Providence House is a non-profit which provides social services including transitional housing to formerly incarcerated women. As part of an organization-wide review, the leadership committed to studying the potential of one of their greatest, underutilized assets: property on Lexington Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. ESKW/Architects was engaged to provide a comprehensive Feasibility Study. The feasibility study took a three-part path:

• Study and identify successes and challenges in both Providence House and other similar housing and administrative programs.

• Gather and analyze data from constituents with lived experience.

• Test fit and develop viable mission-responsive schemes.

Client: Providence House.
Program: residential (supportive housing).
Size: 48,000 SF, 6 stories.
Team: Owners Representative: Denham Wolf. Housing Consultant: AL Consulting.