Cal Poly Pomona LA4621L -The Network

9 Yiyun Shen + Nikola Tong

Design VIII: Landscape Architecture Capstone Laboratory City of Los Angeles: Council Distict 8 Cal Poly Pomona: Landscape Architecture swa group

Connecting Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

SPRING 2020 LA 4621L.02

the network Vermont + Manchester

Re-envision social space

es-in-between that support community life in South, Los Angeles.

YIYUN SHEN + NIKOLA TONG SPRING 2020 / CAL POLY POMONA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

KEY MAPPING ANALYSIS

the network Vermont + Manchester

LEGEND Educational Opportunity Religious Institutions Frederick K.C. Price III Christian Schools

Community Service Open Space

SITE CONTEXT • Located in South Los Angeles • Heavy vehicular traffic from Vermont, Manchester and 110 Freeway.

VERMONT-KNOLLS Our district is located in the neighborhood of VermontKnolls. It is rich in existing community programs.

Main Street Freeway

nine EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

in District

fifteen

RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS

in District

South LA

1.4%

Los Angeles

EXISTING OPEN GREEN SPACE in District

Long Beach

South LA

VERMONT

Santa Monica

12.3% PERVIOUS SURFACES in Alley

110 Freeway

87.7%

district 2 S Western Ave

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Council District 8

IMPERVIOUS SURFACES

Manchester Ave

105 Freeway

Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

in Alley

SEA Charter School, Manchester Education Center

CHURCHES + SCHOOLS

URBAN DESIGN

The patterns revealed by the number of schools and churches located near residential neighborhoods.

79th

80th

81st

82nd

DPSS

84th

MANCHESTER

HOOVER

85th

FIGUEROA

ALLEY SCALE KIPP

110 FREEWAY

83rd

Manchester Ave Elementary School

0

200’ 400’ 600’ 5

KEY MAPPING ANALYSIS

the network Vermont + Manchester WEST LOT CONDITIONS

• Edges actively used by vendors and community organizations.

• Events hosted on this location

by Community Coalition.

• There is a proposal in development to build a new SEED School and Senior Center here but it would remove the open space used for events.

Existing Social Programming on Lots

Community Coalition Community Events

Existing Context

Department of Social Services Existing Edge Program

Vendors

Existing Edg

Social G

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Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

Block scale W 85th STREET

URBAN DESIGN

VERMONT

1

HOOVER STREET

W 84th STREET

W MANCHESTER AVE

Existing Overhead Conditions

Lack of Canopy

Detached from Alley

Lots Fenced Off

ge Program

Gathering ALLEY

Vermont Street

Heavy Traffic

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KEY MAPPING ANALYSIS

the network Vermont + Manchester ALLEY CONDITIONS

• Lack of visibility, security and drainage.

• Minimal pedestrian usage, mainly used to access residential parking.

• Edges make the alley feel closed off and isolated.

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Semi-Transparent Views

Fenced Edges

1

Existing Hydrology

Vertical Conditions

Overhead Scale

Concrete V-Ditch

Vertical C

Close

Nonpermable Paving

Lost Opportunity

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Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

Chain Link Fence VERMONT

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1

3 Block scale W 85th STREET

URBAN DESIGN

Vertical Edges

HOOVER STREET

W 84th STREET

W MANCHESTER AVE

Spaces-in-Between

Ecological Opportunity Existing Residential Usage

Alley Accessibility

Semi-Transparent Views

Residential View

Conditions

ed Off To Alley

lack of lighting

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ce 6’-8’ fen

ge d e y e l l l+a a i t n e d i res Unused Edges

Debris Gathers

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URBAN DESIGN STRATEGIES

Re-envision social spaces-in-between that support commu

Placemaking

security

Lift existing community conditions + programs Encourage community feedback + involvement

Increase visibility through lighting + fencing Fill spaces with positive programming

lift the identity of the community

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Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

Visibility + positive programming

URBAN DESIGN

unity life in South, Los Angeles.

connection

green infrastructure

Connect existing and new social structures Increase accessibility to spaces and programming

Cool or replace non-permeable surfaces Increase green space for program opportunity

connecting social anchors + Accessibility

utilize the spaces-in-between

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Vermont + Manchester

78th

Frederick K.C. Price III Christian Schools

KEY MAP: SOUTH LOS ANGELES

80th

VERMONT

FRAMEWORK VISION

the network

district 2 alley scale

82nd

DPSS

SAFETY + COMFORT

Increase security and safety through opening up alley to pedestrian access.

Envision new building design for proposed SEED school and senior center to connect alley and community.

84th Council District 8

85th

PUBLIC LIFE Use existing social programs to anchor alleys and generate positive programming.

GREEN INITIATIVES Minimize the amount of non-permeable paving and increase green space.

Reimagine unused lots as pocket parks and social programs.

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Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

ALLEY S

SEA Charter School, Manchester Education Center

URBAN DESIGN

110 FREEWAY

110 FREEWAY

SCALE

KIPP

LEGEND

FIGUEROA

HOOVER

MANCHESTER Manchester Ave Elementary School

0

200’ 400’ 600’

Education Church Transit Hub Green Space Colored Pavement Slow Down Zone Alley Scale

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URBAN DESIGN PROCESS

UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY LIFE

Our design process began with understanding the existing and new programs and how they begin to overlap, blend and spill into each other.

SEED LA SCHOOL RESIDENTS

ELIM CHURCH

SENIOR CENTER

LEARNING COMPLEX

STORYBOARD CONCEPT

Ecological Opportunities

Tree Canopy

Viability in Between

Increase Secur

Inside + Outside Edges

Increase Visibility

Community Investment

inside + outside

Ownership

1

2

invest 14

Social Group Overlapping Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

Shared Spaces

Community Programming

Social Collaboration

URBAN DESIGN

invest anchor

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Alley Anchor

Connect Existing Community

rity

n

open connection

3

2

inside + outside

1

anc

Alley as a Connection

hor

Increase Activity

3

4

open

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URBAN DESIGN

Department of social services

CENTRAL VIEW

Restores the alley’s connec by drawing people physica through the site and ancho Learning complex and new

subway wingstop

SEED LA SCHOOL

CENTRA CONNECTION TO VERMONT

LAWN EVENT SPACE

COMMUNITY GARDEN

VERMONT

los angeles council district 8

THE NETWORK 16

Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

SENIOR CENTER

RITA D. WALTERS LEARNING COMPLEX FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

To further extend and anchor the alley as a network into the community, we propose developing the unused lots on the East and West side of the site into social programs.

Lawn Event Space is located where the Community Coalition has previously hosted their events to become a new shared space.

84th COMMUNITY PARK

URBAN DESIGN

HOOVER

ction to the community ally, visually and socially oring it to existing Church, w School and Senior Center.

IGLESIA DE CRISTO MISSION ELIM CHURCH

AL VIEW

CONNECTION TO CHURCH

PUBLIC PARKING

85th

COMMUNITY GARDEN

0

85th

64’

128’ 192’

Jack in the box

MANCHESTER Proposed community gardens begins behind Senior Center, moves through the alley as series of planters and fruit trees, to the second community garden in the church parking lot.

urban design scale

key map

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STREET/ALLEY + BLOCK INTERVENTIONS

the network

Towards Vermont

A

Vermont + Manchester GOAL

To extend the alley into the western and eastern edges to create a stronger link within the neighborhood network.

• Utilize existing visual connection from alley to church.

• Increases public safety with additional crosswalks.

• Increases visibility by opening up the alley.

• Utilize unused lots into spaces for social programming.

B

New Crosswalk

Parking taken from Community Garden(C) is replaced in new Public Parking(B).

Additional parking on weekends may use the existing parking structure located next to DPSS Building on 84th.

84th A

B

85th 18

Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

HOOVER

KEY MAP

C

A

COMMUNITY PARK

B

PUBLIC PARKING

C

COMMUNITY GARD

URBAN DESIGN

ks

C

EXISTING VIEW FROM 85TH ST.

K

DEN

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STREET/ALLEY + BLOCK INTERVENTIONS

Visually Permeable Edge

D Lawn event space

84th

D

KEY MAP

VERMONT

E

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Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

D SEED LA SCHOOL +

85th F

E

SENIOR CENTER +

F

LEARNING COMPL

URBAN DESIGN

Towards Hoover

community garden

E New Crosswalks

F

mural pavement

EXISTING AERIAL VIEW OF SITE

+ LAWN EVENT SPACE COMMUNITY GARDEN

LEX

VERMONT

D

E

85th F

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Lawn Event Space Facing Vermont

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URBAN DESIGN

Vermont + Manchester

A

A’

seed la school

GOAL

To increase pedestrian activity we created more opportunities for accessibility to social programming and circulation • Decease pedestrian & vehicular conflict by curving and realigning alley.

• Add more pedestrian access points and high activity intersections.

• Use bump outs and turn alley into one way street.

• Increase green space in urban area with planting buffers and medians.

VERMONT

MOBILITY + CONNECTIVITY

the network

senior center

learning complex

SECTION A-A’: VERMONT Bus Lane

Street Lan

Buffer

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Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

URBAN DESIGN

elim church

85th

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

ne

84th

School Drop-off Sidewalk

Bike Lane

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BUILDING MASSING

the network Vermont + Manchester GOAL

To create a relationship with the surrounding context through using scale and the connection between indoor and outdoor spaces.

• Break up the building form by creating terraces.

• Use of scale in the terracing to match surrounding context.

• Minimize urban heat island effect.

• Encourage social activities and participation through permeable materials.

Permeable Material

Provide better lighting for the building and create better visibility surrounding building.

SEED LA SCHOOL

PDSS BUILDING 26

Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

84TH STREET

courtYARD

Green Roofs

URBAN DESIGN

Provide more green space and cool the air and building.

Porches

Terrace Form

Provide seating area, mixed-use with school and community.

Provide more visual interest, scale and penetration.

Visibility View NEW SENIOR CENTER

LAWN AREA

85TH STREET 27

LANDSCAPE, HABITAT + ECOLOGY

the network

Outdoor Cafeteria

Vermont + Manchester GOAL

To utilize green roofs as a way to bring awareness and emphasize Green Concepts and opportunities.

• Minimize urban heat island effect.

• Provide diverse green roof styles to serve different social programs.

• Encourage students to participate in green stewardship.

HOT AIR

BENEFIT OF GREEN ROOF HOT AIR

• Reduce Stormwater Runoff • Reduce Urban Heat Island Effect • Provide Green Space • Improve Air Quality • Serve As a Habitat • Reduce Energy Demand

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HOT AIR

A

typical roof

Run-Off

URBAN DESIGN

C Habitat Edible Garden

A B

Outdoor Classroom

HOT AIR COLD AIR HOT AIR COLD AIR

COOLING INDOOR

Run-Off

Run-Off

COOLING INDOOR

B

C

green roof type 1

green roof type 2

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community garden Senior Center

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Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

2 URBAN DESIGN

HYDROLOGY

Fruit Tre

the network Vermont + Manchester GOAL To use the green alley as a prototype to implement a layered network of green alleys within the district.

• Supports the green space within alley.

• Minimize stormwater run-off, allow water to infilitrate, and naturally filters pollutants.

• Opportunity for deep infiltration to replenish aquifer.

• Proper drainage increases safety and accessibility.

RECHARGE AQUIFER

MANAGE RUN-OFF Grading is pitched to end/entrance of alley where water is drained and captured by infiltration basins.

Grate

Green Alley approach informed by the success of Avalon Green Alley (South Los Angeles)

Debris Shield

B Overflow Pipe

Overflow water sent to deep infiltration

Drainage Pipe

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Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

Basin B base infiltrates.

Overflow pipe for deeper infiltration.

Connector Pipe

Intacker Screen Protects Connector from Debris

Debris

Trapped at Bottom Basin

ee

URBAN DESIGN

Solar Lighting System

Permeable Fencing

Garden Planters

Permeable Pavement

Compacted Base Material Stabilized Backfill

A Primary Infiltration Basin B Secondary Infiltration Basin

A Water Fills Basin A before directed through intacker screen to connector pipe into Basin B

Absorbent Sponge Floating pillow-like device is water repellent and removes oil from water.

Rock

PERMEABLE PAVING WITH INFILTRATION BASINS Controls stormwater run-off onsite and allows water to deeply infiltrate back into the ground, naturally filtering pollutants and replenishing the ground water reserves.

of

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within the alley Passive + Active Spaces

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PROGRAMMING + PLACEMAKING

the network

SENIOR CENTER

Vermont + Manchester GOAL

To utilize the dynamic relationship between social groups and bridge it with the residents of the neighborhood.

SEED LA SCHOOL

LEARNING COMPLEX

RESIDENTS

COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS Would encourage a sense of ownership and investment for all social groups on the site. It can lead to a long term investment by the community.

ELIM CHURCH

PROGRAM BUILDINGS A

COMMUNITY PARK

B

PUBLIC PARKING

C

LEARNING COMPLEX

D ELIM CHURCH

84th A

84th

COMMUNITY PARK

D

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COMMUNITY GARDEN

B

85th C

Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

COMMUNITY GARDEN

HOOVER

VERMONT

LAWN EVENT SPACE

ORGANIZED BY: ELIM Church

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ELIM Church determines initial crops along with volunteered horticulture guidance.

URBAN DESIGN

COMMUNITY GARDENS

USERGROUPS FOR: Senior Center, Learning Complex, Residents, Church SECURITY: Gates closed at night FUNDING: Local Sponsors

MAINTAINED BY: Teams of Senior Center, Learning Complex, Residents, Church COMPOST: Organized and collected by teams per neighborhood

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04

02

Outreach to create “teams” with partner groups for maintain schedule.

All teams participate in harvest and distribute food among teams or donated to community.

Harvest Exchange to collaborate with other neighborhood community gardens to create large events to celebrate.

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PROGRAMMING + PLACEMAKING

BLOCK PARTIES

01

ORGANIZED BY: Community Coalition USERGROUPS FOR: Everyone FUNDING: Community Collation, Local Sponsors, Donations

MAINTAINED BY: Community Coalition + Volunteer from nearby programs. Takes place on the event lawn space in front of SEED LA School. Alleys temporarily closed for night time events.

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03

04

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Community Coalition develops block party and organizes partnership with local sponsors or volunteer services.

Block parties become a regular event with scheduled seasonal celebrations and collaborative events with nearby programs.

Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

Single day block party occurs with open invitation to the community to attend.

Receive feedback and discussion with participants for how to improve or address concerns from the event.

ORGANIZED BY: SEED LA School

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SEED LA School receives submissions from local artists.

Community votes on the concept.

URBAN DESIGN

MURAL ART

USERGROUPS FOR: Residents FUNDING: SEED LA School

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SECURITY: Alley temporarily closed during final mural installation until complete.

During temporary installation events, alley temporarily closed from vehicular access.

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Community input during the entire process to maintain their perspective and involvement in the program.

Temporary installation events until art is finalized via public outreach.

Final mural installed. Murals become a yearly installation project with the theme changing to allow for more local talent to participate.

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community park

On Corner of 84th and Hoover across from ELIM Church

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Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles

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questions?

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