Grand Park

Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Grand Park

Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Type

Landscape + Planning › Public Park

YEAR

2012

Our design for Grand Park has no smaller aim than to express the
global multicultural diversity of Los Angeles through landscape design
and architecture to create a spectacular, iconic park for Downtown Los
Angeles. Thematically, the park celebrates Los Angeles? identity as a
21st-century multi-cultural global city?a metropolis composed of an
amazing diversity of authentic ethnic communities and neighborhoods, set
in a County where 244 distinct languages are spoken.

Over its length, the site is divided by two city streets and a
challenging 90-foot grade change. Our design makes a series of grand
park gestures to tie the four-block site together, and create a
connected, unified park. We used Grand Park?s significant grade changes
as an asset, rising to the challenge of softening Bunker Hill?s natural
incline with pedestrian-friendly and

ADA-accessible ramps and broad steps. The new ?J-Ramps? extend
existing below-grade ramps to the north and south to create a series of
central terraces leading down into the park from Grand Avenue with a
great view of the restored fountain. The terraces are adaptable to an
array of uses, including al fresco dining, event seating, meeting
enclaves, and general gathering places. The historic Arthur J. Will
Memorial Fountain has been restored and expanded to increase its
sustainability as well as its viability as a dynamic water feature for
park users.

Visit Grand Park's website and Facebook page for information on how to visit and for scheduled events.

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Grand Park

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Grand Park

Los Angeles, CA, United States

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