Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing
We are especially passionate about working on affordable housing projects.
As a teenager, our Founder, Thuy was inspired by her instructor to take the path of architecture. However, this period of time in her life was a tough one. With the loss of her sister, and the financial burdens that followed, it left her family without a home. That experience fueled Thuy’s desire to help the homeless and people in need. Eventually, her architectural influence led to her decision to study Civil Engineering at Cal Poly SLO and became a licensed Structural Engineer!
In recent years, Thuy and the ESE team have worked on several affordable housing projects, including multi-unit residences and senior housing developments. We continue to do our part to implement solutions to resolve the ever-growing housing crisis in the Bay Area. She considers these to be some of her greatest successes and finds it to be “great for the spirit.” Thuy continues to be motivated by the energy and enthusiasm of her team and encourages them all to “Dream big!”
Serenity Senior Housing, East Palo Alto, CA
This senior housing project was the winner of the 2018 Silicon Valley Business Journal's Structural Award! This four-story building with "tuck-under" parking has a total of 80 units, each floor consists of 15 apartments including 14 one-bedroom units and 1 two-bedroom unit. Also included the design of a community room, laundry room, computer lab, youth program room and administrative offices.
Fetters Apartments, Sonoma, CA
Phase 1 of the planned neighborhood hub of the Sonoma Springs Mixed-Use project is a 60 unit affordable housing project consisting of, five three-story residential buildings and a single-story community center which is approximately 63,000 sq ft in total.
Stevenson Terrace, Fremont, CA
This new Affordable Housing Project in Fremont includes one, two, and three bedroom units, for a total of 80 units in a 4-story elevator-served building designed to incorporate the use of rooftop solar energy panels. The ground floor plan will include a lobby, administrative offices, community room, computer lab, and service spaces.
Garland Plaza, Sunnyvale, CA
This project consisted of a new community building and remodel/addition of the existing two-story apartment building of 20 units at approximately 15,000 sq ft. Originally built in 1959, the existing building will also underwent voluntary seismic upgrades to enhance the seismic performance of the building and carports, utilizing ASCE 31 along with rooftop solar panels.
Woodland Apartments, East Palo Alto, CA
This renovation project began with the structural retrofit of a 23 unit, three- story apartment building with tuck-under parking. New entry deck and moment frames were added at the first floor to resolve the soft-story condition (approximately 28,000 sf).
Mosaic Gardens-Phase 1, Redwood City, CA
This complete renovation project consists of 55 units. Three, two-story buildings were redesigned with cosmetic, structural, and seismic upgrades to the original construction from the early 1960's, and a new single-story community building was added.
