Octavia

Studio VARA designed one of three former freeway parcels for Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation along Octavia Boulevard partnering with Paulett Taggart Architects and Larkin Street Youth to develop a campus of multi-family buildings that will provide 88 units of affordable rental housing to 58 families and 30 Transitional Age Youth individuals.

The potential of these narrow site has been maximized by utilizing San Francisco’s Affordable Housing Bonus Program to add an additional two stories above the current zoning. The building will rise to seven stories above a tall ground floor activated by neighborhood serving retail.

The redesign of the streetscape and a planned conversion of Lily into a Living Alley will complete the process of infilling the southern edge of Octavia Boulevard with high-quality architecture, and help stitch this vibrant neighborhood back together.

Location

San Francisco, CA

Category

Multi-Family

Developer

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

Project Team