is located within the Mescalero Apache Tribal Reservation on land abutting natural forest areas. Thirty new homes and a community center are situated adjacent to an existing 32-unit development and connect to the nearby K-12 school. Many of the housing units and the community center have an east entry, which is the traditional orientation for ancestral nomadic Apache dwellings.
south facade
entrance to community center
surrounded by the mountains
PROJECT FACTS
30 mixed-income rental housing units and Community CenterNM MFA Tax Credit project, #1 applicantAll homes are oriented for passive solar heating and coolingLow-impact developmentSIP construction for high efficiency envelopeFeatured on Native America Calling radio
30 mixed-income rental housing units and Community CenterNM MFA Tax Credit project, #1 applicantAll homes are oriented for passive solar heating and coolingLow-impact developmentSIP construction for high efficiency envelopeFeatured on Native America Calling radio
