Recover LA
Playa Vista 58,667 Sq. Ft.
Playa Vista 58,667 Sq. Ft.
Recover LA is an innovative, sustainable, three process recovery center for alcohol and drug abuse. The building design mirrors the facilities purpose of creating order out of chaos and lends to the patients' recovery through a process of multipurpose spaces, coherency, and community.
Site Plan
Artist & Art Piece: Andy Goldsworthy
"rearranges natural order, replacing accident and chaos with orderly progression." - Andy Goldsworthy
"you see something that was there before; that was always there but you were blind to." - Andy Goldsworthy
Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy's piece, the floor plans of the building were created by bringing the chaos out of Los Angeles and localizing it in the building through a map.
The map exhibits three support systems within Los Angeles County- Hospitals, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Al-Anon, that have been inspired by recovering addicts and their families on the road to recovery.
Map Design Stage 1: Localizing the support groups within Los Angeles County
Map Design Stage 2: Creating a map of the support groups in 3 of Los Angles's main cities- Santa Monica, West Los Angeles, and Culver City
... As well as a map from the building to all of the support groups
Map Design Stage 3: Laying out the map on the floor plans of the building
Map Design 4: Distinguishing which support systems are each floor level
1st Floor Plan: 1. Institutional Living and Transitional Living 2. Public Areas (including Bird's Eye Restaurant, Event Hall, and Grocery Store) 3. Commercial Offices (including work opportunity) (Right to Left)
Mezzanine: Catwalks with Meditation platforms and gathering areas
Mezzanine: Catwalks with Meditation platforms and gathering areas
2nd Floor Plan: 1. Catwalks with gathering Platforms 2. Library (Right to Left)
1st Floor Reflected Ceiling Plan
3D Renderings of the Lobby and a Corporate Hallway done in Revit Spiral Stair Details done in 3DS Max
3D Renderings of Bird's Eye Restaurant, Aerial View of Building Interior, and Hall Beneath Catwalk Platform done in Revit
Preliminary Sketches on the right
