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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

11°C · 13.2h daylight · 2 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

La Jolla, California, United States · Exact work coordinates

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La Jolla, California, United States

Climate: 11°C · 13.2h daylight · 2 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Renzo Piano Building WorkshopRenzo Piano Building Workshop

San Francisco, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1959-1965Unrecorded
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesSan Francisco, California, United States
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Chicago, Chicago, United States
Climate11°C · 13.2h daylight · 2 km/h wind0°C · 13.6h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Art Institute of Chicago
FocusResearch institute52 works in corpus
Architects
  • Louis Kahn
  • Renzo Piano
  • Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Louis Kahn

Notable works

  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Harvard Art Museums
  • High Museum of Art
  • NEMO (museum)
Typologies
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • museum
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • cultural
  • cultural center
  • infrastructures
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • aluminum
  • stone
  • timber
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Teak
  • Travertine

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

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
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.
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • 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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible27 of 27 recorded works are publicly accessible
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