Otak Architecture 2025
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTFOLIO
At Otak Architecture, our mission is to collaborate through design to enrich the human experience. Our vision is rooted in integrity, creativity, and bold design—values that guide us as we forge new paths with resilience and purpose to deliver transformational solutions. At the core of everything we do are the values of collaboration, design, enrichment, integrity, creativity, resilience, purpose, and sustainability, which inspire us to build not just structures, but stronger, more vibrant communities. Our shared purpose as an integrated design team is to connect people to place so they feel a lasting sense of pride and delight in their communities. This is reflected in the legacy of our built projec ts and is an approach that we continue to refine in the work that we pursue. Since 1981, our integrated design approach to placemaking has been essential to our collaboration with clients on multifamily, mixed-use, suburban, and urban developments. The end result is projects that can be readily implemented since they are rooted in a deep understanding of the needs of today’s consumers and their communities.
OUR WHY
Otak is about people.
Our values don’t end or begin in the workplace.
We value the places we live, work, and play, and the people who make these places a community. We work in teams that share our values, and working together with clients, partners, and colleagues, we create places that enrich our lives and the lives of future generations. We live these values every day through our work, charitable activities, and how we spend our time with family and friends.
We are realizing communities and places that once could only be imagined.
Our values form the basis for the projects we plan, design, and manage – from public building and civic spaces, to natural systems of wetlands, rivers and woodlands, to national parks and neighborhood playgrounds, to privately funded buildings that define our public spaces. In all of our work, our core values guide us to deliver more than just projects; we create communities and places that will preserve the environment and benefit people for many years to come.
Why we come to work.
We strive for excellence in everything we do. We build lasting relationships with the people we work with – from clients, to partners and colleagues. We pursue growth through learning and doing. We do work that enriches the communities where we live, work, and play. We deliver great projects. We come to work every day to enjoy and engage in that journey.
We are Otak.
PRESERVATION
ENRICH LIVES
OTAK IS ABOUT PEOPLE
LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY
COMMUNITY
EXCELLENCE
PROJECTS CHARITABLE
LIVE OUR VALUES
LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
CIVIC SPACES
FUTURE GENERATIONS
SUSTAINABILITY
FAMILY
DESIGN
LEARNING NATURAL SYSTEMS
PURSUE GROWTH
ECO-FRIENDLY WORKING TOGETHER TOGETHER
PARTNERS CREATE TEAMS PLAN, DESIGN, AND MANAGE
DELIVER GREAT GROWTH GROWTH
PROJECT CONTROLS
Otak’s recent acquisition of Tarr Whitman Group (TWG), an advanced project controls firm, enables us to unveil a new practice area to better serve our clients and aid them in making informed, data-driven decisions at all stages of a project’s lifecycle.
PM/CM & OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE
Otak’s construction management and inspection services team provides clients with the tools to keep their projects on track. From design development through project closeout, we work as part of the project team.
SURVEY & MAPPING
By relaying the relationship between locations, conditions, and uses of the land, our team ensures success. Otak is a pioneer in electronic data accumulation and its translation into formats for many applications.
WATER & NATURAL RESOURCES
As available land diminishes, Otak’s water and natural resources staff documents environmental conditions and fully satisfies reporting criteria for compliance requirements at the local, state, and federal levels.
Otak ensures that our local infrastructure supports the homes in which we live, the water and utility systems that keep our cities running, and the transit systems that ease congestion.
CIVIL ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION
Otak’s structural and bridge designers offer the expertise necessary to accommodate our often-aging road systems while being mindful of cost, safety, and how each structure fits within its environment.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
We believe the most successful communities are those that provide a mix of housing choices at all levels of income and integrate different levels of affordability. Working with developers to provide affordable housing to communities with the most need aligns directly with our culture and mission. We are compelled to use this integrated approach to economic, environmental, and social well-being in placemaking that our multi-disciplinary professionals are passionate and motivated to create.
Wecoma Place
Lincoln City, OR
SIZE: 44 unit
CLIENT: Stewardship Development
AWARD: 2025 DJC Oregon TopProject
The Yards at Union Station Portland, OR
SIZE: 5,500 residential units, 2 million sf of commercial space
CLIENT: GSL Properties, Inc.
Lot 5 - The Yards at Union Station
Portland, OR
SIZE: 95, 824 sf
CLIENT: GSL Properties, Inc.
Fields Apartments
Tigard, OR
SIZE : 827,640 sf, 6 Buildings, 242 Units
CLIENT: DBG Properties, LLC
AWARD: DJC Oregon TopProject finalist
FIELDS APARTMENTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
13 West Apartments
Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 82,170 sf; 96 units
CLIENT: DBG Properties, LLC
15 West Apartments
Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 134,835 sf; 120 units
CLIENT: DBG Properties, LLC
WA
SIZE: 86 units, 86,389 sf
CLIENT: Palindrome Communities, LLC
AWARD: DJC Oregon TopProject finalist, 2023
Residences at Arnada Vancouver,
The Byway at Wood Village Wood Village, OR
SIZE: 135,000 sf + 8,400 sf of leasable retail space; Includes a 184-unit multifamily mixed-use development
CLIENT: Atkins and Dame
AWARD: DJC Oregon TopProject finalist, 2022
Roseburg, OR
SIZE: 144 units
CLIENT: Wishcamper Development
Sunshine Park Apartments
Center Commons
Portland, OR
SIZE: 314 units
CLIENT: LNR Affordable Housing, Portland Development Commission
AWARD: AIA + HUD Award, Excellence in Affordable Housing Design
The
Buckley Portland, OR
SIZE: 47 units
CLIENT: Palindrome Communities, LLC
Houston, TX
SIZE: 72 units
CLIENT: Stewardship Development
Saddle Creek Village
Residences at Falcon Park
Phoenix, AZ
SIZE: 192 units
CLIENT: Palindrome Communities, LLC
Amity Orchards
Beaverton, OR
SIZE: 164 units
CLIENT: Wishcamper Development
Mountainview Townhomes
Klamath Falls, OR
SIZE: 72 units
CLIENT: Stewardship Development
Portland HQ 808 SW Third Ave. Suite 800
OREGON Salem Office 3400 State St. Suite G730 Salem, OR 97301 Bend Office 1001 SW Disk Dr. Suite 205 Bend, OR 97702
Portland, OR 97204 (503) 287-6825
WASHINGTON
Redmond Office 11241 Willows Rd. NE Suite 200 Redmond, WA 98052 (425) 822-4446
Everett Office 2828 Colby Ave. Suite 401 Everett, WA 98201 (425) 493-5221
COLORADO
Denver Office 1444 Wazee St. Suite 100
Denver, CO 80202 (303) 444-2073
Louisville Office 371 Centennial Pkwy. Suite 210 Louisville, CO 80027 (303) 444-2073
Vancouver Office 805 Broadway St. Suite 130 Vancouver, WA 98660 (360) 737-9613