Visitor center at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, Lancaster, California
The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve contains the largest remaining stand of the California Poppy (Eschschozia Californica), the state flower of California. To welcome the thousands of people viewing the desert wildflowers each spring, the State of California decided to build a visitor/interpretive center. This building deals primarily with the question of fit; a building's fit aesthetically with its site and the fit of a building's design response to the climate of the site. In this case, both aspects of this question led the client and architects to seek an earth sheltered solution using materials at least metaphorically indigenous to the region. On both a technical and formal level, this building seeks to fit the unique climate and historical heritage of its site.
- Research Organization:
- Colyer/Freeman Group, San Francisco, CA
- OSTI ID:
- 6370460
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-810925-
- Journal Information:
- Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Vol. 6; Conference: 6. national passive solar conference, Portland, OR, USA, 8 Sep 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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