Located on the site of a former battery factory in the Fruitvale District of Oakland, this senior community reinforces community identity through a bold interpretation of the local Craftsman Style, reflected in the classic proportions of base-middle-top, in the deep-set windows adjacent to airy bay windows, and in the use of a top cornice supported by heavy timber brackets. A glass-walled parapet executed by an artist to disguise roof-top solar panels glows in the evenings as back-lighting underscores the bracketed overhanging cornice. Behind this prominent public façade, a relaxed “back” building steps down the deep site, with open walkways overlooking a sequence of south facing outdoor spaces including a second-level outdoor courtyard, a ground-level fruit orchard directly below, and vegetable garden with raised planting beds.
Oakland, California
Senior + Supportive Housing
- 1-2-BRMs
- 0.24
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- [Parking Ratio]
$12.3M
50,00
2008
65
- 1-2-BRMs
- 0.24
- [Unit Types]
- [Parking Spaces]