RESEARCH

WORK 08/09
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo

L.A. Landscraper
Fashion District, Los Angeles, California

Research Description: Fashion garments exist

momentarily; ironically, Architecture is often conceived as monument. However,

they both provide protection and shelters to human body and each give identity
to the wearers or the places. Moreover, fashion and architecture share similar
construction techniques. Fashion expresses the technique in a micro scale,
where architecture does the opposite. This research focuses on exploring new
possiblilities of construction techniques from the cloth fiber.

SITE
ANALYSIS

civil
v
center
10
1

civil
v
center

110

new
town

new
town

south
outhh
park

ave

gra
nd
ave

wholesale
holesale
district
7th

fashion
ashion
district

8th

oli
ve

8th

oli
ve

ave

oli
ve

oli
ve
101

gra
nd
ave

wholesale
holesale
district
7th

fashion
ashion
district

historic
core

ave

gra
nd
ave

historic
core

ave

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11

south
outhh
park

little
t
tokyo
gra
nd
ave

little
t
tokyo

101

9th

9th

art
rt
districtt

art
rt
districtt

10
5

110

10

Potential Site

Empty Lots (currently occupy as parking lots)

Combination of Grid System and Organic System

red line

civil
v
center

civil
v
center

civil
v
center
union station

new
town

new
town

new
town

civil center station

little
t
tokyo
south
outhh
park

pershing square station

10 mins

historic
core

south
outhh
park

historic
core
5 mins

little
t
tokyo

little
t
tokyo

7th street station

historic
core

south
outhh
park
wholesale
holesale
district

15 mins

wholesale
holesale
district

wholesale
holesale
district

fashion
ashion
district

fashion
ashion
district

pico station

fashion
ashion
district
art
rt
districtt

art
rt
districtt

art
rt
districtt

blu

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Walking Time From The Site

ne

Metro Lines: Blue and Red

Skyscrapers (hatched in black)

Program diagrams
RETAIL
commercial
cafeteria
parking
misc
storages

EXHIBITION
reception
lobby
exhibition spaces
gallery
cafe
bar/lounge

PRODUCTION
workshop
facility
storages

EDUCATION
fashion school
library
studios/classrooms
lecture halls
offices

Process Height of Skyscapers

Comparison

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Los Angeles, CA

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US Bank Tower

Los Angeles, CA

Aon Center

Los Angeles, CA

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Los Angeles, CA
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Los Angeles, CA

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DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT
program diagram with
circulation diagram
Center of Fashion District

1000 feet

01_floor plates

320feet

01_ Site Circulation

02_connecting

02_Deformed circulation

03_volumetric
03_ Building Proposal

01_program diagram

02_structure grid

03_circulation

EDUCATION

PRODUCTION

EXHIBITION

RETAIL

programs
organization
. Gucci
. Marc Jacobs
. Burberry
. Louis Vultton

.lecture hall
. classrooms

. library

ground level

. fiber storage
. gallery

.workshop

.administration offices

. amphitheater

.mechanical rooms

. exhibition hall

. runways

. cafeteria

. backstages

. park

. entrance path

. parking
. parking

section 05

. parking

section 04

section 03

section 02

section 01

A physical analog to study the

contextual relationship

A physical analog to study the contextual relationship