SFMTA Islais Creek Vehicle Maintenance Facility

For generations, federal and city departments located major industrial uses along the Islais Creek Channel in southeast San Francisco. When the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) proposed a vehicle maintenance facility on a 10-acre site there, residents opposed another industrial building. SFMTA planners and the architects worked with the Bay Conservation Development Commission, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, the Port of San Francisco, and the San Francisco Art Commission to forge consensus among and win support for the building’s site plan, appearance, and public amenities.

Constructed on a brownfield site, the three-building complex includes parking for up to 164 bus coaches, a public shoreline plaza with sculptures, and staff offices. The San Francisco Department of the Environment praised the design’s advanced green features in its first publication. The fuel/wash station relies on reclaimed water. North-facing clerestory windows maximize daylight, and the open-air design further saves energy by minimizing mechanical equipment. The roof can accommodate future photovoltaic panels.

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