Paseo Senter

San Jose CA | Completed 

2008

Gallery | Details
Entrance to the community center at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.

The community center entrance is framed by a dramatic woven screen.

Image Credit
Jeffrey Peters/Vantage Point Photography​
This affordable housing district is organized around a main street linking the facing arterial roadway to the Coyote Creek Park green space.

Though this connecting passageway allows access by cars, it is designed to calm traffic and prioritize the pedestrian experience. Lined at ground level with active uses, the paseo bustles with the activity of entry stoops, a community room, a library, leasing offices, social worker support spaces, a neighborhood-serving child-care center, an American Indian Educational Program center, and a grandparent caregiver center. Framing the paseo, the two residential buildings feature embedded garages wrapped with homes above streetside service spaces.


Project Details

Project Number
20218

Address

1898 Senter Road
San Jose, CA
United States


Paseo Senter
https://www.dbarchitect.com/PaseoSenter

Status
Completed
2008

Number of Units
1 Bedroom
46
2 Bedroom
105
3 Bedroom
67

Total 218

Density Ratios
Project
437,144 sf
Site
207,781 sf
Acres
4.77
Units per Acre
46

Parking
Parking Spots
414
Parking Type
 embedded

Recognition

Awards
AIA/HUD Secretary’s Housing Community by Design Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing Design
American Institute of Architects / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Award of Merit in Housing and Community Development
NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials)
2009 Design Excellence Awards—Affordable Housing Honorable Mention
Multi-Housing News Magazine
Residential Architect Design Award—Merit
Residential Architect Magazine
2008 Structures Award—Community Impact
Silicon Valley Business Journal
2007 Structures Award—Affordable Housing Development of the Year
Silicon Valley Business Journal

Team

Client
Paseo Senter, L.P.
Nonprofit Housing Developer
Charities Housing
Developer
The CORE Companies
Architect
David Baker Architects
Landscape Architect
CMG Landscape Architects
Structural Engineer
OLMM Consulting Engineers
Lighting Designer
Horton Lees Brogden
Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer
Belden
Contractor
CORE Builders
Civil Engineer
Giuliani + Kull

Keywords

Affordable

Project Gallery

Aerial plan image for Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Aerial view of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
View of the curved entry bay at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
View of the curved entry bay at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Street view of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view at dusk at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view at dusk at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Aerial view of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view of the entrance to Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view of the entrance to Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Entrance to the community center at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view of the community rooms woven screen at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Walkway along Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Interior of a community room inside Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
The pool at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
View of the pool at dusk at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
View of the pool at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
View of the courtyard pool at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Poolside courtyard at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Pool courtyard at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Man jumping into the pool at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California
Man getting out of the pool at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California
Open walkway at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Service spaces along Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Open community space and small play area at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Small child play area at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior view of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Elevation exterior at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Aerial view of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Kitchen and living room interior at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Two children standing in front of art at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Children playing in a classroom at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Children jumping in the classroom at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Two children playing in a sandbox at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Young girl sliding down the slide in a princess costume at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Child playing on the playground at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Three children and mom posing on the playground at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Mother holding her baby on the playground at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior rendering of the community room for Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Exterior rendering of the lobby at Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Blue, green and pink courtyard sketch for Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Sketch of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Aerial rendering of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Aerial context for the site of Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Sketch of the site for Paseo Senter in San Jose, California showing the land swap.
Ground level site plan for Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.
Upper level site plan for Paseo Senter in San Jose, California.