PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DAVID RADER DIRECTOR: SARAH WHITING 1
ABSTRACT
“...The question is, “how then to open the avenue of great debates, accessible to the majority, while yet enriching the multiplicity and the quality of public discourses, of evaluating agencies, of ‘scenes’ or places of visibility?” ... Perhaps the question can be addressed with less a sense of inevitable contradiction and impasse if one moves away from the universalizing ideal of a single public and attends instead to the actual multiplicity of distinct and overlapping public discourses, public spheres, and scenes of evaluation that already exist, but that the usual idealizations have screened from view.¹” Contemporary Publics The contemporary megalopolis is comprised of diverse collectives. These collectives, or “bubbles,” within the city contain self-similar socioeconomic and demographic groups with little overlap. We live and work amongst others who are like ourselves. The geographically isolationist tendencies inherent in our megalopolitan condition are mirrored in digital media. Rather than enriching civic discourse and participation, media networks have been shown to populate homogeneous platforms in which various collectives group themselves according to shared interests with the benefit of excluding others². Habermas’ “public sphere,” which relied upon conversational engagement amongst socially diverse groups, is absent³. The result is a fractured society in which the value of physical interaction is not reflected in our built environment. Public institutions which provide moments of overlap among diverse groups must expand this critical role. The community college is one example of a centralized model which may better serve contemporary publics through decentralization. The Role of the Community College The community college is a public institution that serves many collectives comprising students and the general public. Accordingly, community colleges are pursuing strategies which fill gaps in education, provide professional training, and expand social services. These shifts require innovation in form and function. The centralized campus typology is unfit to support these new roles as suburban campuses are physically isolated and benefit only those within the immediate vicinity. 2
This is problematic in any megalopolis where access is further complicated by congestion. The community college, already a relatively decentralized institution, should be further decentralized and integrated with public transportation to form a network which extends access and multiplies moments of social intersection. The Function of Public Transit American cities have neglected public transportation in favor of the automobile. Rapid urban growth has exacerbated street congestion, challenging the feasibility of vehicular infrastructure. As streets designed for cars become dysfunctional, cities which had neglected public transportation are now investing heavily in below-grade transit. The expansion of public transit systems into car-dependent cities provide critical sites for architectural engagement; transit infrastructure must expand beyond its traditional function. Transit hubs with overlapping collectives have been exploited for commercial gain, and valuable urban sites are often underutilized by hosting tiny shelters over a single route from street to platform. Integrating transit infrastructure with public institutions will ensure expanded access and social engagement for contemporary publics, allowing public institutions and urban infrastructure to evolve simultaneously and serve diverse publics in new ways. The thesis makes three assertions: 1. Urban environments are populated by homogeneous collectives with little overlap. We need a new public sphere, a physical space in which diverse collectives may overlap and engage one another. 2. The decentralized community college will increase public access and maximize education, training, and community support while increasing moments of overlapping collectives. 3. The insertion of new transit networks into auto-oriented cities demands that we rethink their functionality. Transit will become a facilitator for engagement by capitalizing on the overlapping of diverse collectives at points of intersection while extending access to public institutions. 1
Robbins, Bruce. The Phantom Public Sphere. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1993.
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Schroeder, Ralph. Social Theory after the Internet: Media, Technology, and Globalization. UCL Press, 2018.
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Admittedly, the spectrum of social diversity of his 18th c. example was perhaps not that great either.
Above: Concept illustration of conflicting and overlapping publics in the megalopolitan condition. Transit networks, indicated by the dark line and light dotted lines, cross thresholds and tie these publics together. Intersection points become opportunities for civic engagement.
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CONTENTS
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LA URBANISM Suburban Paradigm Metropolis of Congestion Shifting Transit Modalities
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A NEW PARTNERSHIP Transit And Education Tied Together
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PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE Proposal for a New Campus Type Project Diagrams Model Photographs Campus Experience
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CONCLUSIONS Future Infrastructures
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APPENDIX Project Presentation Bibliography List of Figures
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Above: View of below-ground public programs, including a library, group study rooms, and reading rooms. These spaces are tied together by the Vertical Quad which links transit passengers, students, and members of the public.
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LA URBANISM With its back against the Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles marks the extent of Manifest Destiny. It proved to be the limit of westward expansion, and its unique location, size, and mentality makes it an ideal testing ground. LA has long been associated with the automobile; the historic streetcar city decidedly turned its back on mass transit in favor of the personal automobile. Suburbia abandoned the grid for the cul de sac while building freeways, interchanges, and access roads to each them. However, the limits of this system are now being tested. Congestion within this dense urban environment has reached a breaking point. In the area of study, LA’s population reaches 85 people per acre, which isn’t far behind Manhattan’s density of 105 people per acre¹. This congestion demands alternatives transportation systems which don’t rely on roads. The Street The street continues to play a dominant role in LA’s urban landscape. This one-time streetcar city was established according to a set of principles which placed a hierarchy on movement. Arterial streets hosted streetcar lines and promoted commercial activity. These lines were supported by local streets which hosted residential uses. Consequently, the urban fabric of much of LA conforms to these hierarchies. However, this system shifted to adapt to the automobile in the 50’s and 60’s. Arterial streets were widened to privilege speed over access, while streetcar lines were removed. LA’s affair with the car was totalizing, and soon the city became synonymous with the freeway and interchange. Urban sprawl resulted, which cast aside street grids for a maze of ladders. Consequently, grand boulevards and avenues have come to signify LA’s identity more than any one landmark or architectural object. Sunset, Rodeo, Santa Monica, and others signify status and location. However, among the most iconic is Wilshire Boulevard. With its unique zoning and height allowances, Los Angeles denies its low-rise character in favor of highrise commercial and residential towers along virtually the entire length of Wilshire boulevard as it extends from downtown to the Pacific. The street, long held in the collective consciousness as a defining feature of LA, is predominantly beholden to the car. LA’s density has grown beyond what the street may support. Alternatives to vehicular travel, such as subway networks, have 6
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Santa Monica Freeway, 1920
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Los Angeles Suburb, Typical Condition
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Streetcar Graveyard, Late 1940s
become an essential consideration. As LA shifts from the car to the subway system, a new emphasis is demanded. Instead of six lanes of traffic, Wilshire will now prioritize pedestrians emerging from the subway. Wilshire isn’t considered as belonging to one locale or neighborhood- it breaks boundaries and provides the connective tissue to many diverse areas. The street, once synonymous with connection and mobility, becomes a destination unto its own. Geographic Segregation This history has developed a unique urbanism in LA, one that is based on geography. Previously, geography has been used as a tool to separate and define status. The suburban model led to well-defined neighborhoods and regions which provided an identity to those who resided within its geographic limits. Neighborhoods became strongly associated with race, social class, and other demographic factors. The social impact of this separation is still seen in LA’s fabric. Roadways are no longer large enough to adequately serve the populations which rely on them for transportation between neighborhoods. Secondary streets are overrun with cars seeking relief from the freeway gridlock. While demographically-motivated segregation has decreased in residential areas, LA is now subject to segregation of a different kind: congestion. Movement across the city is becoming overwhelmingly difficult, to the point that it reinforces geography as a restriction. The city’s infrastructure no longer serves its citizens; it constrains them and prevents them from leaving their region to participate in the larger whole. Contemporary Context Los Angeles exemplifies the megalopolitan condition of a city with many centers. High concentrations of economic development exist along multiple corridors throughout the city. The lack of a homogeneous grid has led to extreme road congestion, which locks populations into their respective geographies. This congestion is forcing LA to shift from its auto-dependent mentality to include opportunities for transit ridership. Major industries fuel sections of the city with clear borders. Population density is distributed along major corridors within the city, including the Wilshire Corridor (Fig. 6). LA’s decentralized position stands to benefit greatly from increased transit infrastructure. Many comparable cities build rail systems for suburban commuters who travel to the same job centers at the same time of day. These networks are overwhelmed at peak hours, then neglected. LA’s decentralized urban condition promotes ridership among multiple routes at all times of day. Multiple corridors, such as Wilshire, Santa Monica, and Century City, fuel enormous economic activity. The lack of a single center has resulted in multiple job centers throughout the city.
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Aerial View of Wilshire Blvd.
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A NEW PARTNERSHIP The Purple Line Extension Exemplifying LA’s commitment to rail is the Purple Line extension. The extension will continue from the current terminus at Wilshire/Western below Wilshire Boulevard, which ranks among the highest concentrations of employment and economic activity in the city (Fig. 7), to connect Westwood/UCLA to downtown. The extension will comprise nine miles and add seven new stations to the west side of LAš. The first phase of the extension is 30% completed and will open in 2023. The final section from Century City to the VA campus is expected to break ground in 2019 and open in 2026. When finished, the Purple Line extension will generate approximately 49,300 daily weekday boardings and 78,000 new daily trips on the entire rail system (Fig. 8). The extension effectively unlocks the city for thousands who were previously restrained by crushing automobile gridlock. The expected travel time from Westwood to downtown is 25 minutes, cutting the driving commute time by over two and a half times. The expansion is divided into three phases, with an expected completion date of 2026. At street level, Metro stations consist largely of glass pavilions which function primarily as a sign for access to vertical circulation (Fig. 9). These stations offer little civic value and could be combined with other public institutions to perform a greater role in civic life. This new civic mixing which will occur in the transit networks below grade may be engaged through sectional connections and an expanded station typology. The opportunity exists to rethink the civic institution of the Community College to fulfill this role. Social and Demographic Conditions LA is a city divided by race and class. Portions of the city are largely divided along infrastructural and neighborhood lines (Fig. 10). The area impacted by this thesis is primarily comprised of populations which are predominantly White (grey), Asian (purple), and African American (blue). The purple line extension intersects White and Asian populations, while bus networks extend directly and tie into African American populations. The demographic makeup in Los Angeles has historically been contentious, with few spaces for activism other than city streets. The ambition of the thesis is to begin to bridge these divides by introducing spaces of civic engagement at the intersections of 8
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infrastructural networks. These networks transcend the boundaries of individual neighborhoods and offer the greatest opportunity for engagement. The College Campus in the City The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the largest community college district in the United States. The LACCD consists of nine colleges spread across the city. The LACCD serves an incredibly diverse student population, educating three times as many Latino students and four times as many AfricanAmerican students as all of the university of California campuses combined². Eighty percent of LACCD students are from under-served populations. Community colleges serve a population which ranges in age, meaning a greater percentage of students is composed of adult learning and continuing education, skill building, night classes, and workshops. More than half of all LACCD students are older than 25 years of age, and more than one quarter are 35 or older². The nine existing LACCD colleges are spread throughout the city and form small campuses. These campuses are largely autonomous from one another and from the city and fail to maximize their civic potential by creating an inward-focused environment which disengages the city. The social impact of an LACCD campus has the potential to do more by being distilled into smaller pieces and deployed along the Purple Line extension.
1. Data collected from US Census, accessed via Social Explorer. https://www.socialexplorer.com/a9676d974c/explore
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Fig.11 Los Angeles Mission College
Pierce College Los Angeles Valley College
Los Angeles City College East Los Angeles College West Los Angeles College
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
Los Angeles Southwest College
Los Angeles Harbor College
Map of Existing Los Angeles Community College Campuses
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2. Making LA the Best Place to Connect: A Deep Dive on Civic Engagement in LA and Beyond. LA2050, Oct. 2017. http://la2050.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/reports/12/pdfs/ Braintrust_final_oct9.pdf?1508800325 3. Ibid. 4. METRO Westside Expansion https://www.metro.net/projects/westside/ 5. As Transit Expands in LA, Will Walkability Follow? https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/09/15/as-transit-expands- in-los-angeles-will-walkability-follow/ View of Typical LACCD Campus Configuration
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Los Angeles City College
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Decentralized LACCD Campuses Fig. 14 Decentralized LACCD Campuses
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Fig. 15 Conceptual Diagram of Campus Locations Connected with Transit
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NETWORKED CAMPUS Contemporary social realities have put pressure on our educational institutions to evolve. As access to information increasingly expands online, the need to occupy classroom space is changing, rendering the traditional campus model ineffective. At the same time, the role that educational institutions are required to fill is expanding. The spatial environments of higher learning are often centralized and ill-equipped to meet this new role. Educational institutions are responding to this paradigm shift by locating new investments close to existing transit lines as a strategy to increase student access. This strategy presents serious challenges, the most difficult of which is acquiring campus-sized sites with adequate access to robust transit networks. This strategy propagates the status quo; rather than evolving, the institution plants itself near transit to continue advance its current model. Rather than transplanting campuses, educational institutions should consider the ways in which they might integrate directly with transit infrastructure. Combining educational programs with transit will increase the reach and effectiveness of both networks. Los Angeles’ totalizing love affair with the automobile has resulted in extreme suburban sprawl. City streets, once a symbol of freedom and mobility, have become burdened by crushing gridlock. Cross-city access by car is severely restricted. This congestion has provoked massive investment in the public transit infrastructure that moves below streets, including the expansion of the Purple Line subway. These new infrastructural expansions offer an opportunity to reinvent transit infrastructure’s relationship with the city. My thesis addresses this shifting paradigm by combining a subway line with a decentralized community college campus. While typical community college campuses are comparatively decentralized by definition, the new community college is further divided into smaller pieces and distributed as a network along the Purple Line. The spine of transit allows the community college to exist in many locations simultaneously, while providing opportunities for extended social impact. This combined typology eschews the definition of a traditional academic institution as insular and self-contained.
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The new role of the community college is expanding beyond meeting the educational needs of students. Community colleges are evolving to focus on underserved students, adults in continuing education, training for members of the workforce, programs for senior citizens, and use by the general public. These expanded educational models will be better served by the community college as network; intersection points mix students, transit riders, and members of the public. The community college uses architectural techniques to create moments of threshold between students, citizens, and the city. Each distributed campus promotes awareness and engagement to support an infrastructural system with an extended social and civic impact. Architecturally, each campus makes sectional connections to transit stations below ground and offers a new identity to the community college above the street. The campus-asnetwork model mediates between the scale of a massive infrastructural system and the scale of the individual. My thesis mines these relationships rather than deploying institutional tropes. As an urban strategy, the campus realizes an extended impact by operating as a network rather than a single destination. The sum of these urban and architectural decisions offers a new model for the role of the community college in the city. The thesis makes three assertions: 1. Urban environments are populated by homogeneous collectives with little overlap. We need a new public sphere, a physical space in which diverse collectives may overlap and engage one another. 2. The decentralized community college will increase public access and maximize education, training, and community support while increasing moments of overlapping collectives. 3. The insertion of new transit networks into auto-oriented cities demands that we rethink their functionality. Transit will become a facilitator for engagement by capitalizing on the overlapping of diverse collectives at points of intersection while extending access to public institutions.
Westwood/ VA Hospital Health
Westwood/ UCLA Research
Century City Media
Wilshire/Rodeo Fashion
Wilshire/La Cienega Start-Up
Wilshire/Fairfax Fine Arts
Wilshire/LaBrea Social Services
Wilshire/Western
Wilshire/Normandie
Wilshire/Vermont
Wilshire/MacArthur Park
7th St./Metro Center
Above: Isometric view of the Purple Line in Los Angeles. Existing subway stations are shown in grey; new stations are in black. The campus is places on seven sites which are owned by Metro. The programmatic bias of each campus location responds to its context.
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Site Selection My thesis strings a new LACCD campus along seven sites, each of which is owned by Metro and is currently being used for construction staging for the Purple Line (Fig. 21). These sites establish unique urban adjacencies, such as the Fox Movie Studios at Century City or the Rodeo Fashion District at Wilshire/Rodeo, which will allow educational programs to capitalize on these adjacencies. The scope of the thesis is urban, thus the site of the project extends to the public space surrounding each station as well. These seven sites operate as a larger whole- one campus building may not function fully without the entire set of seven. Architectural Techniques Architects work with form, structure, program, transparency, translucency, and landscape. Thresholds between these components are the most critical sites within this thesis. These thresholds occur at interior and exterior transitions, from street to subway, from plaza to public lobby, from classroom to exterior space. At the urban scale, the combination of a large-scale transit system and smaller-scale educational components offers unique opportunities. Three projects are used as references. First, Lina Bo Bardi’s Sao Paolo Museum of Art (Fig. 18) is a hybridized institution which offers open space back to the city. Lifting galleries into the air provides a large, shaded civic space which is freely accessible. The gallery’s supports are sized to the scale of infrastructure, responding to the scale of the city. This project inverts the typological museum by placing all administrative, performance, and low-light galleries underground. Exterior form is an important consideration in the my thesis. I have developed a family of techniques which provide identity to each station individually and to the network as a whole. Craig Ellwood’s Art Center was studied as an example of a systematized approach to structural expressionism (Fig. 19). Glazed infill between triangular members provides natural light for interior spaces, while a courtyard pulls the exterior into the heart of the building. The open, free plan space may be adjusted to provide various interior configurations.
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São Paulo Museum of Art, Lina Bo Bardi, São Paulo, 1968
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Art Center College of Design, Craig Ellwood, Los Angeles, 1974
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Techniques, including changes in materials, the treatment of light, and shifts in scale, are also used to the define these threshold zones. The interior spaces on the Barnard College Diana Student Center by Weiss/Manfredi (Fig. 20) offer an example of seamless visual and physical thresholds between spatial zones. Generous stairs spill into large landings which are visible on a diagonal through layers of transparency.
Barnard College Diana Center, Weiss/Manfredi, 2010
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Fig. 21
Wilshire/La Brea 61,400 SF
Wilshire/Fairfax 79,300 SF
Wilshire/ La Cienega 19,700 SF
Wilshire/ Rodeo 24,750 SF
Century City 26,500 SF
Westwood/UCLA 75,200 SF
Westwood/VA Hospital 206, 510 SF
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CAMPUS PROGRAM Total Campus Area: 371,050 SF Total Built Area: 1,080,000 SF FAR: 2.9 Public Space Retail
10,000
Library
10,000
Janitor IT
500
Loading Dock
700
Seating Outdoor Space
Support
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Public Space
600
Public Space
Support
Library
12,000
Retail
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Loading Dock
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Mechanical
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Restroom
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Restroom
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Reception
300
Reception
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Waiting
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Staff Support
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Conference
500
Offices
10,000
Copy Room
500
Staff Room
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Exhibition
15,000
Administration
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Public Space
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4,000
Classroom
5,000
Meeting Rooms
8,000
25,000
Offices
Auditorium
Education
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Administration
Classroom
10,000
Clinic
10,000
Labs
15,000
Physical Therapy
20,000
Field House
Fitness Training
10,000
Media Lab
Studio
Circulation
5,000
10,000
Administration
500 2,500
Restroom
4,300
Reception
2,000
Staff Support
3,000
Offices
10,000
Theatre
5,000
Media Library
1,000
CNC
1,000
Shop
2,000
Media Lab
5,000
Screening
5,000
AV Editing
10,000
Flex Public Space Support
Administration Flex
Education
40,000 Production Research Lab
Sound Stage
Transit
Circulation
3,000
Retail Loading Dock
8,000
Mechanical
Transit
10,000
Loading Dock
2,500
Restroom
4,300
Staff Support Offices
2,000
Gallery
5,000
Support
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5,000 2,000
AV Edit
3,000 5,000
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Media Lab
5,000
40,000
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30,000
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Loading Dock
700
Mechanical
Administration
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Restroom
4,300
Reception
2,000
Staff Support
3,000
Offices
10,000
Auditoriums
25,000
Galleries
25,000
Support
Flex
10,000
Library
10,000
Loading Dock
Administration
Education
700 2,500
Restroom
4,300
Reception
2,000
Staff Support
3,000
Offices
10,000
Lecture Hall
5,000
Observation
5,000
Classrooms
7,000
Social Services
7,000
Restroom
4,300
Media Lab
9,000
Media Lab
9,000
Staff Support Offices
2,000
Lecture Hall
10,000
Classrooms
10,000
Meeting Rooms
10,000
Food Lab
10,000
Practice Rooms
12,000
Studio
20,000
Studio
15,000
Kitchen
30,000
Event Space
Education
3,000
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2,500
Outdoor Space
2,500
Flex Public Space
5,000
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5,000 2,000
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3,000
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5,000
Media Lab
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Open Source
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Transit
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Concourse
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Westwood/ VA Hospital
Westwood/ UCLA
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Century City
Wilshire/ Rodeo
Media
Fashion
Wilshire/ La Cienega
Start-Up
Wilshire/ Fairfax
Wilshire/ LaBrea
Fine Arts
Social Service
Site Area: 100,000
Site Area: 75,200 SF
Site Area: 40,000 SF
Site Area: 24,750 SF
Site Area: 19,700 SF
Site Area: 50,000 SF
Site Area: 61,400 SF
Building Area: 200,000 SF
Building Area: 180,000 SF
Building Area: 150,000 SF
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Building Area: 180,000 SF
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Distributed Campus Program Fig. 22 Campus Program Diagram
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Wilshire/La Cienega
Wilshire/Fairfax
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MODEL IN CONTEXT
Fig. 34 View from Wilshire Blvd, Looking East
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Fig. 36 Aerial View, Looking West
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Fig. 37 Exterior View at Street Level Entry, Looking Through to Plaza
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Fig. 38 Interior View at Metro Entry, Looking Down to Concourse
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Fig. 39 Interior View at Lower Vertical Quad, Looking toward Metro Circulation
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Fig. 40 Interior View of Student Art Studio
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Fig. 42 Interior View at Upper Vertical Quad, Looking toward Group Breakout Spaces
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Fig. 45: B1 Auditorium Overlook 36
Fig. 46: B2 Public Library 37
ISOMETRIC VIEWS
Fig. 47: B3 Ground Floor Lobby 38
Fig. 48: A1 Student Gallery 39
ISOMETRIC VIEWS
Fig. 49: A2 Group Breakout Space 40
Fig. 50: A3 Lecture Hall 41
URBAN VIEWS
Fig. 51 Exterior View from Wilshire Blvd, Looking West
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Fig. 52 Aerial View of South Elevation
Fig. 53 Exterior View from Orange Grove Dr, Looking East
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NETWORKED CAMPUS Wilshire Blvd.
VA Hospital
Training
Westwood Village
Wilshire Blvd.
Research Labs
Hammer Museum
Black Box Theater
Constellation Blvd.
Wilshire Blvd.
Westwood/UCLA Research
Century City Media
Site Area: 100,000 SF Building Area: 200,000 Population Density: 1.6 people/acre
Site Area: 75,200 SF Building Area: 180,000 SF Population Density: 52.9 people/acre
Site Area: 40,000 SF Building Area:150,000 Population Density: 8.5 people/acre
Westwood/ VA Hospital station is the terminus station of the Purple Line. It is located in a low-density area to the west of highway 405 with immediate proximity to the VA Hospital facility. The station will tie into existing bus routes to ensure connections to the rest of Wilshire. The lack of urban activity allows the opportunity to place larger training and athletic facilities at this campus location. Additional administrative and support areas may also be located on this site. The terminus and its educational programs will result in a larger-scaled campus than the previous iterations. This will mark a sense of place and provide a conclusive end to the line.
Westwood/ UCLA station is the densest tract on the Purple Line and is located at the intersection of high-rise Wilshire and low-rise, historic Westwood village. The location is bookended by UCLA’s “land bank” open space. This station is well-used by students and employees of UCLA. Additionally, Westwood village is a major retail center. High rise towers also act as magnets for commuters. As a result, this is a very busy interchange of transit, vehicular traffic, and pedestrian activity. UCLA’s campus is located just five blocks from the site, offering an opportunity for collaborative research between LACCD and UCLA.
The Century City station is located in one of LA county’s largest job hubs. While residential density is low, Century City’s floor-area ratio is very high. This development is unique in its makeup of predominantly high-rise office towers reaching thirty stories or more. This transit station is predominantly used by commuters who fill office towers. There is a large production facility for Fox Studios located adjacent to the campus which provides unique programmatic opportunities and partnerships. This component contains programs related to the film industry, including production studios, small sound stages, and black box theatres.
Flex 10,000 SF
Support 8,600 SF
Administration 27,800 SF
Education 120,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Public Space 20,000 SF
Flex 15,000 SF
LACMA Land Bank
Support 7,500 SF
Administration 25,000 SF
Education 100,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Public Space 15,000 SF
Flex 10,000 SF
The Century Plaza
Interstate 405
Gayley Ave.
Support 5,500 SF
Administration 15,000 SF
Education 100,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Constellation Blvd.
Westwood Village
Fig. 54 Networked Campus Plans
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Sound Stage (Behind)
Westwood/VA Hospital Health
Public Space 20,000 SF
Fig. 55 Networked Campus Locations
Ave. of the Stars
Ave. of the Stars
Rodeo Shopping District
Exhibition Space
Wilshire Blvd.
Rodeo Shopping District
La Cienega Blvd.
San Vicente Blvd. Commerical District
Saban Theater
Wilshire Blvd.
Lecture Hall
Student Gallery
Residential District
La Brea Ave.
Social Development Center
Wilshire Blvd.
Wilshire/Rodeo Fashion
Wilshire/La Cienega Start Up
Wilshire/Fairfax Fine Arts
Wilshire/La Brea Social Services
Site Area: 24,750 SF Building Area: 90,000 SF Population Density: 30.4 people/acre
Site Area: 19,700 SF Building Area: 70,000 SF Population Density: 14.9 people/acre
Site Area: 50,000 SF Building Area: 150,000 SF Population Density: 15.3 people/acre
Site Area: 61,400 SF Building Area: 180,000 SF Population Density: 47.5 people/acre
Wilshire/ Rodeo station is located in a high-density area near the intersection of Wilshire and Beverly Drive. The site occupies a block with frontage on Wilshire and Reeves Drive, just two blocks away from iconic Rodeo Drive. This location is saturated with high-end retail, luxury goods, and famous fashion houses. The college will benefit by locating fashion and technology programs here. The association with fashion houses could increase student learning outcomes while increasing available talent.
Wilshire/ La Cienega station is located in a mid-density area near the intersection of Wilshire and San Vicente Blvd. The site occupies a corner block which has frontage on Wilshire and La Cienega. Mid-century commercial buildings bookend the site, while low rise multi-family and single family homes occupy blocks north and south. This area includes La Cienega Park, a large public space within two blocks walking distance. This site is located near the highest amount of commercial activity on Wilshire Blvd.
Wilshire/ Fairfax station is located in a mid-density area with a concentration of high-rise commercial buildings. The site is located adjacent to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, resulting in higher than average amounts of public space. LACMA’s campus fronts directly on Wilshire, with the station located on an empty block across the street. Single family homes fill the blocks north and south of the Boulevard.
Wilshire/ La Brea station is located in a high density area with mid-rise and low-rise buildings. There is a mix of multi-family residential housing along Wilshire; single family homes dominating the blocks north and south of the Boulevard. This area is full of successful businesses which front Wilshire Boulevard. The high density at this stop has resulted in very few public spaces. A single green space which serves as a dog run is the only available amenity for this neighborhood.
Public Space 11,000 SF
Flex 10,000 SF
Support 3,000 SF
Administration 7,000 SF
Education 40,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Public Space 4,000 SF
Flex 5,000 SF
Support 3,000 SF
Administration 7,000 SF
Education 38,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Public Space 20,000 SF
Flex 50,000 SF
La Cienega Blvd.
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Consulate General of Brazil
Reeves Dr.
LACMA
LACMA
Support 7,500 SF
Administration 15,000 SF
Education 63,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Public Space 23,000 SF
Flex 15,000 SF
Support 7,500 SF
Administration 15,000 SF
Education 120,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
La Brea Ave.
Peterson Automotive Museum
Fairfax Ave.
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NETWORKED CAMPUS Wilshire Blvd.
VA Hospital
Training
Westwood/VA Hospital Health Site Area: 100,000 SF Building Area: 200,000 Population Density: 1.6 people/acre Westwood/ VA Hospital station is the terminus station of the Purple Line. It is located in a low-density area to the west of highway 405 with immediate proximity to the VA Hospital facility. The station will tie into existing bus routes to ensure connections to the rest of Wilshire. The lack of urban activity allows the opportunity to place larger training and athletic facilities at this campus location. Additional administrative and support areas may also be located on this site. The terminus and its educational programs will result in a larger-scaled campus than the previous iterations. This will mark a sense of place and provide a conclusive end to the line.
Fig. 56 Westwood/VA Hospital Isometric View
Public Space 20,000 SF
Flex 10,000 SF
Fig. 57 Westwood/VA Hospital Ground Floor Plan
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Support 8,600 SF
Administration 27,800 SF
Education 120,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Westwood Village
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Wilshire Blvd.
Research Labs
Hammer Museum
Westwood/UCLA Research Site Area: 75,200 SF Building Area: 180,000 SF Population Density: 52.9 people/acre
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Westwood/ UCLA station is the densest tract on the Purple Line and is located at the intersection of high-rise Wilshire and low-rise, historic Westwood village. The location is bookended by UCLA’s “land bank” open space. This station is well-used by students and employees of UCLA. Additionally, Westwood village is a major retail center. High rise towers also act as magnets for commuters. As a result, this is a very busy interchange of transit, vehicular traffic, and pedestrian activity. UCLA’s campus is located just five blocks from the site, offering an opportunity for collaborative research between LACCD and UCLA.
Fig. 58 Westwood/UCLA Isometric View
Administration 27,800 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Public Space 20,000 SF
Flex 15,000 SF
Support 7,500 SF
Administration 25,000 SF
Education 100,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Fig. 59 Westwood/UCLA Ground Floor Plan
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NETWORKED CAMPUS Ave. of the Stars
Sound Stage (Behind)
Black Box Theater
Constellation Blvd.
Century City Media Site Area: 40,000 SF Building Area:150,000 Population Density: 8.5 people/acre
F people/acre
n is the densest tract located at the Wilshire and low-rise, e. The location is and bank” open space. by students and ditionally, Westwood enter. High rise towers commuters. As a interchange of transit, estrian activity. UCLA’s ve blocks from the nity for collaborative D and UCLA.
The Century City station is located in one of LA county’s largest job hubs. While residential density is low, Century City’s floor-area ratio is very high. This development is unique in its makeup of predominantly high-rise office towers reaching thirty stories or more. This transit station is predominantly used by commuters who fill office towers. There is a large production facility for Fox Studios located adjacent to the campus which provides unique programmatic opportunities and partnerships. This component contains programs related to the film industry, including production studios, small sound stages, and black box theatres.
Fig. 60 Century City Isometric View
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Administration 25,000 SF
tion 0 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Fig.61 Century City Ground Floor Plan
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Public Space 15,000 SF
Flex 10,000 SF
Support 5,500 SF
Administration 15,000 SF
Education 100,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Wilshire Blvd.
Blvd.
Exhibition Space
Rodeo Shopping District
Wilshire/Rodeo Fashion Site Area: 24,750 SF Building Area: 90,000 SF Population Density: 30.4 people/acre
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Wilshire/ Rodeo station is located in a high-density area near the intersection of Wilshire and Beverly Drive. The site occupies a block with frontage on Wilshire and Reeves Drive, just two blocks away from iconic Rodeo Drive. This location is saturated with high-end retail, luxury goods, and famous fashion houses. The college will benefit by locating fashion and technology programs here. The association with fashion houses could increase student learning outcomes while increasing available talent.
Fig. 62 Wilshire/Rodeo Isometric View
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Administration 15,000 SF
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Transit 6,500 SF
Public Space 11,000 SF
Flex 10,000 SF
Support 3,000 SF
Administration 7,000 SF
Education 40,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Fig. 63 Wilshire/Rodeo Ground Floor Plan
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ng District
Wilshire Blvd.
La Cienega Blvd.
San Vicente Blvd. Commerical District
Saban Theater
Wilshi
Wilshire/La Cienega Start Up
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Wilshire/ La Cienega station is located in a mid-density area near the intersection of Wilshire and San Vicente Blvd. The site occupies a corner block which has frontage on Wilshire and La Cienega. Mid-century commercial buildings bookend the site, while low rise multi-family and single family homes occupy blocks north and south. This area includes La Cienega Park, a large public space within two blocks walking distance. This site is located near the highest amount of commercial activity on Wilshire Blvd.
Fig. 64 Wilshire/La Cienega Isometric View
Administration 7,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Fig.65 Wilshire/La Cienega Ground Floor Plan
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Public Space 4,000 SF
Flex 5,000 SF
Support 3,000 SF
Administration 7,000 SF
Education 38,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
ter
Wilshire Blvd.
LACMA
Lecture Hall
Student Gallery
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Wilshire/ Fairfax station is located in a mid-density area with a concentration of high-rise commercial buildings. The site is located adjacent to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, resulting in higher than average amounts of public space. LACMA’s campus fronts directly on Wilshire, with the station located on an empty block across the street. Single family homes fill the blocks north and south of the Boulevard.
Fig. 66 Wilshire/Fairfax Isometric View
Administration 7,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Public Space 20,000 SF
Flex 50,000 SF
Support 7,500 SF
Administration 15,000 SF
Education 63,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Fig. 67 Wilshire/Fairfax Ground Floor Plan
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NETWORKED CAMPUS Residential District
Social Development Center
Wilshire Blvd.
Wilshire/La Brea Social Services Site Area: 61,400 SF Building Area: 180,000 SF Population Density: 47.5 people/acre
eople/acre
located in a ncentration of ings. The site is s Angeles County n higher than average LACMA’s campus with the station across the street. e blocks north and
ort SF
La Brea Ave.
Wilshire/ La Brea station is located in a high density area with mid-rise and low-rise buildings. There is a mix of multi-family residential housing along Wilshire; single family homes dominating the blocks north and south of the Boulevard. This area is full of successful businesses which front Wilshire Boulevard. The high density at this stop has resulted in very few public spaces. A single green space which serves as a dog run is the only available amenity for this neighborhood.
Fig. 68 Wilshire/La Brea Isometric View
Administration 15,000 SF
ion SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Fig.69 Wilshire/La Brea Ground Floor Plan
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Public Space 23,000 SF
Flex 15,000 SF
Support 7,500 SF
Administration 15,000 SF
Education 120,000 SF
Transit 6,500 SF
Westwood/ VA Hospital Health
Westwood/ UCLA Research
Century City Media
Wilshire/Rodeo Fashion
Wilshire/La Cienega Start-Up
Wilshire/Fairfax Fine Arts
Wilshire/LaBrea Social Services
Wilshire/Western
Wilshire/Normandie
Wilshire/Vermont
Wilshire/MacArthur Park
7th St./Metro Center
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CONCLUSIONS
My thesis directly engages historical and contemporary definitions of institutions and urbanism. Research conducted primarily focuses on the way that public architecture responds to the social conditions in which it is operating. Additionally, the thesis calls into question the interoperability and agency of the architect in the design of infrastructure, which is the dominant source of investment in the contemporary American city. Infrastructure stands as one of the greatest areas for the expansion of architectural agency, and mono-use infrastructural systems dominate the current built condition across the United States . Invention and disruption is critical to allow architects to engage this process and offer alternatives which are anchored in plausibility. Recent expansions in American infrastructure, including Calatrava’s PATH station and Grimshaw’s Fulton station, are heavily subsidized by retail, signifying the contentious position which public space holds in the American psyche. The need for increased civic participation has never been greater; as tech companies acknowledge the deleterious effects their systems have on society, they are unwilling or unable to change the ways we interact online. The thesis posits that the bias in civic discourse be shifted toward physical occupation, interaction, and engagement to contribute to a healthier democracy. Infrastructure itself often forms the boundaries of division between demographic and socio-economic “bubbles” within the city. The engagement with these sites assures access from both sides. Investigation of social theory, including the formation of the historic “public sphere” and its subsequent demise, is a major component of this thesis, in an attempt to understand the contemporary “public” (or lack of) to devise an architectural response. This proposal for a networked campus offers a model for how we might approach public institutions and transit infrastructure in the city. The new partnership between LACCD and Metro would open up urban land that is far more suited to LACCD’s educational mission than its current, centralized organizational model. Creating partnerships between public institutions is an exciting means by which development can benefit the public 54
more than private interests. This new urban entity would leverage the strengths of each institution to provide a new public amenity. The possibility of integrating education with transit would expand the public’s interaction with educational programs and potentially change the way we view these institutions. At street level, typical Metro stations consist of glass pavilions which function primarily as a sign for access to vertical circulation. The ground plane is emptied and the allowable envelope is not maximized. My thesis captures this available real estate to make the relationship between above and below ground more exciting and exploit the vertical potentials these locations offer The Vertical Quad component of the networked campus reimagines the space of the quad as an architectural element which ties the different program categories together in section. The quad is the heart of the traditional campus, and this translation intensifies the activity happening within by adding transit passengers and the general public to LACCD’s student population. This space is the core of the proposed Public Infrastructure. The Vertical Quad makes the campus more democratic and open. Given more time, I would develop this space further through its material and spatial qualities. I would also spend more time on the public plaza, which results from the Vertical Quad rotating horizontally to spill onto the ground plane. Throughout both spaces, concerns of visibility and sight-lines are used to reinforce connection. The immediacy of social interaction and display of activity is the most successful aspect of this proposal. My thesis envisions a celebration of transit and education with the hope that a partnership between two public institutions will change the definition and efficacy of both. A new Public Infrastructure will offer this celebration as a model for how we might approach public institutions and transit infrastructure in the city.
Above: View of the Networked Campus educational spaces, which are tied together with transit and public programs through the Vertical Quad.
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PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
CITATIONS
Bibliography
Image Credits
General Research
ABSTRACT
1.
Pope, Albert. Ladders. Princeton Architectural Press, 2nd Edition. 2015
2. Pope, Albert. “We are all bridge and tunnel people…” Log, No 12 (Spring/ Summer 2008), pp. 41-58. Published by Anyone Corporation. Accessed 23-02-2018. 3. Cuff, Dana. Collective Form: The Status of Public Architecture. Thresholds, No. 40, SOCIO- (2012), pp. 55-66. Published by MIT Press. Accessed 22-02- 2018. 4.
Maltzan, Michael. No More Play: Conversations on Open Space and Urban Speculation. Published by Hatje Cantz. 2011.
5. Robbins, Bruce. The Phantom Public Sphere. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1993. 6. Schroeder, Ralph. Social Theory after the Internet: Media, Technology, and Globalization. UCL Press, 2018. 7. 8.
Putnam, Robert. Bowling Alone: the collapse and revival of American community. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Jarzombek, Mark. Digital Post-Ontology lecture at Becoming Digital Conference, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture. January 2018.
LA URBANISM 11. 12.
Making LA the Best Place to Connect: A Deep Dive on Civic Engagement in LA and Beyond. LA2050, Oct. 2017. Ibid.
13. METRO Westside Expansion https://www.metro.net/projects/westside/
Title Image: Conceptual Diagram Drawn by David Rader
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Title Image: Isometric view of Vertical Quad Drawn by David Rader
LA URBANISM Fig. 1 Santa Monica Freeway, circa 1920. web address Fig. 2 Typical Los Angeles Suburb. Courtesy of Fig. 3 Destruction of subway cars, circa. Courtesy of Fig. 4 View of I10 Corridor. Courtesy of Fig. 5 Peak Hours Spent in Traffic Congestion. Redrawn by David Rader based on data from ... Fig. 6 View of Wilshire Corridor. Courtesy of A NEW PARTNERSHIP Fig. 7
West Los Angeles Population Density Per Square Mile Redrawn by David Rader based on data from Social Explorer
Fig. 8 Map of Purple Line Expansion with Proposed Station Locations. Courtesy of Metro. Fig. 9 View of Metro Subway Station. Courtesy of Metro Fig. 10 West Los Angeles Population: White Alone, Black or African American Alone, Asian Alone. Redrawn by David Rader based on data from Social Explorer Fig. 11 Map of Existing Los Angeles Community College Campuses Redrawn by David Rader based on data from LACCD Fig. 12 View of Typical LACCD Campus Configuration. Courtesy of Google Earth. Redrawn by David Rader
14. As Transit Expands in LA, Will Walkability Follow? Fig. 13 Campus Organizational Models https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/09/15/as-transit-ex Drawn by David Rader pands-in-los-angeles-will-walkability-follow/ Fig. 14 Decentralized LACCD Campuses 56
Drawn by David Rader Fig. 15 Conceptual Diagram of Campus Locations Connected with Transit Drawn by David Rader Fig. 16 Purple Line Transit Network Redrawn by David Rader based on data from GIS Mapping Fig. 17 Regional Transit Network. Redrawn by David Rader based on data from GIS Mapping NETWORKED CAMPUS
Title Image: Isometric View of the Purple Line with new College Locations. Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 18 View of São Paulo Museum of Art, Lina Bo Bardi, São Paulo, 1968. Image Courtesy of Fig. 19 Art Center College of Design, Craig Ellwood, Los Angeles, 1974. Image Courtesy of
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Fig. 30 Ground Floor Plan Drawn by David Rader Fig. 31 Exploded Axon Drawn by David Rader Fig. 32 Cross Section Drawn by David Rader Fig. 33 Longitudinal Section Drawn by David Rader Fig. 34 View from Wilshire Blvd, Looking East Photo by David Rader Fig. 35 Aerial Perspective Photo by David Rader Fig. 36 Aerial View, Looking West Photo by David Rader Fig. 37 Exterior View at Street Level Entry, Looking Through to Plaza Rendering by David Rader
Fig. 20 Barnard College Diana Center, Weiss/Manfredi, 2010. Image Courtesy of
Fig. 38 Interior View at Metro Entry, Looking Down to Concourse Rendering by David Rader
Fig. 21 Available Metro Sites and Areas. Courtesy of Google Earth. Redrawn by David Rader
Fig. 39 Interior View at Lower Vertical Quad, Looking Toward Metro Circulation Rendering by David Rader
Fig. 22 Campus Program Diagram Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 40 Interior View of Student Art Studio Rendering by David Rader
Fig. 23 Purple Line Extension with Campus Locations. Redrawn by David Rader based on data from GIS Mapping
Fig. 41 Interior View at Vertical Quad, Looking Up Toward Student Gallery Rendering by David Rader
Fig. 24 Typical Transit Sequence Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 32 Cross Section Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 25 Proposed Transit Sequence Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 33 Longitudinal Section Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 26 Conceptual Program Diagram Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 34 View from Wilshire Blvd, Looking East Photo by David Rader
Fig. 27 Vertical Quad Diagram Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 35 Aerial Perspective Photo by David Rader
Fig. 28 Conceptual Section Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 36 Aerial View, Looking West Photo by David Rader
Fig. 29 Site Plan Drawn by David Rader
Fig. 37 Exterior View at Street Level Entry, Looking Through to Plaza Rendering by David Rader
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Fig. 38 Interior View at Metro Entry, Looking Down to Concourse Rendering by David Rader Fig. 39 Interior View at Lower Vertical Quad, Looking Toward Metro Circulation Rendering by David Rader Fig. 40 Interior View of Student Art Studio Rendering by David Rader Fig. 41 Interior View at Vertical Quad, Looking Up Toward Student Gallery Rendering by David Rader Fig. 42 Interior View at Upper Vertical Quad, Looking Toward Group Breakout Spaces Rendering by David Rader Fig. 43 Floor Plans Drawn by David Rader Fig. 44 Section Isometric Drawn by David Rader Fig. 45 Auditorium Overlook Drawn by David Rader Fig. 46 Public Library Drawn by David Rader Fig. 47 Ground Floor Lobby Drawn by David Rader Fig. 48 Student Gallery Drawn by David Rader Fig. 49 Group Breakout Space Drawn by David Rader Fig. 50 Lecture Hall Drawn by David Rader Fig. 51 Exterior View from Wilshire Blvd, Looking West Rendering by David Rader Fig. 52 Aerial View of South Elevation Rendering by David Rader Fig. 53 Exterior View from Orange Grove Dr, Looking East Rendering by David Rader Fig. 54 Networked Campus Plans Drawn by David Rader Fig. 55 Networked Campus Locations Redrawn by David Rader based on data from GIS Mapping 58
Fig. 56 Westwood/VA Hospital Campus Drawn by David Rader Fig. 57 Westwood/VA Hospital Ground Floor Plan Drawn by David Rader Fig. 58 Westwood/UCLA Isometric View Drawn by David Rader Fig. 59 Westwood/UCLA Isometric View Drawn by David Rader Fig. 60 Century City Isometric View Drawn by David Rader Fig.61 Century City Ground Floor Plan Drawn by David Rader Fig. 62 Wilshire/Rodeo Isometric View Drawn by David Rader Fig. 63 Wilshire/Rodeo Ground Floor Plan Drawn by David Rader Fig. 64 Wilshire/La Cienega Isometric View Drawn by David Rader Fig.65 Wilshire/La Cienega Ground Floor Plan Drawn by David Rader Fig. 66 Wilshire/Fairfax Isometric View Drawn by David Rader Fig. 67 Wilshire/Fairfax Ground Floor Plan Drawn by David Rader Fig. 68 Wilshire/La Brea Isometric View Drawn by David Rader Fig.69 Wilshire/La Brea Ground Floor Plan Drawn by David Rader CONCLUSIONS
Title Image: View of Vertical Quad Drawn by David Rader
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