The Facts
Awards: Westside Urban Prize Award
LEED Rating: Platinum certified
Location: Hollywood, CA, USA
Size: 3 Acres
Partners: Killefer Flammang Architects
Client: Non-Profit Organization
Budget: Non-Profit Organization
Completed: 2012
About the Project
landLAB collaborated with architects Killefer Flammang on Villas at Gower a non-profit transitional housing and community outreach facility in West Hollywood, California. The project includes numerous outdoor garden spaces/courtyards that are programmed for the multi-generational tenants of the project, as well as the staff/counselors that will be operating the facility. The program also includes an indoor/outdoor gallery space for a local artist in residency program, as well as providing gallery space for artists in the surrounding communities. Villas at Gower is certified LEED Platinum facility featuring sustainable design principals including; photovoltaic panels on the roof, low water use native/adaptive planting, and on site infiltration of storm water through a series of planted drainage/infiltration structures.