Museums

Weiss/Manfredi will lead the master plan of the La Brea Tar Pits

Dec. 18, 2019

The La Brea Tar Pits will undergo a multi-year project to reimagine the 13-acre campus, which encompasses the world’s only active paleontological research site in a major urban area, its asphalt seeps, the surrounding parkland, and the George C. Page Museum building.

The Weiss/Manfredi-designed “Loops and Lenses” concept will create new connections between the museum and Hancock Park, between science and culture, and will envision the site as a place of discovery. A triple mobius will link the existing elements of Hancock Park to create a continuously unfolding experience.

 

 

The goal of the project is to create a more integrated experience, increase community access, preserve the site’s iconic features, and develop a more sustainable infrastructure for the next 50 years.

 

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Weiss/Manfredi beat out two other finalists – Dorte Mandrup and Diller Scofidio + Renfro – to design the project. Master planning work with The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County will begin in 2020.

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