The Burnside Rocket

Format
Brief

City
Portland

State/Province
OR

Country
USA

Metro Area
Portland

Project Type
Mixed Use

Location Type
Other Central City

Land Uses
Office
Open space
Restaurant
Retail

Keywords
Art-centered development
Co-op building
Infill development
LEED Platinum certified
Rooftop garden
Small-scale development
Sustainable development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2011 Winner

Site Size
0.09 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2006

Date Opened
2007

A brief is a short version of a case study.

The Burnside rocket is not your average project. The LEED-Platinum infill development in Portland features a ground-floor pub, two levels of shared office space, a top-floor restaurant, and a rooftop garden. The four-story building is a case study in multifunctionality: operable window panels double as canvases for local artists, the roof garden provides fresh produce for the restaurant, and water from an underground aquifer both cools the building and yields 4,500 gallons (17,000 L) of potable water each day—profits from which the developer plans to donate to local public schools. The project embodies the do-it-yourself ethos of its host city and acts as a proper hinge along Burnside Street, the dividing line between north and south Portland.

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Developer/Owner/Designer
Cavenaugh + Cavenaugh LLC
Portland, OR

Architect of Record
Stack Architecture
Portland, OR

Website
www.burnsiderocket.com

Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig, Adrienne Schmitz, Annie Finkenbinder-Best

ULI Awards for Excellence 2011 Winner