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CASE STUDY NO. 5 CASA ADELANTE AT 2060 FOLSOM
(Right, Opposite Page) The east-west “paseo” across the site, connecting the commu- nity services of the first and second levels of the building (on the right in photo) with In Chan Kaajal Park.
(Below) Spaces for local ser- vices and community resourc- es are provided at the ground floor level.
Building Program / Site Constraints
The Mayor’s housing office required, as the result of discussions with all the neighborhood groups, a program that included not only apartments for the clientele, but also social services of various kinds at the ground floor level. These included office space for the local community orga- nizations and resource centers, a childcare center, a community room and a neighborhood café.
As the building program was being finalized, the PODER organization negotiated an increase in the building height to accommodate more apartment units. Set at nine stories, just under the height limit beyond which the “high-rise” designation per the city code would apply, the final structure ultimately fit 127 one- to three-bedroom apartments in addition to the ground floor com- munity space program.
No parking was programmed, allowing even better site utilization, saving excavation and below-grade construction costs that would have been necessary.
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