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PERA LTA VILLA MODERNIZATION
Oakland, CA

before

 Picture Replanning of the site to partially restore the original street pattern created a safer, more secure and more manageable environment with "defensible" outdoor spaces.

Client
Oakland Housing Authority

Scope
Programming,
Modernization

Cost
$25 million

Completed
1999
after

PROJECT DETAILS

Looking like concrete bunkers, this 300 unit family housing project was built during World War II using the then-popular concept of removing existing streets to create automobile-free "superblocks".  As a result, residents felt they lived in a "project" rather than feeling a part of the surrounding community. 

The initial design work, including the site plan concept, was done by Tom Caulfield when he was a principal with IDG Architects..