Oceanwide Center, San Francisco Architecture, Building, Images
Oceanwide Center in San Francisco
San Francisco Mixed-Use Development, California, USA ? design by Foster + Partners architects
Dec 9, 2016
Oceanwide Center
Design: Foster + Partners, architects
Location: San Francisco, United States
San Francisco?s Oceanwide Center breaks ground

The groundbreaking ceremony for Oceanwide Center was held on Thursday, 8 December, marking the start of construction on one of the most pivotal urban projects in San Francisco?s recent history. Situated in the rapidly changing Transbay Area of San Francisco, close to Market Street and the financial district, this transit-oriented development is at the core of downtown San Francisco.
The Foster + Partners and Heller Manus design knits the new scheme with the urban grain of the city, enhancing pedestrian circulation through the site. It comprises 26,000 square-feet of new public spaces, along with two mixed-use towers: a 625-foot, 54-storey mixed-use residential and hotel tower, and a 910-foot, 61-storey residential and office tower along First Street providing 2.4 million square-feet of new hotel, office and residential spaces in this downtown neighbourhood. It further restores and revitalises two historic buildings on First Street. Responsive in urban and environmental terms, it brings together places to live and work in close proximity to the city?s new Transbay Transit Center.

A particular challenge for the design team, the irregu...