A Constellation of Sun, Moon, Land & Water

A unique site and client, The Loom is located on a historic cotton mill factory site nestled between Brooklyn Basin and I-880 on the San Francisco Bay. The design concept is currently in-progress and includes a sequence of temporal and permanent interventions focused on:

1) celestial cycles (the sun and the moon)
2) earth elements (land and water)
3) the human relationship to each of the items above, respectively

The project is planned to be a truly regenerative design endeavor, with goals to produce all energy on-site, minimize water-use and minimize construction waste. Our collaboration with the Owner, Architect and Environmental Consulting team includes considerations for urban agriculture, possible aquaponics, wetland habitat creation, studying the effects of saltwater intrusion, deploying art with ecological imperatives and developing site programming that lead towards a continual participative process in land and community stewardship (among many more inspiring visions for the future of this built environment). The exterior spaces are varied including plazas, mews, alleys, stages, courtyards, roof gardens and streetscapes. While exterior spaces each have their own identity and are programmatically distinct, they are governed by a single design concept, and look toward a larger orchestration of experience, time and orientation through use of the elemental and celestial constellations of sun, moon, land and water.

PRESS: KQED Article, “A 200,000-Square-Foot Arts Complex Takes Shape in East Oakland”

URBAN WATERSHED

REUSE AND CLEAN WATER.

URBAN HABITAT

PLANT ONLY RARE AND ENDANGERED CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS.

URBAN AGRICULTURE

PLANT EDIBLE LANDSCAPES.

URBAN QUARRY

HARVEST AND REPURPOSE MATERIALS FROM THE SITE (CONCRETE, BRICK, METAL, WOOD)

SUN + MOON STAGES