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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

18°C · 13.2h daylight · 6 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: 18°C · 13.2h daylight · 6 km/h wind

Mapping: Exact work coordinates

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Paulo Mendes da Rocha ArquitetosPaulo Mendes da Rocha Arquitetos

1957-2021 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1959-19651957-2021
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesSao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Climate18°C · 13.2h daylight · 6 km/h wind25°C · 11.4h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo
FocusResearch institute2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Louis Kahn
  • Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Louis Kahn

Notable works

  • Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo
  • Patriarca Square
Typologies
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • public space
  • urban intervention
  • civic infrastructure
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Teak
  • Travertine

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • 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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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