A new waterfront development
AECOM is currently providing landscape architecture design for Treasure Island’s new Waterfront Plaza and Clipper Cove Promenade. The proposed Waterfront Plaza, ferry shelter, and associated coastal landscape are located on the waterfront opposite historic Building One. The approximately 400-foot by 100-foot plaza will serve as an intermodal hub connecting multiple modes of transit including cyclists, pedestrians, ferry riders, shuttles, and buses. The Waterfront Plaza has been conceived as a new gateway to Treasure Island that welcomes visitors, residents, and tourists alike. The Bay Trail is a key component of the waterfront design and extends through the plaza to allow continuous public access. The waterfront in this location has been designed to allow pedestrian access close to the existing riprap edge to take full advantage of the views to the Bay and the San Francisco skyline.
On the south side of Treasure Island, the Clipper Cove Promenade would provide access along the marina waterfront and create a linear open space oriented toward the water and marina activities. The promenade is also part of the Bay Trail and will connect on either end to future continuations of the trail system. The promenade ranges in width from 35 to 40 feet and would include a designated cycle track (a protected lane dedicated for bicycles) and a continuous pedestrian promenade. The proposed grades take into account sea level rise projections. Sub-surface engineering measures will enhance the seismic stability of the promenade beyond the existing dike.
AECOM is developing the landscape design through the construction documentation phase. The team is also working with an extensive consultant team of geotechnical, coastal and civil engineers to coordinate the complex waterfront conditions of Treasure Island.
At the heart of San Francisco’s Central Waterfront Rejuvenation
Located in the heart of San Francisco’s Central Waterfront, this disused ship-building facility behind one of the largest dry-docks in the western seaboard will create a much-needed neighborhood park, while accommodating sea level rise and ground contamination issues.
The Port of San Francisco has retained a team of consultants led by AECOM to complete a Park Master Plan and Schematic Design for Initial Park Improvements for Crane Cove Park, a 8+ acre waterfront open space within the historic Pier 70 district in San Francisco, California. The site possesses a rich maritime, industrial and cultural heritage, it has a privileged location for accessing and viewing the bay and the monumental operations of the adjacent shipyard, and it is the largest continuous open space in the Pier 70 historic district.
The site also presents tremendous challenges, such as contaminants both in land and water, access obstructions, limited natural habitat-creation capacity, and potential safety hazards. The park design will integrate seamlessly with the historic elements of the site and celebrate its maritime heritage by incorporating its multiple stories into the park elements and current activities. Crane Cove Park will provide a diversity of activities on land and in water, to attract local and regional visitors.
The design will capitalize on the historic cranes potential to function as visual icons both from land and water and integrate the “theatre” of shipyard operations into the visual amenities of the park. All while anticipating sea level rise and managing the environmental constraints of the site. AECOM is working with a multidisciplinary team of engineers (environmental, coastal, civil, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical) as well as historic preservation architects and cost estimators.
AECOM leads the All Bay Collective, one of 10 teams participating in the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge. AECOM is collaborating with CMG Landscape Architecture, University of California Berkeley – College of Environmental Design, Berkeley Center for New Media, the Terner Center, California College of the Arts, IDEO, Silvestrum, SKEO, Moll de Monchaux and David Baker Architects.
The All Bay Collective will partner with the communities of San Leandro Bay and the Oakland Coliseum to co-create designs that address the social and economic priorities of today alongside the environmental concerns of tomorrow. In the face of rising sea levels and groundwater, the All Bay Collective has found that the hard edges established by shoreline development, transportation corridors and jurisdictional boundaries constrain the Bay Area more than they protect and connect it. The team proposes to move from living on the edge of risk to “living in the edge.” This approach is expressed in three concepts:
- Tidal City: excavating lagoons in the shore zone and building floating housing so communities can remain safely in place with rising water levels;
- Resilient Corridors: lidding or raising vulnerable segments of transportation corridors, generating opportunities for new housing and restoring connections for people and wildlife from the Bay to the hills;
- Resilient Equity Hubs: sharing resources and responsibilities across jurisdictions so communities can better address immediate social and economic needs as well as long-term resilience.
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AECOM Tishman was selected by China Oceanwide to serve as construction manager for both the preconstruction and construction of Oceanwide Center in San Francisco. This is a project developed by Oceanwide Holdings in the United States. Implementing its mission to “create a new urban life,” Oceanwide Center is situated in the quickly evolving Transbay area of San Francisco and is a significant development for the city.
The mixed-use project is designed by Foster+Partners and will include two towers with more than two million square feet of office, retail, residential and hotel space. One tower, standing at 910 feet, will house commercial offices and residential condominiums. The second tower, standing at 642 feet, will be comprised of hotel, residential and retail space. The project plans to be the second-tallest landmark development in San Francisco.
Velti is a leading global mobile marketing and advertising firm that offers Fortune 500 companies cutting edge technologies to reach their consumers and drive brand awareness. For its new headquarters, the client chose the sixth floor of the Steuart Tower in San Francisco’s Financial District. The 38,000-square-foot office offers expansive views of the Ferry Building and San Francisco Bay and ample space for a creative, flexible workplace.
The scheme of the new headquarters embraces an innovative workplace strategy that allows its broad range of employees — marketers, engineers, executive directors, IT, product developers, and in house counsel — to work in a collaborative and inspiring environment that embodies their brand. The program includes offices, dining facilities, exhibition and public gathering space as well as an employee recreation lounge — the Tavern — which houses a video arcade, photo booth, bar, and game room.
Strategic design interventions such as carefully attuned circulation, retractable walls, ample natural light, a unique departmental neighborhood system, and formal and informal workspaces, ensure the headquarters is a workplace for the future.
The distinct workspace neighborhoods of formerly scattered departments are defined by layout through color, graphics, furniture and finishes. The aim was to enable communication without forfeiting the character of each respective department. All the neighborhoods are linked by predominant textures and graphics that run throughout the headquarters.
The featured elements of design include exposed concrete floors, open and layered ceilings, custom super graphics and expansive views which exemplifies the qualities and the culture of the client’s organization.
Ocean Beach extends more than three miles along San Francisco’s rugged Pacific coast, offering visitors a stunning encounter with natural forces at the city’s edge. Drawing more than 30,000 visitors annually to stroll, bike, and surf, Ocean Beach is part park, part urban amenity, and unique to the city’s landscape. Unfortunately, infrastructure-eroding storm surges and predictions of sea-level rise threaten the beach’s security.
Since 2012, AECOM’s design planning team has been working with the San Francisco Planning Urban Research Association (SPUR) to create a sustainable long-term vision for Ocean Beach that addresses environmental conservation, sustainable infrastructure and stewardship.
“Our original vision looked at the enhancement of ecological and open space functions with the same urgency as protecting infrastructure from erosion and climate-change-related sea level rise,” explains Patricia Fonseca, landscape designer and project manager. “Our team will continue our work with SPUR and the community to transform Ocean Beach to be resilient to the effects of climate change as well as an even better place for people and nature.”
The New Irvington Tunnel is a 3-1/2 mile long, 8.5-foot finished, improved delivery water conveyance tunnel, built parallel to an existing tunnel between the Sunol Valley and Fremont, California. The first tunnel, completed in 1930, was a critical link in San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Hetch Hetchy water supply system. Over the years following construction, water supply demands in the Bay Area grew to a level that the first tunnel could not be shut down for maintenance or repair without severely impacting water supply for over 2.5 million customers.
The $250 million new tunnel was designed by AECOM to provide seismic resiliency and improved delivery reliability to a critical link in the water delivery system. The tunnel is a key project in the SFPUC’s Water Supply Improvement Program, which includes over 80 major capital improvement projects and has a total budget of $4.5 billion. AECOM provided design services for five of the largest projects in the program, totaling over $1 billion in constructed value.