2024-05-04T05:36:00-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150225494/heatherwick-studio-and-company-release-new-design-for-san-francisco-s-piers Sean Joyner 2020-09-21T13:16:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/28/2892090f37e88b3436ba21d35e57e128.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/heatherwick" target="_blank">Heatherwick Studio</a> together with <a href="https://www.pier30.com/" target="_blank">Earthprise</a> and a team of experienced local waterfront and biodiversity specialists have unveiled&nbsp;<em>The Cove,</em> a new vision for San Francisco's Piers 30-32. The part of the bay has been closed for over 36 years due to a devastating fire that decimated the original piers.&nbsp;</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6b/6b770871655e912a4548b81472c7194e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6b/6b770871655e912a4548b81472c7194e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>The ecological park and community hub takes as a two-building workplace campus with a central 5-acre ecological public park. The building area totals about 550,000 gross square feet. The modular design of the structures, inspired by the region's original pier sheds, can accommodate workspace for a single tenant or multiple tenants.&nbsp;</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3f/3f9df09520498e4d54baab94f5cd71d3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3f/3f9df09520498e4d54baab94f5cd71d3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>According to the design team the entire Cove is smaller than the original pier footprint, has less bay fill, and is highly sustainable, and plans for net-zero carbon and International Living Future Institute certifications.&nbsp;</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0b/0babc4debc6881ea0a03555221d32cce.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0b/0babc4debc6881ea0a03555221d32cce.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>"Like the coronavirus pandemic and the recent northern California fires, and Loma Prieta before it, climate change, sea level rise, and...</p>