Better Place Forest Wins 2020 AIA Merit Award

Fletcher Studio designed the Better Place Forest Visitor Center in collaboration with OpenScope Studio and received a 2020 Architecture Merit Award from the AIA San Francisco. Congratulations to our partner in this project, OpenScope Studio, and to all of the award recipients this year. We are honored to be included in this prestigious group of Bay Area designers.

NEWLY COMPLETED PROJECTS

THE DOGPATCH ARTWALK - Created through a collaboration between Fletcher Studio, the Client, and local artists. The previous structure at 950 Tennessee fully covered the entire lot, building edge to building edge. The new building's design afforded a unique opportunity to reconnect Tennessee and Minnesota Streets via a mid-block crossing that is now a 30'-0" wide public passage featuring natural elements and local art. Check it out.

86 Pennsylvania PDR Rooftop - The building’s main roof deck overlooks Dogpatch and across to the East Bay. The outdoor space is equipped with expansive seating, green grass and even Bocce Ball. With outdoor kitchens, ample seating, and sweeping vistas of Potrero Hill and the Bay, the Landing makes for an amazing space.. Check it out.

950 Tennessee - This project is a 100-unit residential building in the Dogpatch and spans the width of a city block from Tennessee to Minnesota Streets. Fletcher Studio developed a series of spaces for the project, including the new public passage The Dogpatch Artwalk , streetscapes, inner courtyard, and roof deck. Explore the full project here.

THE LANDING - 1395 22nd Street, also known as The Landing, traverses a tricky hillside in the Dogpatch. The project’s amenity spaces and long, open-air promenades are punctuated by long planted areas bracketed by steel and sculptural concrete, patterned paving draws from scale patterns of snakes as one winds through the site. The building’s main roof deck overlooks Dogpatch and across to the East Bay. Read more here.

MINNESOTA GROVE - Once a largely abandoned right of way, this space has seen many informal and formal uses over the decades. As material piles and abandoned vehicles began to exit the strip, golden opportunity was realized. What was at first an experiment in guerrilla gardening, eventually expanded into a full blown public botanic garden. Find out the whole story here.

IN THE NEWS

South Park Featured in “Top 8 places to visit this Christmas”

The SF Chronicle just posted the top 8 places to visit in San Francisco while in lockdown this holiday season, and our South Park project made the list! Check out the article here!

SF Trolley Dances at Dogpatch Ropewalk

Thank you to Epiphany Dance Theater Company for choosing the Dogpatch Ropewalk as a site for an SF Trolly Dance! Epiphany Dance Theater brings you a free film festival of site-specific dance curated by Executive Artistic Director Kim Epifano, with technical direction by Managing Director Jes DeVille, Company Coordinator Kaylamay Paz Suarez, and videographer Andy Mogg. Check out the video here.

Fletcher Studio Presented in 2020 ASLA reVision Conference

The 2020 “reVision ASLA Design Session” featured a talk with our very own David Fletcher along side two of our favorite designers – Gina Ford of Agency and Maura Rockcastle of TEN-X-TEN Studio. A recording of the talk, “The Exquisite Detail: How Big Ideas Get Expressed in Tangible Craft” can be seen here.