Gene Friend Recreation Center
Status
Size
Client
Scope
Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documentation, Construction Administration
Project Team
Mark Cavagnero
Felicia Dunham
Paul Davison
Ellen Leuenberger
Christopher Agosta
Beverly Chan
Mercedes Ha
Mariusz Piotroski
Kurt Stubbins
Sean Wong
Project Collaborators
This project is a Mark Cavagnero Associates + Kuth Ranieri Architects Joint Venture
Project Management: Laura Blake Architect
Geotechnical: Rutherford + Chekene
Civil: BKF
Landscape: San Francisco Department of Public Works
Structural: Bello & Associates
Mechanical/Plumbing: Guttmann & Blaevoet
Electrical/Low Voltage/Telecom/Security: HRA Consulting Engineers
Lighting: Banks Landl Lighting Design
AV: Salter
Exterior Envelope/Waterproofing: Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
Specifications: Emily Borland Specifications
Cost Estimating: TBD Consultants
Description
The Gene Friend Recreation Center will be a neighborhood beacon, drawing community members in for a variety of programs and activities during the day, as well as after-school activities for children and teenagers. The project scope includes a Gymnasium with two full-size basketball courts, two multi-purpose meeting rooms, an exercise room, and an exterior playground and picnic area. With two tall walls of glass along the sidewalk, the gymnasium will connect the Center’s main interior space to the life on the sidewalk outside. Multi-purpose rooms are connected to both the entry lobby and to exterior play areas, creating safe and protected environment for younger children to play within view of the adults. An exterior solar fin structure protects the gymnasium’s upper glazing from direct sunlight, and simultaneously gives the building its distinctive rhythm and gentle play of light and shadow.