Ankeny Row Cohousing

A sustainable urban community designed for cooperative aging in place

Location | Portland, Oregon
Project Type | Multi-Family Residential
Size  |  Six units, each 1400 SF
Completion  |  2015

Architecture | Jan Fillinger, architect-of-record; Daryl Rantis and Dylan Lamar, design architects; Dylan Lamar, project manager
Interior Designer  |  2Yoke Design
Passive House Cons. | Dylan Lamar, CPHC
Contractor  |  Green Hammer
Certifications |  Passive House, Net Zero Energy, WaterSense

Photography | Green Hammer

Imagined as an urban community for retiring couples who wanted to age in place, Ankeny Row Cohousing is a pocket development of townhomes designed to foster an environmentally conscious community of friends-as-neighbors.

Spread over a quarter-acre in inner-southeast Portland, Oregon, the development is made up of six housing units, a community building, and a central courtyard with a community garden.

Designed with both a modern sensibility, and a nod to traditional craftsman style, the development blends seamlessly into the surrounding neighborhood.

Ankeny Row is designed to Universal Design Principles, meaning it provides a safe, healthy and accessible living environment regardless of the residents age, or physical ability.

Intended to foster a low impact and sustainable lifestyle, the buildings are both high performance and highly accessible. Designed to the rigorous Passive House standard, the buildings require very little energy for heating and cooling, while a solar array on the roofs supplements most of the community’s electricity needs.