One Santa Fe Residential Complex
Los Ángeles US
Michael Maltzan
2015
Type
Mixed
Tags
+ density, shared spaces , community infrastructures, urban function
Visitability
Visit by appointment
Description
One Santa Fe is a new mixed-use development in downtown Los Angeles that creates a programmatic amalgam of residential, retail, commercial, and open spaces within the formerly industrial Arts District.Located along the eastern edge of downtown Los Angeles and directly northeast of the Sout-hern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), the 510,000 square foot project stretches over a long and narrow 4-acre site of previously vacant land associated with an adjacent Me-tropolitan Transit Authority rail yard. Extending from First Street south toward Fourth Street along Santa Fe Avenue, the building’ length of more than a quarter mile echoes the strong, linear forms of the surrounding regional infrastructure, including the Los Angeles River, adja-cent rail lines, and the former freight depot building that now houses SCI-Arc. At its nort-hernmost end, the project links directly to the First Street Bridge which carries pedestrian sidewalks, vehicular traffic, and the LA Metro Gold Line. A new commercial zone stretches across the ground level of the northern portion of the building and houses a large training facility and offices for Metro. Above are two levels of parking that are accessed by circular ramps.(Description provided by the architects)