Future Symmetries: La Brea Tar Pits on the Miracle Mile

In 2018, The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles announced a competition to develop a master plan to reimagine the La Brea Tar Pits and museum. While the competition focused on the evolution of the 13 acre park and a refreshed museum, this studio is focused on the creation of a new, international research center on climate evolution, informing a paradigmatic transformation of the Natural History museum into a place that can also expand its scientific mission to engage the urgent questions climate change provokes. Together, the climate research center, museum and park will offer a new hybrid place of science, culture and recreation, with productive intersections that have yet to be invented.