Crescent Cove Affordable Housing, Apartments, Townhouses
San Francisco, California

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Front entrance. Image: Brian Rose.

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Front entrance from interior lobby. Image: Brian Rose.

This new rental community maximizes an irregularly shaped site defined by the curve of CalTrain railroad tracks in the emerging Mission Bay neighborhood. A four-story building, entered through stacked double-height lobbies, establishes a defined edge along the street. Bays and recesses, pedestrian entries, private patios, decks, and garden notches provide relief and texture to this edge. To the rear, the building fans into an array of "fingers" with ample garden courtyards widening between them. Glass hallways connect these building sections, offering ample views of the green courtyards below.

Typical upper-floor plan.

Site plan.

A newly constructed landscaped street swings behind the building face. Lining the curve of the road, looking across at the courtyards, are freestanding townhouse units stacked atop studio apartments. Built with thick rear walls with sound-dampening properties, the curve of the back of the townhouses protects the development from the noise of the train.

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project details

Client

The Related Companies of California

Affiliated Government Agency

San Francisco Redevelopment Agency

Architect

David Baker + Partners

Landscape Architect

Andrea Cochran Landscape Architects

Structural Engineer

Structural Design Engineers

Electrical Engineer

Bhatia Associates

Contractor

Nibbi Brothers General Contractors

project data
Crescent Cove
20323
420 Berry Street  
San Francisco, California
Completed July 2007
number of units
studio 81
1 bedroom 90
2 bedroom 65
total 236
density ratios
project sf 185,000
site sf 155,597
acres 3.57
total bedrooms 301
bedrooms/acre 84
units/acre 66
parking
total 177
spaces/unit 0.75
type car + motorcycle