The Eaves

Project Design

The Eaves was originally intended to be a mixed-income, coliving community by Treehouse Hollywood developer Prophet Walker and his partners, who have set a high bar for carefully curated, coliving environments.

In the process of development, its use changed, becoming 100% affordable housing with permanent supportive services, through a partnership with LA4LA, a private-public housing accelerator. It now provides permanent homes for people in the City of LA’s Inside Safe program, which moves occupants of tents and encampments into temporary shelter in hotels and motels.

The six-story building contains mostly suites of several bedrooms, each with a common kitchen and living room, and four studios. Residents share amenities such as a ground floor lobby and a sixth-floor shared dining hall with an outdoor deck with a lush garden designed with Mark Thomann/WILDING X WHY.

Project architect Nicole Comp says the architectural vision was to create a place that feels like a home, from the entrance to the top. She and her team chose materials like cedar siding and board and batten on the facades, along with “aesthetically appealing finishes, chic furnishings, artsy lighting fixtures, and an abundance of greenery from the front of the building to the secret garden on the rooftop, which is truly the icing on the cake. There is a variety of seating options, plants and sensory enhancing materials. This amenity provides a place to escape the stresses of co-living and a chance to be outdoors. It also changes the narrative on what affordable housing looks like by emphasizing the importance of nature in everyone’s lives.”

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Top: The Eaves, rooftop. Photo by Cheron Hall. Bottom left, The Eaves, street-facing façade. Bottom right, the Akin team. Photos by Jordan Adero.