SEQUENCE: SAN FRANCISCO STAIRS

Fundamental of Architecture 100A
UC Berkeley | Advisor: Roudabeh Pakravan | Fall 14’

San Francisco is in a sense a vertical city, defined by its hills as a consequence of its geography as much as for its famous bridges and buildings. San Francisco's steep streets are legendary and immortalized in film and television. The public stairs that connect those streets are spaces woven through the urban context providing unique opportunities for public space. This project considers the stair as more than circulation defined by limitations [height and access] but as occupied public space within the urban environment that provides opportunities for program and experience.