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Civic Design Review committee compliments SFO Terminal 3 modernization and asks for integrated public‑art planning on Westfield campus
Summary
The Arts Commission's Civic Design Review committee reviewed SFO Terminal 3 West modernization and the proposed SFO Westfield Campus, praised design responses for context and materials, and encouraged an early master planning process for public art and softened massing strategies on the multi‑year Westfield campus.
The Civic Design Review (CDR) Committee reported to the full Arts Commission on Feb. 3 after reviewing two San Francisco International Airport projects: the Terminal 3 West Modernization (including the Courtyard 4 connector) and the conceptual Westfield Campus master plan.
Committee Chair Abby Schneier said reviewers praised the Terminal 3 team for material choices and a five‑sided polyhedral facade treatment that seeks visual continuity with the award‑winning international terminal. Commissioners commended animated walkthroughs and attention to fin depth, solar orientation and articulation that echoes the international terminal’s arching forms.
On the SFO Westfield Campus — a large, multiyear plan that will include parking, cargo buildings and a central courtyard — the committee encouraged the project team to break up massing and employ material and landscape strategies to soften large building scales. Commissioners asked the team to study wind effects, staff comfort at different building edges, and to consider a public art master plan for the campus early in design so art and architecture can be integrated rather than treated as an afterthought.
Schneier said the committee requested coordination with the Arts Commission’s public‑art staff, specifically with Mary Chu, to explore pooled funding and a civic‑art master plan that could capture art enrichment opportunities across the campus.
No formal vote was required; the CDR report was presented and accepted by the full commission without objection.
