Housing is a human right. Fighting for tenants rights along with four floors and corner stores across Portland for all ages, wages and stages of life. 🏘️
Portland: Neighbors Welcome
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Congratulations Sam, McKaden, Alyanna, and Adam! Stay tuned as we share more incredible projects from the competition! 🙌
Their design preserves the autonomy and familiarity of a house while achieving the efficiency of dense urban living through shared spaces, natural light, and cross-ventilation.
Sam Hewitt, McKaden Tigue, Alyanna Mercado, and Adam Martin designed Shuffle on Sunnyside: a Neighborhood in One Lot — bridging the cultural preference for single-family living with the need for density, sustainability, and affordability.
Single-stair reform would allow better multifamily homes on smaller lots: more daylight, larger units, smarter layouts. And Portland could make it happen through a simple non-legislative action.
Students were challenged to design a single-stair building on a real lot in Portland's Inner Eastside, imagining what's possible if Portland modernized its building code to match Vancouver, WA (legalized this year) and Seattle (legalized since 1977!).
Next up in our student project showcases from the design competition we co-organized with @strongtownspdx.bsky.social: a 🏆 Third Place finish from Team MAAS!
