Harbor Bay Isle masterplan, Alameda CA
Designed as KMD Architects with Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, landscape design
John Ellis Urban Designer with Jeff Heller, Ed McFarlan
An invited competition entry to create a masterplan for a mile long site overlooking the Bay on Alameda Island. The design proposed a grand boulevard leading to a new ferry terminal serving San Francisco. The plan proposed a street and block pattern to accommodate a range of land-uses including offices and a residential neighborhood focused on the ferry terminal. A new light rail line was proposed along the boulevard connecting back to the Fruitvale BART station. Landscaping with fast growing poplar trees would give the boulevard a strong initial identity and a formal quality while development took shape over time.
Aerial view looking towards San Francisco. Drawn by Wally Thomason
The 1.5 mile long site is organized alonmg a major boulevard that terminates in a mixed-use neighborhood focused on a new ferry terminal to San Francisco.
The mixed-use neighborhood focused on the ferry terminal and plaza.
One of the commercial sites focused on a waterfront park.