![View of the entrance to the Dorchester Art + Hosuing Collaborative community space.](https://mapped.imgix.net/images/Dorchester-Arts-Housing/12.07.22_Dorchester-Arts-Housing-00.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&q=80&w=500)
Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative (DA+HC) transformed a vacant 1980s Chicago Housing Authority project into a vital arts and culture hub in the city’s Grand Crossing neighborhood. Demonstrating the power of collaboration across all sectors – public, private, and non-profit – DA+HC revitalized a neglected city block. The project renovated abandoned buildings and constructed the framework for a community-focused and artist-led creative incubator.
This project has created an affordable and self-sustaining art-centered living environment. Artists and families live and work together to fully immerse themselves in their co-created living community.
![Exterior view of entrance to townhouse unit.](https://mapped.imgix.net/images/Dorchester-Arts-Housing/12.07.22_Dorchester-Arts-Housing-04.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&q=80&w=500)
![Building axon diagram.](https://mapped.imgix.net/images/Dorchester-Arts-Housing/12.07.22_Dorchester-Arts-Housing-01.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&q=80&w=500)
![Exterior view of building.](https://mapped.imgix.net/images/Dorchester-Arts-Housing/12.07.22_Dorchester-Arts-Housing-02.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&q=80&w=500)
![Interior artists residential unit.](https://mapped.imgix.net/images/Dorchester-Arts-Housing/12.07.22_Dorchester-Arts-Housing-03.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&q=80&w=500)
![Community Space.](https://mapped.imgix.net/images/Dorchester-Arts-Housing/12.07.22_Dorchester-Arts-Housing-05.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&q=80&w=500)