Grand Family Housing

May 3, 2010

This multi-faced program revolves around families composed of grandparents raising their grandchildren and includes a senior community center and Head Start Facility. The green surface rolls and folds to separate programmatic areas and create subtle but secure edges. Topography has shaped the development of Los Angeles; the artificial topography of safety shapes the development of the site. Play surface is created within the site’s protective berms. Encircling the central play fields with housing spreads responsibility of policing the playfields. The individual Grandparent/caregiver can feel freer with his or her time. To the south, a wall of domicile intervenes between the street and the playfield. Nearby, the surface of the green gently peels itself up—the earth warms and cools the senior center and allows passage.

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