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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

17°C · 13.2h daylight · 4 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: 17°C · 13.2h daylight · 4 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Dimitris Pikionis

1925-1968 · Athens, Attica, Greece

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1959-19651925-1968
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesAthens, Attica, Greece
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Athens, Attica, Greece
Climate17°C · 13.2h daylight · 4 km/h wind20°C · 13.4h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
FocusResearch institute1 works in corpus
Architects
  • Louis Kahn
  • Dimitris Pikionis
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Louis Kahn

Notable works

  • Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
Typologies
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • landscape
  • public space
  • pedestrian infrastructure
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • stone
  • paving
  • salvaged fragments
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Teak
  • Travertine

Paving, Salvaged Fragments, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Paving
  • Salvaged Fragments
  • Stone
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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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