3050 International will introduce 76 affordable family homes and a ground floor health clinic to a former parking lot site along the busy International Boulevard corridor in East Oakland. PYATOK worked to meet the needs of two partnering clients: nonprofit developer Satellite Affordable Housing Association (SAHA), and Native American Health Center (NAHC), which provides medical, dental, behavioral health, and social programs across the Bay Area.

With the opening of this 13,000-square-foot clinic space, NAHC will be able to expand its East Oakland presence with a cultural community center, pediatric dental services, Women, Infant, and Children programming, and pediatric and women’s medical services. The housing component on levels two through five will flank a large podium-level courtyard that adjoins service offices, a community room, and laundry. The project has separate entries and garages for its two uses; the more public clinic and cultural center to be accessed from International, and the residential lobby and garage via Derby Street.

PYATOK was asked to create a unique identity for the building that drew inspiration from American Indian cultural traditions while also being universally appealing for the non-Native Fruitvale residents anticipated to use the clinic. Interweaving colors and materials on the façade mimic the patterns of woven baskets, and art-infused canopies above the building entries echo the flicker feathers of traditional headdresses.

Personnel

• Curtis Caton / PIC
• Kai Yonezawa / PM
• Erica Hernly / PA

Design Team

• Nibbi / GC
• SmithGroup / Assoc. Arch (Health Center Interiors)
• AWA / Landscape
• Luk + Associates / Civil
• IDA / Structural
• LEI / Mechanical
• BWF / Electrical
• Wilson Ihrig / Acoustics
• Alpine / Dry Utilities