The Center for Autonomous Systems & Technologies (CAST) stimulates interdisciplinary research and the open exchange of ideas in the expanding area of autonomous drones, robots, and satellites for use in science, industry, and medicine. A renovation of the first floor of the 1940s-era von Kármán Building, at the heart of CAST is a 3-story tall, open-air drone testing arena and observation deck, formed by covering an existing courtyard.
This dynamic space provides researchers a place to demonstrate their ideas under variable environmental conditions. Testing in the arena is supported by indoor “maker and marker-spaces”, shared by researchers, students, and industry partners
Project Name
Center for Autonomous Systems & Technologies
Size
3,147 GSF
Client
California Institute of Technology
Completion Date
2017
Services
Feasibility Study
Laboratory Planning
Architecture
Interior Design
Location
Pasadena, CA
“The facility is elegant yet understated and serves as the perfect backdrop for the scientist[s] to present and show off their cutting-edge research projects. I am proud to be a member of this team.”
Bart Hale, Lead Project Manager, California Institute of Technology
Awards
- ENR California, 2018 Best Project Award
