Courtesy of 2018 AIA/HUD Secretary's Awards

• The largest affordable development to open in San Francisco in the past 10 years
• Delivers nearly 200 family homes and 10,000 square feet of supporting retail space to the costly city
• Established a gateway to the developing Mission Bay neighborhood, providing quick access to transit, the recently completed USCF Medical Center, and a future park
• The building’s dramatic form, clad with perforated weathering steel, is supported by a row of textured columns to create a dynamic facade and enchanting street edge
• Down the block, the development offers up a landscaped pedestrian mews dotted with residential stoops that will eventually connect with the park
• On the east side of the block, the building steps down from 4 stories to 3
• The massing is constructed of discrete volumes to lend visual interest at the street
• 14,000 square feet of open communal space that consists of freestanding pavilion with an event kitchen and a grill at the center
• A second-level courtyard overlooks the space and the pavilion’s planted roo
• Amenities for residents (laundry, fitness center, and a lounge) are connected to the courtyard
• The west portion offers affordable housing while the eastern side offers a local nonprofit developed housing for families of critically ill patients receiving treatment at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital