FLAT FIGURE COMPETITION

This winning competition entry is part of an Outreach project between SCIARC and SunCal as a collaboration that focuses on the advancement and transformation of the DTLA Arts District. SunCal is one of the largest real estate development companies in the U.S. that specializes in large-scale, mixed-use master-planned
communities. As more developments and countless projects are transforming SCIARC’s context, we have partnered with SunCal to create an innovative and creative collaborative working space in the site of a future development, located in 6th and Alameda. The content of this competition will be the design and fabrication
of a grand meeting table/collaborative work surface and a large wall surface. Both elements will be designed and fabricated by the students at SCIARC facilities and will be installed at the 6th and Alameda space.

Originally to be located within a warehouse on 6th and Alameda, the project required a response to an urban office. The office was to be used by architects and developers to make and critique physical models and drawings for a building project to be done close by. The space would also be used for the occasional event or conference.

The color palette is based on the colors of the Arts District’s vivid
murals scattered close by. Using cardboard tubes that were typically used for concrete construction, the project met the three-year lifetime without inefficiently exceeding it.
The versatility of the tube lengths allowed an undulating wall to be formed from the pixelated graphic.
The project appealed to a larger audience, beyond architecture and academia, to provide a lively space and a creative environment in one of the most visually-dry areas of Los Angeles.