REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO
An aerial regional precedent showing the relationship between a high-density urban grid and major infrastructural bridge linkages over water.
- What we like about this project
- The distinct boundary where the rectilinear street grid terminates abruptly against the piers and water edge.
Materials
- asphalt
- concrete
- water
- steel
Visual identifiers
- aerial-view
- urban-grid
- bridge-connection
- waterfront
Style tags
- urban-planning
- infrastructure
- aerial
Visual tags
- masterplan
- metropolitan
- infrastructure
- coastal
- macro-scale
- Geometry
- Orthogonal grid city layout meeting complex irregular coastline and infrastructure networks across a bay.
- Spatial scale
- Metropolitan regional scale spanning miles of urban fabric.
- Lighting
- Monochrome daylight overhead; even contrast across landmasses and water.
- Atmosphere
- Expansive, cold, and stark high-altitude perspective of the metropolis.
- Environmental context
- Coastal metropolitan area surrounded by bay waters and peninsulas.
- Spatial experience
- Macro-scale view revealing the contrast between dense gridded urban fabric and expansive dark water bodies.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense urban texture balancing against the massive negative space of the dark bay.
- Style reading
- Macro urban cartography
- Program
- Metropolitan master planning and regional analysis
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban
- Materials
- asphalt, concrete, water, steel
- Visual identifiers
- aerial-view, urban-grid, bridge-connection, waterfront
- Style tags
- urban-planning, infrastructure, aerial
- Visual tags
- masterplan, metropolitan, infrastructure, coastal, macro-scale
- Geometry
- Orthogonal grid city layout meeting complex irregular coastline and infrastructure networks across a bay.
- Spatial scale
- Metropolitan regional scale spanning miles of urban fabric.
- Lighting
- Monochrome daylight overhead; even contrast across landmasses and water.
- Atmosphere
- Expansive, cold, and stark high-altitude perspective of the metropolis.
- Environmental context
- Coastal metropolitan area surrounded by bay waters and peninsulas.
- Spatial experience
- Macro-scale view revealing the contrast between dense gridded urban fabric and expansive dark water bodies.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense urban texture balancing against the massive negative space of the dark bay.
- Style reading
- Macro urban cartography
- Program
- Metropolitan master planning and regional analysis
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban