Willowbrook Housing

The Willowbrook permanent supportive housing campus in Los Angeles County exemplifies dignity, sustainability, and beauty for all, catering to formerly unhoused veterans with disabilities. Comprising seven micro-units with shared spaces, the design fosters a sense of community through entry patios, an arrival court, and communal areas. Orchestrated as an intimate coherent urban campus, it visually enriches the neighborhood and centers community expression. This model community demonstrates harmony in multiple housing forms, caring for every resident, particularly the most vulnerable, and embodying the belief that beauty is essential to human dignity.

"This project is a model of how a complete community should include multiple forms of housing existing in harmony together and caring for every resident, especially the most vulnerable."
- Michael B. Lehrer | Dezeen Magazine
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Residential
Location
Willowbrook Neighborhood - Los Angeles County
Client
Restore Neighborhoods Los Angeles
Size
Capacity: 7 units, 330 SF each Site Area: 7,318 SF
Status
Completed 2022
Awards
2023   AIA Los Angeles Design Awards Winner 2023
AIA Design Awards Winner 2023, AIA Los Angeles, 2023
Project Team

Project Architect:
Michael Lehrer, FAIA

Project Manager:
Edan Kadribegovic, IIDA

Structural:
Nous Engineering

Contractor:
Curtom Dunsmuir

Electric:
High Power Electric

Landscape Architect
Studio-MLA
Swimming Pool Engineer
Jones & Madhavan
Jones & Madhavan
Jones & Madhavan
Project Management
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation & Parks
City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering