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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

16°C · 13.2h daylight · 12 km/h wind

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La Jolla, California, United States

Climate: 16°C · 13.2h daylight · 12 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Taller de Arquitectura XTaller de Arquitectura X

1981 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1959-19651981
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesMexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Climate16°C · 13.2h daylight · 12 km/h wind13°C · 12.7h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via Kurimanzutto
FocusResearch institute2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Louis Kahn
  • Alberto Kalach
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Louis Kahn

Notable works

  • Kurimanzutto
  • Biblioteca Vasconcelos
Typologies
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • gallery
  • house
  • library
  • cultural building
  • public building
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • 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 Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • 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.
  • 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 accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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