About Lux

A place to create, experience and live art, the Lux Artist Pavilion combines a residence, studio and exhibition space. This integrated facility offers resident artists a flexible space for working during their stay, and allows visitors to see artists at work in the studio.

The first of two buildings on the Lux campus, the Artist Pavilion also houses the institute’s administrative offices. A planned second pavilion will include extensive gallery space, additional classrooms and a plaza featuring a series of gardens climbing between the two buildings.

Discreetly nestled into the hillside above the San Elijo Lagoon, the facility reflects the open relationship Lux fosters between artist and environment.

Designed by architect Renzo Zecchetto, the Artist Pavilion incorporates a variety of water- and energy-saving strategies to reduce its impact on the local environment, qualifying it as one of only a few LEED-certified “green” buildings in San Diego County.