California Academy of Science / Green roof construction and opening

Oct 2008

By David Basulto — Filed under: Featured , Museums and Libraries , California, Green Roof, Renzo Piano, USA

Fernando Herrera shared with us some very interesting photos of the California Academy of Science (previously posted with the official photos). First, a series of pictures from the opening day on which you can see the building with people on it, and get a better idea on the scale and how it works. He even caught Renzo Piano admiring his own work!

Also, he sent us a series of pictures of the green roof during construction, on which you can see more details such as the irrigation system and the skylights.

Enjoy the gallery! I also recommend checking out Fernando´s Flickr page, he has photographed an interesting selection of contemporary buildings in the US and Europe.

9 comments »

Lite says:

Beautiful pictures!
I wish i was there on that day.

I admire him and his work so much.
If anyone at rpbw read this, please, let him know there are people around who’s really glad and thankful that Mr. Piano is an architect.

# October 3, 2008 at 16:58

Moein says:

Very very good.Thank you very much.

# October 8, 2008 at 11:55

cesar tecuanhuehue says:

nice pictures, I hope to visit the museum the next year.

# October 18, 2008 at 01:06

resko says:

anybody knows what the sqaure ceiling material is ??

# November 30, 2008 at 04:59

ooopinionsss says:

How you think when the economic crisis will end? I wish to make statistics of independent opinions!

# December 2, 2008 at 23:31

iris wigle-cutforth says:

I enjoyed viewing your photos. I thought that the Science roof was most interesting. I have often wondered if a house was built in the shape of a dome in the ?Oklahoma wind tunnel frequented by God’s “Finger No. 5″ in the form of tornado’s if the winds would go over a barn or a home if the walls were not built like a wall? However, that would take some architect with money to throw away to put such a building to the test wouldn’t it? But what if a dome was built, on small scale, and when the winds picked up the part that exposed the window and perhaps a balcony could be enclosed by a falling wall to close the dome into a complete half ball? Your designs motivates dreams. Carry on. P.S. I liked the use of the space. If I was ever to build a house up around NorthBay, Ontario, Canada…I thought of designing it in the shape of a squared donut with the middle being used for kids to play in without the bears…rooms about fourteen to sixteen feet wide….lots of walking…all the way around the enclosure.

# February 25, 2009 at 14:08

pradhumn says: