In La Jolla, north of San Diego, the United States, the Salk Institute is on a high terrain facing the Pacific. This concrete mole was a project driven by Jonas Salk, creator of the first safe and effective polio vaccine, which envisioned a center where scientists from different disciplines could research and think together. The city of San Diego gave in 1960 about 27 acres of land — almost 11 hectares— and Salk chose architect Louis I. Kahn to …
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In La Jolla, north of San Diego, the United States, the Salk Institute is on a high terrain facing the Pacific. This concrete mole was a project driven by Jonas Salk, creator of the first safe and effective polio vaccine, which envisioned a center where scientists from different disciplines could research and think together. The city of San Diego gave in 1960 about 27 acres of land — almost 11 hectares— and Salk chose architect Louis I. Kahn to …