LOCATION
Los Angeles, CA
PROJECT TYPE
Interim Housing & Healthcare Center
CLIENT
County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services/Housing for Health
PROJECT SIZE
17,000 SQ FT
120 Interim Housing Beds
PROJECT STATUS
Completed in 2021
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Lotus is a human scaled adaptive reuse of a typical building typology in the Garment District neighborhood: a warehouse. Converted to serve the local population of people experiencing homelessness, the facility offers thoughtful intake areas, counseling offices, semi-congregant sleep areas, healthcare and clinical service spaces, gender specific community lounges, administrative areas, outdoor patio with pet area, warming kitchen and dining space for meals, workshops and celebrations.
PERCH ROLE
FEASIBILITY +
ASSESSMENT
- Listen and learn from stakeholders
- Create needs assessment for intended use and goals for project interiors
- Define program requirements and end user priorities
- Draft project schedules and milestone timelines
- Align and optimize funding resources
TEAM
CONSOLIDATION
- Develop the project team and empower existing team
- Identify and vet consultants
- Support funder, service provider and property owner conversations
- Calibrate expectations for project with local officials and across agencies
Design +
Visioning
for Program
- Align desired outcomes with built environment
- Guide space and functional programming for human centered design
- Execute interior design, furnishings and finish specifications
- Provide technical assistance for pre-development, design development, bidding, construction phases
- Collaborate with architect, MEP, CASp, ADA, and environmental experts
Project
Management
- Manage contracts
- Inform project changes, value engineering and risk mitigation
- Navigate cooperative engagement between primary stakeholders
- Oversee budget and pretend we’re spending our own money
- Coordinate scheduling
COLLABORATORS
Awards
- 2021 Citation Award, AIA Los Angeles