Pike Station

Seven green townhomes situated on the corner of 34th Ave and E. Pike St. at the gateway to the vibrant Madrona business district in Seattle.

In partnership with Shilshole Development, construction was slated to begin in early 2009 on six live — work townhomes and one residential loft in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle. The present economic landscape has the project on hold.

Six units will have a ground floor retail space with a 2 story, 2BR, 1 ½ BA loft apartment above.

An elevated walkway connects the living spaces and views down onto the open courtyard.

Each of the seven units will have access to a semi-private rooftop garden that will have specially designed raised planting beds with soil 12 inches deep to allow for food growth. The one residential unit will have the same layout and amenities, minus the ground-floor retail space. The buildings will be oriented onto the sidewalk on the corner of 34th and E. Pike in an L — shape and have an interior courtyard with pervious paving. Each unit will have tall window bays allowing for maximum natural lighting and solar heat gain on the concrete floors. Strategic screening, a thermal chimney and radiant floor heating control the temperature in the units.
The ground floor retail spaces will open into the courtyard. Natural, sustainable materials will be used extensively throughout the project and rooftop rainwater will be captured and stored in a cistern under the courtyard. The rainwater will be filtered to potable standards for use in the apartments. City water will augment the system. Greywater from the units will first flow through a natural sand filtration field  and then be directed into a Living Fence around the south and east courtyard perimeter. This two-step system will filter and polish the effluent before it flows into a buried holding tank for non-potable interior uses  and irrigation of the non-food landscaping.

Photovoltaic arrays will power the common lighting and the pumps of the waterworks. The apartments are designed to accommodate future PV additions. The architect for the project is atelierjones llc, the structural engineer is Peter Opsahl Engineering and Civil Engineering by  LPD Engineering

Residential entrance along E. Pike St. Thirteen foot windows into the studio retail spaces welcome light and pedestrians.