CITYSPACE Studios®
1367 University

1367 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702

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Small rooms or dwellings set the mind on the right path, large ones cause it to go astray.

- Leonardo da Vinci

Background Info

Individual studios, with a courtyard design, have direct access to the outside, and each unit receives light and air from two sources. There are community spaces for residents and offices for on-site services. 

 

Background on the project:

https://sfyimby.com/2023/10/groundbreaking-for-affordable-housing-in-north-berkeley.html

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2020/07/10/a-mini-urban-miracle-new-berkeley-homeless-housing-could-be-model-for-the-state

 

Working-class housing in Mexico with similarities:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-01-10/how-vecindades-design-shaped-mexico-city-life-history