Part 1: Design Process

San Francisco’s Pier 70 is located on the city’s southern waterfront on the San Francisco Bay, an area with a rich history of industry and shipbuilding dating back to the 19^th century. Over time, these uses diminished, and many of the buildings fell into disrepair. In 2015, the Port of San Francisco began plans to redevelop the area around Pier 70 to create up to one thousand housing units and two million square feet of office space.

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Seismic Excellence Through Base Isolation

The New Stanford Hospital (NSH), designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, has replaced an existing aging facility with a modern base-isolated structure at the Stanford University Campus. The new seven-story state-of-the-art Level 1 trauma center includes 368 patient rooms, 20 operating suites, imaging and radiology suites, and an emergency department. Following the latest healthcare trend, the hospital was designed to be patient-centric, with patient rooms located around the perimeter of four towers. All rooms are private, with large floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the surrounding campus and foothills.

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Situated along the historic San Francisco waterfront on San Francisco Port Authority property, a dilapidated former shipbuilding complex from the late 19^th and early 20^th century has been revitalized as part of a massive adaptive reuse project (Figure 1). The Pier 70 complex was the location of Union Iron Works, a premier West Coast shipbuilding facility through World Wars I and II until it was shuttered several decades ago. The anchor of the complex is Building 113/114, a two-block-long brick and steel building. …