“MB 360º”
Mission Bay, Blocks 5/11, San Francisco, CA

Share

Through several workshops with the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) and the Mission Bay Community Advisory Committee (CAC), the project team decided to divide Block 5 into five distinct “buildings”, each with its own vernacular and nickname, in order to break down the scale and create more appealing architectural variety. Ignition Architecture designed two of these buildings, including “The Blue Slice” and “The Bar Code”.

Facing 4th Street, “The Blue Slice” consists of a plane of rain-screen panels that create a subtle pattern reminiscent of a stone wall. Vertical bands of blue-glazed balconies and tiled recesses slice up this plane and draw the eye from the ground-level retail space up to the sky. “The Barcode” at China Basin Street and facing the Children’s Park is characterized by a pale vertical cement plaster “barcode” elements juxtaposed against a pattern of blue and violet glass panels that allow views from the upper floors to the park while shielding residents from strong westerly winds. At the ground floor the barcode pattern becomes a lush green screen that appears to emerge from landscaped berms that create privacy for the residents while tying the architecture to the landscape of the park beyond.

Ignition Architecture designed significant portions of this mixed-use project, including exterior detailing and material selection for Ignition’s portion of the project. Ignition further prepared and presented the entitlements packages to OCII and CAC for both Blocks 5 and 11, provided peer review on Block 11 and collaborated on the overall design.

Owner

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (formerly BRE)

Construction Type

Types I / III / V

Construction Cost

$100 million

New / Renovation

New

Sustainable Design

LEED Silver Certified

Agencies

Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII)

Completion

2016

Units

362 total; Block 5 = 170 / Studio, 1BR and 2BR; Block 11 = 190 / Studio, 1BR and 2BR

For Sale/Rental

Rental

Parking

Block 5 = 189 (1.12:1), Block 11 = Parking Garage

Site Area

Block 5 = 79,899 GSF / 86% Density. Block 11 = 82,492 GSF / 90% Density

Building GSF

580,000

Community Outreach

Mission Bay Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC)

Contractor

Nibbi Brothers General Contractors (Phase 1), Suffolk Construction Company (Phase 2)

Credits

Ignition Architecture was an Associate Design Architect and MVE + Partners was the Prime Architect for this project.

Photographer

Veronica Hinkley Reck; Gregory L. Klosowski

error: