Project Details
- Project Name
- Loyola Village
- Location
-
CA ,United States
- Project Types
- Multifamily
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Shared by
- Editor
- Consultants
-
Derek Dutton,Alexander Seidel,Glen Loomis,General Contractor: Larry Smith,Landscape Architect: Paul Lettieri,Russell Abraham
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
2003 RADA
Multifamily / Merit
Seidel/Holzman's orders for this project were simple: Provide affordable units for University of San Francisco faculty, students, and staff. But the location posed a more complex challenge: "The site was virtually sand," says Alexander Seidel. "It was sloping and unstable."
It was an engineering puzzle, but an aesthetic opportunity. Seidel used drilled concrete piers and underground parking to stabilize the site, and nestled into the hill a wide variety of flats and town-house units. A pedestrian paseo rises from the lower level and meanders through the upper sections of the project and through campus.
Town houses differentiated by color and individual entries front the lower level and serve to integrate the streetscape into the existing neighborhood. Though the homes may not exactly pace the area's eclectic architectural styles, they are consistent in scale, says Seidel. "It creates a nice urban frontage to fit the San Francisco texture."
The judges said the project just looks like it belongs: "It feels like it may have grown over time."
