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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

14°C · 13.2h daylight · 8 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

La Jolla, California, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Salk Institute

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La Jolla, California, United States

Climate: 14°C · 13.2h daylight · 8 km/h wind

Mapping: Exact work coordinates

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Atelier Peter Zumthor

1979 · Haldenstein, Graubunden, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1959-19651979
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesHaldenstein, Graubunden, Switzerland
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland
Climate14°C · 13.2h daylight · 8 km/h wind1°C · 13.9h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Therme Vals
FocusResearch institute2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Louis Kahn
  • Peter Zumthor
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Louis Kahn

Notable works

  • Therme Vals
  • Bruder Klaus Field Chapel
Typologies
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • chapel
  • religious building
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • rammed concrete
  • timber
Carbon signals

Concrete, Teak, and Travertine look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Teak
  • Travertine

Concrete, Concrete, and Quartzite look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Concrete
  • Quartzite
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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