Mark Cavagnero Associates Architects

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    San Francisco Public Safety Campus

    Status

    Completed, 2015

    Size

    300,000

    Client

    City of San Francisco

    Scope

    Design

    Project Team

    Mark Cavagnero
    Laura Blake
    Beth Olson
    Sean Wong
    Jon McNeal
    Ian Young
    Brian Stromquist

    Project Collaborators

    Architect: Mark Cavagnero Associates in collaboration with HOK
    Client: SFDPW, Bureau of Project Management
    General Contractor: Charles Pankow Builders
    MEP, Systems Integration: ARUP
    Mechanical/Plumbing: SJ Engineers
    Structural Engineer: SOHA Engineers
    Civil Engineer: Telamon Engineering Consultants, Inc
    Landscape Architect: Cliff Lowe Associates
    Project/Construction Manager: Vanir Construction Management
    Interior Architecture: SFDPW, Bureau of Architecture
    Telecom/AV/Aucoustics/Security Consultant: Smith, Fause & McDonald
    Lighting Design: JS Nolan + Associates
    Plaza Artist: Paul Kos
    Fire House Artist: merge conceptual design
    Lobby Artist: Shimon Attie
    Curtainwall Contractor: Permasteelisa North America
    Threat Assessment: Kroll
    Threat Mitigation: Hinman Consulting Engineers, Inc.
    Geotechnical Engineer: Geotechnical Consultants, Inc.
    Environmental/Graphic Design: Madeleine Corson Design
    Waterproofing Consultant: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
    LEED Consultant: Thornton Tomasetti
    Vertical Transportation: Syska Hennessy
    Cost Estimator: M Lee Corporation / Davis Langdon (now AECOM)
    Materials Testing and Special Inspection Services Consultant: ENGEO
    Programming Consultant: McClaren Wilson & Lawrie

     

     

    Special Features

    LEED Certification Gold

    Description

    Located in San Francisco’s burgeoning Mission Bay neighborhood, the Public Safety Campus reaches out to its neighbors through its expansive geometry and its use of transparency at all levels. The building houses the new headquarters for the San Francisco Police Department, the relocated Southern District police station, and a new Mission Bay fire station. Its 300,000 square feet hug the now-decommissioned Fire Station No. 30. Built in 1928 and now used for fire-department-related services and community gatherings, the small brick building serves as a deep anchor from which the new building spreads onto its site.

    Its surroundings are far from simple: the neighborhood is quickly growing, and the Third Street corridor between Mission Rock and China Basin Streets along which the building is located will only get busier, more developed, denser. The new building takes this into account, its scale echoing that of its current neighbors and of those to come, while still establishing a presence and architectural character all its own.

    The building greets the street with a transparent lobby, a gesture of openness toward this busy neighborhood and those who inhabit it, as well as a clear visual connection from inside to outside. Between the lobby and the street, a courtyard and entry plaza unfold, easing the tension between building and street, making the transition smoother. From here, a two-story plinth settles into the site, holding the public facilities of the Police Headquarters, as well as the fire and police stations. Above, a four-story volume seems to float a delicate metal scrim, which comes together with an energy-efficient glass curtain wall to let the sun in, and to provide further views out onto the neighborhood.

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    Recognition

    Awards

    Chicago Athenaeum Museum, Green Good Design Award,  2016
    AIA San Francisco, Excellence in Architecture Citation Award, 2016
    San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, The Ebbies Excellence Award, 2016
    CODAWorx, Merit Award, 2016

    Publications

    Architect’s Newspaper, July 8, 2015
    San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2015
    San Francisco Chronicle, January 30, 2011
    San Francisco Business Times, September 9, 2011
    San Francisco Examiner, April 16, 2015
    Curbed San Francisco, May 29, 2014
    Curbed San Francisco, April 25, 2013