Brooklyn Basin Parcel H is located at Brooklyn Basin Way and 8th Avenue and consists of a mix use building with 380 units and approximately 24,000 SF of retail. The design breaks the development into two “buildings”. A “neighborhood building” that is anchored within the surrounding Brooklyn Basin Master Plan, and a “gateway building”, which faces Oakland Estuary and the Bay Area beyond. The neighborhood building mass is broken down into smaller components horizontally and vertically, while the gateway building, taking its cues from the nearby container ships, is a big scale singular gesture with a unique set of materials and color. Spatially, the building’s internal open space is connected to the water via a large cutout, which acts to bring the world of the estuary into the core of the development.