This year, the Architecture and the City festival theme will be “Future City.”
We will explore and reveal the many layers of San Francisco, and how architecture and design play a key role in the ever-changing urban landscape.
San Francisco is filled with many people on a daily basis—locals, residents, tourists, commuters, and homeless—each having their own perspective on San Francisco’s current state. Each group intimately understand their portion of the city, while other parts of the city remain hidden or tucked away from the casual observer—the secret city.
Programs will create opportunities to help impart and understand the city’s past and how we can seamlessly connect the present urban community to empower a more deliberate, livable future.
This year, the Architecture and the City festival theme will be “Future City.”
We will explore and reveal the many layers of San Francisco, and how architecture and design play a key role in the ever-changing urban landscape.
San Francisco is filled with many people on a daily basis—locals, residents, tourists, commuters, and homeless—each having their own perspective on San Francisco’s current state. Each group intimately understand their portion of the city, while other parts of the city remain hidden or tucked away from the casual observer—the secret city.
Programs will create opportunities to help impart and understand the city’s past and how we can seamlessly connect the present urban community to empower a more deliberate, livable future.
What We Do
The Center is where the design world of San Francisco meets. We host exhibitions and lectures on the interdisciplinary cross-section of architecture and design, as well as highly acclaimed programs such as Architecture + the City and San Francisco Living: Home Tours.
What We Do
The Center is where the design world of San Francisco meets. We host exhibitions and lectures on the interdisciplinary cross-section of architecture and design, as well as highly acclaimed programs such as Architecture + the City and San Francisco Living: Home Tours.
What We Do
The Center is where the design world of San Francisco meets. We host exhibitions and lectures on the interdisciplinary cross-section of architecture and design, as well as highly acclaimed programs such as Architecture + the City and San Francisco Living: Home Tours.
Fresh Brew is a series of online morning conversations covering a variety of topics about all things architecture and design. Fresh Brew aims to provide the general public and industry professionals with engaging dialogue and to provide a space for inspiration during these challenging times.
Become a "Fresh Brew" sponsor — opportunities are now available! Questions? info@centersf.org
PLACEMAKING SERIES
Data-Driven Storytelling
from Kuala Lumpur to SF
Tuesday, June 16 | 9:00 -10:00 AM
Host Robin Abad Ocubillo will be joined by Dr. Ceelia Leong, Senior Manager, Analytics Lead, Think City in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Eric Rodenbeck, Founder of Stamen Design in San Francisco.
PLACEMAKING SERIES
Fundación
Placemaking México
Tuesday, June 9 | 9:00 -10:00 AM
Host Robin Abad Ocubillo will be joined by Maria De Alva, Urban Planner, City + County of San Francisco and Guillermo Bernal, Executive Director, Fundación Placemaking México + Founder, Lugares Públicos, a Mexican nonprofit organization who conducts community outreach programs in public spaces.
PLACEMAKING SERIES
Placemaking on the Waterfront
Tuesday, June 2 | 9:00 -10:00 AM
Waterfronts in cities all around the world have undergone unique transformations. This webisode examines the Golden Gate National Recreation Area around the San Francisco Bay and La Marina de Valencia, Spain.
PLACEMAKING SERIES
Public Health + Placemaking
Tuesday, May 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM
This inaugural webisode of Fresh Brew: Placemaking, we’ll explore how the Memphis Medical District Collaborative and local efforts around San Francisco’s Civic Center are creating a new sense of connectedness to both the place and between people.
DESIGN TECH SERIES
Virtual Design Hour
Thursday, May 28 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Physical distancing is the new norm — explore design technology for pandemic-safe distancing in the workplace which aims to inform clients what they need to do to make the right decisions.
SPECIAL EDITION | VIRTUAL DESIGN HOUR
The Human Aspects of Collaboration Technologies
Thursday, July 9 | 10:00 - 11:30 AM
This interactive morning program offers live Q + A as well as breakout sessions with Dr. Renate Fruchter, founding director of the Project Based Learning Laboratory, Stanford University and Dr. Flavia Grey, Senior Data Strategist, ZGF Architects.
(Image: Vintage Everyday)