The latest architectural spectacle to land on Los Angeles ' infamous
Skid Row looks like a concrete spaceship. Boxy, modular apartments rest against
the concrete roof of what was once a low-rise, strip mall-style building full
of wholesale Garment District shops. Its rooftop parking lot is now a launch pad
for one of the most radical housing projects for the L.A. 's homeless, the Star Apartments.
A mass of prefabricated housing units—L.A.'s first
multifamily prefab structure in decades—has been stacked above to provide
permanent homes to the chronically homeless population these organizations aim
to serve. A health center is available to any of the trust's 1,600 residents,
with amenities like a jogging track and a community garden.
The units were built by Guerdon Enterprises and shipped into
LA’s Skid Row.
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Here is the Star Apartments project from beginning to end.
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Great coverage! This project was also MBI's October Building of the Month: http://bit.ly/Oct14BOM I hope we'll keep seeing great projects like this from the industry!
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