Description
Balboa Reservoir Building E will be the first 100% affordable housing building in the new Balboa Reservoir neighborhood in San Francisco, adjacent to City College. Balboa Reservoir will be a diverse and inclusive mixed-income community that brings together residents and neighbors around the new Reservoir Park. Building E also provides a publicly accessible community room that will serve both residents and the broader community. The distinctive corner form and glass base will as a lantern at the gateway to Reservoir Park and blur the lines between indoors and out. Building E will have 128 affordable family units.
Design Features
- Connect to natural setting
- Links to surrounding commercial, residential, and institutional uses
- Photovoltaic Isolation
- Distinct stepping architecture
- Public Community room acts as a lantern on the park
Green Features
- Photovoltaics offset house loads
- Pursuing LEED Gold Certification
- All-Electric
- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) neutral
- Resiliency hub during power outages or or air-quality events
PROJECT INFORMATION
- Client: BRIDGE Housing
- Site Area: 31,330 sq. ft / 0.72 acres
- Density: 128 family units
- Completion: est. 2024
Affordable Housing
As a multidisciplinary firm, we plan and design a wide variety of affordable housing from high-density urban communities to small-lot single-family housing providing over 4,000 built units in our 35 years. With cost and quality of life as primary concerns in our housing, we use simple elements of construction, building materials and scale to create beautiful spaces. Our work has earned numerous design awards at both national and local levels. Recent accolades include the PCBC Grand Award for Best Health/Wellness Design for Vitalia, the NAHRO Best Project award for AVi at Olde Town, and the Architizer A+ Special Mention for Affordable Housing for Victory Village.
Balboa Reservoir Master Plan
The Balboa Reservoir neighborhood will be a diverse and inclusive mixed-income community that brings together residents and neighbors around the new Reservoir Park. Landscape and architecture will work together to connect residents to the natural setting and to link the surrounding commercial, residential and institutional uses into a cohesive community. Balboa Reservoir will be a deeply sustainable place that prioritizes walking, biking, and the shared stewardship of resources. Most importantly, this community will be called “home” by up to 1,100 San Francisco households, at least half of whom will qualify for affordable/workforce housing, with a special focus on families with children and CCSF faculty and staff. The masterplan was designed in partnership with Pyatok and GLS.