02 VALLEY AT McARTHUR

LOCATION : McArthur Park, Los Angeles

GROSS AREA 1 Million sq. ft

HEIGHT 650 ft.

COMPLETED 4th Year (2022)

Concept Statement

The “Valley at McArthur” in the Los Angeles metropolitan area intends to re-define the way people live together in the twenty-first century. The focus of the project is to emphasize the need for public outdoor spaces throughout a skyscraper. Traditional high-rise housing seeks to create community spaces only at the ground level in the form of outdoor plazas, however, the aim of this design intervention is to take the notion of those plazas and incorporate them at multiple levels in the residential towers. The name of the project “Valley” comes from the aspect of the split created in each of the towers and the connecting bridge/hotel forming the lower trough of the valley. The Valley acts as a celebration space for the residents and allows the people living at any level in the towers to experience the outdoors and keep them connected to the city context.

UPPER

ROOFTOP COMMUNITY SPACE

RESIDENTIAL UNITS

COMMUNITY SPACE WITH POOL

SECONDARY ROOFTOP SPACE

VALLEY LINE

RESIDENTIAL UNITS

HOTEL

RETAIL & ADMIN OFFICES

ZONE

EXTERIOR FACADE BENDS OUTWARDS TO CREATE EXTERIOR SHARED SPACES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS (FACADE IS OCCUPIABLE)

TOP BUILDING CHUNK WITH ROOFTOP COMMUNITY SPACES & STRUCTURAL BRIDGES

LOWER BUILDING CHUNK WITH COMMUNITY SPACE AND HOTEL CONNECTION