2060 Folsom
Affordable Housing in the MissionLocation: San Francisco, CA
Client: The Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) and Chinatown Community Development Center (Chinatown CDC)
Task: Landscape architecture
Size: 150,000 sf
Completion: 2019
Collaboration: Mithun
2060 Folsom creates in-demand affordable homes and an active community hub, inspired by the Mission District’s unique blend of civic participation and working-class heritage. Maximizing density, the nine-story building houses families and transitional-age-youth, and offers programs critical to the future of the district. The building comprising of 127 units, is conceived as a ‘front porch’ overlooking the park at the corner of Folsom and 17th streets. A community room and common spaces cluster around the courtyard creating a ’town square’ for the indoor-outdoor events. The courtyard houses biofiltration planters designed to create awareness of the historic mission creek that flows below the site, while filtering stormwater runnoff. Wide sidewalks, bike lanes, retail and art murals activate street frontages and encourage public interaction. Public services including a childcare center and offices of local organizations are housed on the first two floors, and an incubator cafe on the prominent southeast corner supports local entrepreneurship.
