Outpost 44 is a multi-family development designed to embrace Bend, Oregon’s culture of outdoor recreation. Scott Edwards Architecture’s concept is based on supporting the active lifestyles of residents and building a community around it. Different residential and amenity building typologies are connected by a central woonerf, or, a “street for living” that activates the corridor leading from common spaces to homes. 

Elevated workshop materiality and a focus on connecting the interior spaces with the exterior create seamless indoor/outdoor integration and demonstrate this place’s “outpost” name. A wilderness outpost represents a jumping-off point into the next adventure, a haven in an otherwise remote swath of land. Here, one can rest, observe the landscape, and prepare for a journey—connotations not lost on SEA as we approached the design.