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MOUNTAIN HUT / PALISADE GLACIER TRAILHEAD / OTHER SITES IN HIGH SIERRAS



CLIENT: University of California at Berkeley/The Wiener Family Fund for Public Architecture and Landscape

PROGRAM: Wilderness base camp/hostel/warming hut

SIZE: various

COST: $80,000

COMPLETION: December 2003

NOTES: This scheme takes its principal inspiration from the elemental nature of its site. Composed of elements itself (twenty-foot ISO standard shipping containers), this structure is intended to stand forth on the site with utilitarian directness. The containers provide the housing for the campers and shelter the community space under the vaulted space, anchored at each end with monumental wood fireplaces.