Westwood United Methodist Church
Description
Honoring the Boulevard: Opportunistic Urban Place-making/ Park-making
This project illustrates how there are no throw-away spaces. It honors the city and it honors the (Wilshire) boulevard by creating a quasi-public pocket park out of what was destined to be an otherwise grandiose, people-less driveway.
The simple program, a bathroom addition with planters, was opportunistically leveraged into architecture as building/landscape/urban furniture to create a new archetype – the quasi-public pocket park.
Awards
Award for Excellence in Design, American Institute of Architects - Los Angeles, 2011
Merit Award for Sacred Landscape, Faith and Form Magazine, 2011
Award of Excellence for 'exceptional contribution' in Landscape Architecture Category, Los Angeles Business Council, 2011
Westside Prize Honor Award, Westside Urban Forum, 2011
Location
Westwood, CA
Client
Westwood United Methodist Church
Key Personnel
Jeff Marsh, Huitt-Zollars, Inc. – Civil Engineer
John Labib, John Labib & Associates – Structural Engineer
Lionel Villanueva, Davidovich & Associates – Mechanical Engineer
Majeid Ghaemi, Davidovich & Associates – Plumbing Engineer
Ellery Arevalo, Davidovich & Associates – Electrical Engineer
John Brubaker Architectural Lighting Consultants – Lighting
Ed Hill, Geotechnologies, Inc. – Soils Engineer
Dee Carlin, Carlin Environmental Consulting
John Heidt, Heidt Torres – Construction Manager
