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New designs of proposed 8 Washington development unveiled

Published: 30-Dec-2011

San Francisco-based real estate development firm San Francisco Waterfront Partners has unveiled new designs of the proposed 8 Washington development along San Francisco’s waterfront in California.

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The design of the project has been conceived by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's architect Craig W. Hartman, and Peter Walker of Berkeley-based PWP Landscape Architecture. The project will lead to creation of pedestrian corridors which will connect Pacific Avenue and Jackson Street with The Embarcadero, a play space for children with interactive sculptural gardens, as well as an expanded health and aquatics centre. There will also be creation of cafés, restaurants and retail units, and centralized underground public parking lot for the Ferry Building Waterfront Area. The overall public open area and parks constructed as part of the project will extend over 30,000 square feet while an extra 40,000 square feet private recreation zone will be built inside a new fitness and outdoor aquatic centre.

The existing surface parking space will be transformed into a public park spanning 16,740 square feet as part of the project. Pacific Park will comprise a play garden spanning 4500 square feet. The garden will sport climbable art sculptures and interactive water features. There will be three separate zones consisting of play areas for different age groups. The look of the Park will be complemented through installation of various public artwork.

The Park will further feature rolling lawns which can be used as a play area for kids and a lounge area for adults. A cafe comprising outdoor seating will be located adjacent to the Park. There will also be additional rooftop café seating.

The park will encompass the fitness and aquatic centre through an expanded and upgraded Drumm Street Garden Walk and links south to the proposed Jackson Commons pedestrian corridor. The corridor will connect Jackson Street with The Embarcadero. The project will widen Jackson Commons. There will be creation of 6650 square feet of landscaped area which will feature cafes, restaurants, and retail units in its northern and southern portions.

Pacific Avenue will connect Sydney G. Walton Square Park to the Pacific Park. Pacific Avenue will also be linked to The Embarcadero as part of the project. The Drumm Street Garden Walk donning an open-plan concept and airy landscaping will link Pacific Park to Sue Bierman Park. Creation of wider sidewalks, bicycle facilities, car share programmes and a centralized underground public parking lot will upgrade vehicular as well as pedestrian traffic in the surrounding area.

Plans are also on to substitute the current private health facility with an upgraded and more spacious community recreation and aquatics club worth $12 million. The indoor fitness space of the Health Centre will undergo an expansion from 7500 to 16,350 square feet. The new aquatics centre will house a 50 yard outdoor pool spanning 6300 square feet which enhances the present pool area by over 50%. The Health Centre will don a triangular style. It will incorporate a living green roof and living walls along The Embarcadero.

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