Aspect 5

The homes are clad with white cement board siding on the outward faces of the building, the materiality subtly shifting to white stucco within a series of internal circulation paths that are open to the sky above. These paths are again intended to express verticality, the corridors like slots in a canyon, creating a unique spatial experience. Drought tolerant landscaping is used throughout the site, as well as a rainwater capture-and-reuse system for irrigation. Designed as an alternative to suburban living, residents can live in the urban center of Los Angeles and enjoy space, light, and indoor-outdoor living within a multi-family experience.

Each three-level unit has 1,600 square feet of living space, large glass windows, and a private roof deck with an outdoor kitchen. The building massing accentuates the verticality of the slender site. Additionally, the visual break between the parking level and the wood frame above is obscured—the board form concrete planter walls fold up from the landscape to envelope the elevator core and obscure the lines between the podium and housing levels.