Lovejoy Block 2

Architecture Firm: 
GGLO
Completion Date: 
Winter 2008
Project Size (sf / site acreage): 
329,095 gsf / 0.92 acres / 231 dwelling units
Project Location: 
The Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
Budget ($/sq Ft, optional): 
n/a
Interior Designer: 
GGLO
General Contractor: 
Andersen Construction Company
Landscape Designer: 
GGLO
Lighting Consultant: 
n/a
Structural Engineer: 
DCI Engineers
Mechanical Engineer: 
Hunter Davisson, Inc
Electrical Engineer: 
Dynalectric Company
Commissioning Agent: 
Glumac and Lew Seagraves
Air Quality Consultant: 
n/a
Civil Engineer: 
KPFF
Other: 
Plumbing: Peninsula Plumbing Company; Envelope: Morrison Hershfield; Acoustical: Altermatt Associates; Energy Modular: Glumac
Owner: 
UNICO Properties
View of building showing parking garage and lofts over retail
Sustainable Sites: 
Located in the Pearl District on the Portland Street Car line, the project takes advantage of urban amenities which contribute significantly to the project’s pursuit of a LEED-NC Gold rating: • Urban infill location • Maximized land use with ground level commercial shell & 13 floors of multifamily housing • Close to multiple public transportation options, promoting bicycle & pedestrian activities • Eco-roofs, making up approximately 30% of the site area, along with detention tank manage stormwater runoff
Toward Zero Energy: 
The project is targeting energy efficiency measures close to 40% more efficient than ASHRAE 90.1-2004. Key energy efficiency features of the building include: • Reduced DHW flow; efficient lighting for parking, residences and common areas • Low conductivity aluminum windows • Efficient hot water heaters • High-efficiency water-source heat pumps and condensing boilers • Reduced kW/ton for the cooling tower • High EER make-up air units.
Local and Sustainable Materials: 
Products were selected for their durability, promotion of healthy indoor air quality, recycled content and location of manufacturing and harvesting. Materials include: • Durable, local concrete and masonry • Products ranging from metal framing to carpet tile contribute a high level of recycled content • Low emitting paints, sealants, and carpeting • Salvaged timbers for site furnishings and interior finishes • Rapidly renewable linoleum, cork flooring and bamboo wall panels
Sustainable Water: 
The project is anticipated to provide more than 30% water savings compared to a conventional project, through: • Lowflow showerheads and faucets • Dual flush toilets • Dwelling units individually metered to promote responsible use of water • Drought tolerant planting • Rain barrels collect roof water for residential P-Patch watering
IEQ and Comfort: 
Products were selected for their durability, promotion of healthy indoor air quality, recycled content and location of manufacturing and harvesting. Materials include: • Large floor to ceiling windows with operable units provide daylight, views and ventilation • Low emitting paints, sealants, and carpeting contribute to the health of the indoor environment • HVAC systems provide individual controllability & provide thermally comfortable spaces • Construction practices protect the health of the workers as well as the end users
Collective Wisdom and Feedback: 
The site is a traditional 200’x200’ Portland block with the proposed development generally built to the sidewalk. The project’s overall massing and stepping of the upper floors, complete the street wall. Breaks in the street-wall enclosure serve as focal points, such as building entry, or the articulation of building mass into smaller or distinctive elements. An occupant survey is planned to collect user feedback.
Social Equity: 
Drawing its inspiration from the surrounding context of warehouse loading docks and concrete, brick and steel textures of Portland’s Pearl District, the project is bounded on each side by an active street with established use and character. In response, we designed this "building in the round" to present a different face to each streetscape. Through the introduction of physical barriers between the pedestrian zone and vehicular traffic, the pedestrian environment offers protection and engagement with the street. The project maintains on-street parking around the block and introduces parallel on-street parking next to the pedestrian way on of NW 13th Avenue. Planted areas and pervious paving help articulate the street furniture zones adjacent to the curb. Stopping and viewing places are integrated along sidewalk zones. Weather and glare protection features are incorporated throughout the project. Solar shading elements are incorporated into building facades at upper building floors to reduce glare and heat gain, lowering building energy costs. Windows along the south facades of the low-rise residential loft units feature solar shades of industrial metal grating.
Regional/Community Design: 
The project design expresses the following Regional and Community Design themes: a. Pedestrian emphasis and orientation through extensive ground-level retail use, with strong, primary entrances at corners, and multiple entrances and variety along the street, architectural canopies, upper level building terraces, solar shading and visual screening of upper level parking levels, integrated signage and building lighting. b. Streetscapes improved to meet PDOT and City Forester standards. c. Industrial character of the Pearl District and historical NW 13th Avenue spine recalled through a variety of articulation at the street via an elevated the pedestrian way. d. Sustainable design practices, formalized through LEED.