"Another Side Community Center is a civic architecture proposal by Hanqin Tang located in San Francisco's Mission District, an area characterized by high density, cultural diversity, and a strong local identity. The project examines how architectural space can accommodate both everyday civic activity and ceremonial functions within a single, integrated framework. It proposes a reinterpretation of the funeral home by embedding spaces of mourning, , and ritual within a broader community-oriented program."
"Conceived in response to the limited availability of inclusive civic spaces in dense urban environments, the project brings together educational, cultural, and ceremonial uses. The program includes classrooms, workshops, exhibition galleries, ceremonial spaces, and publicly accessible outdoor terraces. Rather than separating these functions into distinct buildings, the design organizes them within a unified architectural system that allows different forms of use to coexist while maintaining varying degrees of privacy and openness."
Another Side Community Center reinterprets funeral-home functions as civic amenities within San Francisco's Mission District, combining mourning and ritual spaces with educational, cultural, and everyday civic uses. The program integrates classrooms, workshops, exhibition galleries, ceremonial spaces, and publicly accessible outdoor terraces within a single architectural system that balances openness and privacy. A landscaped, occupiable ground plane extends pedestrian routes and supports informal gathering and daily activity. A lifted rectangular volume above contains enclosed programmatic spaces, creating a clear hierarchy while preserving ground-level public space. The design responds to sloped topography and neighborhood fabric to reinforce accessibility and community integration.
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