Salk Institute

Files

Project Location

San Diego, California

Year of Completion

1965

Building Type

Institutional

Building Massing

Low Rise

Project Architect

Yu YanFollow

Architect Location

SPASM Design Architects

Owner

R.K. Construct

Student Author

Yu Yan

Archived Year

12-18-2018

Climate

AW

Material and its Properties

The red earth brick does not attempt to be precise, neither does it try to create patterns or jaalis as commonly seen in Indian architecture, the brick is what it is , at rest --- a STACK , its mass concealing and revealing life within it….. The sheer thickness –mass of the brick, keeps the interior spaces comfortably cool.

Architect Website

https://www.archdaily.com/205425/the-brick-kiln-house-spasm-design-architects

Recommended Citation

Yan, Yu, "Salk Institute" (1965). Building Case Studies. 447.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/447