SAN FRANCISCO | Mission Rock | 240 FT x 3, 190 FT x 2, lower rise

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Looks like this one is completed. Love the jagged block facade (kinda reminds me of Levi's Plaza) with the canyon forming a perfect frame of Salesforce Tower + Oracle Park. The earthy red tones with the texturized GFRC panels really gives off an organic vibe worthy of its namesake.

The 23-Story Canyon Opens In Mission Rock, San Francisco




BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON JUNE 22, 2023

The Canyon, an aptly named 23-story residential tower in Mission Rock, officially opened yesterday morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Mission Bay. The celebration kicks off leasing for the 283 apartments, including 102 affordable units, inside the tallest building to open in San Francisco this year. The Canyon is part of the 28-acre master plan by Mission Rock Partners, a joint venture with the San Francisco Giants and Tishman Speyer.

Netherlands-based MVRDV is the design architect, with Perry Architects as the associate architect. The reddish tower rises 258 feet tall over 3rd Street, while the rest of the structure quickly erodes with jagged block modules and balconies down to a mid-structure public pathway that forms a canyon between the main tower and a five-story annex. The exterior is wrapped with prefabricated and texturized glass fiber-reinforced concrete panels.

The Canyon’s pathway rises up from the “handshake” plaza off 3rd street and into a perfectly framed vista of the Giants stadium and Salesforce Tower in the distance. The picturesque nature should guarantee a steady stream of foot traffic through the Canyon’s riverbed. Walking through, the pathway extends onto the Mission Rock internal streets across from the Visa HQ and close to Parcels B and F.

In a brief statement about the design process for the Canyon, MVRDV described their search for inspiration, writing that “San Francisco combines rigid grids with a daring natural topography. While Mission Rock will become an extension of the city’s existing urban grid, the site misses the topographical qualities and challenges that make some of San Francisco’s traditional neighbourhoods so charming.” In conclusion, the Dutch studio set off to recreate a ‘rocky hill’ along the water.

GLS is the landscape architect responsible for designing the lush ground-level and outdoor amenity spaces. BKF is the civil engineer, and Magnusson Klemencic Associates is the structural engineer. Swinerton is the tower’s general contractor.

Across from The Canyon, construction is moving quickly on the China Basin Park, a five-acre waterfront open space designed by SCAPE Landscape Architecture with Min Design and the Miller Company for Mission Rock Partners. Webcor is their general contractor. The programming for the park includes a dense network of amenities, connections to the water, and shaded pathways around a grand lawn that aims to attract a regional audience.

https://sfyimby.com/2023/06/the-23-story-canyon-opens-in-mission-rock-san-francisco.html