A shortlist of high-profile artists, including Ai Wei Wei, Antony Gormley, and Andy Goldsworthy, has been announced by the San Francisco Art Commission as part of the city's $50 million redevelopment plan for Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island. The selected finalists have been invited to propose artworks for each of these three sites on the island:
In its statement, the San Francisco Arts Commission describes the scope of the project: "The Treasure Island redevelopment project includes over 300 acres of publicly accessible open space, which is the largest allotment of new park lands in San Francisco since the construction of Golden Gate Park in 1871. The Treasure Island Arts Master Plan calls for the majority of the commissioned artworks to be sited within the island’s open spaces, but additional opportunities will provide opportunities to present works at or within historic buildings. The first three projects are expected to be signature monumental artworks located at the Ferry Plaza, Building One Plaza and Yerba Buena Hilltop Park – sites remarkable for their high visibility and panoramic views."
The review panel selecting the artists comprised Arts Commission President JD Beltran; SFMOMA’s Thomas Weisel Family Curator of Painting and Sculpture Janet Bishop; Curator Mika Yoshitake from the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Chris Meany, from Treasure Island lead developer Wilson Meany; and President of the Treasure Island Development Authority Board Fei Tsen.
Proposals are expected to arrive in the spring to be placed on public view for commenting on Treasure Island as well as elsewhere in the city.
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nothing screams sustainability like a parallelogram street layout
Maybe the parallelogram is a result of the most efficient alignment with the solar path for energy production or with prevailing wind directions for cooling and ventilation, I'm sure there's a grasshopper script for that! It can't be just a random aesthetic preference, can it?
Per the Treasure Island Development Authority's website:
The conventional street grid rotated 35 degrees to orient streets southerly to maximize sun in neighborhoods and parks. Wind channels are mitigated by angling the secondary street grid. Streets and buildings are oriented to maximize the effects of sun and minimize the impacts of wind.