Fort Mason Bench Step 4: Adding a Small Table as Additional Center

Introducing an off-center table structure that preserves the Alcatraz relationship while enabling face-to-face conversation.

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Fort Mason Bench Step 5: Determining Detailed Shape of the Table
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Testing multiple table shapes and selecting the pure octagonal form as the one that most leaves the beauty of the open water and Bay alone.
Fort Mason Bench Step 3: Adapting to the Asymmetrical Railing
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Finding the simplest solution that respects the complex syncopated rhythm of centers produced by the existing iron railing.

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Fort Mason Bench Step 1: Mock-up of Overall Shapemethod0.839
Using 300 concrete blocks with people sitting to find the most comfortable overall bench format — resulted in a gentle concave C-form.
Fort Mason Bench Step 2: Fitting Curve to Site Featuresmethod0.831
Orienting the bench curve in relation to Alcatraz Island and the open sea as dominant centers on the site.
After testing multiple table shapes for the Fort Mason bench, the pure octagonal table was found to interfere least with the existing structure of the water, Bay, railing and benchfinding0.768
Empirical result from the bench-building process illustrating structure-preserving selection at the detail scale.
In miniature, the Fort Mason bench and its ornaments display the same morphological features as the layout of a neighborhood displays in the large — the fundamental process works at all scalesclaim0.760
Alexander's cross-scale invariance claim about the living process.
How is this to happen? What kinds of center-creating steps can have such an impact that is both piecemeal and yet also helping to repair and enhance the whole at each step forward?question0.719
Central driving question of the chapter, motivating the exposition of the fundamental process.
Guasare Step 2: Placing Smaller Streets to Feed the Main Centermethod0.709
Rule allowing any small street to be added feeding into the main center and the center of gravity of empty areas.
Guasare Step 1: Identifying the Boundary and Main Centermethod0.704
First step of the Guasare neighborhood process: establishing the neighborhood boundary and locating its main center in the best spot on the landform.
Four major process steps are needed to bring life to a room: choose the position, conceive main and minor centers, attend to filigree and fine structure, simplify to bring tranquility.claim0.701
Summary of the room design method.