McAllister Portfolio 2018

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Meghan McAllister — Projects 2010-2018



Professional Projects 2

Acuna Master Plan + Pavilion

8

Northstar Residences

16

Salesforce Tower Offices

22

Aspen Residence

Academic Projects 24

Mayan Workshop: Universidad de Otoch

37

Musical Instrument Museum

46

New Olympic Harbor

56

CASIS Headquarters

64

Narrow Lot Prototype

70

Bi-nuclear House

76

Vlock Building Project

82

Bikini Chair

Publications + Installations 84

Reclaiming Industrial Hamburg

88

I wish our block had...

90

Better Blocks Philly

94

Perspecta 50: Urban Divides

98

Timeless Gaza

100

Mexican Social Housing: Promises Revisted

104

Portal 9: Make No Small Plans


Acuña Master Plan + Pavilion [Tatiana Bilbao Estudio] This social housing development on the U.S.-Mexico border was devasted by a tornado. A series of interventions brings new amenities and community spaces to the otherwise dilapidated neighborhood. A ‘Linear Park’ turns the existing infrastructure of the main artery into a green promenade. A winding bicycle and pedestrian path stitches other public spaces to the to the ‘Linear Park’, and integrates the more remote areas to the center. The four major public spaces include a Memorial to the 14 victims of the disaster, an area dedicated to health and food, a children’s playground, and a sport and recreation area. The Grill Pavilion creates a shaded, gathering area for a popular community event: outdoor cooking. The pavilion negotiates topographic change while addressing the street corner through two overlapping geometric grids with a hanging garden at their center. Concrete masonry units from the tornado rubble are reused to create the dynamic ground plane with built-in benches and grills. 2015 / Acuña, Mexico collaboration with M. Castillo, Y. Rangel, J.Futo, and K. Biczokowski


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Northstar Residences [Bohlin Cywinski Jackson] Located on Lake Tahoe’s Northstar mountain resort, these fourteen ski-in/ski-out homes include three unique designs. As a summer intern, I collaborated with a five-person team using Revit for permitting sets and construction documents. I was responsible for the stair details, exterior deck and railing details, interior millwork, and presentation drawings. Summer 2014 / Truckee, CA Greg Mottola (Principal-in- Charge), Denis Schofield (Project Manager) Design team collaborators: R. Alt, A. Ellenbogen, K. Bouret


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LIQUID GALAXY

FOCUS

FOCUS

SALESF

E

Focus / Booth

DN SP

UP

DN

E

HALF BOOTH

BOOTH

WORKSTATIONS

5

IT SERVICE CENTER

WELLNESS

SERVER

FOCUS

E

FREIGHT LOBBY

E

E

E

E

LP

JAN

E

EP *36" clearance if this is an electrical panel that needs access

SE

E.R.

TE

EP

E

MECH 1

E

COAT STORAGE

RISE PANTRY

2

PIN-WHEEL

EDGE

BAR

QUADRANT

DISPERSED

6

C

8' x 13' VIDEO WALL

4

AV RM

FOCUS

MED 6-8P

FOCUS SP

TELE 2

UP

E

C.8

D

HUDDLE

FOCUS

SERVICE STATION

FOCUS

HUDDLE

HALF BOOTH

D.8

neighborhood analysis and precedents

Octo

2

3

NEIGHBORHOOD: ORGANIZATION

OFAD

open aisles

2

teaming tables / file cabinets

3

adjacent conference cluster with service station

4

adjacent corner lounge

5

custom focus / booths

6

primary circulation

RING

Organizational Strategies CBRE SFDT Workplace360 San Francisco, CA

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson August 25, 2016

FOCUS

“PINWHEEL” ORGANIZATIONAL DIAGRAM OF CONFERENCE CLUSTERS

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

2

2.9

2.1

3

1.1

FOCUS

HUDDLE

HUDDLE

1

HALF BOOTH

3.9

FOCUS

FOCUS

HUDDLE

D.8

HUDDLE

FOCUS

OFAD

OFAD

4

4.9

HUDDLE

GUEST PH RM

STORAGE

B

GUEST PH RM

This 32,000sf office space is a tenant improvement project on the 45th and 46th floors of the newly constructed Salesforce Tower. Utilizing a pinwheel layout, enclosed meeting rooms and work spaces become San Francisco clusters that help to define multiple “neighborhoods,” as well as unique corner lounge spaces. A wood slat wall is applied to the concrete core walls, defining the main circulation space that ties the various teams together. A related screen wall defines the edge of an open communicating stair that ties the two floors together, while offering dramatic views of the city. SERVICE STATION

A.2

STORAGE

TELE 1

E

UP

SP

DN

E

E

E

E

ELEC 1

MECH 2

UP

B.2

OPEN TO BELOW

DN

[Bohlin Cywinski Jackson]

OFAD

PRODUCTION

COMMUNICATING STAIR

Salesforce Tower Offices

Conference Cluster

3 SERVICE STATION

LOCKER AREA

ELEVATOR LOBBY

HEART / RISE LOUNGE

1

DN

EP

E.R.

TE

PANTRY STORAGE

E

MECH 1

E

UP

DN

SP

SP

TELE 2

UP

E

FOCUS

OFAD

OFAD

E

C.8

D

OFAD

OPEN TEAMING

I collaborated with a team of three on the construction documents, including coordination of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, AV and lighting drawings. Additioanlly, I was responsible for the millwork drawings and all enlarged interior elevations and plans, and assisted with the specification of finishes and furniture.

E

IDF

STORAGE

E

FREIGHT LOBBY

E

E

LP

SE

E

E

*36" clearance if this is an electrical panel that needs access

PIN-WHEEL

E

E

F

STORAGE

360

OR PLAN

TELE 1

E

E

UP

SP

DN

E

ELEC 1

E

MECH 2

E

COMMUNICATING STAIR

UP

B.2

OPEN TO ABOVE

DN

BOOTH

ELEVATOR LOBBY

FOCUS

HALF BOOTH

C

PRODUCTION RM

PANTRY

EP

E

JAN

2017-2018 / San Francisco, CA Greg Mottola (Principal-in- Charge), Chris Orsega (Project Manager) Design team collaborators: L.Shah, B.Padgett

EDG


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165'-0" SLAB EDGE 10" INSIDE INTERIOR GLASS FACE TYP.

164'-2" SLAB EDGE 10" INSIDE INTERIOR GLASS FACE TYP.

UP E

IDF

SP

E

E E

E

E

E.R.

E

TCC SPACE 1,870 SF

E

E

E

E

JAN

E

SE UP

STORAGE

DN

E

PANTRY

PRODUCTION

STORAGE FREIGHT LOBBY

DN

UP

E.R. UP

DN

JAN

E

E

JAN

LP E

SE 1 MECH

EP UP

E

SE

TELE 1

EP

FREIGHT LOBBY FREIGHT LOBBY

E

E

LP

HUDDLE HUDDLE

OFAD

OFAD

E

E

ELEC 1

E

FOCUS

LOCKER AREA LOCKER AREA

FOCUS

FOCUS

E

UP

FOCUS

DN

UP

DN

SP

2.1 E

2

SP

SP

OFAD

TELE 1

OPEN (DEPT) TEAMING

2

E

2

NN SALESFORCE TEST FIT - 45th AND 46TH FLOOR PLAN OPTION 1

OFAD

SALESFORCE TEST TEST FIT FIT -- 45th 45th AND AND 46TH 46TH FLOOR FLOOR PLAN PLAN SALESFORCE OPTION 1

STORAGE

35'-2"

STORAGE

HUDDLE

SERVICE STATION

CBRE SFDT SFDT Workplace Workplace 360 360 CBRE San Francisco, Francisco, California California San

2'-7"

SE

EP

E

1.1

35'-2" SE

SE

FOCUS

EP UP

EP E

E

LP E

E

LP E

DN

FOCUS AV RM FOCUS

E

MECH 1

MECH 1

FOCUS FOCUS

Huddle

Open Team

provided requested

provided requested

provided requested

Occupier, FCG:

28 (28)

0 (0)

7 (8)

1 (2)

2 (2)

.5 (.5)

GWS, PJM, Workplace Data Centers, Leadership:

32 (32)

2 (2)

2 (2)

2 (2)

2 (2)

.5 (.5)

Agency, Retail, IP:

36 (36)

3 (3)

4 (4)

0 (0)

3 (3)

.5 (.5)

Marketing, Research:

12 (10)

0 (0)

2 (2)

2 (2)

1 (1)

1 (1)

DSF, Multi Fam, Ho-

34 (34)

3 (3)

4 (4)

2 (2)

1 (1)

1 (0)

142 (140)

8 (8)

19 (20)

7 (8)

9 (9)

3.5 (2.5)

MED 6-8P

2.1 2

MED 6-8P

2.1

2.1

2

2

OPEN LIQUID (CLIENT) GALAXY TEAMING

LIQUID GALAXY

BOOTH OPEN (CLIENT) TEAMING

BOOTH

FOCUS HALF BOOTH HALF BOOTH

10'-2"

HUDDLE

5'-7 3/8"

10'-2"

1.1

5'-7 3/8"

CORE / MECH / ELEC

1.1

1.1

46th FLOOR AMENITIES / RESTROOMS / PANTRIES PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION by floor:

Focus Booths

3

AV RM

BOOTH

FOCUS

3

MED 6-8P

DN FOCUS

UP

E

1.1

provided requested

35'-2"

5'-7 3/8" FOCUS

JAN MECH 1

45th FLOOR

Focus Rms

5'-7 3/8" 3'-7"

FOCUS

E.R. DN

JAN

E

LP

FREIGHT LOBBY FREIGHT LOBBY

2.9

5'-11 3/4"

OFADs

10'-2"

3'-7" UP

E

E

E

2.9

SP

E.R.

FOCUS

SERVICE STATION

HUDDLE

provided requested

TOTAL: Headcount (156)

CBRE SFDT Workplace 360 San Francisco San Francisco, California

WELLNESS E IT SERVICE IT CENTER FREIGHT SERVICE LOBBY CENTER

HALF BOOTH

1.1

provided requested

3'-0"

3'-0"

OFAD

SERVICE STATION OFAD

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION by department: Workstations

E

E

HUDDLE

10'-2"

E

SP

E

LIQUID AV RM GALAXY E

OFAD

5'-11 3/4"

N

JAN

WELLNESS

3

2.9

FOCUS

STORAGE

HUDDLE

HALF BOOTH

E

E

E

35'-2" 2'-7" 10'-2"

10'-2"

IT SERVICE CENTER

OPEN (DEPT) TEAMING

TENANT SPACE 6,775 SF

FOCUS

SP

E

E.R.

E

TELE 1

2.1

2.1

FOCUS E

E

E

FOCUS

HALF BOOTH

UP E

WELLNESS

E

DN

E

FOCUS

FOCUS

UP

DN

E

FOCUS UP

FOCUS

HALF BOOTH

E

E

OFAD

E

DN

E

E

LOCKER AREA

HUDDLE

FOCUS

FOCUS E

SERVER

E

FOCUS

UP

SERVER

E

FOCUS

HUDDLE

SP

4

3.9

HUDDLE

SP

E

ELEC 1

E

HUDDLE

TELE 2

TE

SERVER

4 3.9

E

TELE 2

FOCUS

ELEVATOR LOBBY ELEVATOR LOBBY

E

MECH 1

TELE 1

EP

*36" clearance if this is an electrical panel that needs access

DN

MECH 2

TELE 1

MECH 1

RISE PANTRY

ELEC 1MECH 2

OFAD

E

EP STORAGE TE

*36" clearance if this is an electrical panel that needs access

ELEVATOR LOBBY

E

OFAD

DN

3'-7"

STORAGE

TELE 1

SP

COAT STORAGE COAT

RISE PANTRY

E

LP E

E

SP

DN

UP

E

SEP

3

STORAGE

44'-4"

E

SP

EP

E

E

3

2.9

SP

E.R.

3'-7"

HUDDLE

2.9

SP

E

44'-4"

STORAGE

DN

5'-5" TYP

E

E

TCC SPACE TCC 1,870 SF SPACE 1,870 SF

E

E

E

UP

E

HUDDLE

3

2.9

E

MECH 2

OFAD

44'-4"

35'-2"

35'-2"

5'-11 3/4"

5'-11 3/4" 3'-7"

3'-7"

UP

E

DN

HUDDLE

STORAGE

4

165'-0" SLAB EDGE 10" INSIDE INTERIOR GLASS FACE TYP.

DN

E

IDF E

HUDDLE

HUDDLE

HALF BOOTH

TE

VIDEO WALL

OFAD

HUDDLE

3.9

HUDDLE

44'-4"

E

10'-2"

OPEN TEAMING OPEN TEAMING

E

HUDDLE

35'-2"

E

FOCUS

UP

*36" clearance if this is an electrical 8' panel x 13'that needs access

TELE 2

3'-0"

ELEC 1 E

SP

DN

HUDDLE HUDDLE

EP

165'-0" SLAB EDGE 10" INSIDE INTERIOR GLASS 44'-4" FACE TYP.

ELEC 1

IDF

OPEN TEAMING

OFAD OFAD

4

3.9

COAT STORAGE

RISE PANTRY

1'-10"

ELEVATOR LOBBY ELEVATOR LOBBY

E

SP

TE

4 3.9

FOCUS HUDDLE

TELE 2

E

COMMUNICATING STAIR COMMUNICATING STAIR

GUEST PH RM

LARGE 12-14P

RISE LOUNGE

GUEST PH RM

DN

44'-4"

MECHE2

OFAD TELE 2 OFAD OFAD

HEART / RISE LOUNGE

DN

3'-7"

ELEC 12 MECH

LARGE 12-14P LARGE 12-14P

EP

*36" clearance if this is an electrical panel that needs access

HUDDLE

E

EP STORAGE TE

*36" clearance if this is an

PANTRY electrical panel that needs access

GUEST PH RM STORAGE

UP

OPEN TO BELOW

3.9

FOCUS

SPE

PANTRY STORAGE PANTRY

PANTRY

HUDDLE HUDDLE

COMMUNICATING OPEN TO STAIR BELOW

GUEST PH RM

3'-7"

ELEVATOR LOBBY

E

HUDDLE

OFAD

TE

BOOTH

MECH 2

OFAD OFAD

TELE 2

HEART LOUNGE

LARGE 12-14P

4

4.9

4.9

GUEST PH RM

RISE LOUNGE

35'-2"

LARGE 12-14P

EP

*36" clearance if this is an electrical panel that needs access

PRODUCTION RM

HUDDLE

HUDDLE

PANTRY STORAGE

PANTRY

PRODUCTION PRODUCTION RM RM

HUDDLE

E

BOOTH

COMMUNICATING STAIR

MED HUDDLE CONF MED CONF

FOCUS OFAD

DN

COMMUNICATING STAIR MED HUDDLE CONF MED CONF

FOCUS

DN

SERVICE STATION

UP

OPEN TO ABOVE

UP OPEN TO BELOW DN

44'-4"

FOCUS BOOTH

STAIR MED CONF

HEART LOUNGE

10'-2"

FOCUS SERVICE STATION

MED CONF

4.9

GUEST PH RM

4.9

DN

OPEN TO ABOVE COMMUNICATING

6"

3'-0"

HALF BOOTH

4.9

C.86'-4"

CONCIERGE

OPEN LIBRARY

HALF BOOTH

D.8 3'-0"

C.8

B.2

UP

D.8 35'-2"

1'-10"

6'-4"

C.8 6'-4"

FOCUS

3'-0"

D

44'-4"

B.2

CONCIERGE

+36" LANDING

OPEN TO UP ABOVE

C

44'-4"

4.9

UP

OPEN LIBRARY

B

35'-2"

D

6'-4"

SERVICE STATION SERVICE STATION

+36" LANDING

C

4'-0" MIN

B.2

35'-2"

C.8

HALF BOOTH

3'-0"A.2

2'-7"

6'-4"

44'-4"

D.8

C.8

B

SERVICE STATION

44'-4" B.2

D

6'-4"

20'-0" VIDEO WALL

35'-2"

C

A.2

D.8

20'-0" VIDEO WALL

B

35'-2"

B.2

D

6'-4"

D.8

D

C

C.8

C

165'-0" 44'-4" SLAB EDGE 10" INSIDE INTERIOR GLASS FACE TYP.

44'-4"

PRODUCTION

2'-7"A.2

35'-2"

35'-2"

SERVICE STATION

B.2

B 6'-4"

3'-0"

SERVICE STATION SERVICE STATION

44'-4"

35'-2"

B

A.2

D.8

PRODUCTION PRODUCTION

164'-2" 44'-4" SLAB EDGE 10" INSIDE INTERIOR GLASS FACE TYP.

164'-2" SLAB EDGE 10" INSIDE INTERIOR GLASS FACE TYP.

PROGRAM: SUMMARY A.2

D

C

2'-7"

B

44'-4" 164'-2" SLAB EDGE 10" INSIDE INTERIOR GLASS FACE TYP.

A.2

2'-7"

Heart: Rise: Pantry: Board Rm: Large Mtg: Med Mtg: Liquid Galaxy: Library:

1 (46) 1 (46) .5 (45) 1 (46) 1 1 (45) 1 (46) 2 (45) 1 (46) 1 (46) 1 (45)

COLLABORATION / LOUNGE / ASSEMBLY

Workstations: Focus Rms: Booths: OFAD: Huddle: Open Teaming: Files: Lockers:

46 (45) 96 (46) 6 (45) 13 (46) 4 (45) 3 (46) 3 (45) 5 (46) 4 (45) 7 (46) 2 (45) 2 (46)

201 (183 min 223 max) 202 (183 min 223 max)

PROPOSED TCC PROGRAM: Receptions: Pantry: Production: Storage:

2 (2) chairs 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1)

Workstations: Huddle: Files:

Production: Storage: Coat Closet: Service Station: Server Rm: IT Service: IDF: Wellness: AV Room: Guest Ph Rms:

.5 (45) 1 (46) 1 (45) 2 (46) 1 (45) 1 (45) 3 (46) 1 (46) 1 (46) 1 (45) 1 (46) 1 (46) 2 (46)

OPEN OFFICE CORE / MECH / ELEC CONFERENCE CORE / MECH / ELEC AMENITIES / RESTROOMS / PANTRIES VERTICAL CIRULATION AMENITIES / RESTROOMS COLLABORATION / LOUNGE/ /PANTRIES ASSEMBLY POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL CORE AREA FOR USE COLLABORATION / LOUNGE / ASSEMBLY OPEN OFFICE NOT IN SCOPE OPEN OFFICE CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE VERTICAL CIRULATION VERTICAL CIRULATION POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL CORE AREA FOR USE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL CORE AREA FOR USE NOT IN SCOPE NOT IN SCOPE

12 (10) 2 (2) 60 (60)

SALESFORCE Bohlin Cywinski Jackson October 27, 2016

SALESFORCE SALESFORCE October27, 27,2016 2016 October


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OWNER

101 California Street, 44th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Architect

49 Geary Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94108 v: 415.989.2100 f: 415.989.2101 www.bcj.com Acoustics | Charles M. Salter & Associates 130 Sutter St., Ste 500 San Francisco, CA 94104 415.397.0454

LINE OF WALL PROVIDE CONT WALL STRAPPING AT LOCATIONS REQ'D FOR MOUNTING OF CABINETS, TYP; SEE SPECS FOR DETAILS

3/4" MDF OR PLYWD W/ FINISH ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES, SEE ELEVS FOR FINISH

AV Integrator | CCS 3331 Jack Northrop Ave Hawthorne, CA 90250 424.675.2600 Life Safety | The Fire Consultants 1981 N. Broadway, Ste. 400 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 925.979.9993 Lighting | Niteo 62 Kissling Street San Francisco, CA 94103 415.416.8498

3/4" MDF OR PLYWD W/ FINISH ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES, SEE ELEVS FOR FINISH

MEP | Amit Wadhwa & Associates 870 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94102 415.788.9999

1 A722

POWER RECEPTACLE WHERE OCCURS

SEE ELEVS FOR COUNTER AND BACKSPLASH FINISHES

BACKSPLASH WHERE OCCURS TO MATCH COUNTER SURFACE, REFER TO ELEVATIONS

4"

REFER TO ELEVATIONS

SEE ELEVS FOR COUNTER AND BACKSPLASH FINISHES

Key Plan

MISSION STREET SUGATSUNE PULL, TYP

EQ

N

Seal

SEE ELEVS FOR BASE FINISH

4"

4"

EQ

3/4" MDF OR PLYWD W/ FINISH ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES, SEE ELEVS FOR FINISH

EQ

REFER TO ELEVATIONS

3/4" MDF ADJUSTABLE SHELVES

REFER TO ELEVATIONS

REFER TO ELEVATIONS

5' - 1 1/16"

SEE ELEVS FOR COUNTER AND BACKSPLASH FINISHES

SUGATSUNE PULL, TYP

SEE ELEVS FOR BASE FINISH

General Contractor | BCCI Construction Laith Assaf, Project Manager 1160 Battery Street, Suite 250 San Francisco, CA 94111 415.817.5100

BACKSPLASH WHERE OCCURS TO MATCH COUNTER SURFACE, REFER TO ELEVATIONS

1ST STREET

BASE CABINET BELOW

Structural | Eckersley O'Callaghan & Partners 450 Geary Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94102 415.691.1671

SEE ELEVS FOR WALL FINISH POWER RECEPTACLE WHERE OCCURS

POWER RECEPTACLE WHERE OCCURS

1 1/2"

BASE CABINET BELOW

SEE ELEVS FOR WALL FINISH

EQ

SEE ELEVS FOR WALL FINISH

SEE ELEVS FOR WALL FINISH

8"

SEE ELEVS FOR WALL FINISH

REFER TO PLANS

REFER TO PLANS

REFER TO PLANS

4"

CONTINUOUS LIGHT FIXTURE MOUNTED TO SHELF. LOCATE DRIVER REMOTELY IN CLOSED CABINETS, SED

8"

CONTINUOUS LIGHT FIXTURE MOUNTED TO SHELF. LOCATE DRIVER REMOTELY IN CLOSED CABINETS, SED

8"

1 A722

Low-Voltage & Security Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. 800 Corporate Pointe, Ste 200 Culver City, CA 90230 310.312.0200

FREMONT STREET

REFER TO ELEVATIONS

LINE OF WALL PROVIDE CONT WALL STRAPPING AT LOCATIONS REQ'D FOR MOUNTING OF CABINETS, TYP; SEE SPECS FOR DETAILS

SEE ELEVS FOR BASE FINISH

SECTION THRU TYP CASEWORK TYPE F

2' - 9 1/4"

3/4" MDF OR PLYWD W/ FINISH ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES, SEE ELEVS FOR FINISH

INSULATION AT WASTE AND SUPPLY LINES, TYP

2 1/4"

EQ

SECTION THRU TYP CASEWORK TYPE C 2 A720 SCALE: 1 1/2" = 1'-0" / BANQUETTE

WD-1 AT ALL EXPOSED EDGES OF COUNTER

3 A704

EQ

8 A720

3' - 1 1/2"

SECTION THRU TYP CASEWORK TYPE A2 (RISE BAR)

1 A720

SCALE: 1 1/2" = 1'-0"

SCALE: 3/4" = 1'-0"

SECTION THRU TYP CASEWORK TYPE A SCALE: 1 1/2" = 1'-0" RISE BAR COUNTER - NORTH ELEVATION 7 A704

415.416.8498

SCALE: 3/4" = 1'-0"

A720

Low-Voltage & Security Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. 800 Corporate Pointe, Ste 200 Culver City, CA 90230 310.312.0200

MEP | Amit Wadhwa & Associates 870 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94102 415.788.9999

1' - 3"

2 1/4"

Structural | Eckersley O'Callaghan & Partners 450 Geary Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94102 415.691.1671 WD-1 AT ALL EXPOSED EDGES OF COUNTER AND END SURROUND

POWER/DATA OUTLET MOUNTED FLUSH W/ FACE OF MILLWORK

WD-1 AT ALL EXPOSED EDGES OF COUNTER AND END SURROUND 4 A704

PL-3

PL-3

3' - 0"

3' - 6"

2 1/4"

8 A704

General Contractor | BCCI Construction Laith Assaf, Project Manager 1160 Battery Street, Suite 250 San Francisco, CA 94111 415.817.5100

Key Plan

WD-1 WITH 2" PLANKS ALONG VERTICAL SURFACES AT UNDERSIDE OF COUNTER

3' - 2"

EQ

3' - 1 7/16"

FREMONT STREET

1ST STREET

1/4"

3' - 0"

3' - 0"

3' - 6"

MISSION STREET

1/4"

J-BOX IN RAISED ACCESS FLOOR

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

TYPICAL CASEWORK SECTIONS

EQ

SECTION THRU TYP CASEWORK TYPE B 9 A720 SCALE: 1 1/2" = 1'-0" RISE COUNTER/BANQUETTE - NORTHEAST ELEVATION

CBRE

101 California Street, 44th Floor SALESFORCE San Francisco, CA 94111 TOWER 415 MISSION STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 Architect

49 Geary Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94108 v: 415.989.2100 f: 415.989.2101 www.bcj.com INSULATION AT WASTE Acoustics | Charles M. Salter & Associates AND SUPPLY LINES, 130 Sutter St., Ste 500 TYP San Francisco, CA 94104 415.397.0454 TOE KICK AV Integrator | CCS INTEGRATED INTO 3331 Jack Northrop Ave CABINET DOOR TO Hawthorne, CA 90250 ALLOW FOR ADA 424.675.2600 Scale 1 1/2" = 1'-0" CLEARANCE Life Safety Date | The Fire Consultants OCTOBER 6, 2017 1981 N. Broadway, Ste. 400 WalnutBCJ Creek, CANumber 94596 Project 16517A 925.979.9993 Drawn by LS Lighting | Niteo 62 Kissling Street Checked by CGO San Francisco, CA 94103

8" MIN

6"

1/4"

1/4"

J-BOX IN RAISED ACCESS FLOOR SECTION THRU TYP CASEWORK TYPE D 5 A720 SCALE: 1 1/2" = 1'-0" SECTION DETAIL AT RISE COUNTER 4 A704 SCALE: 1 1/2" = 1'-0"

Date

OWNER

ACCESSIBLE CLR SPACE UNDER LAV

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Aspen Residence [Bohlin Cywinski Jackson] Tucked into a hillside, this private residence is a series of volumes strung along a glass enclosed walkway. In an effort to meet the strict zoning guidelines regarding the preservation of views, the house utilizes the topography to appear as merely a scattering of small pavilions from the road. Further down the hillside, the volumes open up to great views. Retaining walls clad in stone cut into the hillside, providing a grounding element for the otherwise airy, transparent rooms. I collaborated on this project with a team of four, and was responsible for general coordination and drafting of the elevations and sections, as well as material specification. 2016 / Aspen, CO Karl Backus (Principal-in- Charge), Chris Moore (Project Manager) Design team collaborators: D. Yoder, N. Backal


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Mayan Workshop: Universidad de Otoch In Cancún, social housing developments are challenged by the seasonal economic swings and the perpetual migration of residents to and from their more rural indigenous communities. To combat these issues, as well as a general lack of identity and sense of local culture in Cancún, we propose building a new kind of school: a university devoted to indigenous culture that is distributed in small, formerly abandoned sites throughout the neighborhood of Villas Otoch. In Mayan, “otoch” means home, and Universidad de Otoch envisions a university rising out of the home and empowering residents with a means to pass on and sustain indigenous knowledge. We began our design process with an investigation of the existing houses, both in Villas Otoch and in older Yucatan villages where many of the residents originate. We found simple ways to renovate the Cancun houses to increase liveable, shaded, communal outdoor space to better support and foster community traditions. The protypes also scale up to accomodate classrooms, and other university facilities, such as teaching kitchens, a business incubator, pop-up corner stores, and craft studios. Spring 2015 / Mexico / Critic: Tatiana Bilbao collaboration with Meghan Lewis


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VILLAS OTOCH / URBAN CONTEXT

VILLAS OTOCH

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10 km

Thousand

Population

1.12 km2

CANCUN

Size

6,562 Dwellings

Villas Otoch

58.41

Dwellings per Hectare

Density

23% of Dwellings

Vacancy

CANCUN HOTEL ZONE

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NEW PEDESTRIAN NET WORK

INDIGENOUS UNIVERSIT Y PROGRAM

EXISTING URBAN FABRIC

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MIGRANT HOMETOWNS BLOCK Vallidolid T/YPICAL IzamalTypical Block

2x

More Yard

2x MORE OUTDOOR SPACE

VILLAS OTOCH T YPICAL BLOCK

Villas Otoch - Typical Block

2.5x More Pave 2.5 x MORE PAVEMENT

Top: Chichimila, Yucatan, Mexico; uncovering earth oven during rain ceremony. Photo by MacDuff Everton, c. 1975. Bottom: Preparing food for a Mayan wedding in an unfinished house in Cancun. Photo by MacDuff Everton, 2005.

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More Yard


EXISTING UNIT

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60 m2

OUTDOOR SPACE

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TYPICAL BLOCK: ACTUAL CONDITIONS (gray = vacancy)


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Musical Instrument Museum The tension between musical instruments as beautiful objects for display versus machines for producing sound comes alive in this new museum for Yale’s Collection of Musical Instruments. Two circulation systems with different speeds and lighting conditions allow brighter performance spaces to be threaded between more dimly -lit exhibit rooms. At the urban scale, the new museum is porous at ground-level, acting as a new gateway where the cross-campus green interfaces with the city. New Haven, CT / Fall 2014 / Critic: John Patkau


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C D

Music Campus Master Plan

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Olympic Harbor While creating housing for the 2024 Olympic Games in the short term, this New Olympic Harbor will also provide Boston with a smaller scale, working waterfront- an alternative to the new high-rises in the adjacent Seaport District. Strips of unique housing typologies modulate scales between the convention center to the water and from South Boston to the Seaport District. The western two blocks are raised on podiums, which allows for a coexistence of two public surfaces- a commercial zone at grade and an upper level public green network that can be kept secure during the Olympic Games. A series of canals and pedestrian greenways tie all of the blocks together offering dynamic views of the waterfront. A linear recreational park along 1st St offers amenities for South Boston, and restores an axial connection to Pleasure Bay. Spring 2014 / Boston / Critic: Alan Plattus collaboration with PJ Nakamura


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CASIS Headquarters (Center for Advancement of Science in Space) A diagonal urban pathway draws pedestrians from the water taxi terminal through the building and toward downtown Manhattan. This path essentially divides the building into two: an administrative building and a conference center. Articulated as a ribbon, the public sequence ties the two buildings back together. Beginning with a theater in the conference center, the public ribbon guides visitors past the payload control center, and then delivers them to a rooftop gallery where they can watch scientists working on the suspended space capsule with a view back to the park and river just beyond. Fall 2013 / New York, NY / Critic: Joel Sanders


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FDR DRIVE

1ST AVENUE

WATER TAXI TERMINAL

38TH ST


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PAYLOAD CONTROL

OFFICES GALLERY

LOBBY

LECTURE HALLS

EVENT SPACE


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Narrow Lot Prototype This prototype for a single-family residence used the topography of the site to create a split-level house. The public spaces flow continuously on the ground level with the slope of the site. Two upper level ribbons contain bedrooms and bathrooms and can be offset further vertically or horizontally depending on programmatic needs, zoning, and the given site topography. The ribbons interlock around a central light well, which brings light down the kitchen, which is conceived as the symbolic and programmatic center of the home. Spring 2013 / New Haven / Critic: Joeb Moore


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Bi-Nuclear House This bi-nuclear design encloses the private program, bedrooms and bathrooms, into two volumes that float within a continuous communal space. A two-story light well brings daylight through the center of the house. The private volumes each contain their own bathroom, which increases privacy and flexibility for the bedroom configuration. When replicated as a prototype, these volumes could also increase in length to accommodate additional rooms. The zoning code allows for the public space to flow into a partial third floor play space on top of the rear bedrooms. Spring 2013 / New Haven / collaboration with K. Bizycowski, B. Hancock, M. Cohen, J. Lee, J. Okai


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Vlock Building Project After the house design was selected, I collaborated with a small team to design the envelope details, including siding, window, trim and soffit specifications. Over the summer, I worked as one of fourteen interns that completed the construction of the house. I was involved with the framing, siding, flooring, and tiling, as well as installing the trim and soffits. Summer 2013 / New Haven / advisor: Adam Hopfner Envelope detail partners: J. Penniman, M.H. Lee, A. Su


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The Chair My chair project explored the lyrical figure of the contiuous line. After a series of wire study models, I made a full-scale mockup for the mid-review. The frame is constructed out of 3/4� diameter steel tube on a tube bender using a 3� radius die. The leather is then dyed and riveted to the steel frame. Overall, the chair is lightweight and produces little material waste. Spring 2015 / Instructor: Timothy Newton



Reclaiming Industrial Hamburg In conjunction with HafenCity’s University of the Neighborhood Project, we indentified a series of sites that could be reclaimed through recreation in a postindustrial and largely immigrant neighborhood. We took each site and “re - designed” the game of soccer to fit each circumstance. Soccer then became a way to bring the community together, cross language barriers, and gain new agency over the spaces of the neighborhood. We designed graphics to explain the new rules, and organized a soccer tournament in which a wide variety of community members participated.

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I wish our block had... As one of the Community Engagement Coordinators for the Yale Building Project, I organized and ran an event to bring the community together on the block where we were planning to build. The purpose of the event was to brainstorm and understand the block through a mapping project. Multiple stations allowed residents to tag largescale maps with their ideas, memories, interpretations of the block. The project brought community members together to visually discuss initiatives to reclaim vacant/ abandoned spaces in Newhallville. Additionally, it allowed students to better understand the socio-spatial dynamic of the neighborhood and site. Spring 2013 / New Haven / collaboration with Hiba Bhatty


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Community Pool

Marion Anderson Recreation Center

Catharine Street

pop-up stores

Better Blocks Philly Better Blocks Philly was a community-driven design demonstration project that took place during Design Philadelphia in 2011. The project engaged residents, artists and designers in creating a living/functioning exhibit of “Complete Street� concepts, with temporary traffic calming and streetscape installations, as well as pop-up shops and community events.

mid-block crossing

parklet

bumpouts chicane

Webster Street

I collaborated with the designers at Brown & Keener Urban Design, WRT and the South of South Neighborhood Association to develop the design, coordinate material donations, produce website content, and install the Christian Street interventions.

1801

1701

Wallace Roberts & Todd ( WRT ) Brown & Keener Urban Design

YMCA Annex

YMCA

S. 17th Street

South of South Neighborhood Association

S. 18th Street

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Perspecta 50 As income inequality and urbanization reach record levels, our cities are increasingly divided. Often materialized through architecture, boundaries define communities for social, cultural, geo-political and economic purposes. Typically visualized as walls, fences, and security infrastructure, this condition is familiar and often understood as linear and binary: separating one entity from the other. However, Perspecta 50 seeks to investigate divides as a wider mechanism of global urbanism, and one that is more spatially and socially complex. As co-editor of this 50th issue of the Yale Architecture Journal, I coordinated the publication from the initial topic proposal through production. This included soliciting authors, editing twenty-four essays, and collaborating with graphic designers on both a website and the book layout. 2014-2017 / Published by MIT Press co - edited with Mahdi Sabbagh


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Device: security checkpoint Location: New York City

Photograph by Craig Rosman

Sections of Wall Street are secured using automatic traffic barriers.

Device: security checkpoint Location: Nicosia

Photograph by Gérard Janot

From this security barrier and platform on the Greek Cypriot side of Nicosia, pedestrians can look beyond the UN-administered Green Line.

Type: enclave Device: ornament Location: Buzescu

Photograph by Andreea Cojocaru

In this Romanian town, gypsy communities employ architectural motifs of extravagance to symbolize and assert their identity and newfound wealth.

Type: enclave Device: mural Location: Belfast

Photograph by Meghan McAllister

Device: security checkpoint Location: Berlin

Public domain

Security infrastructure at Checkpoint Charlie is preserved to memorialize the historic divide.

Type: enclave Device: gate, ornament Location: San Francisco

Photograph by Meghan McAllister

An ornamented gate celebrates the threshold to Chinatown in San Francisco.

Type: enclave Device: signage Location: New York City

Photograph by Mahdi Sabbagh

Once ostracized, the Italian immigrants in this enclave now use symbols of their cultural heritage to assert their identity and to attract tourists.

Device: mural Location: Detroit

Photograph by Meghan Lewis

Type: upscale housing Location: New York City

Photograph by Mahdi Sabbagh

Like other luxury buildings in Manhattan, the Plaza Hotel boasts a driveway, awning and doormen, reinforcing its exclusivity.

Device: poor door Location: London

Public domain

This London apartment building is designed with two entrances, one for the wealthy residents and one for the tenants of affordable units.

Type: affordable housing Device: infrastructure Location: New York City

Photograph by Mahdi Sabbagh

A public housing project in Manhattanville abuts an elevated rail line and the new campus expansion of Columbia University.

Device: wall Location: Nogales

Photograph by Peggy Deamer

Type: affordable housing, enclave Device: gate, ornament Location: San Francisco

Photograph by Meghan McAllister

With an ornamental gate at its center, the Ping Yuen public housing complex in Chinatown uses distinct architectural ornamentation to identify with its projected population.

Device: gate Location: Dheisheh refugee camp

Photograph by Mahdi Sabbagh

A former gate to the camp is preserved as a memorial to its fenced past when the turnstile acted as the camp’s sole entry.

Type: informal settlement Device: topography, infrastructure Location: Jakarta

Photograph by Andy Sternad

Threatened by rising sea levels, informal settlements cluster along the water, while wealthier neighborhoods seek higher ground.

Device: railway, park Location: New York

Photograph by Mahdi Sabbagh

Images from co-edited, crowdsourced photo An inner-city enclave asserts its ethno-political association in a mural, rendering others unwelcome.

A neighborhood in Detroit paints a mural to create identity and community in hopes of breathing life back into the dilapidated area.

A metal wall marks the U.S.-Mexican border, regardless of natural topographic conditions.

The Highline, an iconic railroad-turned-park, still cuts through Manhattan, but now leaves wealth and gentrification along its path.

essay, “Evidence: Visualizing Urban Divides,” and corresponding installation in San Francisco, Feb 2018.


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Container Gaza

Railways and Airways

Timeless Gaza In Gaza, the inevitable processes of urbanism, such as growth and expansion as well as depopulation and decay, do not follow a linear timeline. Gaza is “developing” in a container that fluctuates based on artificially imposed variations in border control, siege, war and ceasefire.Yet, Gaza was once at the center of many networks. This study proposes a temporal collapsing of Gaza’s past connectedness with its future potential. Through a cartographic illustration of the trade and commerce routes that have shaped Gaza historically, we suggest a different reading of the enclave, one that helps imagine a new spatial configuration and economy that might inform Gaza’s future liberation. 2018 / forthcoming in Open Gaza, published by Terreform, ed. V. Rao, D. Sharp, M. Sorkin / co - authored with Mahdi Sabbagh

Roads and unpaved paths

Waterways


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Mexican Social Housing: Promises Revisited This book is a compilation of the projects developed at the Yale School of Architecture in Tatiana Bilbao’s advanced studio on social housing in Mexico. The book was developed in conjunction with the INFONAVIT (Institute of the National Fund for Worker’s Housing). In response to the aggravating abandonment rates in Mexican social housing complexes, the studio aimed to address this issue as well as the housing deficit. The studio’s focal point was to understand the specific environmental conditions each of the chosen case study housing complexes, and to cast a proposal that could architecturally reintegrate these spaces and transform them into a positive catalyst for its surroundings. The book features a general introduction of the problem and thematic of the studio, and a chapter for each of the projects: Monterrey, Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, and Cancun. During my internship with Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, I worked the text and diagrams for the introductory chapter. I also collaborated on adapting the studio projects into legible narratives for a book format, while coordinating with outside graphic designers.

Mexican Social Housing: Promises Revisited

I. Introduction

Background on Social Housing in México by Tatiana Bilbao Estudio

collaboration with Tatiana Bilbao Estudio

profit. They were essentially guaranteed to sell the houses because so many first-time home buyers were entering the market with their INFONAVIT credits, and they could not yet comprehend the consequences of living in these remote locations. Additionally, NAFTA enabled foreign investment banks to lend large sums of

Pani-designed project, Nonoalco-Tlatelolco, was built, and it was over ten times the size, with 11,960 units in total. Despite the growing size of these projects, the percentage of housing built with state support was notably low. In the 1960s, the total housing stock increased by 18 percent, but only 0.42 percent received state support.7

money to Mexican construction companies, a move which helped to expedite the rate of construction. Thus, both the supply and demand for these new and inexpensive homes began to skyrocket. These new neighborhoods are typically all single-family houses, but, nevertheless, they can reach the capacities of some of the high-rise complexes built a few decades earlier. For example, San Buenaventura, built in 1995, has more than 20,000 single-family homes.

In the 1960s, the constant demand for low-income housing caused a large amount of poor families to build their own homes on an incremental, ad hoc basis. These private interventions led to significant growth in the suburbs, many of which had no services, particularly in the periphery of México City. Beginning in the 1960s, the federal government gave assistance to these self-built neighborhoods by providing urban planning and infrastructure. Located on the northeastern edge of México City in the State of México, the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl, or Neza, is an example of these self-built neighborhoods that began urbanizing in late 1950s. Now its own municipality of 1.1 million, Neza had been for decades notorious for its subpar community services.

“To encounter these developments by land, by air, or even via satellite imagery, evokes a rare sensation. These are not the neighborhoods of a “Home Sweet Home” dream fulfilled, but are ubiquitous grids of ecological and social intervention on a scale and of consequences that are difficult to grasp. In these places, urbanization is reduced to the mere construction of housing.” Livia Corona Benjamin, Two Million Houses, 2014.1

how can new developments learn from more successful social housing of the past? Social housing policy in México has a long and complex history. When México’s first constitution was written, in 1917, it included a clause that required companies that employed more than one hundred workers to provide “comfortable and hygienic living.”5 But as a young, modernizing nation, very few companies in Mexico had the means to fulfill this requirement.

There are more than 35.6 million homes in México, and an estimated 4.9 million are vacant.2 Yet, nine million households still need adequate housing.3 How is this possible? Over the past two decades, politicians have pledged to build millions of homes, assured that the free market would work to solve the housing deficit. Developers rapidly built affordable single-family homes to meet market demand. At first, it seemed to succeed—at least numerically: 2,350,000 houses were built between 2001 and 2006.4 However, these new housing developments suffered from severe problems in terms of location, infrastructure, access to employment, community services, social identity, and architectural quality. Consequently, many residents have left these developments in search of better housing opportunities, and, currently, nearly 14 percent lie abandoned. How did such an impressive story of social housing construction turn out to be such an urban and social failure? How can these developments be improved, and

In 1932, one of the first worker housing developments, Colonia Balbuena, designed by architect Juan Legarreta, was completed. Of the 108 units constructed, most were single-family houses. However, the development also included some duplexes, with commercial space on the ground floor. From 1940 to 1950, México began transitioning from a largely rural society to an urban society. This transition, combined with the creation, in 1943, of the iMSS, or the Mexican Social Security Institute, led to a boom in the construction of social housing in urban areas. Architects such as Juan O’Gorman, Mario Pani, and Pedro Vazquez designed Modernist projects that embraced ideas of construction standardization, simple form, open space, and ample light.

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The following decades saw social housing developments continually grow in size and scope. One of the first high-rise complexes, the Miguel Alemán housing project, designed by Mario Pani, was completed in 1948. Originally planned for two hundred units, it ended up including 1,008 units.8 From 1958 to 1964, another

In 2000, President Vicente Fox publicly promised to give three million credit-loans for new houses in México. He increased the funding for INFONAVIT, and 2,350,000 houses were built by the end of his term. Fox’s successor, Felipe Calderon, oversaw the issuance of three million more INFONAVIT mortgages. By 2010, however, the high abandonment rates of these neighborhoods began to become apparent.

In 1972, a law was passed to create a national housing fund and establish INFONAVIT to administer the fund. This law significantly changed the market for social housing. All employers were now required to contribute 5 percent of their workers’ salaries to the fund,8 and workers were given the opportunity to get a home loan with credits administered by INFONAVIT. This law also enabled national compliance with the original constitutional law regarding workers’ right to housing. In September 1985, a severe earthquake struck México City, and many social housing units were severely damaged. Pani’s Tlatelolco was a scene of major destruction. A few of its high-rise towers were completely destroyed, and photos documenting their collapse have become iconic. The earthquake’s impact may have contributed to a general fear in México City of highrise social housing and, along with other social and economic factors, influenced a shift in the general public to favor low-rise, single-family housing. The 1990s marked both a boom in social housing production as well as a shift in the type of developments being built. In 1992, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed, and President Carlos Salinas de Gortari approved a constitutional amendment allowing communally owned farmland (ejidos) to be bought and sold. Developers quickly began to buy up this land at very low prices. They were able to use the cheap land, mostly located on urban peripheries, for building social housing at a high

Top: Centro Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco, built in 1960’s, designed by Mario Pani Left: San Buenaventura, built in 1995, 20,000 units, unknown architect

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Mexican Social Housing: Promises Revisited

I. Introduction

1992

1930

NAFTA is signed, and President Carlos Salinas de Gortari approves a constitutional amendment allowing ejido lands to be bought and sold. Developers quickly begin buying up this land on urban peripheries for low prices.

Former Hacienda property distributed as communally-owned land for farming, called ejidos.

1972

1932-34 Viviendas Col. Balbuena Architect: Juan Legarreta 108 units

1943

Creation of Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)

1958-1964

Centro Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco Architect: Mario Pani 11,960 units

Unidad Habitacional El Rosario Architects: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez and Teodoro González de León 17, 263 units

1995

Creation of INFONAVIT

Centro Urbano San Buenaventura No architect involved 20,000 units

1985

Earthquake destroys a signifcant amount of social housing in México City.

2000-2006

President Vicente Fox promises two million new homes for México. By the end of his term 2,350,000 houses are built.

1949

Multifamiliar Presidente Miguel Alemán Architect: Mario Pani 1,080 units

1928 Narkomfin social condenser by Moisei Ginzburg 1927 Werkbundsiedlung by Mies van der Rohe

1958 Levittown, Pennsylvania planned community 1957 Interbau building exhibition 1956 Pruitt-Igoe by Minoru Yamasaki 22

1986 Bushwick Houses II

2003 Quinta Monroy by Elemental

1972 Robin Hood Gardens by Peter and Alison Smithson

1997 Verbena Heights

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I. Introduction

Viviendas Col. Balbuena Juan Legarreta 1933 108 Units

Multifamiliar Presidente Miguel Alemán Mario Pani 1949 108 Units

Independencia A. Prieto Posadas and J.M. Gutiérrez 1959-1960 2,235 Units

Tlatelolco Mario Pani 1964 11,960 Units

El Rosario P. R. Vázquez and T. González de León 1972 15,515 Units

Location within México City

Location within México City

Location within México City

Location within México City

Location within México City

100m 0m

Site plan

Services on site Garden Playground Day care

100m 300m

1 km 12 minute walk

0m

Site plan

100m

1 km 12 minute walk

Services on site Swimming pool Dressing rooms and restrooms Day-care center Administrative building Post office Commercial store School for 600 students

100m 300m

300m

0m

300m

Site plan

1 km 12 minute walk

Services on site 7 educational institutions 3 shopping centers 2 theaters Movie theater Sports center Library Health clinic 24

1 km 12 minute walk

Services on site 21 schools 6 hospitals and clinics 12 office buildings 600 commercial permises 3 sport centers 3 theaters Movie theater 6 parking garages

Location within México City

100m

0m

Site plan

Centro Urbano San Buenaventura INFONAVIT 1995-Present 20,000 Units

0m

Site plan

Services on site No

100m 0m 300m

300m

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Site plan

1 km 12 minute walk

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Portal 9: Make No Small Plans

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A Beirut-based publication, Portal 9 pursues stories and critical writing about the city. This essay was developed specifically for the journal as part of a series on infrastructure projects in the Middle East and the professionals (architects, planners, engineers) responsible for them. The largest engineering project ever built, Saudi Arabia’s Industrial Cities of Yanbu and Jubail are the focus of the article. Through interviews and archival texts, my co-author and I uncover the story behind the Yanbu master plan prepared by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, while analyzing the resulting cities today and the claims made by the local politicians and corporations. Many documents illustrate the cities as central to a national economic development plan, while also revealing it as an experiment of social engineering. Related to wellknown criticism of the “tabula rasa” masterplan, we ultimately question whether a vibrant city could ever be built from scratch - especially when the city itself was conceived merely as oil infrastructure. 2015 / forthcoming in Portal 9 published by Solidere co - authored with Jason Kurzweil

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MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS The forgotten ambitions of the 20th Century’s largest engineering project, Saudi Arabia’s Industrial Cities. Meghan McAllister and Jason Kurzweil

A priviledged, birds-eye view imagines two cities rising from the desert: Yanbu (top) and Jubail (bottom).

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