Ginga

Ginga is a recreation center, cafe, and Muni train stop at the southeast corner (21st and Church St) of Dolores Park, San Francisco. Inspired by the styles, movement, and needs of recreational capoeira (Brazilian martial art), it is named after a basic capoeira form. Ginga reflects the push and pull, movement, and balance of the martial art. 

Program:

  • Muni Train Stop (120-200 sf; protected seating)
  • Recreation center (900-1,200 sf)
  • 2 bathrooms (30 sf/ea)
  • 2 offices (100 sf/ea) 
  • Storage space (200 sf)
  • Outdoor gathering/performance space (600 sf)
  • Café (600 sf)

Project for CEE 130: Thresholds and Passages with lecturer Beverly Choe

Skills: concept models, site forces, site models, topography, diagramming, Sketchup