(TF06) TOUR: Bridging Communities In Mission Bay: Resilient, Affordable Family & Veteran Housing
Friday, November 4, 2022
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Meet at Tour Desk in Moscone South Lobby
Earn 4 Credit(s)
Edwin M. Lee Apartments is San Francisco’s first new construction shared residential community for formerly homeless veterans and low-income families. The project contains 119 units with ground-floor supportive services, including a community kitchen that serves meals to residents and community members. The project’s climate-responsive massing and organization allows families and veterans to form a new community centered on the shared gardens and common areas, which restore native and adapted ecologies on a post-industrial site. A large PV array that cascades over the building provides 90% of the common area’s electrical load. The integrated design creates a healthy, energy efficient, and resilient complex that provides layers of value to the residents and the greater community.
Learning Objectives:
Understanding aspects of designing for a shared residential community that align with high performance projects (ID Credit Integrative Process)
Learning “how to do the most with the least” to achieve high performance design on a limited budget for non-profit clients (EA Credit Optimize Energy, IEQ Credit Daylight, IEQ Credit Quality Views)
Prioritizing resilience and future-proofing in multifamily projects for formerly homeless and low-income residents (EA Credit Renewable Energy, SS Credit Open Space, SS Credit Rainwater Management, WE Credit Indoor Water Use Reduction)
Designing methods intended for veterans and post-traumatic design principles (Innovation Credit)
