House On Roof Ucsd

House atop ucsd roof stars in film a documentary film fallen star.

House on roof ucsd.

The house was built during the fall of 2011. La jolla california a small wood frame cottage balances precipitously off the corner of a six story wing of the jacobs school of engineering at university of california in san diego. The seismic retrofit of the building was handled almost entirely at the roof level. It sits atop jacobs hall also known as engineering building 1 cantilevered at an angle from a corner of the seventh floor.

But the floor of the artwork sits at a 5 degree angle from the flat roof of jacobs hall and the house itself is built at another 10 degree angle creating an instant feeling of sea sickness or vertigo for visitors who enter it. A visitor s off. House teetering on edge of roof. Fallen star is hard to miss.

Upon entering the house it becomes apparent that the floor and the house itself are at different angles causing a sense of dislocation some would say vertigo. Seventh college is the newest of. The 18th addition to the renowned collection of site specific sculptures at uc san diego is in a central campus location. That s because suh s sculpture overhangs the rooftop patio on the seventh floor of uc san diego s jacobs school of engineering.

House teetering on edge of roof. Design and construction of cowboys stadium. It would be complicated enough to bring a square house at level on the roof of a building he pointed out. House atop ucsd roof stars in film.