Diamond Ranch High School
Pomona, California · 1999
A striking precedent of deconstructivist educational architecture by Thom Mayne, showcasing how corrugated metal cladding and sharp, angular cantilevers create a dynamic, fractured campus landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The fine horizontal ribbing of the corrugated metal contrasts sharply with the massive, angular scale of the overall forms.
Materials
- corrugated-metal
- concrete
- glass
Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal-cladding
- angular-cantilever
- sloped-roofline
- concrete-substructure
Style tags
- deconstructivism
- morphosis
- expressive-modernism
Visual tags
- deconstructivism
- institutional
- dynamic-massing
- metal-facade
- cantilever
- Geometry
- Dynamic, angular massing featuring sharp, cantilevered volumes and sloped planes that slice across the horizon.
- Facade system
- Corrugated metal rainscreen panels over concrete and steel framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel-framed cantilevers supported by reinforced concrete foundations and shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale institutional campus with monumental, hovering volumes.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct California sunlight casting sharp shadows that accentuate the corrugated texture and angular geometry.
- Atmosphere
- A crisp, high-contrast composition where industrial metal forms clash dynamically with organic foreground planting.
- Environmental context
- Set against a clear blue sky with lush green and red-flowering foreground shrubs softening the hard-edged architecture.
- Spatial experience
- The building forms appear to shift and slice past one another, creating a dramatic, fractured landscape of metal and concrete.
- Composition rhythm
- Juxtaposition of a dominant, sloping left-hand wedge with a smaller, elevated box on the right, separated by a deep spatial gap.
- Style reading
- Deconstructivist
- Program
- High school campus
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- corrugated-metal, concrete, glass
- Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal-cladding, angular-cantilever, sloped-roofline, concrete-substructure
- Style tags
- deconstructivism, morphosis, expressive-modernism
- Visual tags
- deconstructivism, institutional, dynamic-massing, metal-facade, cantilever
- Geometry
- Dynamic, angular massing featuring sharp, cantilevered volumes and sloped planes that slice across the horizon.
- Facade system
- Corrugated metal rainscreen panels over concrete and steel framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel-framed cantilevers supported by reinforced concrete foundations and shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale institutional campus with monumental, hovering volumes.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct California sunlight casting sharp shadows that accentuate the corrugated texture and angular geometry.
- Atmosphere
- A crisp, high-contrast composition where industrial metal forms clash dynamically with organic foreground planting.
- Environmental context
- Set against a clear blue sky with lush green and red-flowering foreground shrubs softening the hard-edged architecture.
- Spatial experience
- The building forms appear to shift and slice past one another, creating a dramatic, fractured landscape of metal and concrete.
- Composition rhythm
- Juxtaposition of a dominant, sloping left-hand wedge with a smaller, elevated box on the right, separated by a deep spatial gap.
- Style reading
- Deconstructivist
- Program
- High school campus
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture