Space Base California - Educational & Entertainment Destination

City of Lompoc

PROJECT DETAILS

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.

Location

Lompoc, CA

Area

82 Acres

Market Sector

K-12

SERVICES PROVIDED

Architectural and Site Planning, including Landscape, Civil and MEP design and engineering and the exterior and interior design of the portable buildings.

PROJECT TYPE

Space-Themed Immersive Habitat

PROGRAMMING FEATURES

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

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