架构师提供的文本描述。在70年代，圣地亚哥有一个繁荣的纺织业和强大的工会成员。金山地区紧邻圣地亚哥高速公路和市中心，成为纺织品制造商工会大厅的所在地。随后，工会和纺织制造业搬走，现场陷入混乱。这位建筑师没有拆除这座不起眼的70年代的滑塌街区建筑，而是采取了一种可持续的方式，并作为业主/开发商/承包商，决定将这栋建筑作为完全可持续的建筑，再利用两个可负担得起的活屋和他自己的建筑办公室。

Text description provided by the architects. During the 70’s San Diego had a flourishing textile business and strong union membership. The Golden Hill area directly adjacent to the San Diego Freeway and Downtown became home for the textile manufactures’ union hall. Subsequently, the union and textile manufacturing industry moved away and the site fell in disarray. Rather than demolishing the nondescript 70’s slump block building, the architect took a sustainable approach, and acting as owner/developer/contractor, decided to adaptively reuse the building as fully sustainable edifice with two affordable livework lofts and his own architectural office.

 © Paul Body

C.Paul Body

此外，该房产还提供了两个停车场，目前已发展到包括13个“出租”可持续城镇住房的个人。从概念上讲，住宅的设计目的是与邻里和谐相处，在街道上有重要的个人存在，并有大量的私人户外空间，这些空间通过大量的玻璃连接到每个单元的内部。每个单位产生自己的电力从屋顶安装光伏板，并有景观与耐旱植物。

In addition, the property provided two parking lots that are now developed to include 13 individual “for rent” sustainable town homes. Conceptually the homes are designed to harmonize with the neighborhood, have significant individual presence on the street, and have substantial private outdoor space, which is connected to each unit’s interior by an abundance of glazing. Each unit generates it’s own power from roof mounted photovoltaic panels and has landscaping with drought tolerant plants.