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 the home for the textile manufacturer's union hall. Subsequently the union and textile manufacturing industry moved way 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 a fully sustainable edifice with two affordable live/work lofts and his won architectural office. KLofts is a collection of simplistic architectural forms collaged to create a nine unit loft building on a nine thousand square foot urban property in the Golden Hill area of Downtown, San Diego. The former Circle K convenience store and gas station was saved and integrated into the new design to minimize the deconstruction and make adaptive reuse of the existing building. The modern building integrates urban living environments for a mixture of very low income (50% of median income) affordable and market rate rental units with each unit containing large private outdoor spaces and oversize glazing. The sustainable project provides 50% renewable electricity and a unit set aside for very low-income families. The architect/developer worked closely with the community for nine month to ensure a project that is well received by the neighborhood and provides needed affordable housing in San Diego.