Monterey Hotel Renovation: Chief Seattle Club and Monterey Lofts
(Monterey Hotel)
Overview
Location: Seattle, WA
Building type(s): Assembly, Multi-unit residential
21% new construction, 78% renovation of a historic 1890 building, last renovated in 1984
28,000 ft2 (2,600 m2)
Project scope: a single building
Urban setting
Completed February 2008
The Monterey Hotel, a historic masonry building, was significantly damaged during the 2001 Nisqually earthquake and sat unoccupied until this renovation. The renovation, which included a full seismic and architectural building-system upgrade, reclaimed the building for the Chief Seattle Club and the Monterey Lofts.
The Chief Seattle Club is an outreach center that provides a safe place for low-income and homeless Native Americans to obtain basic needs such as hot meals, showers, clothing, healthcare, and counseling to address employment, housing, and drug-use issues. The Monterey Lofts, which occupies the second and third floors, is a market-rate apartment complex with 11 units.
Environmental Aspects
The mixed-use project is located in an urban area within walking distance of public transportation. The building also provides showers for guests and occupants who arrive by foot or bicycle. The project features water-efficient plumbing fixtures, and captured rainwater is reused for flushing toilets and at hose bibs at the roof decks.
The project team preserved the entire brick envelope and maintained or reused more than half of the existing floor plates. Where the project needed new materials, the team preferred products with recycled or rapidly renewable content. Much of the project is daylit, and operable windows provide fresh air in good weather. The Chief Seattle Club uses 100% outside air ventilation. All paints used in the project are low in chemical emissions.
The project team upgraded the thermal performance of the building envelope and replaced all existing single-pane windows with double-glazed window systems. Solar hot-water panels preheat water for domestic use and for space heating. In addition, a heat exchanger transfers heat from wastewater lines to incoming water lines. Other energy strategies include extensive daylighting, operable windows, heat-recovery ventilation, Energy Star appliances, and occupancy sensors for the electric lighting.
Owner & Occupancy
Owned and occupied by Chief Seattle Club (ground floor) and Steve Romein (upper floors), Corporation, nonprofit
Typically occupied by 16 people, 120 hours per person per week; and 130 visitors per week, 2 hours per visitor per week
Building Programs
Indoor Spaces:
Living quarters (52%), Circulation (15%), Dining (7%), Other (7%), Office (4%), Public assembly (4%), Lobby/reception (3%), Conference (2%), Classroom (2%), Restrooms (2%), Mechanical systems (1%), Electrical systems (1%)
