Berkeley Station Santa Monica, CA

Berkeley Station is a 4-story, 13-unit development designed for both supportive transitional housing and permanent residences for transition-aged-youth and low-income families. The design utilizes prefab modular construction and is located in a northeast Santa Monica neighborhood with high quality transit, parks and neighborhood retail. Funding for the project utilizes five sources including a 1-million dollar grant from LA County’s Housing Innovation Challenge Grant, awarded to the NEST Toolkit, a system of prefab modules and components sized to fit different project types and different sized lots, which can be tailored to different neighborhoods. The NEST Toolkit is currently under development with PlantPrefab and Community Corporation of Santa Monica and is designed to build faster and more affordably on small urban lots; Berkeley Station is a test-fit demonstration project for the Toolkit. Sited in the R-2 multi-unit residential district, between the 4.5 story residential building on Santa Monica Blvd and a residential neighborhood of 1-2.5 story residential buildings to the north, the building transitions from the higher-density commercial boulevard to the residential neighborhood with a lower 2 story form capped by a shade trellis; the building volume has been strategically designed to step back from the front yard along Berkeley Street to provide for a more contextual height and volume transition.

Brooks + Scarpa Berkeley Station Santa Monica, CA

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