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Michael Schaefer

Michael Schaefer

San Jose, CA, US

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4th Street Apartments

9 story, 100 unit urban infill, LEED Platinum certification 

Type 1 steel frame construction

Fourth Street Apartments offers 100 energy-efficient apartments (one, two and three-bedrooms) on a .79 acre site downtown located two blocks from light rail. This multifamily housing includes two stories of structured parking, with a landscaped courtyard providing open space, a seventh floor terrace and a living roof planted with organic materials. The building has received LEED Platinum certification. 

 
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Status: Built
Location: San Jose, CA, US
My Role: Project Architect (at FFA) through plan check and later Architectural Consultant (at Branagh)
Additional Credits: Fisher Friedman Assoc.
First Community Housing
Branagh Construction

photos: Bernard Andre