OMA/Jason Long and YA Studio to design 100% affordable housing project in San Francisco

New York City-based OMA/ Jason Long and San Francisco-based Y.A. Studio were recently selected by the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) and the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) to design a 150-unit "deeply affordable" housing complex in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood.  The project's 38,000-square-foot site is situated at the entry to Golden Gate Park, a picturesque 1,000-acre park that stretches across San Francisco's west side. Ultimately, the architects write, the project will bring much-needed senior and family housing and "a sense of comfort and the feeling of independence and dignity" to the area.  Aerial view of the project site. Image courtesy of OMA.In a press release announcing the project, OMA Partner Jason Long writes, “This project will create over 150 homes for families and seniors who might otherwise be pushed out of the city. Haight-Ashbury became famous as a place for the community to gather, convene and mobilize, and th...