Swaim Associates Architects

The Salvation Army and Swaim Associates, Ltd. have worked with the City of Tucson and the Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Association for the past year to develop a master plan for a new family shelter campus that is not only optimized for the new Hospitality House but also for the neighborhood.

Main Avenue Elevation

In cooperation with the Salvation Army, land along 11th Avenue will be developed by the City into affordable and market rate housing, thereby strengthening the neighborhood core and the buffer between the Salvation Army campus and Dunbar Spring.

The most intense uses and largest structures have been sited along Main Avenue – as far away from the neighborhood core as possible. As the campus develops eastward, the building masses and their intensities diminish. For example, the transitional family apartments are single story structures that have been designed to more readily blend into the existing fabric of the residential neighborhood.

Site Plan

With a single point of entry and exit into the campus off of Main Avenue for both foot and vehicular traffic, disturbances to the neighborhood have been minimized and security for the complex has been maximized. In fact, the Tucson Police Department has offered their commendation that “the overall design of the site is excellent.” This - among other aspects of the master plan - could not have been achieved without the Dunbar-Salvation Army-Swaim collaboration.