FACADE

Taking inspiration from the site’s context, the facade was developed with the intent to pay tribute to the Mission’s urban fabric, culture, past, and present by means of expression using select materials and facade system(s).

The north elevation shows a series of stepping, allowing for a smooth transition between the site’s small scale residential neighborhood and the building’s high density, large scale. Its window system also follows a more regular patern, referring to the buildings in the distant North West.

The west eleavation steps downward, following the topographic nature of the site. This also helps the building seem less massive and grants the courtyard access to daylight from the south. This facade system follows a more random window pattern, referring to the variation in scale of the surrounding residential buildings.

With the intent of offering a generous space to those who feel as though they’ve lost it in Detroit, the building was designed to create pockets of open outdoor spaces to foster meaningful exchange with nature, to provide intuitive circulation and understandable program organization, and to offer a variety of flexible and occupiable spaces for different activities.

Because cancer patients deal with a lot of anxiety, grief, and hardship, the building aims to represent the five forms of healing through its organization of program. Each wing of the center serves a different purpose — all converging in the heart of the building: the central living room.With the intent of minimizing the amount of walls, the building’s form independently creates divisions for the separation of program without the need for wall partitions.

SUN DIAGRAM GREEN SPACE WIND CIRCULATION

Dwelling In Density

Due to California’s attractive assets such as its temperate climate and range of job opportunities, L.A. has become a destination for both travel and migration. With this, the demand for more housing continues to rise along with property value. As more buildings and services are provided for this rising population, L.A. gets more and more urbanized and this poses several problems in terms of space, environment, and housing availability. The goal of this project is to create an inclusive, open, affordable, and environmentally integrated community that gives occupants a balance of public, private, and outdoor space.

Unit Plan And Axo

Through the offset of the apartments and by introducing irregularity within its regular form, not only is private outdoor s pace provided for every unit, but each one gets sufficient daylight and access to the environment as well.

Triple Bedroom Single Bedroom