thesis project

PROJECT ABSTRACT

California is currently experiencing an extreme weather condition, a

drought. Despite being surrounded by an ocean, this drought is causing

a water crisis in both urban and suburban areas of the Bay Area. San

Francisco has a large prosperous population of 758,000, which is demands

44 million gallons of water for daily use. Developing a new water re-

source is becoming an urgent issue for peoples survival. However, the

environmental conditions of the San Francisco Bay provide a rich resource

which has not been tapped yet into new water system for San Francisco.

The Swell provides a way to combine desalination facility with California

style as an artificial landscape in San Francisco. In the middle of 19th cen-

tury to early 20th century, a California lifestyle is a dream for many people

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Thesis Project_

THE SWELL:An artificial wave park withdesalination facility

INFORMATION

Location_

Pier #76, San Francisco,

CA 94107, USA

Site Area_

934,293 sq ft

Project Size_

533,269 gross sq ft

Project Year_

2016

Program_

Artificial wave pools, artificial

park, desalination facility

Structure_

Artificial wave poolsConcrete

Artificial parkConcrete & Steel

Desalination facility

Concrete & Steel

,and

the Golden State is an ideal resort destination. The

weather is sunny and dry in all year with easy access

to the ocean and mountains. The image of Californians

as: laid-back, healthy beach-goers holds some truth.

This thesis project proposes both a Surfing Park and

a desalination facility. This new hybrid architecture

encourages people to generate the fresh water

through surfing.

The Surfing Park is a combination of three parts: a

surfing pool, an artificial landscape, and a desalination

system. The water comes from the bay into the

surfing pool, and the pool water goes through to the

desalination process within the artificial landscape.

The fresh water becomes a water resource for the

irrigation of landscapes, human use, and public

green spaces within an artificial landscape (park)

at Pier #76 in San Francisco.

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RESEARCH

The Ongoing California Water Crisis &

An Extensive Water System

Abnormal Drought

Modernate Drought

Severe Drought

Extreme Drought

Exceptional Drought

In-stream / River

Canal / Pipeline

Bay Area Water System

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TITLE The Swell: An artificial wave park with desalination facility

San Francisco Water

Distribution System

SAN FRANCISCO BAY

SAN FRANCISCO BAY

PACIFIC OCEAN

THE PRESIDIO

GOLDEN GATE PARK

PACIFIC OCEAN

SUTRORESERVOIR

SUNSETRESERVOIR

MERCED MANOR RESERVOIR

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

SAN MATEO COUNTY

SAN MATEO COUNTY

LAKE MERCED

UNIVERSITY MOUNDRESERVOIR

SAN FRANCISCO BAY

SAN FRANCISCO BAY

PACIFIC OCEAN

THE PRESIDIO

GOLDEN GATE PARK

PACIFIC OCEAN

SUTRORESERVOIR

SUNSETRESERVOIR

MERCED MANOR RESERVOIR

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

SAN MATEO COUNTY

SAN MATEO COUNTY

LAKE MERCED

UNIVERSITY MOUNDRESERVOIR

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The Bay Area has 7.5 million people, and San Francisco has 852,469 people

in the city. The Swell provides three functions in the site, desalination

facility, park, surfing pool. The desalination facility provides technology

and education functions for laboratory technician and students. The

park provides public events and leisure activities for citizens, dog walkers,

exercisers. The surfing pool provides surfing for surfers and exercisers.

USER GROUP

Expenditure per visit (mean)

Distance Traveled (one way, niles)

LA County

LA County

Santa Cruz

Orange County

$70

$53

$35

$18

$0

16

12

8

4

0

SF Bay Area San Diego County

LA County

Santa Cruz

Orange County

Ventura

Ventura


SantaCruz

Orange County

SF Bay Area

San DiegoCounty

LA County Orange County

SF Bay Area

San DiegoCounty

SantaCruz

Expenditure per visit (mean)

Distance Traveled (one way, niles)

LA County

LA County

Santa Cruz

Orange County

$70

$53

$35

$18

$0

16

12

8

4

0


LA County

Santa Cruz

Orange County

Ventura

Ventura


SantaCruz

Orange County

SF Bay Area

San DiegoCounty

LA County Orange County

SF Bay Area

San DiegoCounty

SantaCruz

SEX & AGE

MALE

FEMALE

UNDER 5 YEARS

5 TO 17 YEAR

18 TO 64 YEARS

65 YEARS AND ABOVE

MEDIAN AGE

432,202

420,267

37,509

76,722

622,275

115,936

38.6

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA(2016)

50.7%

49.3%

4.4%

9.0%

73%

13.6%Left_

California Surfing:

Cost Per Each Surf Outing

(Per Person)

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SITE ANALYSIS

TRANSP

ORTA

TION

MAP

SITE O

PTIO

NS

SHARK ATTA

CK

SURFIN

G SPOT

MODERATE RISKS RIP CURRENTS

LOW

RISKS RIP CURRENTS

BART

MUNI METRO

CALT

RAIN

MUNI

MED

IAN H

OUSE

HOLD

Inco

me Map

FAMILY INCOME O

VER $1250

00

FAMILY INCOME $10

0001~$1250

00

FAMILY INCOME $75

001~$10

0000

FAMILY INCOME $50

000~$

75000

FAMILY INCOME U

NDER $50

000

POPULA

TION

Family

Map

OVER 80% FAMILIES

61%

~80% FAMILIES

40%~6

0% FAMILIES

UNDER 40% FAMILIES

OVER 60000 PEOPLE

UNDER 20000 PEOPLE

40001~60000 PEOPLE

20000~4

0000 PEOPLE

POPULA

TION

Peo

ple Per Square Mile

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1000 ft

N

GROUND CIRCULATION

MUNI RAIL

HOSPITAL

COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE

SCHOOL

RESIDENTIAL USE

INDUSTRIAL USE

Pier 70 Proposed Plan

Site (Potrero Generating Station)

Ship Repair (Historic Use)

Open Space

Historic Core

Infilled Development Sites

The site was a natural gas and diesel burning

electricity generating station. It was owned

by Mirant Power Plant Company, and now

is own by NRG Company. The power station

was shut down in January, 2011.

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Sun PathSite

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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

The Swell activates and transforms abandoned indus-

trial land in San Franciscos Mission Bay district into

an artificial landscape between the bay and the citys

edge. This landscape includes a desalinated water

system, which will distribute clean water to the city of

San Francisco, a surf-themed water park, and a large

urban park. By working with the natural assets of the

site, this project responds to the current drought

crisis in California by taking back land previously con-

taminated by industrial use and returning it to the

city through the limited impact on the environment.

The drought in California has established the need for

a new water supply in San Francisco, ideally one that

doesnt rely on intensive and harmful interventions to

the surrounding environment. Because of San Francis-

cos proximity to the ocean, desalination, which uses

reverseosmosis technology to separate the minerals in

seawater and transform it into fresh water, is a possi-

ble solution. The fresh water created by the plant in

this project will be stored in two water tanks on the

site. These water tanks will supply fresh water to the

citizens of San Francisco.

The prevailing image of the California lifestyle includes

the Beach Boys, sun, and surfing, which is the most

popular sport on the California shoreline. The Swell

contributes to this lifestyle by including two surfing

pools that connect the Dogpatch waterfront area to the

city. The projects artificial wave machines are set in 2

concrete piers, transforming the traditional function of

the piers into entertainment.

Besides, the park, which is the most important part of

the landscape, connects the local communities to the

waterfront area and the bay, while making the desali-

nation facility and surfing pools part of the

landscape. The pattern in the landscape follows the di-

rectionality of the sites water systems. The horizontal

lines represent the seawater on the site, and the verti-

cal lines represent the direction the seawater takes as

it goes through the desalination process to the public.

The artificial water landscape has three types of line

relationships to the site: convergent & divergent lines,

vertical lines, and zigzag tangent lines. These lines,

that reflect the urban and natural context of the site,

provide a system of circulation. The main circulation

paths for people and water use two actions from the

water system: diverging and converging. Users coming

from the city converge at the approach of the site.

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Then, the landscape makes these users diverge to the

waterfront area for surfing, the park for wandering,

the desalination area for education and work, and the

waterfront for entertainment. For the water circula-

tion, the surfing pools collect seawater from the canal

at the pumping station. Then, the desalination facility

converges the seawater, transforming it into fresh

water and diverging to be used in the landscape and

to supply the local communities.

The Swell provides an artificial water landscape to

connect the landscape park to the desalination

facility and the surfing pools in the bay. It activates

the heavy industrial land and returns it to public use,

and creating a new waterfront area for the people of

San Francisco. The Swell provides a geographic

landscape, water supply, and sports activities for

San Francisco.

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SURFING PARK PROGRAM STUDY

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CONCEPT WITH PROGRAM STUDY PROCESS

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CONCEPT WITH PROGRAM STUDY PROCESS

From city to the waterfront

DIVERGENT & CONVERGENT LINE

ZIGZAG TANGENT LINE

VERTICAL LINE

Tangent line with existing

building and context

Direct to show the

relationship between two

existing building

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SPATIAL ANALYSIS

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22ND ST

WAVE #1

10' H

IGH RIP

S

WAVE #2

10' H

IGH RIP

S

WAVE #3

7' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE #4

7' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE #5

5' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE #6

5' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE

#7 4

' HIGH

RIPS

WAVE

#8 4

' HIGH

RIPS

WAVE

#9 3

' HIGH

RIPS

WAVE

#10

3' HI

GH RI

PS

MARSH SYSTEM CANAL

TRAFFIC STOP

BOAT LAUNCH

MARSH SYSTEM

WATE

R CA

NAL T

O DE

SALIN

ATIO

N

23RD ST

22ND ST

HUMBOLDT ST

ILLIN

OIS

ST

24TH ST

WAVE DE

CAY ZO

NE

WAVE DE

CAY ZO

NE

MARSH SYSTEM

728'-2 5

/8"

248'-2"

20'-0"

217'-11

"

20'-0"

222'-2"

LENGTH

OF WAV

E #3

LENGTH

OF WAV

E #2

LENGTH

OF WAV

E #1

WAVE M

ACHINE

PIER [ AL

AMEDA W

AVE CH

ANNEL]

0 100 150 FT

381'-

10 1/

2"

WAVE

MAC

HINE P

IER [ O

AKLA

ND W

AVE C

HANN

EL]

163'-

11 5/

8"

197'-

10 7/

8"

WAVL

ENGT

H OF W

AVE #

10

WAVL

ENGT

H OF W

AVE #

9

218'-8"

SKY BAR

840'-

6"

WID

TH

OF

SIT

E

200'-4"

WATER TANK #1

186'-3"

WATER TANK #2

195'-8 3/4"

MARSH SYSTEM

1062'-11 1/8"

LENGTH OF SITE

ELEVATION

NOUTH

ELEVATION

EAST

ELEVATION

SOUTH

S1

S2

S3

S4

UPS

PIER

OFFICES

PIER

OFFICES

WAVE #1

10' H

IGH RIP

S

WAVE #2

10' H

IGH RIP

S

WAVE #3

7' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE #4

7' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE #5

5' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE #6

5' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE

#7 4

' HIGH

RIPS

WAVE

#8 4

' HIGH

RIPS

WAVE

#9 3

' HIGH

RIPS

WAVE

#10

3' HI

GH RI

PS

MARSH SYSTEM CANAL

TRAFFIC STOP

BOAT LAUNCH

MARSH SYSTEM

WATE

R CA

NAL T

O DE

SALIN

ATIO

N

23RD ST

22ND ST

HUMBOLDT ST

ILL

INO

IS S

T

24TH ST

WAVE DE

CAY ZO

NE

WAVE DE

CAY ZO

NE

MARSH SYSTEM

SEAWATER PUMP STATION

SURFING SCHOOL

SHOP & RENTAL

PREPARATION BEACH

WET ROOM

WAVE PIER [ALAMEDA CHANNEL]

WAVE PIER [OAKLAND CHANNEL]

PREPARATION BEACH

CLEAN ROOM

218'-6"

SKY BAR

150'-8 1/8"

SURFING SCHOOL

ENTRANCE TO SKY BAR

ENTRANCE TO SKY BAR

ADMINISTRATION

RESTROOM - FEMALE

RESTROOM - MALE

SHOWER &

CHANGING ROOM

SHOWER &

CHANGING ROOM

MEDICAL ROOM

TICKET SELLS

GENERAL OFFICE

COACH OFFICE

GYM


CUISINE PLAZA

PIER BUILDING PLAZA

PIER BUILDING PLAZA

WATER TANK #1WATER TANK #2

MEDIA AREA

PRE-TREMENTREVERSE-OSMOSIS

POST-CONDITIONING

POST-CONDITIONING

UPS

PIER

OFFICES

PIER

OFFICES

0 100 150 FT

Left_

Site Plan

Right_

Ground

Floor Plan

SITE PLAN

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WAVE

#8

4' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE

#10

3' H

IGH RI

PS

WATE

R CA

NAL T

O DE

SALIN

ATIO

N


SURFING SCHOOL

SHOP & RENTAL

PREPARATION BEACH

WET ROOM

WAVE PIER [ALAMEDA CHANNEL]

WAVE PIER [OAKLAND CHANNEL]

PREPARATION BEACH

CLEAN ROOM

218'-6"

SKY BAR

150'-8 1/8"

SURFING SCHOOL

ENTRANCE TO SKY BAR

ENTRANCE TO SKY BAR

ADMINISTRATION

RESTROOM - FEMALE

RESTROOM - MALE

SHOWER &

CHANGING ROOM

SHOWER &

CHANGING ROOM

COACH OFFICE

GYM


MEDIA AREA

PRE-TREMENT

0 30 50 FT

WAVE

#8

4' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE

#10

3' H

IGH RI

PS

WATE

R CA

NAL T

O DE

SALIN

ATIO

N

0 30 50 FT

WAVE

#8

4' HIG

H RIPS

WAVE

#10

3' H

IGH RI

PS

WATE

R CA

NAL T

O DE

SALIN

ATIO

N

0 30 50 FT

Left_

Sky Bar1st Floor Plan

Right_

Sky Bar2nd Floor Plan / 3rd Floor Plan

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0 50 100 FT

0 50 100 FT

ELEVATIONS

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SECTIONS 0 50 100 FT

MEDICAL ROOM

0 50 100 FT

0 50 100 FT

0 50 100 FT

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ETAIL 1

ETAIL 2

ETAIL 3

ETAIL 4

Wall SectionSection

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1 STEEL A LE

ETAL STU ITH ON ETE

LOO

1 HS STEEL

OU LE LASS LA IN

ATE OO E ANE

1 4 I E E ENT ANEL

1 2 I E E ENT ANEL

1 2 I E E ENT ANEL

2 12 HS STEEL

ETAL STU ITH ON ETE

LOO

OU LE LASS LA IN

2 12 HS STEEL

1 HS STEEL

3 INSULATION

2 ON ETE ANEL

ATE OO E ANE

1 4 I E E ENT ANEL

STEEL AVE ENE ATO

STEEL ONNE T I LAN E ITH

1 OLTS

STEEL OLU N

STEEL EA ITH LAN E

U E AIL SU O TS

LO E AIL SU O TS

EIN O E ON ETE O

DETAILS

WATERPROOF MEMBRANE REINFORCE

CONCRETE DOCK

UPPER RAIL &

SUPPORTS

LOWER RAIL &

SUPPORTS

STEEL BEAM

WITH FLANGE

STEEL COLUMN

STEEL CONNECT

RIM FLANGE

WITH 10 BOLTS

STEEL WAVE

GENERATOR

3 INSULATION

2 CONCRETE PANEL

20 X 12 RHS STEEL

16 X 8 RHS STEEL

1/4 FIBER CEMENT PANEL

DOUBLE GLASS GLAZING

5 METAL STUD WITH

CONCRETE FLOOR

20 X 12 RHS STEEL


1 STEEL CABLE

WATERPROOF MEMBRANE


DOUBLE GLASS GLAZING

16 X 8 RHS STEEL


5 METAL STUD WITH

CONCRETE FLOOR

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