XI. San Franciso, USA
San Francisco, USA
San Francisco, USA — Nick Hennessey
Being a part of the metropolitan Bay Area, which spans 9 counties, 101 cities, and 7.1 million people, the city San Francisco is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. Covering a land area of 46.87 square miles, the city is the second most densely populated large US city and the 5th most densely populated US county. The city itself is divided into 36 districts, each with their own unique character and density.
Left: View of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge Right: View of San Francisco
Population:
Urban: 864,263 people
Metro: 7,100,000 people
Area:
Urban: 46.87 mi² or 121 km2
Metro: 7,840 mi2 or 20,306 km2
Population Density:
Urban Average: 18,440 people/mi2 or 7,143 people/km2
Metro Average: 905 people/mi2 or 350 people/km2
Politics:
The city of San Francisco is governed by a mayor with an 11-member Board of supervisors, both elected using preferential voting. In the California State Senate, the city is located in the 11th Senate district, while in the United States House of Representatives the city is split between two congressional districts, the 12th and 14th. The Mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms. Because of San Francisco’s status as a consolidated city-county, the mayor also serves as the head of government of the county, and has the responsibility to enforce all city laws, administer and coordinate city departments
Left Top: Traffic congestion on the Bay Bridge Left Bottom: Homeless tents within the city
Right Top: Toursim within the city Right Bottom: Public transit within the city
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San Franciso, USA. High Density Buildig Typologies
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San Franciso, USA. Means of transportation
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San Franciso, USA. Traffic hubs and nodes
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San Franciso, USA. Urban Void Spaces
Right Top: Toursim within the city Right Bottom: Public transit within the city
San Franciso, USA. High Density Buildig Typologies
San Franciso, USA. Means of transportation
San Franciso, USA. Traffic hubs and nodes
San Franciso, USA. Urban Void Spaces
San Francisco, USA- Castro District:
Area: 1.36 square km
Population: 12,064 people
Population Density: 8,900 people/km2
San Francisco, USA- Financial District:
Area: 1.19 square km
Population: 6,974 people
Population Density: 5,861 people/km2
San Francisco, USA- Chinatown :
Area: 3.5 square km
Population: 100,574 people
Population Density: 26,979 people/km2
THE URBAN SHELF, San Francisco
The proposal demonstrates a speculative take on the vertical stacking and arrangements of cultural, sport and leisure spaces. These programs are distributed on different levels and connected by an enclosed landscaped circulation envelope which allows users to experience accessible public space in a vertical context while surrounding the interior programs.
Doing so, gives users a nature filled interior space in a vertical context while also provided a systematic approach to passive infrastructures.
Being one of the most populated districts in the city, the Financial District severely lacks sports and cultural spaces available for public use.
The mixed programming and shared facilities encourage interaction between various population groups which did not previously before. The aim is to create a meeting point for everyone which seeks to give back these amenities to the public, improving the quality of life, thus further enhancing the sector.
The district mainly composed of privatized high-rise construction, the public nature of the vertically dense proposal is not so much a building as an individual, but rather an integration of infrastructure and planning into its urban landscape.
The Urban Shelf, Axonometric
— AQQ