UCLA LA KRETZ GARDEN PAVILION
Los Angeles, CA USA
2017
The project intent was to create a highly visible main entrance to the botanical gardens while addressing the peripheral condition at a major entryway into the university campus. Lining the new accessible path is a guardrail system made dynamic through a simple play of geometry with perforated bent aluminum planes that reflect light and shadows and allow views in and out of the garden.
Nous provided a finite element analysis of the perforated metal panel shapes to determine capacity of the cladding system. The analysis allowed a previously proposed internal steel frame to be completely removed, providing cost and schedule savings to the client.
CLIENT
UCLA
ARCHITECT
Lehrer Architects LA
STAFF LEAD
Omar Garza, SE
RECOGNITION
Sustainable Innovation Honor Award, Los Angeles Business Council, 2019
Design Award for Excellence in Design, Southern California Development Forum, 2018
Best of Year Honoree, Interior Design Magazine, 2017
Educational Award, Southern California Development Forum, 2017
