MorphOsis [Architects]: Kate Mantilini 1987 Wilshire/Doheny Beverly Hills. There are many symbols and patterns throughout the now defunct restaurant, including an orary The sundial (fin) on the roof is over the skylight. Ir shines on the orrary, which is etching its plan with a needle poised on a metal plate. Repurposed curtain wall bank pavilion: outer frame. Photo: Marco_323
Diamond Ranch High School (Pomona, California) - This project was the result of a design competition sponsored by the school district. The campus houses 1,600 students, designed on an “unbuildable" site acquired by the district for one dollar. A grading project created 30 usable acres on the steep hillside for a fraction of the cost of condemned land in the City of Pomona.
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From the archives... Chiba Golf Club (1987-1990) an unbuilt precursor to later landscape/building hybrids like Diamond Ranch High School and Giant Campus in Shanghai. "The activation of ground (site) led to a paradigmatic shift from typology to morphology. Excavation became a tool for initiating coherence between building and context transforming nature from metaphor to model."
From the archives... Chiba Golf Club (1987-1990) an unbuilt precursor to later landscape/building hybrids like Diamond Ranch High School and Giant Campus in Shanghai. "The activation of ground (site) led to a paradigmatic shift from typology to morphology. Excavation became a tool for initiating coherence between building and context transforming nature from metaphor to model."