2009 AIA/HUD Secretary's Housing and Community Design Award

CamargoCopeland Architects

Honored for : Homeless Assistance Center of Dallas

(Homeless Assistance Center of Dallas, Texas, known as The Bridge meets the growing concerns of homelessness in Dallas. A safe haven and focus for services for more than 6,000 homeless, it empowers chronic and newly homeless to come off the streets and sustain permanent housing in order to live productively. Since opening in May, the Bridge has been more successful than anticipated. Widely accepted by the homeless, a facility designed for 400 now handles up to 1000 people a day, and more than 500 individuals have received training, counseling, secured employment or permanent housing. Results are tangible and the surrounding neighborhood is revitalizing; crime has reduced by eighteen percent. The Bridge proves that shelters should not be isolated, but an integrated part of our community.)

CamargoCopeland Architects

Honored for : Homeless Assistance Center of Dallas

(Homeless Assistance Center of Dallas, Texas, known as The Bridge meets the growing concerns of homelessness in Dallas. A safe haven and focus for services for more than 6,000 homeless, it empowers chronic and newly homeless to come off the streets and sustain permanent housing in order to live productively. Since opening in May, the Bridge has been more successful than anticipated. Widely accepted by the homeless, a facility designed for 400 now handles up to 1000 people a day, and more than 500 individuals have received training, counseling, secured employment or permanent housing. Results are tangible and the surrounding neighborhood is revitalizing; crime has reduced by eighteen percent. The Bridge proves that shelters should not be isolated, but an integrated part of our community.)

The Gatehouse

(Project Place \u2013 Gatehouse of Boston, Massachusetts, is a new 6-story mixed-use building developed by a non-profit agency that helps men and women experiencing homelessness reestablish themselves in society by offering job training, work experience, education, housing, and support services. The building contains 14 units of affordable SRO apartments on the top two floors, a multi-function space for community use, and a ground floor commercial restaurant space, which subsidizes the rent for the building\u2019s SRO units and is a job generator for the neighborhood. This sustainable building, currently pending LEED certification, includes two geothermal wells which provide this on-profit agency with an energy efficient means of heating and cooling the building, thus allowing the agency to help the environment, reduce their operating budget, and preserve more funds for their ongoing programming efforts.)

The Gatehouse

(Project Place \u2013 Gatehouse of Boston, Massachusetts, is a new 6-story mixed-use building developed by a non-profit agency that helps men and women experiencing homelessness reestablish themselves in society by offering job training, work experience, education, housing, and support services. The building contains 14 units of affordable SRO apartments on the top two floors, a multi-function space for community use, and a ground floor commercial restaurant space, which subsidizes the rent for the building\u2019s SRO units and is a job generator for the neighborhood. This sustainable building, currently pending LEED certification, includes two geothermal wells which provide this on-profit agency with an energy efficient means of heating and cooling the building, thus allowing the agency to help the environment, reduce their operating budget, and preserve more funds for their ongoing programming efforts.)