Heatherwick Studio and company release new design for San Francisco's piers

Heatherwick Studio together with Earthprise and a team of experienced local waterfront and biodiversity specialists have unveiled The Cove, 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.  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.  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.  "Like the coronavirus pandemic and the recent northern California fires, and Loma Prieta before it, climate change, sea level rise, and...