1 Design Team
The design team shared a vision for a transformative design for Austin
Austin United was the first INVEST South/West site to be awarded and reviewed by the new Committee on Design of the Department of Planning and Development, and is currently under construction.
The goal of this project was to create a place that is not only in Austin but and for Austin. A localized design that celebrates Austin through art, architecture, and a compelling narrative. A CDC model that owns, operates, and profits from the commercial/retail spaces. The landscaped courtyard creates new public green space and hub for Chicago Avenue in Austin.
Latent Co-Designed the project led by Valerio Dewalt Train with an emphasis on Public Interiors & Community Engagement.
The design team shared a vision for a transformative design for Austin
The new massing reinterprets the Historic Laramie State Bank to anchor a new community courtyard.
Access to public green space in Austin was a fundamental goal for this project
The park features rotating perforated walls to secure for the residents at night
Treating the Bank part of the composition
This scheme imagined a thru lobby with retail facing Chicago Avenue
The building offers a mix of 1,2,+3 bedroom apartments
“We want to create a safe, comfortable, accessible, vibrant, + attractive pedestrian environment, a worthy Gateway to the Soul City Corridor”