PLACE LOUVERTURE

The South Florida Community Land Trust is the only established organization in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties committed to long-term housing affordability. The Place L’Ouverture housing project began with a public charrette with residents of Little Haiti to gain insight on a collective vision for their dream home and what will be Little Haiti’s first Community Land Trust (CLT)homeownership development. Our partnership currently is working towards efficiently developing 13 units in the the small vacant site, in the heart of Little Haiti. Our studio’s design envisions the maximization of common neighborhood areas and custom, cost-efficient railing to express a connection with Haiti’s tradition of the custom guardrail iron work that made its way into recognizable Louisiana architecture and other areas of the Caribbean.  Units feature skylights to bring natural light into narrow spaces.