Just recently it was announced that David Adjaye, founder of London and New York-based Adjaye Associates, will helm The San Francisco Shipyard development. According to The Registry, he will be the project’s “master plan architect and creative director.” This comes on the heels of the National Museum of African History and Culture’s opening; that project saw Adjaye as the lead designer working alongside the Freelon Group (now Perkins+Will), Davis Brody Bond, and SmithGroupJJR.

The area in question is located southeast of downtown San Francisco in the Hunters Point area. The website of FivePoint, who’s developing the project, says The Shipyard “includes approximately 800 acres of bayfront property.” The website adds that the site will “include approximately 12,000 homesites and roughly 4.1 million square feet of commercial space, making it one of the largest developments of its kind in the history of San Francisco.”

A sweeping map on the project’s website shows a mix of open spaces—over 350 acres—and low-to-medium rise development with a few towers interspersed. The project’s shopping and entertainment component will include “1 million square feet of urban retail” and “gourmet restaurant village” while the arts and innovation neighborhood will feature a “5 million-square-foot waterfront R&D center” and “working studios and exhibition spaces for 300 artists.”

“Sustainable living” is also a key selling point, with native plant landscaping, the restoration of native habitats, and land trails for bikers and runners and water trails for kayakers and canoers. According to The Registry, this is the second phase of the project, with Adjaye’s plan building upon the work of New York City-based IBI Architects.