Sonrisa

Mass Timber for a Mixed-Use Development

Sonrisa Studio Apartments is a mixed-use multi-family five-storey housing development in the heart of Sacramento, California. This mixed-use project includes retail space and 58 studio units. Sonrisa represents a benchmark for mass timber’s future multi-family residential applications in California. Sonrisa provides government-funded public housing in a five-story, mixed-use building. Sonrisa is the first project to break-ground under California Governor Newsom’s Executive Order for Affordable Housing Development.

Kalesnikoff provided the cross-laminated timber (CLT) for Sonrisa. The structural system is light wood framing paired with exposed cross-laminated timber elements. Sonrisa’s ground-floor will showcase retail/cafe space: two exposed CLT shear walls secured by custom connections will invite passersby in with the natural appeal of wood. Levels two through five holds affordable housing units. The fifth floor features an outdoor community space with exposed glulam beams and columns, plus a landscaped terrace.

The exposed Cross Laminated Timber ceilings and feature shear walls, along with exposed Glulam beams and columns, highlight the biophillic design benefits of mass timber.

Photo credit: Tricorp Construction

Rendering credit: Williams + Paddon