BIG/ONE/Sherwood Design Engineers
A rendering of the design for an area surrounding Islais Creek in the San Francisco Bay Area.
To make matters worse, researchers say that parts of the Bay Area are sinking, which could wipe out between 20 and 165 square miles of coastal land, along with the communities that live there.
Instead of fighting the rising tides, a group of architects and urban designers want locals to live in harmony with the Bay. In late 2017, they unveiled a regional design involving floating villages, an elevated park, tide barriers, a fast lane for buses, roads for autonomous electric vehicles, and more for the Bay Area.
Designers from the three firms - Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), One Architecture + Urbanism (ONE), and Sherwood Design Engineers - submitted a regional proposal that focused on three sites: an area in the South Bay, another near the Golden Gate Bridge, and an industrial area surrounding Islais Creek (located near the neighborhood of Bayview).
Out of the three sites, the City of San Francisco chose the designers to pursue their vision for Islais Creek, which calls for a new park and revamped pier. In mid-May, they will present their final plans to the city.
Take a look at the regional proposal - and the designs that will come to fruition near the creek - below.