626 Mission Bay Blvd.

Studio VARA teamed with Mithun and TNDC to develop the winning design for this 100% affordable housing project on one of the last residential sites in Mission Bay.

626 Mission Bay Exterior

We developed a row of 18 three-story townhomes along the mid-block walkway to provide a gateway to Mithun’s podium building and inner courtyard. and to mediate between the scale of this larger mass and the pedestrian mews.

626 Mission Bay Exterior

We drew on our extensive experience with single-family residential townhouses to bring a human scale and sense of individuality to this 143-unit housing development, which includes supportive services for formerly homeless families. The townhomes feature generous fenestration, a rhythm of projecting bay windows, and colorful accent panels to activate the facades and give scale to the landscaped pedestrian walkway. Individual ground-floor residential entry stoops activate the public realm and double-aspect units provide access to daylight and eyes on the street.

626 Mission Bay Courtyard

Completed

2018

Location

San Francisco, CA

Contractor

Nibbi Brothers, Inc.

Category

Multi-Family

Photo Credit

Bruce Damonte

Project / Construction Management

Regent Construction Management

Structural Engineer

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Civil Engineer

Urban Design Consulting Engineers

Acoustical Engineer

Pappidimos Group

MEP

Engineering 360

Lighting Designer

Weller Design Architectural Lighting

Landscape Designer

Surface Design, Inc.

 

626 Mission Bay Courtyard View626 Mission Bay Facade Detail

Studio VARA has worked closely with Mithun and the consultant team to take the townhomes from design through construction and coordinate them with an entitlement process that included the Mission Bay CAC, OCII, San Francisco Building Department, SF Fire Marshall, Mayor’s Office on Disability, SFPUC, and DPW.

626 Mission Bay Courtyard

The outcome of this collaboration far exceeds the narrow definition of great architecture; rather, this is architecture that makes a meaningful contribution to the city by providing much-needed housing and articulating collective life.

626 Mission Bay Entrance

626 Mission Bay Full Building

This is architecture that makes a meaningful contribution to the city by providing much-needed housing and articulating collective life.

Project Team

Process

262 Mission Bay Elevation Drawing

studio vara multifamily 626 mission bay blvd. drawing section

studio vara multifamily 626 mission bay blvd. drawing floor plan

studio vara multifamily 626 mission bay blvd. drawing floor plan

studio vara mission bay blvd floor plan 1