Daly Genik’s new building for Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California

The newly opened building at the Art Center College of Design South Campus features a planted roofscape designed by Nancy Goslee Power.

The first major exhibition in The Wind Tunnel was held late last year and was a region-wide exhibition of all the artists graduating the MFA programs at Art Center, CalArts, Claremont Graduate University, Otis, UCI, UCLA, UCSD and USC.

The building is known as the Wind Tunnel because it once housed the largest testing wind tunnel on the west coast. Los Angeles architects Daly Genik have done a marvelous job weaving together this hodgepodge complex of concrete buildings. The biggest design move is the placement of three large skylight structures on the roof which allow daylight to penetrate deep into the building. The skylights are “clad in layered lightweight high-tech plastic” and are a sculptural feature of the roof top garden.

Designed by Nancy Goslee Power and Associates, the roof has just been planted with drought tolerant and native selections. A series of decomposed granite paths weave around the skylight structures.

Architect: Daly Genik
Landscape Architect: Nancy Goslee Power & Associates
Link: Article in Metropolis

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