Beaverton Congregate Shelter

This shelter is an adult low barrier congregate shelter that will support our houseless neighbors throughout Beaverton and Washington County providing meals, showers, and shelter year round. The Ink Built team worked alongside an advisory committee of highly-experienced shelter providers and folx with lived experience to establish the project goals, program, and layout of the shelter space through collaborative design charrettes and frequent reviews. This collaboration paired with our deep commitments to sustainability and inclusive trauma-informed design will result in a shelter model that is exemplary and transformative.

Prioritizing resident experience through a lens of understanding, the project team realized that to markedly improve shelter outcomes; a sense of safety, belonging, and autonomy were key to meeting people where they are and to make them feel truly supported and willing to participate. By providing opportunities for respite, access to nature, and semi-private sleeping pods without bunks; this shelter puts user experience first, understanding that successful transitions into permanent housing and a flourishing future comes down to dignity. In this way, budget choices are prioritized around people understanding that inequity must be corrected through investment.