Lytton Art Village

Fall 2017 | Luis Hoyos

Location: Hollywood, CA

Program: Mixed-use historic site

Group Members: Nathan Spencer, Jay Yan Yang

The current 60 Lytton Savings bank -occupied by Chase bank- is located on the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and North Crescent Heights Boulevard. One of the reasons that Lytton Savings is so significant is because it tells the story of Los Angeles in two ways. One is the architecture. It's Mid-Century Modern; everyone loves the zigzag roof, it's fun and memorable. And second is tells the story of the development of Southern California post-war, because these savings and loans funded all the residential homes throughout this town and the Valley. the big idea was to convey lightness and outdoor/ indoor experiences, the change of elevation brings control to the site and different outdoor spaces for the public to use. Our team's focuse was drawn toward the beauty of the original design and program which was the main inspiration for our special program (Element X). The idea of formal and informal carried-on to focus on three main attractions on the site, where buildings met, a collision happened and generated crystal shapes that originally were described as steel frame domes with glass panels very similar to the geodesic dome by R. Buckminster Fuller to focus the attention on the bank.The domes soon were manipulated and transformed to the needs of the site's square footage and dimensions to what is shown in the master plan to house our unique program.

From Chapter  of Preservations Briefs, NPS

+ Preserve significant historic materials, features and form. + Be differentiated from the historic building.

+ A rare or other secondary elevation is usually the best location for a new addition.

Housing

Population: 48,581

Median Household Income: $57,941

Gross rent

Median $1442

Housing unit a with a Mort gage

Median $3569

Hollywood, California

Space Available: 1,550 - 6,623 SF

Price: $4.25 USD/SF/Mo

Retail

7613 W Sunset Blvd - Retail Space Hollywood, California

Space Available: 1375 SF

Price: $2.75 USD/SF/Mo

Exhibition/ Event Spaces

Hollywood, California

Space Available: 2000 SF

Price: $650/hr @ 5 hrs min.

Hollywood, California

Space Available: 5,000 SF

Price: $3.75 USD/SF/Mo

7561 W Sunset Blvd - Retail Space Hollywood, California

Space Available: 1900 SF

Price: $3.25 USD/SF/Mo

Hollywood, California

Space Available: 1250 SF

Price: $200/hr @ 5 hrs min.

7551 W Sunset Blvd - Retail Space

Hollywood, California

Hollywood, California

Space Available: 1,100 - 2,289 SF

Price: $3.75 USD/SF/Mo

Space Available: 1450+SF

California Price: $4.50

Space Available: 2000 SF

Price: $500/hr @ 5 hrs min.

Element X is a key feature in the Lytton Art Village, it brings back history to where it once belonged and shares it with the neighborhood. It works as connecting points in both plan and section and brings openness and sense of community to the design. Since the bank is the focal point in the day time, the domes work to bring night life to the site. The light structures perform as floating lanterns emerging from the ground with different functions; Crystal  is a retail attraction, Since we have established that one of the towers will be housing creative office what's better than a convenient apple store that shares the values for art and modern design. Crystal  is an art exhibition space where artist come from all over the US to showcase their work and have it on display for purchase. The triple height space also can be rented for special events or can display large art work. Crystal  is simply a bar, since many locals were interested in a place where they can spend their weekday nights or a place for meetings that is not a Starbucks, we thought a European style bar would be the ideal addition to the new function of the bank building which is a restaurant, The bar and restaurant combination will be connected with a series open air piazzas to enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner outside facing the backside of the building. Lastly, we wanted to keep landscape minimal and focused on the private green roofs on both the office and residential towers, in order to achieve that, we added few trees to focalize the centers of the piazzas.