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Santa Monica Vermont Apartments
Santa Monica Vermont Apartments
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Santa Monica Vermont Apartments
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
BUDGET
$50K - 100K
New affordable housing and neighborhood retail transforms underutilized real estate around the barren Vermont/Santa Monica subway plaza to create a community hub. Located in dense, low-income, ethnically diverse East Hollywood, where public space is scarce, the design builds mutually beneficial relationships between home, community, and public space.
Developed with Los Angeles Metro and Little Tokyo Service Center, Santa Monica Vermont Apartments creates 187 affordable homes, neighborhood retail, and shared amenities in a dense, walkable environment that promotes equity and mobility. The design frames and extends the Metro plaza with landscaped terraces, balconies, and bridges that encourage social interaction while improving safety and visibility for all. Standardized unit types and panelized construction support efficiency and sustainability, achieving energy use 30% below code. Vibrant detailing, shading devices, and color celebrate East Hollywood’s local vernacular.
Cracking open a traditional, closed-courtyard typology reenergizes the public space and optimizes quality of life for residents. The plaza serves as the housing’s front door, and is further activated by 24,000 sf of retail space (including a food hall with local vendors) which rings the station and extends along the street to the west and south. Cascading landscaped open space expands and strengthens the station plaza, while connecting the social life of the housing to public life below. Outdoor stairs and bridges connect residential spaces on five levels above. Together with a distributed approach to shared amenities, including play areas, laundries, picnic areas, and community rooms, the planning encourages social interaction while fostering spaces of informal encounter.
Developed with Los Angeles Metro and Little Tokyo Service Center, Santa Monica Vermont Apartments creates 187 affordable homes, neighborhood retail, and shared amenities in a dense, walkable environment that promotes equity and mobility. The design frames and extends the Metro plaza with landscaped terraces, balconies, and bridges that encourage social interaction while improving safety and visibility for all. Standardized unit types and panelized construction support efficiency and sustainability, achieving energy use 30% below code. Vibrant detailing, shading devices, and color celebrate East Hollywood’s local vernacular.
Cracking open a traditional, closed-courtyard typology reenergizes the public space and optimizes quality of life for residents. The plaza serves as the housing’s front door, and is further activated by 24,000 sf of retail space (including a food hall with local vendors) which rings the station and extends along the street to the west and south. Cascading landscaped open space expands and strengthens the station plaza, while connecting the social life of the housing to public life below. Outdoor stairs and bridges connect residential spaces on five levels above. Together with a distributed approach to shared amenities, including play areas, laundries, picnic areas, and community rooms, the planning encourages social interaction while fostering spaces of informal encounter.
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