Welcome Inauguration of the Letterman Digital Arts Center A New Vision for the Digital Arts About the Letterman Digital Arts Center Design & Architecture at LDAC Building for the Future Presidio Background Industrial Light & Magic Film Credits Skywalker Sound Film Credits Bay Area Filmmaking Accomplishments

Overview

The Letterman Digital Arts Center seamlessly integrates motion picture, visual effects and gaming technologies in one world-class digital arts campus.

The 23-acre campus is the new San Francisco home of Lucasfilm Ltd., bringing together Industrial Light & Magic, LucasArts and Lucasfilm's corporate activities for the first time in the company's 30-year history.

Set within the Presidio of San Francisco, a national park, the Letterman Digital Arts Center includes four buildings with 865,000 square feet of office space, along with 17 acres of public park space designed by renowned landscape architect Lawrence Halprin.

Located near the Lombard Gate of The Presidio of San Francisco, the public grounds of the Letterman Digital Arts Center open on June 29, 2005.

Profile

Name:	Letterman Digital Arts Center, the new San Francisco home of Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light & Magic and LucasArts
Location:	Near Chestnut & Lyon streets, San Francisco
Size:	23 acres total
Public facilities:	17 acres of park space Perk Presidio (coffee shop)
Buildings:	Four low-rise office buildings, 865,000 square feet, on the remaining 6 acres
Employee facilities:	Dining commons, operated by Guckenheimer, a leader in work place dining; fitness center operated by BaySport, a pre-eminent Bay Area fitness center operator; childcare center that will accommodate over 100 children with environmental learning areas, water feature, growing garden and play structures, operated by Bright Horizons; 300-seat theater, two 65-seat screening rooms
Parking:	1,500 underground parking spaces
Landscaping:	Designed by Lawrence Halprin; includes approximately 500 trees, shrubs, vines and perennials; creek and lagoon; walkways and sitting areas. Primarily reclaimed water used for irrigation.

Design & Construction Facts

• The Letterman Digital Arts Center is designed to be 33 percent more energy efficient and 30 percent more water efficient than conventional buildings
• The campus is slated to receive a Gold Certified Rating from the U.S. Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
• Much of the demolished Letterman Hospital -- and its 13-acre asphalt parking lot -- was recycled or reused in the construction of the Letterman Digital Arts Center, including steel, piping and crushed concrete
• The building incorporates operable windows to capitalize on the Presidio's mild bayside climate, reducing energy use and providing natural ventilation
• Central, naturally lit staircases help promote a more active workplace and reduce the use of elevators and artificial lighting
• Underfloor air delivery throughout the buildings reduces energy use and provides greater comfort to employees
• All existing trees on the site were saved and incorporated into the landscape design, including one 80-year old oak tree that was relocated from one location on the site to another
• More than 90,000 yards of concrete was manufactured on site, reducing truck traffic entering and exiting the park during construction.

Primary Conceptual Designer:	George Lucas
Design Architect:	Gensler Architecture & Design
Executive Architect:	HKS Inc.
Master Planner & Landscape Architect:	The Office of Lawrence Halprin
Director of Construction Management, Lucasfilm Ltd.:	Tom Brady
Project Manager of Architecture, Lucasfilm:	John Wynne
Construction:	Webcor Builders
Structural Engineering:	Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire
Information Technology & Media Production Design:	RLS/Visioneering
Mechanical Electrical & Plumbing Engineering:	Flack & Kurtz
Construction modeling:	View by View, Inc.