Coliseum Place

Oakland CA | Completed 

2022

Coliseum Place offers affordable homes on the border between a neighborhood of single-family homes and a planned high-density TOD adjacent to the Coliseum BART Station in East Oakland. The development is part of the ILFI Affordable Housing Pilot, seeking to bring high resilience to affordable multi-family housing.

The six-level building includes 59 affordable homes and social services for low-income and formerly unhoused families, including households gaining assistance through the Oakland Housing Authority.

The building is centered on a highly visible green “core” with an open-air stair that focuses attention on the connection between social zones, active uses, views, plantings, and art. Common spaces emphasize natural materials and a biophilic color palette. A leaf-inspired perforated metal screen across the façade balances views, heat gain, and filtered daylight for homes. Custom benches and a kinetic ceiling designed and fabricated by DBA_Workshop evoke a tree canopy in the entry lobby.

The six-story building offers excellent views of downtown Oakland, the East Bay Hills, and the San Francisco Bay from the residences, stair tower, glass-capped corridors, and bicycle rooms.

Part of the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge Affordable Housing Pilot, the design is focused on achieving high levels of sustainability within a budget, combining simple massing and solar orientation as the basis for ambitious energy-consumption-reduction goals. The all-electric, ZNE-ready building features decentralized heat pump water heating and a 98 kW PV array that offsets 100% of common loads.


Project Details


Project Number
21503

Address

7120 Hawley Street
Oakland, CA
United States



Status
Completed
2022

Number of Units
1 Bedroom
11
2 Bedroom
28
3 Bedroom
20

Total 59

Density Ratios
Project
79,752 sf
Site
20,290 sf
Acres
0.47
Units per Acre
125

Parking
Parking Spots
30

Construction
Type III-A
Type I-A
6 stories

Certifications
GreenPoint Rated Platinum
ILFI Living Building Challenge

Team


Developer
Resources for Community Development
General Contractor
Nibbi Brothers General Contractors
Landscape Architect
Form/Work
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineer
EDesignC
Civil Engineer
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Energy Analysis and Sustainability
Redwood Energy

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