AUXILIARY LIGATURES V.2

san francisco, california

Knotted Tubes is a proposal for a residential HIGH RISE located at the corner of Market and Van Ness in San Francisco, CA. Based on a knot, Knotted Tubes consists of individual braced tubes that are tied together. This knotted hub celebrates the intersection of different programs and navigational pathways activated by a large open space where occupants of SEPARATE housing blocks can interact. By BUNDLING the traditional typology the structural “Knot” of steel outriggers and belt trusses allows the heart of the building to be open for new social spaces.The housing modules are organized into blocks of different housing types, all connected via the multiple tubes that run through them. The “Knot” is a break in the separation of the unit blocks, entangling the different programs and occupants.The segmentation and shifting of the housing blocks complement the scale and patterning of its surroundings, gently integrating itself into the existing fabric of the city. Through the entanglement of the knot, in which defined borders between housing types are blurred the building aims to prompt new social interfacing absent in the traditional residential high rise.  

done in collaboration with rachel splitgerber

AWARDS_

best of show - honorable mention

competition posters/ visualization/ drawings

Competition posters/ visualization/ drawings

competition posters/ visualization/ drawings