Article | Moshe Safdie's Unbuilt Plans for SFSU

Golden Gate Xpress

Neal Wong’s Golden Gate Xpress article revisits Moshe Safdie’s unbuilt 1960s design for San Francisco State University’s student union — a modular, climbable structure inspired by Habitat 67. Though rejected amid political tensions, Safdie reflected that its radical, community-centered vision would still resonate with students today. Read the full feature HERE.

'I was almost the same age as some of the students, and the chemistry was good. The design that evolved was radical: a structure assembled from precast forms that were bent, stacked, and clustered to form a hill-like building you could climb over, walk under, or enter directly.' 

- Moshe Safdie


Published in Media on August 22, 2025