Mark Cavagnero Associates Architects

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    Gene Friend Recreation Center

    Status

    In Design

    Size

    25,000 sf

    Client

    City of San Francisco, Recreation & Parks Department

    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.

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