Renzo Piano San Francisco Science Museum Roof

The living green roof was planted with 1 7 million california native plants.

Renzo piano san francisco science museum roof. Designed by renzo piano building workshop architects the california academy of sciences was founded in san francisco in 1853. 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. 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. Italian architect renzo piano.

Completed in 2008 in san francisco united states. With a total floor area of 410 000 square feet and a construction cost of nearly half a billion dollars the new building designed by italian architect renzo piano and famous for its wavy green roof was at the time of completion one of the largest and most advanced environmentally sustainable buildings in the world. The museum which contains an aquarium a planetarium a natural. 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.

California academy of sciencesby architects renzo piano building workshopopened last week in golden gate park san francisco. Images by nic lehoux tim griffith shunji ishida justin lee tom fox swa group. The california academy of sciences features a living green roof with native plants insulation made from recycled blue jeans and a large canopy of solar energy panels. In size and design the academy roof is unprecedented marked by seven domes and steep hillocks envisioned by celebrity lead architect renzo piano as a nod to san francisco s undulating topography.

Renzo piano s california academy of science architecture0sharesconnections. Telegraph hill nob hill russian hill rincon hill mount sutro twin peaks and mount davidson. Renzo piano was inspired by seven major hills of san francisco which typically refers to. Architect renzo piano s vision for the academy is perhaps most perfectly expressed by the living roof.