House On Roof Ucsd

When visitors to uc san diego see the tiny blue house that seems to have crash landed into the side of the engineering school they might think a tornado dropped dorothy in southern california.

House on roof ucsd.

It sits atop jacobs hall also known as engineering building 1 cantilevered at an angle from a corner of the seventh floor. A visitor s off. House teetering on edge of roof. A lush roof garden of vines flowers and vegetables frequented by birds and bees is a small gathering place with panoramic views of the campus and beyond.

That s because suh s sculpture overhangs the rooftop patio on the seventh floor of uc san diego s jacobs school of engineering. The seismic retrofit of the building was handled almost entirely at the roof level. Fallen star is hard to miss. House teetering on edge of roof.

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. 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. 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 a documentary film fallen star. The 18th addition to the renowned collection of site specific sculptures at uc san diego is in a central campus location. The house was built during the fall of 2011. 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.