1ST PLACE - 2024 INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL (ICC) & AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS (AIAS) PROTOTYPE FOR THE FUTURE NATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST
WHEN - SUMMER 2023
SITE - E 21ST ST, SIGNAL HILL, CA
TEAM - JONATHAN FENTON, GAVIN WEIR
GOAL - DESIGN A TOWNHOUSE COMMUNITY IN L.A.
PROPOSAL - REVIVAL SYNTHESIZES THE NEEDS OF THE HOUSING CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE RICH HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND RESIDENCY IN THE STATE. THE USE OF MISSION-REVIVAL STYLE COMBINED WITH DESIGN ELEMENTS FROM LA’S HISTORIC BUNGALOW COURTS CREATES A RESIDENCE GROUNDED IN THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND CULTURE OF THE LONG BEACH AREA, WITH THE INCLUSION OF A COMMUNITY CENTER, WALKING PATHS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND A BASKETBALL COURT ENSURE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSE CAN BE MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO LIVE, BUT A PLACE TO THRIVE.
PROPOSAL - REVIVAL SYNTHESIZES THE NEEDS OF THE HOUSING CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE RICH HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND RESIDENCY IN THE STATE. THE USE OF MISSION-REVIVAL STYLE COMBINED WITH DESIGN ELEMENTS FROM LA’S HISTORIC BUNGALOW COURTS CREATES A RESIDENCE GROUNDED IN THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND CULTURE OF THE LONG BEACH AREA, WITH THE INCLUSION OF A COMMUNITY CENTER, WALKING PATHS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND A BASKETBALL COURT ENSURE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSE CAN BE MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO LIVE, BUT A PLACE TO THRIVE.
