Daniel Parolek's presentation from the ULI Conference, Fall 2011

1. Innovative Urban Infill Housing
• ULI Fall Conference 2011-PechaKucha
• Dan Parolek, Principal, Opticos Design
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2. Micro-Liner: Creating Value on Land that Has None
Octavia Boulevard: San Francisco, CA
The Problem
How do you creatively
infill an 18’ deep x 350’
lot left over from tearing
down a freeway? And do
so with a contextual and
green approach?
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3. Micro-Liner: Creating Value on Land that Has None
Octavia Boulevard: San Francisco, CA
The Remedy
• 4 Interlocking Units
• Unit size: 950 SF to 1,200
SF
• All Units are 2 stories
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4. Micro-Liner: Creating Value on Land that Has None
Octavia Boulevard: San Francisco, CA
The Remedy
• Each unit has a two-story
outdoor terrace that can
be shuttered
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5. Micro-Liner: Creating Value on Land that Has None
Octavia Boulevard: San Francisco, CA
The Remedy
• Each unit has a flex-room
that can be a home office
or guest bedroom that
is accessed directly from
the terrace
•
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6. Micro-Liner: Creating Value on Land that Has None
Octavia Boulevard: San Francisco, CA
The Remedy
• Green building components:
Passive heating and cooling,
solar, green roofs
• High-quality urban living
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7. Micro-Liner: Creating Value on Land that Has None
Octavia Boulevard: San Francisco, CA
Application
On urban fragments of
land nationwide.
• Parking structures
• Utility buildings
• Activating
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8. Urban Courtyards:Livermore Village and Yield
Maximizing Quality
Livermore Village: Livermore, CA
Creating a Catalyst for Downtown Revitalization Tom Dolan Architects
Project: This project converts a dead strip mall in the heart of Reference
The Problem
downtown Livermore into a vibrant mixed-use, artisan-oriented
neighborhood, as well as a transit-oriented development due to its
Marc Roberts
Community Development Director
Converting a dead strip mall within
proximity to the ACE commuter rail station. City of Livermore
Community Development Department
a small town and architecture for ainto a
Program: Urban design downtown 5.5-acre catalyst site 1052 S. Livermore Avenue
in downtown Livermore consisting of 281 residential units, 6,000 Livermore, CA 94550
vibrant mixed-usespace. The program includes
sf of retail, and 4,500 sf of artists’ community that 925.960.4400
a mixture of building types including live-work, townhomes, mroberts@ci.livermore.ca.us
relates over flats, and courtyard podium buildings. In the
townhomes to its context in scale and
Opticos Project Team
courtyard podium buildings, the units are stacked above a parking
character unit liners and are arranged to form a series of
podium with flex Daniel Parolek, Principal
courtyards onto which the majority of the units open. The project Christopher Janson, Associate
• 5.5 acres: Dead units to allow for the future com-
also incorporates live-work flex mall
mercial expansion of downtown and a park-lift system to meet
• Back demand for a main street block
the parking side of higher density building in a compact
footprint.
• Untested urban market: Need Creating a Catalyst for Downtown Revitalization
Approved by the City of Livermore City Council, November 2006.
high-quality solution Project: This project converts a dead strip mall in the heart of
downtown Livermore into a vibrant mixed-use, artisan-oriented
neighborhood, as well as a transit-oriented development due to its
Reference
Marc Roberts
Community Development Director
proximity to the ACE commuter rail station. City of Livermore
Community Development Department
ns of Program: Urban design and architecture for a 5.5-acre catalyst site
in downtown Livermore consisting of 281 residential units, 6,000
1052 S. Livermore Avenue
Livermore, CA 94550
um sf of retail, and 4,500 sf of artists’ space. The program includes 925.960.4400
a mixture of building types including live-work, townhomes,
h townhomes over flats, and courtyard podium buildings. In the
mroberts@ci.livermore.ca.us
courtyard podium buildings, the units are stacked above a parking Opticos Project Team
podium with flex unit liners and are arranged to form a series of Daniel Parolek, Principal
- courtyards onto which the majority of the units open. The project Christopher Janson, Associate
of also incorporates live-work flex units to allow for the future com-
mercial expansion of downtown and a park-lift system to meet
t: the parking demand for a higher density building in a compact
footprint.
o-
ment Approved by the City of Livermore City Council, November 2006.
Opticos Design, Inc.
Above: Elevations of Sheet #1
courtyard podium
buildings, which

9. Urban Courtyards: Maximizing Quality and Yield
Livermore Village: Livermore, CA
Tom Dolan Architects
The Remedy Various Housing
Units Accessed
Innovative courtyard housing type Off a Courtyard
with flexible ground floor spaces
• 281 units (2 & 3 bedroom town-
houses, studio-2 bedroom flats, Corridor-Accessed
Flats Along Street
live-work units)
• 6,000 SF of ground floor retail
• 4,500 SF of artist space Parking (Park-LIfts)
• 20,000 SF of office space
• Winner of the 2008 “Making Cities Live-Work Units
Livable Award”
Flex Liner
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10. Urban Courtyards: Maximizing Quality and Yield
Livermore Village: Livermore, CA
P h a s e O n e : C o u r t y a r d H o u s i n g Ty p e
Tom Dolan Architects
The Remedy Townhouses mixed with flats to
Providing Quality Urban Living
provide greater variety of hous-
ing
• Courtyard-Accessed Units 2 levels of parking
• Minimizing long, dark corridor access Variety of massing at courtyards
Flex units screen parking
Section through Podium Building A
North-South cut looking East
Courtyard
Parking
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11. Urban Courtyards: Maximizing Quality and Yield
Livermore Village: Livermore, CA
Tom Dolan Architects
The Remedy Various Housing
Units Accessed
Addressing constrained lot size Off a Courtyard
• Utilizing park-lifts
Corridor-Accessed
Flats Along Street
Parking (Park-LIfts)
Live-Work Units
Courtyard Podium Building A - Sec
Building A - Building Section Looking East
Scale: 1" = 10'-0"
Flat
Roof Terrace
Flat Townhome Flat
Flat Flat Flat
Courtyard
Surface Parking
Ramp
Surface Parking
Flex Liner
Flex Unit
Park-lifts Park-lifts
Building A - Building Section Looking West
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Feet 5 10 15 20
Scale: 1" = 10'-0'