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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

20°C · 13.2h daylight · 16 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

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Salk Institute

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La Jolla, California, United States

Climate: 20°C · 13.2h daylight · 16 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Charles Correa AssociatesCharles Correa Associates

1958 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1959-19651958
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Pathanamthitta district, Pathanamthitta district, India
Climate20°C · 13.2h daylight · 16 km/h wind27°C · 12.4h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
FocusResearch institute12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Louis Kahn
  • Charles Correa
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Louis Kahn

Notable works

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
  • Sabarmati Ashram
  • Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura
Typologies
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • church
  • sacred space
  • building
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • stadium
  • sports building
  • arts center
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • brick
  • concrete
  • sandstone
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Teak
  • Travertine

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

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Glass
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.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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