Lodge Evanston / ISA - Interface Studio Architects

Responsive Infill - Lodge Evanston revived an abandoned church structure in downtown Evanston, Illinois, transforming it with a new addition into 30 apartments a few blocks from Northwestern University as well as a transit line connecting to downtown Chicago. Straddling the boundary between low-density residential urban fabric to the west and a large-scale commercial and institutional mixed-use zone to the east, the project preserved a key piece of Evanston's historic fabric while adding housing density with a diverse mix of unit types on an underutilized and transit-adjacent lot.