Judges' Comments
- N/A
Project Data:
Completion Date: 2/5/2018
Square Footage: 1535000
Building Use: Multifamily Residential Apartments
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Project Description:
Currently rising from a 17-acre site on Pacific Coast Highway, this major multifamily development emphasizes indoor/outdoor living, encouraging community interaction and enjoyment of a beachfront lifestyle. It is comprised of six residential neighborhoods, a central community amenity building, a large pool deck, and fronted by a public park. The development provides housing for singles, couples, and families who are looking to rent in central Huntington Beach. The modern design of the apartment buildings incorporates natural colors, textures, and forms reminiscent of California coastal lifestyle. The signature amenity building form is inspired by that of a wave, and mediates between the pool deck, forming the shallows of the shoreline, and the public park, with its rolling landscape that represents an ocean swell.
The project’s design integrates private and public spaces in the “horseshoe loop” at the heart of the community, while maintaining privacy between the two. A curving pedestrian “boardwalk” with a wide walkway connects all six courtyards out to the public sidewalk. Street-oriented homes have ground level entry terraces with walkable connections to the beach. Apartments with abundant natural light via large amounts of glazing, and plenty of operable windows, ensure that residents can let the ocean breeze passively cool their units. Courtyard-oriented homes open toward one of six landscape courtyard spaces, each one uniquely designed to suit their orientation and provide a neighborhood scale. These large courtyards create privacy for residents, and plenty of room for shared outdoor living and socialization through diverse landscaping, seating, and water-oriented features.
C.O.T.E. | Committee on the Environment
Submitted By: |
MVE + Partners, Inc. |
Design Architect: |
MVE + Partners, Inc. |
Associate Architect or Firm: |
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Landscape Architect: |
EPT Design |
Owner / Developer: |
UDR, Inc. |
Engineer: |
Hunsaker & Associates (Civil) DCI Engineers (Structural) LDI Mechanical, Inc. (Mechanical) AMPAM Parks Mechanical (Plumbing) LPG Engineering (Electrical) Mr. Important Design (Interiors) Studio K1 (Lighting) Infinisys, Inc. (Low Voltage) Terra-Petra (Methane) Kling Consulting Group, Inc. (Geotechnical) Advance Utility Design, Inc. (Utilities) HKA (Elevator) Aquatic Technologies, Inc. (Pool) Intertek ATI (Waterproofing) SSA Acoustics LLP (Acoustical) |
General Contractor: |
Bernards |
Consultant: |
EC2 (LEED/Sustainability) American Trash Management (Trash) |
Photographer: |
The Residences at Pacific City
Category
Residential Planned Development