Ribbon Cut for Award-winning Precast Concrete Project
University of Southern California (USC) architecture students, USC faculty, and construction company representatives gathered in the California desert to inroduce the Carapace Pavilion on December 11. The innovative, sustainable, precast concrete project was erected at the Joshua Tree National Park in the summer.
Students and USC Architecture faculty who designed and built the structure joined Clark Pacific, which manufactured the structure’s precast concrete, and JVI Inc. and Cresset Chemical, which contributed materials. The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s (PCI) West chapter and the PCI Foundation hosted the celebration.