Sustainable Technology Experimental Agricultural Dwelling (S.T.E.A.D.)
The ‘s.t.e.a.d. is designed for a new generation of agricultural and technological pioneers seeking to spread the fertility of the farm into the most unlikely environments. This project proposes that this new frontier can be found in the under utilized spaces of our urban areas. The low-intensity tracts of single-story industrial buildings common in American [...]
Niles Depot Reconstruction
This reconstruction of the Central Pacific Railroad‘s 1870 Niles Depot will serve the Niles Canyon Railway as both an active railway passenger depot and museum of railroad history. This rail depot was built within months of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad through the future site of Niles. This station was established as an important [...]
Reimagining Grand Avenue
The Grand Avenue project is the last major piece of the Bunker Hill redevelopment process started in the Sixties. To acquire the right to develop this 1.8 billion dollar project, The Related Companies and their development team studied the area, its history, and similar projects around the world to assemble a set of principles that [...]
Octavia Boulevard Housing
When Octavia Boulevard replaced San Francisco’s earthquake damaged Central Freeway in Hayes Valley, numerous surplus properties became available for housing. Our proposal addressed a prominent “gateway” site at the corner of Market and Octavia. We sought to create a building of studio units designed to be desirable and affordable to the entry-level home buyers that [...]
San José State University Museum of Art
This new museum, located in the heart of an urban campus, and embraced by the existing art building, unifies a range of activities, and engages its environment while creating a haven where art and education can thrive. Sited along the 9th Street Paseo, the museum is inserted into a courtyard of gardens divided by patios [...]
Transbay Tower and Terminal
This illustration was commissioned by San Francisco Magazine for an article on proposed development projects in the city. It represents AAA’s vision for a redesigned Transbay Terminal and its adjacent tower. Our proposal envisions a landmark mixed-use tower that leverages the site’s connectivity and density to create a vibrant vertical community while also creating a [...]
Shanghai Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC)
The San Francisco office of Skidmore Owings and Merrill created the urban and architectural design for this new commercial and cultural center in northeast Shanghai. The Yang Pu district has hosted the largest concentration of research institutions and universities in the city. Now, at the advent of China’s economic revolution, the knowledge infrastructure of this [...]