Autumn Terrace Affordable Housing
Autumn Terrace is a 100-unit LEED Platinum certified
affordable housing project located along the Sprinter rail link in the heart of
San Marcos. Autumn Terrace was designed
to place housing around a large “L”-shaped open space with a direct view of
Mount Diablo. The Community Center plaza
was planted with broad canopy flowering trees and the central green with a
drought tolerant grass. A bio-retention
swale and pond were designed to treat run-off and provide both quality and
quantity stormwater management measures for the site. The project included
preparation of off-site Community Facility District improvement construction,
irrigation and planting plans for Autumn Drive and Lowery Lane (Tiger Way). The
on-site work included enhanced pavements, high quality playground equipment,
premium site furnishings and an attractive water conserving landscape.