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Homes That Heal

The Haven Homes project is an effort to develop new ways for housing to better serve individuals and society. So far, through this project we have built two trauma recovery housing facilities for women:

Haven House

A safe, relaxing group home for women undergoing partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient trauma recovery therapy. Designed for health, harmony, and happiness with emphases on natural materials, art immersion, and animal companionship.

Cloud Nine Studios

Small, quiet apartments with nearly all the features of a full home, sized for a single individual. Designed especially for long-term healing from serious trauma for women who wish to live on their own or with up to three cats.

What Makes These Homes Different?

Living in these homes is unlike being anywhere else. Some of these differences come from management practices, like our quiet policy or the free benefits for people with cats. Hundreds of other differences are built into the environment to create a truly unique living experience. These differences fall into three broad categories:

Trauma-Informed Design

Trauma-informed design is a multidisciplinary approach to creating spaces that are safe, supportive, and conducive to healing for individuals who have experienced trauma. Here, practically all aspects of the environment have been made through the lens of trauma-informed design, ensuring its most basic tenets were followed before branching out.

Therapeutic Artwork

Building on this foundation, we aimed to create an inherently therapeutic environment, i.e., one where people experience specific, measurable psychological benefits. Specifically, we set out to identify the most prevalent barriers that could possibly be mediated through environmental changes and take steps in the home environment to help break down those barriers.

Animal Support

Animal-supportive homes move beyond an human-centric view to embrace a more inclusive design philosophy that recognizes and values the place of animals within our built environment. Haven House and Cloud Nine Studios include several features of animal-supportive architecture that integrate the living needs of cats into the home, which, collectively, have significant therapeutic value for the residents as well.

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-[[File:Highgate Exterior 1.jpg|thumb|right|Street view of Haven House]]<!--[[File:Gray.png|thumb|right|Video: Haven Homes Project Overview]]-->The Haven Homes [[About the Project|project]] aims to convince large-scale real estate developers to build [[BASH|Broad Appeal Specialty Housing]] ([[BASH|BASH)]] to reduce problems caused by growing homeownership costs.
+[[File:Highgate Exterior 1.jpg|thumb|right|Street view of Haven House]]<!--[[File:Gray.png|thumb|right|Video: Haven Homes Project Overview]]-->
+==Homes That Heal==
+The [[About the Project|Haven Homes project]] is an effort<!--part of an [[BASH|effort]]--> to develop new ways for housing to better serve individuals and society. So far, through this project we have built two trauma recovery housing facilities for women:<!--The Haven Homes project is an experiment in socially beneficial architecture that so far has resulted in the construction of two trauma recovery housing facilities for women:-->
-To prove the [[BASH]] concept, we are building homes that model how specialty features can be cost-effectively incorporated into new commercial multi-family as well as existing residential housing, creating homes that are lifechanging to certain people, yet still appeal to a general audience.
+=== [[Haven House]] ===
+A safe, relaxing group home for women undergoing partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient trauma recovery therapy. Designed for health, harmony, and happiness with emphases on natural materials, art immersion, and animal companionship. <!--([[Haven House|More Info]])-->
-For our first housing projects, we have focused on two specialties: trauma-informed housing and pet-friendly housing.
+=== [[Cloud Nine Studios]] ===
+Small, quiet apartments with nearly all the features of a full home, sized for a single individual. Designed especially for long-term healing from serious trauma for women who wish to live on their own or with up to three cats. <!--([[Cloud Nine Studios|More Info]])-->
-To that end, we followed principles of [[Trauma-Informed Design|trauma-informed design]] to make homes that can help their inhabitants feel better and heal. Furthermore, we developed several new animal-centric [[Architecture for Animals|architectural concepts]] that benefit not just the people and pets who will live in these homes, but also the property owners, making these features financially viable for rental properties and affordable housing projects.
-===Homes That Heal===
-==== [[Haven House]] ====
-A safe, relaxing group home for women undergoing <!--partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient care-->long-term care for trauma. Designed for health, harmony, and happiness with emphasis on natural materials, art immersion, and animal companionship. <!--([[Haven House|More Info]])-->
-==== [[Cloud Nine Studios]] ====
-Small apartments with nearly all the features of a full home, sized for a single individual. Designed especially for women recovering from trauma who wish to live on their own or with 1-3 cats. <!--([[Cloud Nine Studios|More Info]])-->
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 The first of these complexes is [[Lion Canyon]]: A quiet enclave of boutique homes conceived around the ideas that homes can help heal their inhabitants and that pets are essential members of the household, and as such designed to take care of the needs of cats as well as the humans who live with them.
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 File:Gray.png|link=Cloud Nine Studios|[[Cloud Nine Studios]] - Under construction
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-===Notes to Prospective Tenants===
+===Notes to Prospective Residents===
-What sets these homes apart? Here are [[Info_for_Prospective_Tenants|12 reasons you might want to live at Lion Canyon]].
+What sets these homes apart? Here are [[Info_for_Prospective_Residents|12 reasons you might want to live at Lion Canyon]].
 This website is not complete; however, there is enough information available to share it in its imperfect state.
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-===Architecture for Animals===
+==What Makes These Homes Different?==
+Living in these homes is unlike being anywhere else. Some of these differences come from management practices, like our quiet policy or the free benefits for people with cats. Hundreds of other differences are built into the environment to create a truly unique living experience. These differences fall into three broad categories:<!--
+Beyond several unique site policies and benefits, hundreds of other differences are built into the environment. These differences fall into three broad categories:-->
+====[[Trauma-Informed Design]]====
+Trauma-informed design is a multidisciplinary approach to creating spaces that are safe, supportive, and conducive to healing for individuals who have experienced trauma. Here, practically all aspects of the environment have been made through the lens of trauma-informed design, ensuring its most basic tenets were followed before branching out.
+====[[Therapeutic Artwork]]====
+Building on this foundation, we aimed to create an inherently therapeutic environment, i.e., one where people experience specific, measurable psychological benefits. Specifically, we set out to identify the most prevalent barriers that could possibly be mediated through environmental changes and take steps in the home environment to help break down those barriers.
+====[[Animal-Supportive Homes|Animal Support]]====
+Animal-supportive homes move beyond an human-centric view to embrace a more inclusive design philosophy that recognizes and values the place of animals within our built environment. Haven House and Cloud Nine Studios include several features of animal-supportive architecture that integrate the living needs of cats into the home, which, collectively, have significant therapeutic value for the residents as well.<!--
+Creating an animal-supportive home requires a multifaceted approach to architectural and design practices that prioritizes the well-being of animals alongside those of humans.
+Haven House and Cloud Nine Studios include several features of animal-supportive architecture that integrate the living needs of animals into the home. Although these features are all designed to benefit animals, living in an animal-supportive home has enormous therapeutic potential, because not only can it improve the experience of living with animals, but far more importantly, it can allow some people to have all the benefits of animal companionship who otherwise could not due to the challenges that come with trauma recovery.
+Animal-supportive architecture moves beyond a human-centered view to recognize and value the place of animals within our built environment. Also known as animal-centered design or animal-aided design, ASA represents a multifaceted approach to architectural and design practices that prioritizes the well-being and needs of animals alongside those of humans.
 Below are some of the animal-friendly features developed through this project, which are available at [[Haven House]] or [[Cloud Nine Studios]]:
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