A community board is designing a park that participants hope will help redefine the neighborhood’s identity in a rapidly growing city. Tentative plans include planters, a community gathering space and signs detailing the history of the Western Addition. “We want to unify and stop being…
The Design Task Force met for the fourth week on June 25th to participate in a 3D modeling exercise. This exercise expanded on last week’s 2D drawings by asking the Task Force to think about their ideas in 3 dimensions and with a larger group.
Green Streets visited the Exploratorium’s Studio for Public Spaces for a meeting and sketch session. Afterwards, they brought the architects back to Hayes Valley for a tour through the Buchanan Mall. Tyrone, Roger, Shannon, Jammal and Randolph weren’t just pointing out landmarks; they shared the…
Phase 1 of the design process: free drawing. The designers and architects of the Exploratorium’s Studio for Public Spaces invited the Green Streets team to their studio to envision the built possibilities in the Buchanan Mall. Each sketch illustrates the many ways in which this…