2853 WEST BLVD

This six-story, 36,000-square-foot multifamily development is more than a housing project; it vibrantly showcases a new way of building.

Developed in collaboration with West Modular Manufacturing, the project served as the foundational design vehicle for launching a new steel volumetric fabrication facility. The design and engineering work were developed in parallel with the factory itself, allowing both to evolve together. At its core, the project tested whether a standardized, repeatable kit-of parts system could deliver code-compliant, market-quality housing at scale; and demonstrated that it can.

The client's challenge was twofold: demonstrate the viability of the manufacturing operation while producing a genuinely replicable design system; one flexible enough to serve varied unit mixes and sites, yet disciplined enough to realize the cost and schedule efficiencies that make modular construction compelling. The project needed to function simultaneously as a real building as well as be replicable for the broader system it would help define.

The solution is an elegantly simple module logic. The 22-unit building is conceived as a co-living community, offering a range of unit sizes designed to accommodate shared living arrangements; a unit mix made possible precisely because the system was designed for flexibility from the outset. Bolt-on balconies and exterior common elements follow the same additive principle. Elevator cores, egress stairs, and utility rooms are fully integrated into the module set, eliminating coordination gaps between structure and services.

Critically, the system extends to the sub-component level. Bathroom layouts, cabinetry, and kitchen configurations are proportioned as reusable parts; a library of interior elements that can be carried forward into future projects without re-engineering from scratch. The result is a compounding return on design investment: each new project built on the system benefits from the refinements of every project before it.

The building conforms to TOC Tier 3 development incentives, is composed of 54 steel volumetric modular units on a Type IIB over Type IA podium, and includes rooftop amenity space and 11 on-grade parking spaces.