CALIFORNIA LITERATURE

CASE
ACADEMY OF STUDY
SCIENCES
Renzo Piano Building Workshop,
ARCHITECT
SAN FRANCISCO, USA Stantec Architecture
Concourse Dr/Academy of Sciences,
LOCATION
San Francisco, CA 94118, United States

PROJECT YEAR 2008 RENZO PIANO'S VISION

TYPE Museum

GROUND COVERAGE 37,000 sq. m

"Life-changing moments. World-changing science. We're an aquarium,

planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum in the heart of San
Francisco's Golden Gate Park and a powerful voice for biodiversity research and
exploration, environmental
education, and sustainability
SPACES AT LEVELS
SITE PLAN
across the globe."

Materials Used facts and figures:

Awarded Platinum LEEDS Certification
-90% of all demolition materials were recycled
LEEDS • (LEEDS - Leadership in Energy
& Environmental -32,000 tons of soil from foundation excavation
Design) and applied to dune restoration projects in San
for choice of Francisco.
Materials, Water -95% of all steel used is from recycled sources
and Energy, Living -15% fly ash (a recycled coal by-product), 35%
Roof, Indoor slag in concrete 50% of lumber harvested from
Environment in all Sustainable-yield forestry, and 68% of insulation
respective, Project
comes from recycled blue jeans.•

1
has been awarded
82 points .
-30% less energy consumption than federal code
requirement. INTRODUCTION