The 'ready-made columns of space' as formed by generic skyscrapers establish the bulk of San Francisco's downtown skyline. Generated by the need for space 40-50 years ago, these tall volumes form an urban fabric that is easily forgettable and oddly invisible. Recent projects in the city, such as the Salesforce Tower, ask the role skyscrapers play in our urban core.This project challenges how some of these “generic” towers can be speculatively redesigned to modernise it’s urban relationship within the site and immediate surroundings.