This structure serves the students of the Treasure Island Sailing Center , a non-profit, community sailing school in San Francisco, California. The program specified that it need to last 5-10 years..at which point the sailing school would hopefully have a permanent facility constructed

Existing concrete walls created the beginnings of shelter...but they needed a roof and a bit more privacy. Volunteers first constructed the wooden floor and benches, then they erected the arches made of gorilla glue laminated 2x4s. Next came the walls, framed with redwood 2x4s and covered with wood slats (as much recycled as we could find.) The white woven ribbons of the roof were made from retired racing sails by volunteers and Quantum Sails, Point Richmond and Hogin Sails, Alameda.