Waterloo Terrace

Photo by Paul Bardagjy

Work

Home Sweet Home: Much needed housing for Austin’s community

The opening of Waterloo Terrace is a huge and important step toward achieving the City of Austin’s affordability goals, and ensuring Austin remains a welcoming community for everyone.”

District 7 Councilmember Leslie Pool

The four-story Waterloo Terrace is the seventh supportive housing community developed by Foundation Communities. The multi-family residential building comprises of 132 living units, case management offices, fitness center, computer room, pet grooming space, and a courtyard. Qualified tenants can reside at the facility without time limits.

DCI designed the foundation, stud and shear wall, and overall framing plans. The engineering team detailed a steel canopy which includes sloping wide-flange columns and a supporting concrete feature wall to create a covered outdoor entry space. Steel and glulam transfer beams were used to create open ground floor amenity spaces and support conventional wood framing for the above residential spaces.

Location:

Austin, Texas

Square Feet:

101,710

Stories:

Service:

Structural

Industries:

Multi-Family Residential, Sustainable Design

Primary Material:

Concrete, Steel, Wood

Project Highlights

The design team also worked with the LEED consultant to implement concrete specification updates and advanced wood framing techniques.
Concrete specification updates included implementing minimum recycled material contents and maximum sourcing distances.
The site sloped approximately 15 feet from the highest to lowest point which required stepped retaining walls and footings to support the building superstructure.