Inspired by the basalt rock formation of California’s Devils Postpile in Yosemite National Park, Henning Larsen has completed design for Visa’s new Market Support Center at Mission Rock.
The 13-story tower is one of four buildings in phase one of the Mission Rock neighborhood.
The mixed-use development will include residential community, workplaces, shops, cafes, and social amenities.
The Visa Market Support Center features a white, ruggedly faceted facade and from street level, the carved massing creates a dynamic, varied appearance.
The Visa campus appears as a detailed rock face, a dynamic mass of stacked blocks and vertical sheers. The tower itself rises from a fifth-floor mesa, with wind-sheltered rooftop terraces.
Transforming 11.3 ha (28 acres) of San Francisco’s southern waterfront, Mission Rock is a new neighborhood in the city. The first phase of this new neighborhood includes more than 500 new homes and approximately 55,741 m2 (600,000 sf) of retail and office space at San Francisco’s Central Waterfront.
Looks great, however Devil’s Postpile and Yosemite are two different parks.