Tassafaronga Village Adaptive Re-Use, Affordable Housing, Apartments, Green, LEED, Lofts, Townhouses, Under Construction
Oakland, California

This new neighborhood, situated on seven-and-a-half acres in the southern end of Oakland, has a range of affordable housing, green pathways, pocket parks, and open spaces. While Tassafaronga is anchored by a large public plaza, each of the three new areas of housing also has a semi-private shared space, creating sheltered play and gathering areas for children and residents. The neighborhood design has been awarded certification as LEED ND GOLD.

All buildings are designed to the highest level of green standard, LEED for Homes Platinum (registered), incorporating solar power for on site generation of electricity and hot water.

Greenbuild 2009 Db+P Presentation
Click the link at the left to download a PDF of Db+p's USGBC Greenbuild 2009 presentation, "Tassafaronga: A LEED Neighborhood Development Case Study"

Apartments A three-story apartment building features affordable rental units in varying configurations built in conjunction with the Oakland Housing Authority. Apartments flank a hidden parking structure, setting a residential rather than industrial tone, and also enclose a second-level open-air courtyard.

Pasta Factory A defunct pasta factory and parcel of unused industrial land are reclaimed as small affordable apartments with a medical clinic that offers AIDs treatment.

Habitat for Humanity Twenty-two family townhomes are going up in cooperation with the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The recipient families of these homes personally participate in the construction of the buildings, with 500 hours of sweat-equity labor, which they are then able to purchase with an extremely low-interest mortgage.

publications

Environments for Life

project details

Client

Oakland Housing Authority

Development Consultant

Equity Community Builders

Architect

David Baker + Partners

Landscape Architect

PGA Design

Lighting Designer

Horton Lees Brogden

Structural Engineer

OLMM Consulting Engineers

Electrical Engineer

FW Associates

Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer

Guttmann + Blaevoet

Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer

SJ Engineers

Contractor

Cahill Contractors

Civil Engineer

Sandis

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