Encuentro Square

Canopy · Chicago

Encuentro Square brings 89 affordable apartments to Logan Square, at the western end of The 606.  Designed by Canopy / architecture + design with LUCHA and Evergreen Real Estate Group, the two buildings sit on a former factory site the city donated for housing.  I’ve been working with Canopy since 2020, and I love how they’ve devoted the practice to creating inspired housing for families in need.  The rounded corners, the orange panels, as well as the monarch butterflies created by local artists made it a joy to photograph.  Canopy designed the interiors around trauma-informed principles… wide halls, open sight lines, as well as curved walls that feel safe and welcoming.

Encuentro Square by Canopy, a six-story affordable housing building with orange and white facades in Logan Square, Chicago
Rounded corner of Encuentro Square with orange paneling, seen through street trees in Logan Square
Street view of the two Encuentro Square buildings in Logan Square, Chicago
Facade of Encuentro Square with bronze panels and newly planted trees
Encuentro Square entrance with a monarch butterfly mural created by local artists, at dusk
Curved corner of Encuentro Square with orange-trimmed windows against a blue sky
Looking up at the facades of Encuentro Square with orange window surrounds
Overhead view of the Encuentro Square courtyard garden and patios
Residents walking the landscaped path between the Encuentro Square buildings at dusk
Families on the patio outside the Encuentro Square community spaces
Glass stairwell glowing at dusk between the residential wings of Encuentro Square
Community room at Encuentro Square seen through floor-to-ceiling windows at dusk
Encuentro Square lounge with circular pendant lights and colorful seating
Encuentro Square lobby with ring pendant lights, blue seating and open sightlines
Seating area beneath a ring pendant light in the Encuentro Square lobby
Resident seated on a built-in wood bench in a curved alcove at Encuentro Square
Green-walled lounge alcove with curved seating at Encuentro Square