UCLA Broad Art Center

Interesting gallery inside on the lower level. No one around on the morning I was there, so it was a bit eery. Still, interesting art is always fun to look at…

It’s a nice building but it’s far from the rest of the ucla campus. It’s gorgeous outside and has a very serene vibe. There’s a café inside but I’ve never actually been there. The broad lecture hall is large but if you don’t sit in the front it’s difficult to see because of the very gradual slope in the floor.

Here is my ode to good ol’ Broad. (Yes; ode and Broad rhyme.)
The façade | Spectacular. White, teak, steel, glass, all the benchmark components of a building dedicated to art. The «T.E.U.C.L.A.» Serra sculpture is the first to be on permanent view in a public space in Southern California. Proximity to the Sculpture Garden provides this looming, structured, clinical building balance with good ol’ nature. And more art.
The interior | Clean, no-​nonsense, spacious. Classrooms are very easy to find. The fourth floor, for Design | Media Arts, has a «lobby» that serves as a game room with a ping pong table and about three game controllers.
The balcony (4^th floor) | Very cute cacti and succulents on show atop the teak beams, serving as a sort of shelf. It’s pretty precarious, but I haven’t seen a thing fall yet.
Untitled, | The second floor houses a small overpriced café called Untitled,. The comma just compounds on the pretense? or the artsiness? the inflated prices already convey pretty well.
The Shoot Room | If I could live here, trust me – I would. Lights, check. Softbox, check. Dem Canon DSLRs, check. Five backgrounds to choose, check. Photogasm, check…
EDA | Stands for Experimental Digital Arts. Basically small but well-​equipped exhibition room with a large projection screen for showcasing.

This building is pretty new and houses the UCLA Art Department. Fittingly, it is a very artsy-​looking building. There’s one large lecture hall, a café, and plenty of classrooms and offices. It feels like it’s an art gallery or museum.