It is on display at the autodesk design museum in san francisco.
Renzo piano green roof san francisco.
In early 2011 it traveled to new york city for display in a green architecture exhibit at the smithsonian cooper hewitt design museum.
Not only does the green rooftop canopy visually connect the building to the park landscape but it also provides significant gains in heating and cooling efficiency.
One of san francisco s most exciting green projects is the construction of the newcalifornia academy of sciences building designed by renown architect renzo piano to be topped by an undulating.
This was meant to be an abstract representation of the green roof.
More a piece of model art than simply a model.
Through the evocative spaces of the museum of natural history the large green roof that breathes and the successful coexistence of outreach activities and research the new headquarters of the.
Architect renzo piano s vision for the academy is perhaps most perfectly expressed by the living roof.