The Phoenix Net Loft is a historic building with a rich context. Located in the Britannia Heritage Shipyards on the shoreline of the Fraser River estuary, it sits over the water adjacent to a public bike and walking path a short distance from the Village of Steveston. The structure was originally used by the local fishing industry to store fishing nets. The City of Richmond engaged O4A to do an intensive rehabilitation of the historic net loft and to propose program ideas to turn the Net Loft into a community building. The resulting feasibility study explored a range of program options including turning the space into artist studios and maker space, a shoreline ecology interpretive centre, and a public market.