"Cúre & Penabad develops mixed-use housing unit in Overtown PROJECT PEACH is a mixed-use infill development by Cúre & Penabad located along NW 14th Street in Overtown, . Conceived in response to the city's intersecting challenges of affordability, climate resilience, and urban density, the project proposes a compact building type that integrates community-serving programs with affordable housing on a small urban parcel."
"The project occupies a 3,500-sqft site, approximately half the size of a typical residential lot in Miami, and introduces a model largely absent from the city's contemporary development patterns: a mixed-use residential building on a narrow infill site. Developed as the new headquarters for CATALYST Miami, a nonprofit organization focused on strengthening grassroots networks, the building combines micro-retail at ground level, office and communal spaces on the second floor, and three affordable housing units above."
"Overtown, historically one of Miami's most significant Black neighborhoods, experienced prolonged decline following mid-20th-century infrastructure and land-use policies that disrupted its urban fabric. PROJECT PEACH positions small-scale development as a means of reinvestment, using architectural form and programmatic density to support community presence rather than displacement. Affordable housing is treated as a core design component rather than a secondary addition, directly integrated with spaces dedicated to local services and employment."
PROJECT PEACH is a compact mixed-use infill building by Cúre & Penabad on a 3,500-sqft lot along NW 14th Street in Overtown. The program stacks micro-retail at ground level, office and communal space on the second floor, and three affordable housing units above, and serves as CATALYST Miami's headquarters. The design centers a compact courtyard to support natural ventilation, daylight, and social interaction, reducing mechanical loads and creating shared interior-exterior conditions suited to Miami's climate. The project prioritizes reinvestment in Overtown by integrating affordable housing with local services and employment to support community presence rather than displacement.
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