Fort Mason Bench: Layout process on the site – Photographs of mock-up

A three-tiered masonry public bench and centerpiece, on the Fort Mason pier, overlooking Alcatraz Island. It was built within three weeks as part of the "Spirit in Design" workshop, beginning on 24-Mar-1984 following an announcement in "CoEvolution Quarterly". The main intent ...

Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...

Photograph of the bench mock-up, made on the site using cardboard, as the first approximation of the bench; its size and shape are further fine-tuned and detailing is introduced when, in the next step, the cardbord mock-up is replaced by ...

Four photographs from the process of laying out the bench and the table on site using concrete blocks, up to its construction. During this process location, size and shape acquire substance and dimensions, enabling assessments and decisions during its ...