San Francisco Projects 22 Created 15-Sep-12 By lukasz kaczmarczyk, moscow, Russia San Francisco Federal Building Morphosis government, office M H de Young Museum Sundial Bridge San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Contemporary Jewish Museum Fundación Luis Seoane Electric Ramps at the Old Centre California Academy of Sciences Marin County Civic Center 7 Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Clorindo Testa library Shaklee Terraces 14 One Maritime Plaza 15 Vaillancourt Fountain 16 Transamerica Pyramid 17 William L Pereira & Associates commercial space, office 8 VC Morris Gift Shop 18 Frank Lloyd Wright gallery, museum 9 Cultural Centre Aiete Park 19 San Sebastián, Spain Isuuru culture, exposition space, museum, park 10 Museo Jorge Oteiza 20 Alzuza, Spain Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza museum 11 San Rafael, Frank Lloyd Wright court building, government, library Armand Vaillancourt fountain, sculpture Renzo Piano aquarium, culture, museum 6 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Roberto Ercilla promenade 13 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill office A Coruña, Spain CREUSeCARRASCO museum 5 Daniel Libeskind museum 1234 Howard Street Skidmore, Owings & Merrill office Mario Botta museum 4 Redding, Santiago Calatrava bridge Stanley Saitowitz Natoma s housing Herzog and De Meuron museum 3 San Francisco Art Institute 21 Paffard Keatinge Clay university 12 Archaeological Museum of Vitoria 22 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Francisco Mangado culture, museum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 1
Auditorio Nacional Mexico City, Mexico Teodoro Fernandez Arquitectos auditorium, dance theater, music theatre 23 Hallidie Building 24 Willis Jefferson Polk office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 2
photo: Ryan Taube photo: Ryan Taube San Francisco Federal Building 7th Street 90 San Francisco California 94103 Standing 71 metres tall, the San Francisco Federal Building was completed in 2007 and is located in the SoMA area of San Francisco Gray concrete walls are juxtaposed with custom, zig-zagged '9Wood' wood ceilings Designed to be a 'green' building, it consumes less than half the power of a standard office tower, an indication of how building design can help slash emissions of greenhouse gases It is the first naturally ventilated office building on the west coast since the advent of air conditioning Project is not public! 2007 Technical engineer Morphosis Ove Arup rtaube photo: Ryan Taube Located in SoMa (South of Market Street) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 3
photo: Ken McCown photo: Ryan Taube M H de Young Museum Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive 50 San Francisco California 94118 http://wwwfamsforg/deyoung/indexasp The M H de Young Museum sites atop the site of the old museum which was severely damaged in San Francisco earthquake of 1989 The building depicts this fracture not only in it's form, but also in the structure of the building itself, which can move almost a meter during an earthquake The copper skin, which covers the building entirely, is covered in dimples and perforations which change in colour throughout the day depending on the quality of sunlight 10-2005 Herzog and De Meuron rtaube photo: Ryan Taube Tuesday through Sunday, 9:30 am to 5:15 pm, Fridays until 8:45 pm The tower closes at 4:30 pm Tuesday through Sunday and 8 pm Fridays http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 4
photo: Ken McCown Sundial Bridge Sundial Bridge Drive 840 Redding California 96003 http://wwwturtlebayorg/att_sundialbridgephp The Sundial Bridge is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge that spans the Sacramento River in Redding, California, about a 3 hour drive north of San Francisco It is similar in design to Santiago Calatrava's Puente del Alamillo in Seville, Spain However, the mast of this bridge is located off center, creating a uniquely unbalanced look At 217 feet (66 metres), the mast of the bridge also serves as the world's largest sundial The shadow moves at about a foot per minute, so one can actually see the rotation of the earth The deck of the bridge is composed of translucent glass that is illuminated at night, casting an aquamarine blue light on the river below photo: Ken McCown 7-2004 Client Santiago Calatrava Turtle Bay Exploration Park rtaube Open daily from 0600 to midnight From Interstate 5, take the Lassen Peak Highway exit and go west to Sundial Bridge (Auditorium) Drive Turn right to the Turtle Bay Exploration Park http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 5
photo: Ryan Taube photo: Ken McCown San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Third Street 151 San Francisco California 94103 http://wwwsfmomaorg Completed in 1995, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (also known as SFMOMA) marks the first time Mario Botta designed a building in the It became an instant architectural landmark in the city of San Francisco The simple geometry belies a thoroughly detailed brick façade with a monumental atrium extending the height of the building and topped with Botta's signature zebra striped tower The gallery spaces seamlessly interact with the atrium, drawing the visitor ever higher At the top of the atrium a sky bridge connects the galleries to a roof deck which will eventually house a roof garden, scheduled for completion in 2009 Floor area/size 1995 20900 m² Associate architect Mario Botta HOK rtaube photo: Ryan Taube Monday & Tuesday: 1000-1745 / Wednesday: closed / Thursday: 1000-2145 / Friday: 1000-1745 / Saturday & Sunday: 1000-1945 From the East Bay: take Interstate 80 and exit at Fremont Street Take an immediate left from Fremont onto Howard Street and get into the right lane Go two blocks and turn right onto Third Street From the Peninsula: take Highway 101 until it connects to Interstate 80 and exit at Fourth Street; Fourth immediately leads onto Bryant Street Take a left from Bryant onto Third Street and follow it until you reach the museum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 6
photo: Ryan Taube photo: Ryan Taube Contemporary Jewish Museum Mission Street 736 San Francisco California 94105 http://wwwthecjmorg The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is somewhat contained within the existing structure of an old power substation With it's nearby proximity to SFMOMA, the CJM is gradually turning this area of town into the cultural nexus of the city Libeskind's design is intriguing, although it follows a pattern established by Berlin's Jewish museum and the Denver Art Museum It's sharp angular forms look like a modern structure dropped out of the sky onto the existing power station The interiors are equally striking and Libeskind's skillful manipulation of light make this building well worth visiting Floor area/size 6-2008 5800 m² Landscape designer Associate architect Daniel Libeskind Cliff Lowe Associates WRNS rtaube photo: Ryan Taube Open daily (except Wednesday): 1100-1730 / Thursday: 1300-2030 Take route 101 North to San Francisco Keep right to take I 80 E via Exit 433B toward Oakland (signs for Oakland, I80, Bay Bridge, 7th Street, US101N) Take the Fourth Street exit - Exit 2 Take a slight left on Bryant Turn left at Third Street Turn left on Mission Street http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 7
photo: CREUSeCARRASCO photo: CREUSeCARRASCO Fundación Luis Seoane Calle de San Francisco 15001 A Coruña Spain http://wwwluisseoanefundorg Luís Seoane was a lithographer and artist, born in 1910 in Argentina of Galician immigrants After the Spanish Civil War, upon returning to A Coruña, he became a leading figure within of the movement to revive Galician culture In designing a museum that represents the figure of Luís Seoane, Spanish architects CREUSeCARRASCO have seized the keys of the existing building and its surroundings in order to define the new goal: to create a suitable site for exhibition space and establish a close link between this and the public space of the city, exploiting and recovering the historical traces that still persist 5-2003 CREUSeCARRASCO Condemartinez photo: CREUSeCARRASCO Tuesday to Saturday: 11:00-14:00 & 17:00-20:00 / Sunday: 11:00-14:00 / Closed on Mondays http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 8
Electric Ramps at the Old Centre Cantón de la Soledad 010010 Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain This project came about from an idea competition organized by the City of Vitoria-Gasteiz The programme contemplates the creation of covered mechanical ramps, four sections in Cantón de la Soledad and three sections in Cantón de San Francisco Javier The decision to cover the ramps allows a better guaranteed use, given the extreme winter conditions in the city The covering will be both complex and simple It is complex in its apparent three-dimensional perception and simple as it is conceived from equal pieces, uniquely displaced among themselves The basic stainless steel and glass portico acts similarly to the shots of a film, by means of rotary movements around a virtual axis in sequences of one metre distances The sensation of rotational movement that the user perceives uses the movement of the ramp itself to create a connected sequence that holds one's interest all the way up, creating different views in different places along the way photo: Roberto Ercilla 2007 Client Roberto Ercilla Municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz Roberto_Ercilla http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 9
photo: Ryan Taube photo: Jenn Ludwig California Academy of Sciences Music Concourse Drive 55 San Francisco California 94118 http://wwwcalacademyorg/ The new California Academy of Sciences has risen on the same site of the former Academy in Golden Gate Park The design required the demolition of most of the 11 existing buildings, built between 1916 and 1991 Its primary goal is to provide a modern facility for exhibition, education, conservation and research under one roof according to sustainable design strategies Natural ventilation instead of air conditioning for large parts of the building, carefully chosen building materials, an efficient use and re-use of water, as well as the generation of energy, are integral parts of the design Three historic parts of the former Academy (the African and North American Halls, and the entrance to the Steinhart Aquarium) were maintained in different ways as a memory of the past (text from website architect) photo: Jenn Ludwig 9-2008 Renzo Piano fjennludwig Monday - Saturday: 0930-1700 / Sunday: 11:00-1700 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 10
photo: Jon Lieber photo: Eke Miedaner Marin County Civic Center North San Pedro Road 101 San Rafael California 94903 http://wwwmarincenterorg/ The Marin County Civic Center, located a few miles north of San Francisco, is one of the last designs that Frank Lloyd Wright worked on It is one of the finest expressions of 'organic architecture', a concept Wright labeled as his own Construction on the main building began in 1960, a year after his death, and the last building was completed in 1976 The design consists of a large rotunda with two large arms (one for Justice, the other for Administration) that flow over the hillsides with arched colonnades Originally, the roof was to be gold in colour, but this was changed to light blue before construction began The gold roof on beige walls were meant to mimic the surrounding landscape A 50-metre triangular spire creates a third dimension to the design, soaring upward through the Marin hills photo: Kevin Collins 1976 Frank Lloyd Wright rtaube One-hour docent-led tours of the Civic Center are offered every Wednesday at 10:30, leaving from the second floor Gift Shop, room 233 Drive north on Highway 101 Take the North San Pedro Road exit traveling east Turn left onto Civic Center Drive http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 11
photo: Johanna Weststrate photo: Johanna Weststrate Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina Agüero 2502 C1425 Buenos Aires Argentina http://wwwbngovar/ The National Library of the Argentinean Republic was founded September 1810 In 1960, according to law 12351, the library got the permission to construct a new building on three hectares in the area enclosed by Avenida Libertador San Martin and Las Heras and the streets Agüero and Austria A national competition was organised to select the architect, won in 1961 by Clorinda Testa, Alicia D Cazzanica and Francisco Bullrich The building however, was not inaugurated until 1993 The library is built in the Brutalist Style, exposing an excessive amount of concrete The public library is situated in a volume lifted on top of four concrete cores, each containing 13 piles with a diameter of 12 metre The view from the interior of the library towards the city of Buenos Aires is magnificent The book deposit, a school for librarians and the machine room are located in the basement photo: Sking 1993 Main designer,, Artist Clorindo Testa hjweststrate Alicia D Cazzanica Francisco Bullrich http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 12
photo: Piotr Krajewski 1234 Howard Street Howard Street 1234 San Francisco California 94103 The 50-by-165-foot site stretches from Howard Street on one side to Natoma Street on the other A one-way drive, with parking on one side and lobby and circulation on the other, links the streets Above the drive, a court is carved through the block, dividing the width of the building into three equal bars The central bar remains empty; those on either side are again divided, into two halves The east bar contains two-bedroom units; the west bar, which also accommodates the elevator and stairs, one-bedroom units Floating service walls create a sense of spaciousness and indeterminacy Bridges cross the central court, giving access from the east bar to the west bar In a loft-saturated housing environment, this complex offers an alternative, providing more privacy to accommodate family living Unlike typical urban housing, these units have abundant light from windows along the length of the court (text from archdaily) Project is not public! 2007 Stanley Saitowitz Natoma s pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 13
photo: Piotr Krajewski Shaklee Terraces Market Street 444 San Francisco California 94111 The Shaklee Terraces (or 444 Market Street or One Front Street) is an office skyscraper rising on San Francisco's Market Street in the Financial District The building, completed in 1979, stands 538 feet (164 m) tall and has 38 floors The composition of the façade closely resembles that of the Shell Building by Emil Fahrenkamp, which was built in Berlin in 1931 The Shaklee Corporation used to be headquartered in the office tower until the company moved to Pleasanton, California in 2000 In 1999-2001, Scient Corporation, a dot-com era consulting firm, had its head office on the upper floors of the building, prior to its move to One Market Street Public access unknown! 1979 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 14
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski One Maritime Plaza Clay Street 236 San Francisco California 94111 http://wwwonemaritimeplazacom This landmark tower is recognizable on the San Francisco skyline Adjacent to Embarcadero Center, it is close to the ferry building and two blocks from the California Street cable car line The 25-storey tower and two single-storey, plaza-level office buildings feature more than 534000 square footage The building features convenient access to a city-owned garage on three levels, directly below Maritime Plaza with more than 1100 parking spaces North, East and South-facing suites have spectacular views of San Francisco Bay West-facing suites enjoy views of the Transamerica Building and the city (text from project's website) Public access unknown! 1964 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 15
photo: Piotr Krajewski Vaillancourt Fountain Embarcadero Plaza San Francisco California 94111 This fountain is known as the 'Vaillancourt Fountain', but the sculptor, Armand Vaillancourt, named it 'Québec libre!' on the night before the inauguration day of the fountain in 1971 Vaillancourt is a French sculptor, painter and performance artist born on September 3, 1929 in the city of Black Lake, Quebec, Canada He gave the fountain the name 'Québec libre!' (French for 'Free Quebec!'), to show his support for the Quebec sovereignty movement and more largely, the support for the freedom of all people in Quebec The huge, cubic fountain is 200 feet long, 140 feet wide and 36 feet high It was closed for years for repair but was fully restored a few years ago (text from wwwkiwipulsecom) photo: Piotr Krajewski 1971 Artist Armand Vaillancourt pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 16
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Transamerica Pyramid Sansome Street 505 San Francisco California 94111 http://wwwtransamericacom/company_profile/about_the_p yramid/ The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest and most recognizable skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo Designed by architect William L Pereira, the building has a height of 260 m (853 ft) The structure is a tall, four-sided pyramid with two 'wings' on opposite sides of the building The wing to the east of the building contains an elevator shaft, while the wing to the west contains a stairwell and a smoke tower The top 646 m (212 ft) of the building is the spire, which is covered with aluminum panels (text from Wikipedia) Public access unknown! 1972 William L Pereira & Associates pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 17
photo: Manuel Majerus photo: Manuel Majerus VC Morris Gift Shop Maiden Lane 140 San Francisco California 94108 http://wwwxanadugalleryus/buildinghtml Originally designed as the VC Morris Gift Shop, Frank Lloyd Wright's only San Francisco building now houses the Xanadu Gallery Officially the building was designed in 1948, and incorporates the now legendary spiral ramp theme which Wright had already designed for the Guggenheim Museum, though that project wasn't finished until 1959, shortly after his death The controversy around the Guggenheim stemmed partly from the spiral ramp, though in the smaller, more intimate scale of the VC Morris Gift Store it seems to have won over the public at once The street entrance is an updated Romanesque arch, which according to Wright beckons the passerby in rather than vulgarly displaying its merchandise on the sidewalk The arch gives way to a glass tunnel atrium, then on to the spiraling interior The entire space seems to rotate beneath the luminous bubbles of the cast white plastic ceiling (text from project's website) 1950 Frank Lloyd Wright haveacupoftea photo: Manuel Majerus Tuesday - Saturday: 1000-1800 In a small street on the Eastern side of Union Square, central San Francisco http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 18
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Cultural Centre Aiete Park Paseo de Aiete 65 20009 San Sebastián Spain http://wwwsansebastianorg/casadelapaz This is a culture and Human Rights Institute located in the monumental "Aiete Park" The project involves the rehabilitation of Aiete Palace and the construction of a new building, half buried, placed in the yard The neo-classical palace was for many years, the place of residence for royalty and the nobility During his reign as a dictator, Francisco Franco chose it as his summer residence The symbolism of it being recovered for democratic society is therefore immense The new building houses the main uses of cultural facilities Socket is a roof garden, a building deliberately abstract that does not come into competition with the figurative language of the Palace It has half-buried in the platforms of the north side, joining them and maintaining the configuration of this part of the garden: the relationship with the city palace and the relationship with the park through the existing platform structure photo: Naomi Schiphorst 7-2010 Client Isuuru City of Donostia-San sebastián NGHM Phone number: (00 34) 943 48 19 75 E-mail: casadelapaz@donostiaorg,bakearenetxea@donostiaorg Timetable: 11:00-13:30 and 16:00-20:00 City buses to Aiete: 19 Aiete, 23 Errondo, 31 Intxaurrondo-Hospitales-Altza, 35 Arriola-Antiguo-Aiete-Hospitales There aren t many parking areas close to the House of Peace and Human Rigths Centre, so we recommend you to use the public transport http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 19
photo: vaumm architects photo: vaumm architects Museo Jorge Oteiza Calle de la Cuesta 7 31486 Alzuza Spain http://wwwmuseooteizaorg/ The Oteiza Museum is a monographic exhibition space housing the personal collection of the renowned all-round sculptor and artist Jorge Oteiza (Orio 1908 - San Sebastian 2003) The collection includes 1,690 sculptures, 2,000 experimental pieces from the artist's 'Chalk Laboratory', and an extensive collection of drawings and collages The building is situated in rural surroundings in Alzuza (Navarra), 9 kilometres from Pamplona It contains a representative selection of work by Oteiza, one of the twentieth century's most important sculptors, who made his début on the international stage when he won the Gran Prix at the Sao Paulo Biennial in 1957 with his 'Experimental Purpose' The large red concrete cube is intended as a metaphor of Oteiza's recreated space, and incorporates the house in which Jorge Oteiza lived from 1975 photo: vaumm architects 3-2005 Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza vaumm Close on MondaysSundays an public holidays 11:00 15:00 Winter (16 Sept- 14 Jun): Tu -Fri 10:00 15:00 Sat 11:00 19:00 Summer (15 June 15 September) Tu - Sat 11:00-19:00 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 20
photo: Jue Wang photo: Jue Wang San Francisco Art Institute Chestnut St 800 San Francisco California 94133 http://wwwsfaiedu/pageaspx?page=42&navid=53§ionid =2 In 1963 the Art Institute selected architect Paffard Keatinge Clay to design an addition to the original building that would double the amount of painting and sculpture studio space and provide space for large seminar classes, new galleries, and a café Clay had previously worked with Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Skidmore Owings and Merrill 'The building section Clay invented responds directly to the site to produce a sequence of architectural experiences unmatched elsewhere in this city of stunning sites and spaces', wrote Roger Montgomery, former Dean of the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley, in a review from 1969, the year the building was completed One of the most technically innovative features of the building is the stepped roof of the lecture hall, which forms an outdoor amphitheatre as the uppermost level of the roof-plaza The 150-foot square studio area is comprised of 30-foot concrete structural bays with 20-foot high ceilings punctured by conical sky photo: Jue Wang 1963 Paffard Keatinge Clay pillowwangjue http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 21
photo: Francisco Mangado photo: Francisco Mangado Archaeological Museum of Vitoria Calle Cuchilleria 54 01001 Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain "We like to think of an archaeology museum as a compact jewel box concealing the treasure that history has given us piece by piece" The building adjoins the Palace of Bendaña (museum of Naipes Fournier) and the access is through the same courtyard Functionally, the volume is organized so that working areas and facilities are located at ground level and oriented towards the street, with an independent access The assembly hall and galleries for temporary exhibitions are at the public entry level, shared with the Naipes Fournier museum, whereas permanent exhibition halls are in the upper levels The stairs which connect them define part of the transparent façade onto the access courtyard In contrast, the façade on the street is hermetic with wide openings where needed In this way the internal exhibition spaces are unencumbered and only traversed by translucent light prisms The whole building is coated with bronze blades, very close on the street and more rarefied on the courtyard photo: Francisco Mangado Floor area/size 2009 6000 m² Client Francisco Mangado Diputación Foral de Álava liutaiogitano Tuesday to Friday: 1000-1400 and 1600-1830 Saturday: 1000-1400 Sunday: 1100-1400 Monday: closed http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 22
Auditorio Nacional Bosque de Chapultepec 1 Mexico City México Miguel Hidalgo Mexico http://wwwauditoriocommx/ The Auditorio Nacional, the main campus of shows in Mexico and among the leaders of the world by various specialised media, the work of Mexican architects Pedro Ramirez Vazquez and Gonzalo Ramirez, And renovated by Abraham Zabludovsky and Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon The concerts that are held here include music, art, theater and dance, among other genres Constructed in 1952, it was used for volleyball and basketball matches of the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games and had seen performances of the San Francisco Ballet and New York Philharmonic in 1958 The auditorium was the venue for the gymnastics events at the 1968 Summer Olympics photo: Dominique Geelen 1952 Teodoro Fernandez Arquitectos AnArchi +52 (55) 9138 1350 Subway to Antropologia, bus to Arquimedes http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 23
photo: noehill photo: Finavon Hallidie Building Sutter Street 130-150 San Francisco California CA 94104 "The first application of a pure curtain wall to any building in America came some six years after the completion of Peter Behrens's Turbine Factory in Berlin with its flanking glass walls" While Polk had visited Europe soon after the completion of the Fagus-Werk it is unlikely that he was familiar with these precedents One other reason for the Hallidie Building may have been Polk's decision to break with the heavyweight Richardsonian manner, that Neo-Romanesque style which Polk once described as 'Titanic inebriation in sandstone' After 1893 Polk was in any event under the influence of Burnham's highly successful Beaux-Arts Columbian Exposition staged in Chicago in that year All the same, this in itself in no way accounts for a structure of such extraordinary precision and lightness Such a work was hardly eclectic practice prior to 1915 Like the Monadnock Block in the career of John Root this seven-storey structure was to be the unique triumph of Polk's career photo: waviness Public access unknown! 1918 Willis Jefferson Polk Huib http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lukas/guides/san%20francisco/ 24