This new mixed use condo complex misses the mark wasting the opportunity to anchor the heart of Point Loma Village. Upscale pricing contrasts with low-level materials, finishes and detailing in this half-hearted attempt at mixed use. Its most distinctive feature is a series of cheap-looking, metal-mesh screens that surround windows at the street facade. Their curving shape evokes “sails?” Providing no purpose they along with the mediocre plaster finish work and shading devices located too high above the windows to provide shade make this one a stinker.
Orchids & Onions
Bella Mar – Residential Mixed use: Point Loma
Onion Address
Rosecrans and Byron, Point Loma
Owner / Developer
Nextspace Developer
Architect / Designer
Martinez Cutri Architects / Marengo Morton Architects
Photo Credit
The brown metal screens, which are supposed to be the decoration to what would otherwise be a very plain building; look cheap and the fact that they are off-centered bring a certain anxiety to the viewer. Surely they could have done something more pleasant to the eye.