by Daniela Tenorio
ARCH 100B • Final Review
Professor: Benjamin Rice
CED • UC Berkeley • Spring 2013
This project has as precedent the High Museum of Art by Renzo Piano, focusing on the light-scoop features of the design. However, this project tries to create a design language that corresponds to the main building feature, resulting in a large light-scoop made of aluminum panels that become the envelope of the building.
The Good Food Center is designed to welcome the public and become a community center for the residents of the Mission district in San Francisco. The aluminum panels that create the light scoop at the top levels extend to the ground or fold inwards creating stair treads, a balcony, or parts of the ceiling. The movement of this panels creates a public space at the street level that welcomes the public; as if the street is been filtered into the building.
Diagrams show the arrangement of program in the building. Public areas were arranged to face the main streets (9th and Mission Street) while private areas connect to a less busy street (Washburn Street). Circulation follows the same idea and wraps around the building in the buffering area created in between program and the light scoop. Finally, a light study was performed to verify the performance of the light scoop throughout the year, in all seasons and at different times of the day.
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