Students Re-Envision Los Angeles’ Ports O’Call for the Julius Shulman Emerging Talent Design Charette

Posted By Evelyn Lee On July 5, 2012 @ 10:52 am In Architecture,carousel showcase,gallery,Urban design | No Comments

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The University of Southern California ^[6] took home the prize in the first annual Julius Shulman Emerging Talent Design Charette. Sponsored by the Los Angeles Business Council ^[7] and hosted in Gensler ^[8]’s Los Angeles’ office, eight Southern California Architecture Schools were asked to handpick teams of students for an intense 3-day design Charette that included a $5,000 award for the winning team. The teams each created a vision for the 40-acre Ports O’Call ^[9] complex at the Port of Los Angeles ^[10].

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Each of the projects submitted by the students required the integration of a grandiose waterfront promenade and bike path ^[12], a minimum three acre park—dubbed the Fisherman’s Park—with integrated water features and amphitheater, and a connection with the Red Car Trolley system that currently provides public transportation to the area. The redevelopment is a real-life project in the making, and the Port of LA has set aside more than $1 billion to re-envision and complete a master plan for the area. An official Request for Proposals is set to be released before summer’s end.

Juror, Henry N. Cobb, FAIA, (founding partner of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ^[13]) notes that the winning design was “…conceptual, imaginative and exceptionally well-resolved for a three day design charette. The rest… are brilliant in their own way.” We hope that inspiration can be taken from the students projects to create a green sustainable redevelopment of the Port of Los Angeles and Ports O’Call!

+ LABC 2012 Annual Design Awards ^[14]

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[6] University of Southern California: http://arch.usc.edu/

[7] Los Angeles Business Council: http://www.labusinesscouncil.org

[8] Gensler: http://www.gensler.com/

[9] Ports O’Call: http://www.portoflosangeles.org/recreation/ports_call_village.asp

[10] Port of Los Angeles: http://www.portoflosangeles.org

[11] Image: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7dnhjj7RmQ

[12] bike path: http://inhabitat.com/plan-for-1680-miles-of-bikeways-receives-unanimous-los-angeles-city-council-approval/

[13] Pei Cobb Freed & Partners: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/new-yorks-javits-center-is-receiving-a-much-needed-green-renovation/jacob-javits-center-interior/

[14] + LABC 2012 Annual Design Awards: http://www.labusinesscouncil.org/programs.php

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