Kennerly Architecture & Planning

1180 Fourth Street

1180 FOURTH STREET

Mithun-Solomon + Kennerly Architecture and Planning

1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte

ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT
Full Circle Architects

EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT
Mithun-Solomon

ASSOCIATE DESIGN ARCHITECT
Kennerly Architecture and Planning

PHOTOGRAPHER
Bruce Damonte

COMMUNITY SPACE
4,000 Sq Ft

HOUSING
184,000 Sq Ft

RETAIL AREA
10,000 Sq Ft

AREA
216000 Ft²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
San Francisco ,United States

CATEGORY
Apartments

1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte

Text description provided by architect.

1180 Fourth Street marks the corner of 4th & Channel streets as a gateway to San Francisco’s Mission bay South, and the future Fourth Street Retail district.

This setting carries civic obligations unusual for an affordable housing project: it demands a welcoming mixed-use street frontage with richly articulated architecture to define the character of this emerging neighborhood.

1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte

BREAKING THE MOLD

The design for 1180 Fourth breaks from the formulaic pattern of most Mission Bay development in two critical ways:

-The perimeter block is made permeable witha large entry courtyard set at grade,visible through a double-height portico and a glass community room.

1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte

Not only does this provide an articulated profile and civic face to Channel Park and the Fourth Street Bridge, it enables views and light to the interior of the block, and creates a secure, landscaped entry sequence for residents.

-Rather than subsume the mixed street level uses with in a homogenous architectural language, we use them to instigate diverse architectural responses above.

1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte

The resultant design amplifies the distinct character of the four surrounding streets that the ground floor uses help initiate.

Inside, gracious day-lit common spaces and hallways access a diverse mix of one, two, and three bedroom dwellings.

1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte

Common areas include a teen room, computer lab, fitness room, flex rooms, and the community room with kitchen.

The courtyards include a turf field for play and outdoor movies, BBQ, community garden plots, and secure play areas for family childcare units.

1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte


1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte


1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte
1180 Fourth Street
© Bruce Damonte


1180 Fourth Street
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