Looking up! Team visit to the Transbay block-2 construction site with summer interns Patrick and Amelia. Fascinating to see the layers of execution from concrete slab forms to rough-in of plumbing and electrical to metal framing. When complete in 2026, the building will have 184 units of affordable family housing, two retail spaces, and a childcare center to be operated by @wuyeesf @mercyhousing is the owner developer @swinerton1888 is the GC Our excellent design team includes: @y.a.studio @meyersplusengineers @dciengineers @langanengenv @plural.studio.sf @tucci_lighting @team4ea #concrete #concreteconstruction #precastconcrete #underconstruction #affordablehousing #housingforall #urbanarchitecture #modernarchitecture #highrisebuilding #design #texture #architecturelovers #urbandesign

Core Chapel! Building a high rise core is an art and science in itself. A concrete torsion tube with walls 24”-30” thick and densely packed rebar, the core resists the rotation of the L-shaped floor plate. An ingenious climbing steel rig carries the form panels up the building allowing the outer one to lift out of the way so the steel can be placed (pic-2). “Link beams” resolve the openings to the core that otherwise disrupt the flow of force around it (pic 3). Transbay-Block 2 affordable family housing. #230folsom @dciengineers , Swinerton Concrete, @swinerton1888 @mercyhousing #highrisebuilding #highrise #underconstruction #structuralengineering🏗️ #concreteconstruction #concrete #designinspo #architecturelovers

More appreciation for our favorite BART station. Some great details - like the light glass roof with expressive tails on the steel purlins; the central roof valley beam that’s also a rain gutter and light fixture, the varied textures of concrete that make paintings with light. The facade is drawn from the building’s section, and the section molds an experience of light and space. Glen Park BART station, Ernest Born with Corley & Spackman. 1973 #ernestborn @sfbayarearapidtransit #spacefirst #soundandvision #brutalistarchitecture #transitarchitecture #transit #subway #urbanarchitecture #concrete #light #sanfranciscomodern #subterranean #designinspo #midcenturymodern