Mosaica Alabama Street Housing

Commercial spaces house based businesses that reflect the diversity of arts and light industrial uses in the Mission/Potrero neighborhood.
The private courtyard is a vibrant scene of children playing while parents and neighbors look on.
Mosaica’s first commercial tenant was the Bike Kitchen, a cooperative bicycle shop run by volunteers.
Mosaica features one of the largest photovoltaic solar power system on a residential building in San Francisco that provides power to community spaces in the rental buildings.

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Mosaica occupies an entire block in a diverse neighborhood bordering both the Mission and Potrero Hill districts.

Community-based Development

Mosaica Alabama Street Housing

San Francisco, CA

Innovative Mixed-use Model

Mosaica is a mixed-use block designed in collaboration with neighbors and stakeholders to support affordable housing and working-class jobs. The combination of four uses (low-income housing for seniors and families, market rate and below-market rate condos and commercial space) in one transit-oriented development is the first of its kind in San Francisco.

Seamless Neighborhood Fit

Mosaica fits seamlessly in this mixed industrial and residential neighborhood. Housing units surround a network of mid-block open spaces. A new alley bisects the site through portals in the perimeter of the block, and is lined with commercial space for local artists and businesses.

Brownfield to Green Block

The former truck depot was transformed into a vibrant, green development with highly efficient MEP systems, recycled and non-toxic materials and 75% construction waste diversion. Renewable energy comes from a 109.7 kw roof-mounted photovoltaic array, the largest residential installation in San Francisco when constructed.

Client

Citizens Housing Corporation

Overview

Innovative mixed-use development incorporating affordable rental and ownership housing, commercial and light industrial space

Program

151 units of housing including 93 affordable family apartments, 24 affordable senior apartments, and 34 condominiums; and ground-level commercial space

Size

256,000 sf; 1.83 acres

Sustainable Metrics

GreenPoint Rated, Certified

Completion Date

2009

Services

Architecture, Urban Design & Planning

Collaborators

Executed as WRT/Solomon E.T.C.

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Commercial spaces house based businesses that reflect the diversity of arts and light industrial uses in the Mission/Potrero neighborhood.

The private courtyard is a vibrant scene of children playing while parents and neighbors look on.

Mosaica’s first commercial tenant was the Bike Kitchen, a cooperative bicycle shop run by volunteers.

Mosaica features one of the largest photovoltaic solar power system on a residential building in San Francisco that provides power to community spaces in the rental buildings.

Mosaica occupies an entire block in a diverse neighborhood bordering both the Mission and Potrero Hill districts.

Community-based Development

Mosaica Alabama Street Housing