Preserving Culture and Nature

LOCATED TO ENRICH  Designed to preserve existing oak tree savanna hillsides and maximize views of this 64.5 acre site, while providing the highest standards of preservation and storage for one of the world’s most significant moving image collections.

PRESERVATION IN THREE PARTS  Comprised of three distinct parts: The Collection Storage, primarily underground, houses collection vaults and services, film labs and the central plant. The L-shaped Stoa, inspired by ancient Greek Stoas, houses preservation labs, work rooms, and offices. Existing underground nitrate vaults are connected to the new components.

MEDITERRANEAN MOTIFS  Interior architecture recalls the Florentine monastery of San Marco. Italian limestone columns and walls, hand-made terracotta roof and floor tiles, and plaster walls form the simple, yet visually rich and tactile palette of materials.