Emeryville Warehouse Lofts Adaptive Re-Use, Lofts, Market Rate, Work
Emeryville, California

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Industrial context. Image: Brian Rose.

Link to the Emeryville Warehouse Lofts HOA web site:

http://www.emeryvillewarehouselofts.com/

The view of Emeryville Lofts and Blue Star Corner from Amtrak's Capitol Corridor train.

Elevation in industrial context.

The Emeryville Warehouse at 1500 Park Avenue was originally constructed in 1925 for a fruit-drying company. The existing building, made of steel-reinforced poured-in-place concrete, totaled 158,185 square feet. We divided this structure into airy lofts featuring raised sleeping platforms, open kitchen-living areas, walk-in closets, custom kitchen and bathroom casework, and other amenities. New construction consists of a three-story structure containing seven double-height street-level lofts featuring roll-up doors as well as 15 second-floor studio lofts. A five-story parking garage has also been added. The ground level has a pedestrian colonnade fronting Park Avenue.

Entry courtyard in the early evening. Image: Richard Barnes.

The Oldhami giant timber bamboo screens the garage wall.

Courtyard sketch by David Baker.

Residents and visitors enter the double-height public lobby, which includes custom elevator cabs and polished concrete floors, through a large landscaped courtyard featuring towering palms and a five-story waterfall wall fountain.

Entry lobby stair & mailboxes.

Entry door designed in collaboration with Larissa Sand of South Park Fabricators.

The building's exterior upgrades include new aluminum windows, a new roof, renovated exterior walls, and an open-air, raised roof deck. The interior received a seismic upgrade including new concrete shear walls, new plumbing and electrical systems, a new fire sprinkler system, a new smoke and fire alarm system, a state-of-the-art card-reading security system, a new intercom system, and a cat 5 network for computers and media services. The new fifth floor has three penthouse lofts, with a private elevator entrance, and the second stories of the six townhouse lofts. The townhouse lofts span the fourth and fifth floors of the building, and include two bedrooms and two bathrooms. All of the townhouse lofts have private roof terraces.

At ground level "facade;" lofts are 25' wide work spaces with glass garage doors that open to the street. Image: Brian Rose.

The architecture firm B+V has offices in a 25' wide street level space in the "facade" building.

Park Street "facade;" lofts screen garage from street. Image: Brian Rose.

Upstairs view of 12' wide "facade" loft.

View from kitchen in 12' wide "facade" loft.

View of signature loft living area.

Ground level plan.

Section through courtyard entry.

This model shows the existing building (yellow), the penthouse addition (green)the "embedded" garage" (grey), and the "facade" building (orange).

awards

Gold Nugget Merit Award: Best Mixed-Use Project
Pacific Coast Builders Conference
Builder's Choice Grand Award
Builder's Magazine and National Association of Home Builders

publications

New Urban Mews

project details

Client

Holliday Development

Associated Client

The Martin Group

Associated Client

Northbay Ecumenical Homes

Architect

David Baker + Partners

Landscape Architect

Miller Company Landscape Architects

Structural Engineer

Tipping Mar + Associates

Contractor

Nibbi Brothers General Contractors

Contractor

Cannon Constructors

Contractor

Devcon Contractors

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project data
Emeryville Warehouse Lofts
 9513
1500 Park Avenue
Emeryville, California
Completed 1999
number of units
1 bedroom 142
total 142
density ratios
project sf 220,000
site sf 74,333
acres 1.7
total bedrooms 142
bedrooms/acre 83
units/acre 83
parking
total 180
spaces/unit 1.27
type embedded