TERASAKI RESEARCH INSTITUTE SKYLIGHT
Los Angeles, CA USA
2017
The Terasaki Research Institute is a nonprofit organization founded by the late Dr. Paul Terasaki, a pioneer of modern organ transplant technology. Nous provided structural engineering for two large, interior skylight elements measuring approximately 30ft x 30ft in plan.
The unusual structure of each consists of a light-weight steel radial lens-truss. The center each oculus is accentuated by a custom formed fiberglass shell finished in chrome. The remainder of the skylight is clad in a PTFE fabric membrane.
CLIENT
Terasaki Research Institute
ARCHITECT
Design Architect: Atelier Hitoshi Abe
Executive Architect: House and Robertson
STAFF LEAD
Matt Melnyk, SE
RECOGNITION
Featured in Architecture Record, March 2018