CRATE Modular was selected by Daylight Community Development to fabricate 47 cold-formed steel (CFS) framed, permanent housing units for low income seniors in the heart of Koreatown in Los Angeles.
The project, named the McDaniel House, is the first CRATE project to use the company’s newest product – modules made from cold-formed steel (CFS) framing.
“This is a groundbreaking project for CRATE because of our expansion into cold formed steel modules,” said Amanda Gattenby, vice president of development at CRATE.
“While we’ve already been using steel in the fabrication of our recycled shipping containers,” Gattenby says, “adding this new product to our lineup will enable us to offer even more customization and flexibility in how we can manufacture modular solutions for our clients, like Daylight.”
The McDaniel House is named in honor of actress Hattie McDaniel.
Project Honors Actress Hattie McDaniel
The McDaniel House is named in honor of actress Hattie McDaniel, who successfully fought to reverse restrictive housing covenants in the neighboring West Adams community of Los Angeles.
The project is part of a $120 million grant under the city of Los Angeles’ Proposition HHH housing bond to bring affordable housing to underserved areas in Los Angeles.
The McDaniel House consists of 107 cold-formed steel (CFS) framed modular units. Credit: Studio One Eleven
CFS Frames 107 Modular Units
The McDaniel House consists of 47 units, 38 studios, seven one-bedrooms and two two-bedrooms, with 1,888 square feet of community amenity space all within 107 CFS-framed modular units.
Studio One Eleven designed the building, which scales down toward adjacent single-level structures, and uses open stairs to maintain usable floor area for housing. Open spaces will include a rear yard, a courtyard, and a rooftop garden.
Fabrication of the modular units will begin in February 2022. Delivery is set for Spring 2022.
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Additional Resources:
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