Culturally responsive social health and wellness spaces, alongside supportive housing, designed to serve Native people.

Originally designed as market-rate housing, the six-story building was purchased through King County’s Health Through Housing initiative and converted to Salmonberry, a 66-unit permanent supportive housing community operated by Chief Seattle Club. Salmonberry’s healing spaces provide culturally responsive social health and wellness services to Native individuals and families. Two cedar-clad circular healing rooms in the heart of the space take their form from Native meeting circles and reflect the shape of physical gatherings that happen within. The supportive services area also includes an advocate office, three “talking rooms” where residents meet one-on-one with counselors, a small medical clinic, on-site offices, and building maintenance spaces. Considered a flagship model of permanent supportive housing, healthy and nontoxic materials are used throughout the spaces, which include the display of custom handcrafted Native artworks in the daylit gallery.