SEQUENCE

fORMAL EXPLORATION IN POINT-FIELD FORMAL GENERATION

SAN FRANCISCO IS IN A SENSE A VERTICAL CITY, DEFINED BY ITS HILLS, AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ITS GEOGRAPHY, AS MUCH AS IT IS FOR ITS FAMOUS BRIDGES AND BUILDINGS. SAN FRANCISCO'S STEEP STREETS ARE MADE 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 INTERACTION. THIS PROJECT REQUIRES A RECONSIDERATION OF THE STAIR AS A TYPE. 

THE STAIR IS MORE THAN CIRCULATION DEFINED BY LIMITATIONS OF HEIGHT AND ACCESS, IT IS  AN OCCUPIABLE PUBLIC SPACE WITHIN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRAM AND EXPERIENCE. TO REDIFINE THE STAIR AS AN EXPERIENTIAL FORM ARCHITECTURE A SERIES OF FORMAL REGULATIONS NEEDED TO E PUT IN PLACE. THE USE OF A POINT-FIELD  WAS USED TO GENERATE THE FORM OF THE BUILDING WITHOUT COMPROMISING SOLID-VOID RELATIONSHIPS. 

UPON CONNECTING POINTS IN THE FIELD AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOFTING BETWEEN THOSE CONNECTIONS, FOUR TYPES OF TRIANGULAR OPENINGS ARE CREATED ARE CREATED, THEREBY CHARACTERIZING THE PROJECT AS A SERIES OF TRIANGULAR THRESHOLDS. THE INITIAL BOX BECOMES DISFIGURED TO THE POINT THAT IT IS NO LONGER IDENTIFIABLE. THE PROJECT IS CENTERED AROUND THE CONNECTION OF THESE THRESHOLDS AND HOW THAT CONNECTION CREATES AND INFORMS MOVEMENT.