Winslow Commons

Bainbridge Island, Washington

16 cohousing homes and a common house around a wooded lane.

Two cedar-clad timber terraces with deep porches along a pedestrian lane under tall firs.

The lane and porches, looking toward the common house.

Type

Housing

Status

On site

Place

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Year

2023–2027 (expected)

Area

1,900 m² / 20,450 ft²

Client

Winslow Commons Cohousing

Team

Ada Okoro, Priya Raman, Ben Rosen

Images

AI-generated imagery

Brief

A group of 16 households wanted their own homes, a shared common house with a kitchen, and to keep as many of the existing trees as they could.

Site

Three acres of second-growth forest near the ferry, with wet winters and mild summers.

Approach

Homes are set in two short terraces along a pedestrian lane, with cars kept at the edge. The common house sits where the lane widens. Walls and floors are cross-laminated timber, clad in cedar. Deep porches face the lane, so neighbors meet on the way home.

Outcome

On site. Completion expected in 2027.

Site plan, 1:500

Raised view over the roofs of two cedar-clad terraces, the lane between them and the common house among tall firs.

The two terraces and the common house among the firs.

A row of deep timber porches across the pedestrian lane, with a planted rain garden in front.

Porches along the lane.

Section through the lane and porches, 1:100

The common house kitchen and dining room under an exposed timber ceiling, a long table beside a big window onto the lane and firs.

A cedar-clad porch with a built-in bench, sword ferns in a rain garden and wet gravel in front.

The gravel lane at dusk between two rows of cedar-clad homes, porch lights glowing on both sides under tall firs.

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