A trio of small multifamily residential buildings in West Hollywood is set to make way for a condo development of a four-story building that would feature 22 condominiums above 48 parking spaces on two basement levels.

JFAK Architects is designing the proposed low-rise development, wrapping around an interior courtyard.

The Spaulding Condos call for a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans, with a total of four units to be set aside as affordable housing at the very-low-, low-, and moderate income levels.

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The designs — depicting shelters of 50, 100 and 150 beds — produced by a group of architects working pro bono in support of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s $20-million initiative to build shelters in all 15 of Los Angeles’ City Council districts.

The goal is to come up with standard designs that could be placed on a lot anywhere in the city, and are pleasing enough to help the shelter plan overcome its two biggest obstacles: First is the reputed aversion homeless people have for the dreary conditions in shelters. Then there’s the almost inevitable community opposition that shelter proposals encounter.

The architects were recruited by the nonprofit Urban Land Institute. Working independently, all three teams came up with similar ideas for easing the isolation and regimentation of traditional shelters, where cots are lined end to end in a large building with limited access to the street.

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