Humboldt Park Health Housing

The HPH Affordable Housing is a centerpiece in Humbolt Park Health’s masterplan vision for a more accessible, streamlined, and inclusive hospital campus. Located in the West side of Chicago, Humboldt Park is known for its dynamic social and ethnic demographic change over the years. The affordable housing scheme is set to be one of the anchors of the Humboldt Park Health & Wellness district. Nested between an existing hospital and the expansive Humboldt Park in Chicago, the HPH Affordable Housing bridges the historic nature of the neighborhood with the progressive and healthy life style promoted by Humboldt Park Health. Designed to address the need for nearby affordable housing opportunities for many of HPH’s hospital staff, the project includes 100+ affordable housing units of one-to-three-bedroom apartments with accompanying parking and amenity spaces as well as commercial, community amenity and terrace spaces overlooking the neighborhood. The project also includes the small park to the West of the site that is being redesigned to serve staff and families in the area.

Adorned with brightly colored panels, the building is both eye-catching and contextual. In acknowledgement of the building’s location between the hospital’s institutional buildings and blocks of single-family residences, the massing is arranged as a four-story mid-rise that shifts back to align with the neighboring setbacks. Across from the hospital the tower rises to overlook the park and the Chicago skyline in the distance. The façade blankets the housing in a gradient that draws from the hospital building’s historic red brick and the blues and greens from Humboldt Park Health’s branding. The result is a nod to HPH’s past and its vision for the future. In addition to the residences, the building hosts indoor parking for the residents, several community spaces, a small commercial space on the ground floor, and amenity rooms that access views to all sides as well as an expansive roof deck over the mid-rise portion of the building.

The HPH Affordable Housing project proposes a vivacious and personalized vision for affordable housing, ideal for staff, locals, and families seeking a convenient and rooted home in the Humbolt Park Health community. This development will serve as one of the beacon projects introducing vivid and energetic spaces to Humboldt Park. Featuring bountiful public amenities and affordable rental units, the project will be part of the next wave of innovation and progress on the West side.