1100 Clay Design Tour
This tour will start at the Plaza with a discussion about the larger plan for the block. After the plaza, we will explore the building lobby, various amenity spaces, a residential unit, and conclude with pastries and coffee/tea on the roof deck.
1150 Clay energizes the commercial quadrant of Oakland’s City Center with bold design and a mixed-use program consisting of 288 homes, two retail spaces and a new public plaza. Like a provocative party guest who makes the conversations more interesting – the architecture contrasts and redefines the neighborhood character with stark tonality, material warmth, and a pedestrian-friendly cadence. This is the first phase of a larger master plan to redevelop City-owned property that includes the 1150 Clay parcel to the west, the existing below grade parking garage (the roof of which became the new public plaza), and the balance of the property fronting 11th street which will be the future home of Samuel Merritt College designed by Perkins + Will. The cumulative result will be a mixed-use city block consisting of retail, residential, and institutional/ educational uses.
Since 2004, Kennerly Architecture & Planning has made design and construction of innovative mixed-use and multi-family buildings a cornerstone of its practice. Starting with smaller multi-unit infill buildings, their work has grown to include award-winning mixed-use projects on challenging infill and brown-field sites throughout the Bay Area. Working at a range of scales from homes to high rises, interior design to urban planning projects, the firm has developed a reputation for the thoughtful integration of program, context, and innovative design that challenges the status-quo. At 1150 Clay, Kennerly worked with the CIM Group and HKS architects to re-conceive an existing entitled design concept from the inside out: expanding the building envelope, replanning the dwelling units, designing the interiors and amenity spaces, and reconceiving the skin to be beautiful and to meet budget. The Plaza design was a collaboration with Oakland landscape architecture firm, Einwiller-Kuehl.
About Your Tour Guide
Owen Kennerly, Co-principal at Kennerly Architecture & Planning along with Sarina Bowen Kennerly, has worked in architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area since receiving his MArch degree from UC Berkeley in 1994. His innovative design and professional achievements have been recognized through numerous awards and published articles. Collaborating with the team at Kennerly Architecture, Owen’s passion for improving cities through design has led to a complex and varied collection of completed works grounded in a sensitive yet progressive attitude toward context.
About the Firm
For over twenty years, Kennerly Architecture & Planning has made design and construction of innovative mixed-use and multi-family buildings a cornerstone of our practice. Whether urban or rural, we create beautiful spaces and buildings that integrate with the larger context while maintaining high design quality and environmental sustainability. Starting with smaller multi-unit infill buildings, our work has grown to include award-winning mixed-use projects on challenging infill and brown-field sites throughout the Bay Area. Working at a range of scales from homes to high rises, interior design to urban planning such as the Civic Center Public Realm Plan, the firm has developed a reputation for the thoughtful integration of program, constraints and high-design aspiration. Our team of twelve people consists of talented and experienced architects and designers with deep personal experience in renovations and interior design as well as student housing. We provide intensive principal involvement at all phases, yielding efficient decision-making and insightful design concepts throughout the design process.
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- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Aug 19 2023
- Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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