Renzo Piano San Francisco Science Museum Roof

Renzo piano architect renzo piano s vision for the academy is perhaps most perfectly expressed by the living roof.

Renzo piano san francisco science museum roof.

Located in golden gate park the museum s building was completely rebuilt in 2008 after the loma prieta earthquake badly damaged the old structure. Renzo piano merged architecture with nature when he designed a green roof for the california academy of sciences building in golden gate park in san francisco. Designing a great cultural and scientific institution in san. Images by nic lehoux tim griffith shunji ishida justin lee tom fox swa group.

Italian architect renzo piano gave the museum a roof made of rolling earth planted with more than 1 7 million plants from nine different native species. The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research. Renzo piano s california academy of sciences is among the largest museums of natural history in the world. The goal as he described it was to lift up a piece of the park and put a building under to blend seamlessly into golden gate s natural setting.

Founded in 1853 the california academy of sciences in san francisco is one of the largest and most renowned scientific museums in the world it includes an aquarium a natural history museum a rainforest reconstruction and a planetarium. Completed in 2008 in san francisco united states. The huge green roof designed by renzo piano in san francisco social design magazine when you arrive in front of a building one is led to enter. The museum which contains an aquarium a planetarium a natural.

California academy of sciences by architects renzo piano building workshop opened last week in golden gate park san francisco. The living roof s 1 7 million native plants were specially chosen to flourish in. When you arrive in front of the california academy of sciences on the other hand you do not wait to get on the roof. The california academy of sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in san francisco california that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world housing over 46 million specimens.

It is one of the most prestigious institutions in the us and one of the few institutes of natural sciences in which public experience and scientific research occur at the same location.