Cloud Nine Studios

A Quiet Place to Thrive

Cloud Nine Studios is a collection of small, quiet apartments with nearly all the features of a full home, sized for a single individual. These homes were designed especially for long-term healing from serious trauma for women who wish to live on their own or with up to three cats.

The construction of Cloud Nine Studios was completed in 2026.

Trauma-Informed Design

These homes were built from the ground up to take care of an individual and make her feel better, with the psychological impact of every last decision as a primary concern. Details everywhere are designed to make residents feel safe and secure, make sure they're comfortable, and encourage healthy habits. Furthermore, they are fully-furnished with nearly every home good a person would need, reducing stress and setting residents up for success.

One of the most impactful features is the overall design concept, as these are highly functional homes built for one. As it stands, a person who wants to live by herself has limited options, each with severe drawbacks. Homes with nice amenities are typically huge to maximize property value; however, small spaces are much better for trauma recovery. Meanwhile, small homes typically have stripped-down features, but people recovering from trauma need an environment that's better than normal, not worse. None of these options match the requirements of a person living on her own, which leads to additional problems that just make recovering from trauma even harder.

The apartments Cloud Nine Studios, on the other hand, are designed specifically for just one person. Furthermore, these are highly engineered environments where every cubic inch has been carefully considered to maximize functionality and therapeutic benefit. The leads to an environment ideal for trauma recovery: Small enough to feel manageable and cozy, but packed with features that help people to sleep well, eat healthy, stay organized, and keep a clean home.

Beyond these healthy habits, living in an environment that feels "just right"—like it was made just for someone like her—can have a powerfully positive impact on the mental wellbeing of people who are struggling with low senses of self-worth, purpose, or belonging. To that end, these homes were designed to fit residents like gloves tailored just for them, leading to these benefits along with high degrees of comfort and satisfaction.

For more, see Trauma-Informed Design.

Therapeutic Modalities

Purpose-built architecture allowed features like to enable Ideal Self-Portrait modality, which relies not only on , but very specific alcove, door, wall, and window placement

Recovery Pathway, Ideal Self-Portrait

Haven House is full of artistic elements designed to make residents feel better and help them overcome psychological barriers to therapy. Throughout the home, digital art displays can be easily updated to provide a constantly stimulating environment without disrupting familiarity. In common areas, works of high art have been carefully chosen and placed to communicate crucial mental health concepts, which can be all be explored on-demand. Then there is the Journey Nexus, a collaborative creative space that gives residents a place to display their own artwork surrounded and supported by the work of dozens of local female artists in support of their healing.

For more, see Therapeutic Modalities.

Animal-Supportive Architecture

Entire building designed around the needs of animals from the start. Convertible Litter Closets, integrated Bowl Basin, whole building designed around a ventilation system that allows individuals to live with multiple cats in a small space Lunar Beacon, designed to be beneficial to humans as well as cats

Having a pet in the home has several benefits that help people heal from trauma, but the practical challenges that come with animals typically preclude them from being a part of trauma recovery therapy. However, Haven House has been designed to solves these problem by integrating the living needs of cats into the home in a way that allows them to be a positive part of a group living environment without causing disruption.

Haven House was built for flexibility, with five ventilated areas for litter boxes and ten different configurations for cat-safe living environments using a special gate and various combinations of bedrooms, allowing a cat to provide companionship to just one resident or the entire household.

For more, see Animal-Supportive Homes and Animal-Supportive Architecture.

Photo Gallery

Please Note: No images of the front of the home are shared here due to privacy concerns.