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The Continental
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320, West Cedar Street, San Diego, CA, United States
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Other Projects by Jonathan Segal Architect
The Continental
320, West Cedar Street, San Diego, CA, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2019
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
California is in a housing and environmental crisis.
There is a shortage of energy efficient apartments and especially those at a price point working class people can afford. This unfortunate situation is is driving people farther away from the city and creating a further reliance on the automobile. One of the main drivers of this increase in costs is parking. Parking takes up a tremendous amount of space, drives up construction costs, and delays construction.
The Continental serves as a solution to this crisis by reducing apartment size into an 400 sq. ft. “efficiency unit” and planned to completely eliminate all onsite parking. Although it was the intention of the developer and designer to eliminate all parking on site instead relying on the walkability of the neighborhood and public transit the community pushed back and underground parking for 11 automobiles was integrated.
This mixed use project is situated on a postage stamp sized lot at 5,000 square feet and has 42 apartments, 5 of which are very low income, commercial spaces on the ground floor and a 3 bedroom single family home. At nearly 390 dwelling units per acre this project could quickly be multiplied and replicated throughout urban transit areas. Core uses of the building are pushed to the neighboring property lines opening up all street frontages to natural air flow and daylighting.
Although common perception is no one could live in something that small, the units are filled with natural light and air through a large expanse of glass and exterior balcony projection. The balcony projects are creased and articulated to create a rythym like an 50’s automobile grille and create play of light, shadow and solar protection from the south facing elevation. The faces of the balconies are finished with a bush hammer texture to contrast with that of the neighboring CDX formed plywood creating a softened texture.
At the corner of the building the cube structure is the entirety of the three bedroom unit. The Cube floats above a commercial space with 1/2” butt glazed glass and above a 25 year old strawberry tree is suspended in mid air in a ten foot deep fourteen foot wide planter that is as an extension of the main living space of the 3 bedroom home. The homes privacy and shade is provided by this tree to the south and it filters and cools air through its shading leaves as it enters the home.
In an effort to continue to create a true sense of community in the building, the common roofdeck is directly adjacent to the common laundry room on the west side of the 8th floor. Instead of burying the laundry in the basement tenants can now enjoy the fresh air, other building residents and the view of San Diego bay while completing their laundry.
The main structure consisting of the micro units rooftop is covered with solar panels and HVAC, all core services are fully offset by rooftop solar and the building exceeds Title24 requirements by 16.9%. The lower rooftop of the 3 bedrooms residence is a large rooftop garden, lined with citrus trees and drought tolerant grasses. The emphasis on providing a long term green building is also evident in the low maintenance requirements of all of the surfaces of the buildings.
This is the solution to California’s Housing Crisis.
There is a shortage of energy efficient apartments and especially those at a price point working class people can afford. This unfortunate situation is is driving people farther away from the city and creating a further reliance on the automobile. One of the main drivers of this increase in costs is parking. Parking takes up a tremendous amount of space, drives up construction costs, and delays construction.
The Continental serves as a solution to this crisis by reducing apartment size into an 400 sq. ft. “efficiency unit” and planned to completely eliminate all onsite parking. Although it was the intention of the developer and designer to eliminate all parking on site instead relying on the walkability of the neighborhood and public transit the community pushed back and underground parking for 11 automobiles was integrated.
This mixed use project is situated on a postage stamp sized lot at 5,000 square feet and has 42 apartments, 5 of which are very low income, commercial spaces on the ground floor and a 3 bedroom single family home. At nearly 390 dwelling units per acre this project could quickly be multiplied and replicated throughout urban transit areas. Core uses of the building are pushed to the neighboring property lines opening up all street frontages to natural air flow and daylighting.
Although common perception is no one could live in something that small, the units are filled with natural light and air through a large expanse of glass and exterior balcony projection. The balcony projects are creased and articulated to create a rythym like an 50’s automobile grille and create play of light, shadow and solar protection from the south facing elevation. The faces of the balconies are finished with a bush hammer texture to contrast with that of the neighboring CDX formed plywood creating a softened texture.
At the corner of the building the cube structure is the entirety of the three bedroom unit. The Cube floats above a commercial space with 1/2” butt glazed glass and above a 25 year old strawberry tree is suspended in mid air in a ten foot deep fourteen foot wide planter that is as an extension of the main living space of the 3 bedroom home. The homes privacy and shade is provided by this tree to the south and it filters and cools air through its shading leaves as it enters the home.
In an effort to continue to create a true sense of community in the building, the common roofdeck is directly adjacent to the common laundry room on the west side of the 8th floor. Instead of burying the laundry in the basement tenants can now enjoy the fresh air, other building residents and the view of San Diego bay while completing their laundry.
The main structure consisting of the micro units rooftop is covered with solar panels and HVAC, all core services are fully offset by rooftop solar and the building exceeds Title24 requirements by 16.9%. The lower rooftop of the 3 bedrooms residence is a large rooftop garden, lined with citrus trees and drought tolerant grasses. The emphasis on providing a long term green building is also evident in the low maintenance requirements of all of the surfaces of the buildings.
This is the solution to California’s Housing Crisis.
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