Ucsd House On Roof

A crowd waits on the roof of the jacobs school of engineering at uc san diego to walk inside do ho suh s fallen star artwork part of the stuart collection.

Ucsd house on roof.

The entire sculpture consists of the house cantilevered at an angle from the corner of jacobs hall also known as ebu 1 surrounded by a roof garden. It sits atop jacobs hall also known as engineering building 1 cantilevered at an angle from a corner of the seventh floor. The collection created in 1981 is designed to enrich the cultural intellectual and scholarly life of the campus and community. House teetering on edge of roof.

House atop ucsd roof stars in film a documentary film fallen star. Finding home has just been released on the design and construction of artist do ho suh s house sculpture called fallen. The site specific sculptures that comprise the stuart collection each have a unique story to tell. The uc san diego stuart collection features one of a kind sculptures by leading artists of our time.

We ll have a pitched roof with attic space and will look at raised foundations with a crawl space underneath and also slab foundations. Hundreds of people craned their necks pointed to the sky snapped pictures and finally applauded as the crane slowly raised the house 100 feet in the air. The installation fallen star by do ho suh was commissioned by uc san diego s. A high wire artistic statement on the anxieties attached to our homes opened to the public at uc san diego yesterday.

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. 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. The house was built during the fall of 2011. For the sake of simplicity we re going to make a one story house with a square footprint.

The 18th addition to the renowned collection of site specific sculptures at uc san diego is in a central campus location. We ll adorn each side of the house with two moderate sized windows and a front and back door.