San Francisco Conservatory of Music Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center / Mark Cavagnero Associates

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Text description of the architects. Located in the heart of San Francisco’s Civic Center, the city’s performing arts district, the Ute & William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) was designed by Mark Cavagnero Associates (Cavagnero ) as designed a “vertical campus” that combines student housing, restaurants, classrooms, rehearsal rooms, performance spaces and a radio station under one roof.

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The center was named in honor and recognition of the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation’s $46.4 million donation, which represents the largest capital donation ever made to a music school; the foundation’s namesake was a longtime SFCM supporter and trustee. The SFCM’s Ann Getty Center at 50 Oak Street, home of the conservatory since 2006, is within walking distance. The Bowes Center creates housing for up to 420 students. The building also includes 27 rent-stabilized apartments that will upgrade and replace existing units from the site’s previous building for its previous tenants.

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Cavagnero’s design emphasizes openness, commitment and light through its white and transparent glass exterior. Filled with sights and sounds of music, the Bowes Center invites passers-by at this busy intersection to watch performances through floor-to-ceiling windows in its jewel-box Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall on the ground floor. The top two floors light up like a beacon at night, with floor-to-ceiling windows, the 200-seat Barbro Osher Recital Hall, flexible event spaces, and a rooftop terrace with unparalleled views of City Hall, Davies Symphony Hall, the War Memorial Opera House, and other landmarks.

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Building on the company’s innovations in the design of SFJAZZ, Cavagnero’s design for Bowes achieves the transparency of a glass façade while exceeding its stringent acoustic requirements. To achieve a cohesive design language while meeting exacting acoustic requirements that vary from floor to floor, with a mix of performance, practice, recording and living spaces throughout the twelve floors, and made more complex by adjacent Van Ness Avenue —Cavagnero’s team designed a custom curtain wall system that integrates all acoustic requirements into a seamless envelope. Working with Kirkegaard Associates, Tipping Structural Engineers and cladding manufacturer CS Erectors, Cavagnero has pushed the boundaries of how glass can perform at high acoustic levels. The design uses double-glazed walls and a floating structural panel to isolate the transmission of noise and vibration from the street while maintaining transparency in the performance spaces. The double glazing system also adds a sustainable element to the design and creates an additional thermal buffer.

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On the second level of the Bowes Center, the Center for New Media provides studio space, classrooms, and critical listening rooms for students enrolled in the conservatory’s Technology and Applied Composition program. Taking advantage of the school’s location in the Performing Arts District and its proximity to Silicon Valley, the program prepares classically trained composers to score the film and video games. The center is also used by students of the SFCM’s Roots, Jazz and American Music program, created in partnership with SFJAZZ. Classrooms, keyboard labs, a black box technology hall and a recording studio for all SFCM students are located underground in acoustically tightly controlled spaces. Floors three through eleven feature one, two, and three-bedroom units, each acoustically isolated for practice. One floor is dedicated to the students of the San Francisco Ballet as an extension of the conservatory’s unprecedented partnership with nearby SF Ballet.

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project description. The Bowes Center is a “vertical campus” that brings together affordable student housing, restaurants, classrooms, rehearsal spaces, performance spaces, faculty offices, and a radio station under one roof in an integrated, collaborative environment. The Bowes Center, named in honor and recognition of the $46.4 million donation from the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, doubles the school’s square footage and features state-of-the-art classroom facilities and three new event venues.

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Text description provided by the architects. Located in the heart of San Francisco’s Civic Center, the city’s performing arts district, the Ute & William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) was designed by Mark Cavagnero Associates (Cavagnero) as a “vertical campus” that incorporates student housing, dining, classrooms, rehearsal rooms, performance spaces, and a radio station all under one roof.

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The Center is named in honor and recognition of the $46.4M gift from the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, which marks the largest capital gift ever made to a music school; the Foundation’s namesake was a longtime SFCM supporter and trustee. Walking distance to SFCM’s Ann Getty Center at 50 Oak Street, the Conservatory’s home since 2006, the Bowes Center creates housing for up to 420 students. The building also includes 27 rent-stabilized apartments, which upgrade and replace existing units from the site’s previous building for its prior tenants.

© Tim Griffith

Cavagnero’s design emphasizes openness, engagement, and light through its exterior of white and transparent glass. Filled with the sights and sounds of music, the Bowes Center invites passersby at this active intersection to see performances through floor-to-ceiling windows in its ground-floor jewel-box Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall. The top two floors glow like a beacon at night, with floor-to-ceiling windows, the 200-seat Barbro Osher Recital Hall, flexible event space, and roof terrace offering unparalleled views of City Hall, Davies Symphony Hall, the War Memorial Opera House, and other landmarks.

© Kyle Jeffers© Tim Griffith

Building on the firm’s innovations in the design of SFJAZZ, Cavagnero’s design for Bowes achieves the transparency of a glass exterior while exceeding its rigorous acoustic requirements. To achieve a cohesive design language, while meeting its high acoustic demands—which change from floor to floor, with a mix of performance, practice, recording, and residential spaces throughout its twelve stories, and are made more complex by the neighboring Van Ness Avenue —the Cavagnero team designed a custom curtainwall system that integrates all acoustic requirements into one seamless envelope. Collaborating with Kirkegaard Associates, Tipping Structural Engineers, and curtainwall fabricator CS Erectors, Cavagnero pushed the boundaries of glass’s capacity to perform at high acoustic levels. The design utilizes double-glazed walls and a floating structural slab to isolate noise and vibration transmission from the street while maintaining transparency in the performance spaces. The double-glazed system also provides a sustainable element to the design, creating an additional thermal buffer.

© Tim Griffith

On the Bowes Center’s second level, the Center for New Media features studio space, lesson rooms, and critical listening rooms for students participating in the Conservatory’s Technology and Applied Composition Program. Capitalizing on the school’s location in the performing arts district, and proximity to Silicon Valley, the program prepares classically trained composers to score the film and video games. The center is also used by students in SFCM’s Roots, Jazz, and American Music Program, created in partnership with SFJAZZ. Classrooms, keyboard labs, a black box technology hall and a recording studio for all SFCM students are located in highly acoustically controlled spaces below ground levels. Floors three through 11 hold one, two, and three-bedroom housing units, each acoustically isolated for practicing. One floor is dedicated to housing San Francisco Ballet Students as an extension of the Conservatory’s unprecedented partnership with the nearby SF Ballet.

© Kyle Jeffers

Project Description. A “vertical campus” that incorporates affordable student housing, dining, classrooms, rehearsal rooms, performance spaces, faculty offices, and a radio station under a single roof, the Bowes Center is designed to enable students to create, learn, and share music in an integrated, collaborative environment. Named in honor and recognition of the $46.4M gift from the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, the Bowes Center doubles the school’s square footage and features state-of-the-art teaching facilities and three new performance halls.

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SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) – City guides, school staff and students celebrated the Bowes Center of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on Friday with a first look at the venue and facilities, plus a special performance by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

“This is an incredibly artistic city compared to where I come from, it’s unimaginable,” said Jess Konye, ​​a technology and applied composition student at SFCM. “When I came back everything is different now. The space means that I can go to school anytime and whenever I want, and that makes me a better musician. “

The Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts is 165,000 square feet and rises several floors above Van Ness Avenue in the Civic Center. More than $ 130 million has been raised for this project.

“One of the biggest challenges we face in San Francisco is making housing affordable,” said San Francisco Mayor, London Breed. “This project offers students the chance to be housed and not worry about whether or not they have a roof over their heads while they try to study and protect their craft.”

It will host around 400 students, including Konye, ​​who says having access to practice rooms at any time of the day will help her grow as a student in a way she never could before living here. Balancing her schedule and school commitments was a challenge, and she eventually left town during the pandemic.

“We didn’t want to be an obstacle for people who wanted to bring their families with them to hear and experience music,” said SFCM President David Stull.

The venue will offer 90 percent of its concerts to the public for free. The acoustics in the event hall on the 11th floor eliminate all noise from the busy streets below.

“The Bowes Center was built with the future of audio and composition in mind, and the facilities here really support that mission,” said Taurin Barrera, executive director of the Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) program.

TAC and the facilities used by SFCM students include new studios to help students become composers of the 21st century, Barrera said. Your skills will help them work on films, video games, and new media. In addition to music composition, you will also learn computer programming and other technical skills.

“The students had tears in their eyes when you hear how it sounds in this room, when you hear your own music recorded, you really feel the power of the sound in the studio,” he said.

Yo-Yo Ma performs at the Bowes Center. (CBS)

Yo-Yo Ma performed for the audience on Friday morning and spent part of his day working with students in a master class in the afternoon. He said he was impressed with the clarity he heard from his performances at the venue, and also how this will help students find their own creativity.

“If there’s one thing I love about what an institution like the San Francisco Conservatory can do with this new space – the Bowes Center – is create a safe space,” he said.

Located near other arts organizations in the Civic Center that work with the school, the Bowes Center helps students connect and collaborate with other artists in the city. The principals say they want the character of San Francisco to be present throughout the venue, including city hall views from the performance hall and rooftop.

“We can be rooted in the community, interact with the community, interact with the musicians there in these rooms,” Konye said. “I think for me as a student this really means the beginning of a new era for music here at the Conservatory.”

An open day for the public with guided tours and performances throughout the day is planned for February 12, 2022.

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