SEGD_Design - (Page 32) 22 25 26 LA JOLLA, NORTH OF DOWNTOWN Nissan Design America 23 The auto design center creates innovative vehicles from concept to prototype. Built to foster synergy among its various departments, the creative work environment strikes a balance between the frank industrial nature of the program and architectural sophistication. The design team included Albert Kahn Associates, Luce et Studio Architects, and Ronchetti Design. Geisel Library, UCSD 24 Named in honor of Audrey and Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), the Geisel Library was designed in the late 1960s by William Pereira and is a prime example of brutalist architecture. UCSD 25 The 1,100-acre University of California at San Diego campus is comprised of six colleges and more than 100 destinations. The wayfinding system designed by Harmon Nelson Design utilizes modular pre-cast concrete signs weighing nearly 8,000 pounds each. (Photo: Harmon Nelson Design) 27 Calit2 Building, UCSD 26 The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) Building is an “instrument of research” designed to encourage cross-disciplinary discovery. One of its defining characteristics is constant change. Every aspect of the building, designed by NBBJ and constructed by Gilbane, is inspired by this notion of change and exemplified through interconnected, ubiquitous, broadband wireless communication and the change that it enables. (Photo: Bennett Peji) The Stuart Collection, UCSD 27 The Stuart Collection of public art seeks to enrich the cultural, intellectual, and scholarly life of the UCSD campus and the San Diego community by building and maintaining a unique collection of site-specific works by leading artists. Tim Hawkinson’s Bear is a towering teddy bear made of large granite stones found locally. Alexis Smith’s Snake Path is a winding 560-ft.-wide path that leads to Geisel Library. (Photo: Bennett Peji) Salk Institute 28 Louis Kahn, under the direction of Jonas Salk, created a campus that would be adapted to the ever-changing requirements of science. Salk summarized his aesthetic objectives by telling the architect to “create a facility worthy of a visit by Picasso.” Torrey Pines Gliderport 29 Above this soaring site, first established in 1928, hang gliders and paragliders soar like birds on air rising from the cliffs of Torrey Pines. San Diego Mormon Temple 30 The design and architecture of the San Diego Mormon Temple is uniquely its own. (Photo: Joanne Dibona) 30 segdDESIGN 29
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