Cancer Comprenhensive Center in Los Ángeles
Morphosis- Type Hospital Health
- City Los Angeles
- Country United States
- Photographer Grant Mudford
The duo that until recently formed by Thom Mayne and Michael Rotondi, also known as Morphosis, had been sowing California with complicated (not complex) architectural objects for some years, and they have even crossed the Pacific to leave their mark in Japan (see Arquitectura Viva 16 and 21). This formal complication is situated in the deconstructive path whose most veteran representative in those latitudes is Frank Gehry. But if Gehry's architecture has its accent on the articulation of increasingly tormented volumes, the objects designed by Morphosis place more emphasis on the structural and constructive aspect of a collection of pieces assembled like skeletons...[+]
Cliente Client
Salick Health Care
Arquitectos Architects
Thom Mayne y Michael Rotondi, con Steve Johnson (Morphosis); Ki Suh Park con Robert S. Bamett (Gruen Associates)
Colaboradores Collaborators
Kiyokazu Arai, Tony Bell Barbara Helton-Berg, Craig Burdick, Robin Donaldson, Mara Hochman, Eric Kahn, Susan Lanier, Tom Lasley, Lou Perron, Alexandra Rudeneau y Chris Verbal (Morphosis); Layla Bettar, Dennis Bottom, Michael Enomoto, Ellen Miller y Teresa Sánchez (Gruen Associates)
Consultores Consultants
Sullivan & Associates, Engineering Design (instalaciones installations); Kurily & Szymansky (estructura structure); Emmetj Wemple & Associates (paisajismo landscape); Eng Tech (obra civil civil engineering)
Contratista Contractor
CAL PAC Construction
Fotos Photos
Grant Mudford
