ECHO

PASSIVE HOUSE — GREEN BUILDING — MISSING MIDDLE Housing

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

The Echo apartments is a certified Passive House, with design complete on the new 10-unit apartments in Seattle’s Lake Union neighborhood.

This apartment building will replace an existing single-family structure in this residential urban village, adding missing-middle housing. It utilizes the stacked flats concept which pushes the bounds of the single-family envelope but maintains an urbanism-friendly street frontage. The two homes on the ground floor are both fully accessible. And, the top two units have high ceilings with lofted sleeping areas.

Green Design: Echo is a Design Certified Phius (Passive House Institute US) Core 2021 project; specific elements include: thermal control, airtightness and moisture control, balanced ventilation, high-performance glazing; also pursuing 5-Star Built Green