The suggestions, part of a seventh-grade project, included replacing Branson School with affordable homes; building 111 condominiums near Natalie Coffin Greene Park; and converting shipping containers into ADUs.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Forge Development Partners (Forge) and the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco (AFSF) announced 10th grader Eva Nusbaum-Faust and 11th grader Sofia Regenbogen from the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA) as the winners of a community-based design competition for the permanent installation of the perforated, metal panel façades for Forge’s Essential Housing Development projects, known as TL 361 and TL 145 and located at 361 Turk Street and 145 Leavenworth Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood. As part of Forge’s ongoing mission to bring in the best minds to help innovate the future of Essential Housing, the developer sponsored the design competition where 11 students were given two weeks to study the interconnectivity of the Tenderloin community and to express that in a design for the skin of the two buildings. These students will work with Forge’s partner, world-renowned architecture firm Gensler, to transform the winning concepts into