City of Lompoc
WestbergWhite Architecture is partnering on mankind’s next great space adventure, a completely new kind of learning destination where we can advance the science and story of future space exploration. Space Base California will offer an entirely new way to educate, entertain, and inspire while the elevated plateaus provide a panoramic view for launches. With 82 Acres of land on Pacific Coast Highway, Adjacent to Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), Space Base California is the only active space launch facility on the West Coast. The conceptual master plan has carefully located a collection of visitor facilities in an open-air campus situated around a central plaza, creating what looks like an industrial outpost that might have evolved as space pioneers adapted traditional hangar buildings and related facilities. The structures are mindfully placed with an effort to maximize the best aspects of the project’s California canyon topography, along with careful consideration of the western view shed of south rocket launch complexes located at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Lompoc, CA
82 Acres
K-12
Architectural and Site Planning, including Landscape, Civil and MEP design and engineering and the exterior and interior design of the portable buildings.
Space-Themed Immersive Habitat
Multi-sensory simulations and training complexes functionally similar to motion picture sound stages to enhance the experience
Immersive Theater Hangars
Omni “Holodeck” Domes
Motion-Enhanced Flight Simulation
Multi-Axis trainers
Troposphere
Anti-Gravity Training
VR Microgravity Tower
Mars-like Surface Vehicle Exploration Station
Special Event Venue
Camp Odyssey Education Programs
Lodging
Cafe/Bistro