infrastructure/program

Entry in NOTORIOUS LA Design Competition, sponsored by RTKL.
The competition brief provided two building sites at the intersection of Figeroa Ave. and the 110 Freeway, and invited proposals for a gateway into downtown Los Angeles.
Targeting large expanses of surface parking along the Figeroa Corridor, a main artery into downtown LA, this project seeks to re-purpose urban infrastructure and use it as a conduit for programmatic elements.
Surface parking is removed from the site and is contained within the structure for new program added to the site. The sites once used for parking are re-purposed as nodes of entry into the superstructure.
Program is then layered onto the infrastructure to create urban islands. Public transportation hubs. Manufactured green space. Energy producing solar and wind farms. Retail space.