Projects Summary

CHALET
Dallas, Texas
2015
Project
Summary
“The CHALET defies any easy
categorisation – a luxurious retreat,
open and available for the enjoyment
of every museum visitor, but also a
site of carefully considered and
executed experiences.”
Jeremy Stricks
Director, Nasher Sculpture Center
Client:
Nasher Sculpture Center,
Jeremy Stricks, Director
Site:
The “North-East Corner Gallery” at
the Nasher Sculpture Center in
Dallas, Texas
Program:
800 SF of exhibition / social salon,
incorporating site-specific artworks
by renowned artists Mark Grotjahn,
Pierre Huyghe, Christopher
Williams, and Jeff Wall.
Budget:
US$ 140,000
Opportunities and Challenges:
How to transform the design for
the CHALET Hollywood hosted by
the storage spaces at LACE, to the
pristine gallery space of the Nasher
Sculpture Center in Dallas,
designed by Renzo Piano.
Design Concept:
The modular timber design from
the CHALET Hollywood is reassembled as different seating
arrangements inside the open-plan
gallery at the Nasher Sculpture
Center, to create an intimate
setting for social exchange.
The diagonal structure that
previously provided the support
framework for the liquor cabinets
in Hollywood, is now reconfigured
in the center of the Nasher gallery
as a “screen” to provide spatial
separation between Pierre
Huyghe’s Aquarium from Mark
Grotjahn’s painting and Christopher
William’s Piano.
Visible through the large glazed
facade of the Nasher Sculpture
Center, the blue Venetian plaster
compliments the beige colored
travertine walls of the Renzo Pianodesigned gallery, and provides the
backdrop for the solid timbers and
artworks in the CHALET.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Nasher Sculpture Center:
Jed Morse, Chief Curator
Leigh Arnold, Curator
Neil McGlennon, Project Manager
Structural Engineers:
DATUM
Jeff Koke , Principal in Charge
Status:
Completed and Open from
September 2015 – February 2016
Mulholland Drive Residence
Beverley Hills, CA
2012
Project
Summary
“Working with Edwin has been the
most amazing experience. He is full
of ideas and never afraid to keep
refining the design until we find the
perfect solution…”
Adriana Abascal
Client:
Emmanuel Schrader
Adriana Abascal
Site:
A 28,223 SF lot located off the
Mulholland Drive Corridor, with
spectacular view of the San
Fernando Valley.
Program:
A 5,300 SM Single Family Residence
with living room, dining room,
kitchen, 4 children’s
bedrooms, a master bedroom suite,
a media room as well as a wellness
room. A detached 2-car garage is
connected with the main residence
by a covered carport.
Budget:
USD $3,300,000
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to optimize the view from the
site with a contemporary design that
also respects the topography of the
Santa Monica mountains?
Design Approach:
The new residence is designed as a
two-level structure to capture the
magnificent 240-degree view from
the site. The majority of the
program will be located on the
Ground Level, including the main
living spaces and 4 children’s
bedrooms suites. The Second Level
is organized as an “adult zone” that
includes the master bedroom suite,
a media room, and a wellness room.
The massing of the proposed new
residence - with stepping silhouette
and roof terraces, blends in with the
topography of the Santa Monica
Mountains.
Landscape plays an important role
in integrating the new residence
with the site and it’s surroundings.
All outdoor spaces including roof
terraces will be treated as the
natural extension of the Santa
Monica Mountains, landscaped with
lush succulents, as well as local flora,
native species, and drought resistant
plants. A new 60’- lap pool extends
diagonally from the garden towards
the northeast corner of the lot,
compliments the active life-style of
the client and their family.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Jonathan Krizan
Jordan Squires
Todd Speigel - CONDOC
Landscape Architects:
Rios, Clemente, Hale Studio
Bob Hale, Principal in Charge
Carolyn Sumida, Project Designer
Structural Engineers:
Gordon Polon
Civil Engineers
ICEDON Consulting Group
Luke Corsbie, Project Manager
Status:
Concept Design Phase complete;
Project is ready to submit for
Mulholland Drive Review in 2016.
Shraman Foundation II
Dallas, Texas
2015
Project
Summary
“Working with Edwin exudes
creativity and insight. The many
design options he produced for our
project were exceptional and far
exceeded anything we imagined."
Gardner Harris,
Shraman Foundation
Client:
Shraman Foundation for South
Asian Arts - Dr. Venay Jain, Founder
Site:
3 lots at combined (236,000 SF)
located at the (southern) edge of
the Arts District in Downtown
Dallas, adjacent to the Woodall
Rogers Freeway.
Program:
A 150,000 SF cultural center that
includes 8,500 SF of exhibition and
event spaces, as well as 6,500 SF of
think tank and offices.
Budget:
USD 50,000,000
Challenges / Opportunities:
How to assist the client define its
aspirations and program, and
align them with a long-term
sustainable site planning and
architectural design strategy?
Design Concept:
Instead of proposing a fixed
design solution derived from a
preconceived architectural image,
the design process aims to
establish a framework from which
a menu of opportunities and
design priorities will emerge.
The process began by using
massing models to help the client
visualize 12 different design
approaches based on scenarios of
how to configure the program on
the site. 6 schemes were selected
to be further developed in a
subsequent effort, to be further
evaluated based on the following
criteria:
- Iconic Quality,
- Open Space/ Landscape,
- Urban Connection,
- Openness/Invitation,
- Phasing/Flexibility,
- Ease of Operation,
- Construction Cost.
At the end of this process, scheme
A3 emerged as the preferred
approach, which combined a
centralize building for the
Foundation, with a large, open
landscape park.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Markus Sohst
Li Li
Jing Wang
Landscape Architect:
Reed / Hilderbrand
Chris Moyles, Principal in Charge
Status:
One of two finalists of an invited
design competition and extensive
interview process.
Museum of Modern Art
Helsinki, Finland
2015
Project
Summary
“In addition to being a place to see
art, the museum should also be a
social place that connects people,”
Edwin Chan, Architect
Opportunities/ Challenges:
How to enliven the entire South
Harbor waterfront by extending the
Museum into the public realm?
Site:
on a 18,520 SM (1.85 hectare) lot at
South Harbor waterfront in Helsinki,
Finland
Design Concept:
Rather than promoting the Museum
as a stand-alone icon, our approach
considers the Museum as a natural
extension of the City; synthesizing
pedestrian flows across the South
Harbor.
Program:
12,000 SM Modern Art Museum,
accommodating 4,000 SM of
galleries for permanent exhibition,
temporary exhibitions, and a
Kunsthalle-style space for largescale interventions. In addition to
the required back-of-house and
administration offices, the design
will also feature 2,000 SM of
Public Amenities including a
500 SM-Winter Garden as the
“Living Room” for the City.
The proposal anchors the Museum
as the first phase of a four-phase
development in implementing a
‘Linear Art Park”, with a series of
intimate “Outdoor Galleries” along
a Harbor Front Promenade.
Phases II and III connect the
Museum with the adjacent Cruise
Ship Terminal to the south, and the
large Tahtitornin Vuori Park to the
west. Phase IV extends the Art Park
northward towards the downtown
Market Square.
Budget:
Euro 130,000,000
(Construction and Soft Costs)
The Museum’s program is
organized as a multi-level “Loop”,
to create an open, animated and
Client:
Solomon Guggenheim Foundation
celebratory environment that
engages visitors inside and outside.
The design of the Museum also
maximizes public amenities and
landscaped terraces, creating a
formal expression that reveals
multiple characteristics and
offerings from different points of
views from the city.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Markus Sohst
Yoram Lepair
Benjamin Ortega
Lifu Yao
Li Li
Jing Wang
Landscape Architect:
Melinda Taylor
Structural Engineers:
Thorton – Tomasetti
Sustainability:
GLUMAC
Status:
First Phase of an Open International
Competition
Sirkeci District Master Plan
Istanbul, Turkey
2014
Project
Summary
“The reason why we wanted to
bring Edwin to this project is
because his intuitive and humanistic
approach to urbanism…”
Burak Pekoglu, BINAA
Client:
Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
(ITO)
Site:
A prominent 50,000 SM- urban
block located by the Golden Horn
waterway, adjacent to the famous
Galata Bridge in Istanbul. The site is
bounded by the Sirkeci
neighborhood to the north; the ITO
building to the east; a number of
ferry terminals to the west; and by
the very busy, and often-congested
motorway Repadiye Caddesi on its
south side.
Program:
12,000 SM “Cultural Bazaar” - with
Exhibition Spaces, Auditorium,
Atrium, Event Spaces, Creative
Offices, Retail, and a fine-dinning
Restaurant.
Budget:
N/A
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to use architecture to provide
pedestrian link from the surrounding
Sirkeci neighborhood to the
waterfront and beyond?
Design Concept:
Our proposal endorses culture as
the main anchor and catalyst to
activate the ITO site and the
surrounding neighborhoods.
Instead of one solution, multiple
urban strategies are formulated to
create a coherent vision of urban
intervention :
- Replaces the existing pedestrian
bridge with a new, elevated
Urban Park that spans above the
busy traffic of the motorway
Repadiye Caddesi to promote
seamless pedestrian flow from
the Serkeci neighborhood from
the north to a new “Waterfront
Promenade” to the south.
- Reinforces the porosity of the site
on street level with two plazas,
conceived to have the intimate
scale of “outdoor rooms” and
connected diagonally from
northwest to southeast, to better
frame the view to the Galata
Tower and Pera beyond.
- A “Cultural Bazaar” anchors the
center of the site; presenting to
visitors and locals with the diverse
urban and architectural heritage of
Istanbul under one roof, and as a
showcase of Istanbul’s cultural
resources.
Like the classic Ottoman precedents,
the proposal combines architecture
with landscape; public space making
with infrastructure into a powerful
new synthesis that respects the
magnificent skyline of Istanbul, yet
re-defines it as a global cultural
center for the new millennium.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Carlos Beghetti
BINAA:
Burak Pekolgu
Murat Yilmaz
Kubra Fatoglu
Busra Kocak
Metin Asutag
Status:
The proposal was selected as one of
6 Finalists presented to the Chamber
of Commerce in April 2014.
CHALET
Hollywood, CA
2012
2014
Project
Summary
“Edwin, among all the architects I
know, is the most ready to approach
architecture not as buildings, but as
social models. And I have to say…
at the CHALET, he really did it!”
Piero Golia, Artist
Client:
Piero Golia, Artist
Carol Stakenas, Director, LACE
Site:
A converted Industrial Building in
the heart of Hollywood, CA,
currently occupied by the Los
Angeles Contemporary Exhibition
(LACE).
Opportunities and Challenges:
How to create a new model for
public art by reinventing the social
salon with site-specific exhibition in
an immersive architectural setting?
Design Concept:
To evoke the intimate feeling of an
alpine lodge in the heart of LA, a
white oak forest from Pennsylvania
is “re-purposed” to produce the
modular solid timbers for the
Chalet’s interior design.
Program:
1,000 SF of exhibition / social
salon, incorporating site-specific
artworks by renowned artists Mark
Grotjahn, Pierre Huyghe,
Christopher Williams, and Jeff Wall.
The two storage rooms from LACE
are transformed by new materials
and spatial articulations for the
exhibition of artworks and social
gatherings. Blue Venetian plaster
walls complement Grotjahn’s
painting; while a large opening
frames the view of Pierre Huyghe’s
Aquarium in the adjacent room,
with walls finished with green-color
Finland plywood panels to evoke an
aquatic ambiance.
Budget:
US$ 200,000
In the hallway that connects the
two rooms, custom designed liquor
cabinets, together with 4 custom
fabricated white-oak chandeliers
animate the space. The CHALET
Hollywood is a modern day
Gesamtkunstwerk that attended to
both its physical and its everchanging social composition.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
JR Ameen Ayoub
New Atlantic Enterprise:
Jake Eisenmann
Marco Wese
Evan Cassel
Collaborators:
Libertine / Johnson Hartig
AXON Design / Kacper Dolatowski
Gordon Polon Structural Engineer
Installation:
ACLA
Status:
Completed and Open from
September 2013 – November 2014
Schaller Tower
Bogota, Colombia
2013
Project
Summary
“Working with Edwin has really
helped me frame the right questions
of what we want the project to be?
He has been very patient with me as
a client to really grasp our culture;
the city, and our brand!”
Kevin Schaller, Schaller Group
Client:
Schaller Group, Kevin Schaller, CEO
REM Development, Pedro Herrera
Site:
A 1,500 SM flat corner lot located
at the intersection of Carrera 11 to
the west and 93A Street to the
south, in the center of Bogota.
Program:
10,000 SM Mixed-Use Development,
with retail, creative offices and highend residential units, as well as
below-grade parking.
Budget:
US$ 40,000,000
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to optimizing investment value
through world-class architecture and
design, for the emerging market of
Bogota, Colombia.
Design Concept:
The design rejects the formula for
commercial development to
maximize floor area by completely
filling in the zoning envelope.
Instead, the scheme proposes to
remove the undesirable units to
create a common space on the
ground level. This "Outdoor LivingRoom” is designed for a variety of
activities and events to generate
long-term revenue for the project.
The building's transparent lobby is
designed to encourage continuous
pedestrian flow of activities from
the street to the "Outdoor Living Room" in the back.
A large (and potentially glassenclosed) roof terrace provides
additional opportunity to generate
revenue for the Client public
through public events.
The units above the "Outdoor
Living-Room" will be engineered to
cantilever over the main structure
of the building, creating in a
minimal, yet iconic image for the
Schaller Tower.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Yoram Lepair
Matt Fineout - SMART
Status:
After the initial Concept Phase, a
change in the zoning of the city
prompted the Client to re-structure
the investment partnership. Project
is currently on hold, but is expected
to re-start in Mid-2016.
Schaller Tower – New Zoning Study
Bogota, Colombia
2015
Project
Summary
“ Meeting and discussing with
Edwin and his team using physical
models is very disciplined, and the
most efficient way in finding a clear
design solution for my project.”
Kevin Schaller, Schaller Group
Client:
Schaller Group, Kevin Schaller, CEO
REM Development, Pedro Herrera
Site:
A 1,500 SM flat corner lot located at
the intersection of Carrera 11 to the
west and 93A Street to the south, in
the center of Bogota.
Program:
15,000 SM Mixed-Use Development
with retail on the ground level,
creative offices on mid-levels, highend residential units on the upper
levels, as well as below-grade
parking.
Budget:
US$ 60,000,000
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to create a variety of open and
flexible spaces with a simple and
elegant design to compliment the
lifestyle of the young creative class
in Bogota?
Design Concept:
In 2014, the zoning of Bogota
changed to allow an additional of
10 more floors to be constructed on
the site - to a maximum of 22 levels.
This new zoning envelope initiated a
complete re-evaluation of the design
concept for the Schaller Tower.
In the new concept, the main entry
to the tower is relocated to the
corner to better capture the vibrant
street activities. The idea of
"Outdoor Living-Room" from the
previous scheme is re-interpreted as
two ‘Sky-Terraces”, separating the
tower vertically into zones of
commerce, creative offices and
luxury living. It is envisioned that
the “Sky-Terraces" would be shared
by its occupants, and as potential
venues for hosting public events, to
generate additional revenue for the
development.
Although the scheme is still very
preliminary, the design intents to
extend the transparency and
lightness on the ground level to the
exterior elevations of the tower, to
provide a much needed contrast
with the surrounding context of red
brick buildings.
Through close collaboration with
the client Kevin Schaller, we hope
to create a building that is spatially
efficient, financially sustainable,
and architecturally daring for the
city of Bogota.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Status:
A change in the zoning of the city
prompted the Client to re-structure
his investment strategy. Project is
currently on hold, but is expected
to re-start in Mid-2016.
ICE – the Fifth Element
A Traveling Exhibition
2012
Project
Summary
“By communicating the beauty and
fragility of critical environments in
the Polar Regions, ICE the Fifth
Element strives to connect
individuals, organizations, and
communities to the message of
need for authentic and substantive
change.”
Sebastian Copeland
Client:
Sebastian Copeland
Site:
ICE is a traveling exhibition that
will run for 90 days per City.
Beginning with both coasts in the
US, ICE will travel to G20 capitals
over the course of 7 years.
Program:
20,000 SF of exhibition space,
showcasing Sebastian Copeland’s
award winning images, film,
screening theaters, 3D interactive
installations, and an event space.
Budget:
US$ 7,000,000
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to transform the typically
passive viewing of art into a rich,
interactive and participatory
experience designed to engage
people, organizations and
communities worldwide to improve
social and environmental
conditions.
Design Concept:
ICE the Fifth Element is a fully
immersive, experimental, itinerant
exhibition concept developed by
world-renowned photographer and,
adventurer, and environmental
activist Sebastian Copeland. It is
the first large-scale exhibit
dedicated entirely to Climate
Change.
Through photography, Film,
interactive technology, and cutting
edge architectural design, ICE aims
to connect “participants”
emotionally to the Polar Regions.
By revealing the fragility and beauty
of the Poles while highlighting the
real impact that diminishing ice
conditions are having on the world
geographically, ecologically and
economically, ICE aims to inspire
society to take action to the
preservation of our planet.
Designed in the form of an ICEBERG,
the execution of ICE will be in line
with its environmental philosophies
of sustainability and low impact
production. Engineered to be
powered by renewable technologies
(wherever possible), and will be
fabricated by kit-of-parts materials
that are reusable, recyclable, and/or
environmentally benign.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Interactive Content:
Obscura Digital
Status:
The project is currently awaiting
sponsorship.
Yenikapi Transfer Hub Competition
Istanbul, Turkey
2012
Project
Summary
“In response to the complexity of
the project, we have assembled a
team of diverse fields, comprised of
Research-Execution-Design in equal
and complimentary roles to
approach the site as infrastructure
rather than architecture.”
Burak Pekoglu, BINAA
Client:
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality,
The Department of Directorate of
Projects
Site:
A 28 hector vacant lot located at
the outskirt of the historic city
center in Istanbul, adjacent to the
Sea of Marmara.
Program:
A new transport hub for trains,
subways and boats connects the
Istanbul city centre with inland
Turkey and the rest of Europe for
1.7 million travelers daily; a 52,000
SM Railroad and Maritime Transfer
Center, a 36,000 SM Archaeo-Park
with a museum and city archive.
Budget:
N/A
Opportunities / Challenges
How to incorporate the Yenikapi
archeological excavation site with
the proposed complex transport
hub to transform the mega-scale
development into a vibrant urban
center for contemporary Istanbul.
- Open Space supports social
texture through the interweaving
of work and leisure.
- Like a Mosaic, archeological
heritage and everyday social
patterns promote different
experiences and interpretation.
Design Concept:
The project for the Yenikapi
Transfer Point and Archeo-Park
brings together a rich and diverse
set of issues and conditions within
the context of a unified whole.
Our approach aims to weave
together the site ‘s rich history
with its multi-layered cultural and
social-spatial reality by reinforcing
the following core values:
- Identity should embody its
communities rather than being
a Brand, which markets to
Cultural Tourism.
- Planning Strategy should be
based on the idea of future
preservation, resisting a static
design approach.
- Urban Fabric, physically and
socially Layered, engages
diverse and multiple public.
Team:
Burak Pekoglu – BINAA
Roger Sherman - RSAUB
Murak Soygenis - YTU
Matthew Fineout - SMART
Jerry Van Eyke - !Melk
Special Consultants:
Ibraham Sanli - Urban Planner
Isil Cokugras - Urban Planner
Sekan Sinmaz - Urban Planner
Sibel Bozdogan - Archeologist
Metin Gokcay - Archeologist
James Rodriguez - Historian
Pelin Tan - Socialogist
ARUP - Engineering
Payle - Transportation
Tek Celik – General Contractor
Status:
Request for Qualification for an
International Design Competition.
Arts Quarter Master Plan
Dresden, Germany
2012
Project
Summary
“Edwin was sensational in the
workshop we held in Dresden, as
well as for the entire project. As a
developer, I am extremely glad to
have had such a brilliant and
outstanding mind on our team.”
Christophe Deckwitz,
VI Group
Client:
VI GROUP
Hanno Hoeyng, Partner
Site:
A flat 20,400 SM property - the last
remaining vacant lot from the
Allied bombing in WWII- located
near the historic core of Dresden,
Germany.
Program
77,000 SM of mixed-used
development, including housing,
retail, a boutique hotel, a small
performance venue, and a
Kunsthalle.
Budget:
N/A
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to create a vibrant, modern
urban center in a historic city by
drawing from the arts and cultural
resource of the city as catalyst for
the new development.
Design Concepts:
The placement and organization
of the buildings in the new Master
Plan are carefully considered to
respect the low density of the
existing urban fabric.
The Master Plan considers the
entire development as an “ArtsQuarter”. The mixed-use
program is distributed in a series
of inter-connected 3-stories tall
courtyard buildings, organized
along a diagonal pedestrian
spine to reinforce connection
with the historic city. A network
of taller elements - the lanterns
– gives the development an
identity in the Dresden skyline
from across the Elbe River.
It is envisioned that cultural
programming and site-specific
sculptural installations would
animate the streetscape and open
spaces. The Master Plan is subdivided into various parcels, with the
new Kunsthalle parcel to be
designed by EC3 as the cultural
anchor for this new "Arts Quarter".
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Markus Sohst
Collaborating Architect:
Bolles / Wilson Munster
Peter Wilson, Principal in Charge
Economic Impact Analysis:
Jones / Langdon
Status:
The project was cancelled as a
result of the European economic
down turn and Chancellor Merkel’s
call for austerity. VI Group has
sold the majority of the site, but
still owns the development right for
the Kunsthalle parcel.
Kunsthalle
Dresden, Germany
2013
Project
Summary
“Working with Edwin has been a
remarkable experience… He pushes
the envelope like no other architect
we’ve worked with.”
Christophe Deckwitz,
VI Group
Client:
VI GROUP
Christophe M. Dechwitz, Partner
Site:
A 1,400 SM flat lot at the eastern
edge of the new “Arts Quarter”
master plan; and adjacent to a
Congress Center one block from the
River Elbe.
Program:
5,000 SM non-collection based
museum, including galleries for
temporary exhibitions, back-ofhouse spaces, lobby, a fine-dining
restaurant, and the personal
Archive of a world- renowned
artist from Dresden.
Budget:
Euro 20,000,000
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to take advantage of the site’s
adjacency to the Elbe River and the
new Congress Center, to create an
iconic, yet functional museum.
Design Concept:
The Kunsthalle’s program is
distributed on multi-levels to
optimize the full potential within
the zoning envelope. Articulated
as solids and voids, the various
spaces are organized in three
horizontal strata.
- A “Podium“ on the lower levels
accommodates the Entry Lobby
and a small Exhibition Gallery.
- A “Sky-deck” on the upper levels
accommodates the Artist’s
Archive, a large Exhibition
gallery, and fine-dining restaurant
that opens to a roof terrace.
- A large void – envisioned as a
Public Art Terrace - occupies the
middle, and connects the
“Podium” with the “Sky-deck”.
The Art Terrace on mid-level is
accessible by a monumental stair
ascending from a plaza at the
eastern edge of the site. It is
envisioned that the upper levels of
the Kunsthalle would be suspended
from an exoskeleton structure in
order to create column-free spaces
for both the interior and exterior.
The silhouette of the Kunsthalle
would also be visible from the other
side of the Elbe River, as an integral
part of the Dresden skyline.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Executive Architect:
Bolles/ Wilson, Munster
Peter Wilson, Principal in Charge
Art Consultant:
Professor Klaus Bussmann
Status:
After the cancellation of the “Arts
Quarter” Master Plan, the
Kunsthalle is put on hold after this
initial conceptual study.
Westwood Village Vision Master Plan
Los Angeles, CA
2011
Project
Summary
“The general decline of Westwood
Village compelled UCLA’s cityLAB in
developing a future plan…Architect
Edwin Chan and his collaborator
professor Roger Sherman’s goal is
to make UCLA’s cultural features
more visible and accessible by
moving them into the Village,
restoring Westwood to its former
glory as an entertainment capital.”
The Daily Bruin, October 2011
Client:
UCLA CityLAB
Dana Cuff, Director
Site:
Westwood Village in Los Angeles bounded by Wilshire Blvd to the
south, UCLA to the north, Hilgard
Ave to the east, and Gayley Ave to
the west.
Program:
New Mixed-Use program (area to be
determined), including retail,
student housing, out-door plazas,
cultural and entertainment venues,
as well as new parking.
Budget:
N/A
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to revitalize the Westwood
Village area by optimizing its arts
and cultural offerings, drawing from
the resources of UCLA campus?
Design Concept:
Detailed analysis of the existing
conditions in Westwood Village including traffic, accessibility, land
use, commercial and cultural
resources led to the following
Master Planning strategies:
- Reinforce the role of Westwood
Blvd as the main traffic spine by
widening the street,
incorporating bike lanes and
sidewalk cafes.
- New parking structures to be
constructed around the perimeter
of the Village, as part of an
incentive for new higher-density
developments.
- Create a pedestrian zone along
Broxton Ave, incorporating an
outdoor plaza with site-specific
sculptures.
- Replace the Bank of America
building, currently located at the
intersection of Westwood Blvd
and Lindbrook Drive, with a new
entertainment complex above a
pedestrian plaza / transportation
hub for the proposed Metro link
along Wilshire Blvd.
- Promote shared operation and
programming of the historic
cinemas in Westwood Village by
the Center for the Arts of
Performance (CAP) at UCLA.
- Bring the Fowler Museum from
its current location on the UCLA
campus into the Village to
reinforce the Village’s identity as
a cultural destination.
Team:
Roger Sherman (RSAUD)
Neil Danari (NAAD)
JR Ameen Ayoub
Marco Li
Ashley Hetrick
Westwood Community Council:
Steve Sann, Chair
UCLA Master Planning:
Jeffrey Averill
Status:
The Master Plan was presented in
a public Symposium hosted by the
Hammer Museum.
Residence / Studio for Artist
Lawler Street
Mar Vista, Los Angeles
2007
Project
Summary
“Working with Edwin on my house
has indirectly inspired my work, and
challenged me to be a better artist
... ”
Jennifer Steinkamp, Artist
Client:
Video artist Jennifer Steinkamp
Site:
A flat (size) lot with an existing
house located on top of a hillside
in West LA, with panoramic view
of the Hollywood Hills and
Downtown.
Program:
The 3,500 SF Residence will
include living / entertainment
spaces, a master bedroom suite, a
guest bedroom, as well as the
artist’s workspace featuring a 24’ x
32’ state-of-the-art projection
studio.
Budget:
US$ 1,500,000
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to create a functional
working studio for the client that
requires darkness, on a site that
demands openness and
transparency?
Design Concept:
The client’s “Live-Work” program
is re-imagined as a multilevel
organization, with the workspaces
on the ground level and the living
spaces on the second level to take
advantage of the spectacular view
from the site. The large projection
studio placed in the center of the
lower level as the “heart” of the
Residence / studio.
From the street, the project is
articulated as a cluster of volumes
that compliment the scale of the
residential neighborhood.
The elevation facing the view is
more transparent with large
windows framing the view. This
organization also promotes the
opportunity to develop outdoor
terraces on multiple levels
connected by a grand staircase.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Executive Architect:
House / Robertson
Doug Robertson, Partner in Charge
Status:
The project was put on hold in
2010; but in 2014, it went through
a design development phase
before the client finally decided to
renovate the existing house on the
lot.
Residence / Studio for Artist
Marine Street
Mar Vista, Los Angeles
2006
Project
Summary
“When I was looking for an
architect for my house, many of
my friends told me about Edwin;
and after working with him, I
know I made the right decision.”
Jennifer Steinkamp, Artist
Client:
Video artist Jennifer Steinkamp
Site:
A flat (size) lot located in a
suburban neighborhood of West
Los Angeles.
Program:
The 3,500 SF Residence will
include living / entertainment
spaces, a master bedroom suite,
a guest bedroom, as well as the
artist’s workspace featuring a 24’
x 32’ state-of-the-art projection
studio.
Budget:
US$ 1,500,000
Opportunities / Challenges:
How to resolve the duality of the
client’s program - optimizing the
living spaces with natural light
and the studio spaces that require
darkness.
Design Concept:
In response to the duality of the
client’s "live-work" program, the
projection studio and its support
spaces that do not require natural
light are organized as an "object"
inside a larger, more open volume
that accommodates the living
spaces - consequently creating a
"House for Working" within a
"House for Living".
To realize the project economically,
the larger "House for Living" will
be constructed as a pre-fabricated
industrial building, while the
"House for Working” inside would
be constructed in wood framing
and plaster.
The elevations of the prefabricated
industrial building is envisioned as
a “vertical garden” to distinguish
itself from the typical landscape of
the neighborhood. The sloped
roofs of the residence / studio, clad
by a translucent material, would
fill the living spaces with natural
light during the day, and could be
used as surfaces for projection at
night, transforming the Residence /
Studio into a beacon for the
neighborhood.
Team:
Kevin Westerbeck
Executive Architect:
House / Robertson
Doug Robertson-Partner in Charge
Status:
The Project completed Concept
Design when the client purchased
another lot for her project.