Exploring Real Estate in San Francisco: The Past, Present, and Future

CSI Real Estate 2024

• Observing architectural trends throughout the years

• Observing homebuyer preference trends

• Researching, interviewing, and 3D modeling

Project Overview:

The Changing Ports

Ports: Pier 1

1. Trend: Transportation purposes → Present: Tourist attractions

2. Transition: Ferries → Tourist Attraction

3. Future: Rising sea levels → Buoyant architecture

Skyscrapers

• Skyscrapers were originally intended for single use, but now they are used for multiple purposes

• Skyscrapers used to be much smaller, however now they are much larger (also known as vertical expansion)

Homebuyer Trends

We interviewed various home buyers from the past, present, and future: here’s what we found.

• Many past home buyers bought a house in their thirties

• Future home buyers would like to purchase a house in their late twenties

3D Models

Skyscrapers

Past: Transamerica Building

Our Takeaways and Experience

Tourism

• Cable cars are no longer used for transportation, but rather as a tourist attraction

• Tourist attractions (such as the Golden Gate Bridge) are expanding

• This project allowed us to improve our collaboration and communication skills as well as technical expertise

• We also gained experience and confidence for public speaking