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.


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

Project Details


Project Number
21503

Address

3300 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

Parking
Parking Spots
30

Construction
Type III-A
Type I-A

Certifications
ILFI Living Building Challenge

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