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SCI-Arc Public Programs Fall 2023
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The Sail House
The Sail House is a dappled array of structures, consisting of a main residence and several guesthouses. The project is named for the nautical inspired tensile roofs, forms that are a contextual response to the sailing culture of the Grenadines and also environmental building systems. Learn more about the Sail House here.
HOME: Season 1, Episode 8 (Apple TV+)
David’s legacy of sustainable design and adaptive reuse is featured in the first season of the Apple TV+ docuseries, HOME. The episode is centered around XANABU, and the how the vibrant relics of a Hollywood set designer have been repurposed and born anew as both a sacred space, and as a home for David and his wife, Laura.
The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes: Season 1, Episode 1 (NETFLIX)
The 747 Wing House is the first featured residence in the series premiere of The World's Most Extraordinary Homes. Show hosts Piers and Caroline walk the grounds and discuss different features of the design, and the client describes the project in her own words, too.
Precipitating Change
David Hertz discusses the studio’s work to democratize water. An atmospheric water generator is installed at the back of SEA, which supplies a public bottle filling station available to any passersby. Since the release of this documentary short, we continued working towards water equity, which culminated in winning the Water Abundance XPRIZE.
Resilient Energy Solutions at Xanabu and 747 Wing House
Energport Energy Storage batteries installed at the Wing House and Xanabu home up in Malibu for resiliency. These are 2 of the lucky homes that survived the Woolsey FIre in 2018 located in the hills of Malibu.
Living in a Future House (Buzzfeed Video)
Ned and Ariel stay in a sustainable future house for a week, and they ask David Hertz about how it works and what they’re getting themselves into.
TEDx Venice Beach - Mining the Waste Stream
Humanity's primary output is waste. Here's how we can use the immense treasure to be found mining the waste stream, and usher in an era of Radical Reuse
David Hertz x General Admission
General Admission, a Venice surf and lifestyle store, produced this feature on David and his design process.
The Big SHFT: David Hertz, Repurposed
The Case for Hope: Design and Climate Change
Can design stop climate change? The best minds in architecture think so. David Hertz, Ed Mazria, Thom Mayne, Bob Berkebile, Michael Lehrer, Pablo La Roche, Matt Petersen, Marwa Dabaieh, and Mae-ling Lokko weigh in on how design can change the trajectory of climate change.
The future of cities
A conversation on the past, present, and future of cities.
World Surf League Trophy
Our design of the new WSL trophies pay homage to 40 years of champions.
The 747 Wing House
A brief video tour of the iconic 747 Wing House in Malibu, CA, and a montage of the process of making the Wing House, from the aircraft Boneyard in the desert to the airlift up the mountains.