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PROJECT STATEMENT The Center for Heritage Arts located in Mission district takes the middle-ground between a museum, a cultural center, and educational institution that unites the people of the mission district and helps in the revival of their rich cultural heritage. The institution seeks to incorporate spaces for the arts and the performance arts that activates the essence of the Mission and informs people about the lifestyle and cultural heritage of the mission district. The Center for Heritage Arts also acts as a canvas for the local artists of the community to create and represent their artwork in dedicated gallery spaces, while at the same time educate the young generation with some of the major art forms prevalent in the Mission District of San Francisco. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY The design intervention focuses on the revival of the essence of the ‘Mission’ through a conservative form that blends in with the surrounding site context while maintaining transparency between the interior and the exterior, activating the site and giving people the seamless experience of transitioning from the wide open spaces of the Bart Plaza to experiencing art in diverse interactive forms.