This project earned high ratings for its architectural design and craftsmanship. The epoxy terrazzo is a handsome canvas for prefabricated mosaic panels that integrate art with wayfinding. Depicting sea creatures, the mosaics on the ground floor are discovery points within a “walk along the seashore” theme, with bronze sand dollars. Terrazzo was poured wet-on-wet for seamless wave patterns. On the first floor is a meandering terrazzo pathway designed to simulate a forest trail. Speckled with 500 individual cast glass leaves in three different styles, the floor showcases another nine mosaic panels.
Architect
Perkins+Will
New York, NY
Mosaic Artist
Gary Drostle
United Kingdom
Terrazzo Contractor
T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc.
San Diego, CA
General Contractor
DPR Construction
Redwood City, CA
Owner
Lucille Packard
Children’s Hospital
Stanford, CA
Resin Supplier
Terrazzo & Marble-
Supply Companies
Aggregate Suppliers
Arim, Inc.
Cactus Canyon Quarries, Inc.
Heritage Glass, Inc.
Terrazzo & Marble-
Supply Companies
Precast Supplier
Tectura Designs,
a Wausau Tile Inc. Brand
Divider Strip Supplier
Terrazzo & Marble-
Supply Companies
Photographer
Nathan Padilla Bowen