Plans have been revealed for the new Art District of Los Angeles (ADLA) vertical campus. The plans were revealed by Grimshaw Architects, an architectural firm based in London.
The Art District of Los Angeles vertical campus will be built on a 15-acre industrial site. It will have a total floor area of 300,000 square feet. Additionally, 100,000 square feet of production support space will be developed. These will be connected by terraces and walkways.
Because of a “basecamp” set up on the street, movement between the sound stages and production locations will be easy and quick. This is especially for trucks, equipment, and actor trailers.
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The Art District of Los Angeles vertical campus project is meant to make use of the region’s industrial past. Modularization will be used to speed up construction. Another deviation from tradition is the ADA Campus’s design, which doesn’t completely wall off and isolate it from its surroundings. An attractive expanse of open public space would forge a connection with the neighboring Arts District.
Comments on the Los Angeles vertical campus project
Andrew Byrne said that the ADLA Campus is evolving from the traditional campus of sound studios. Byrne is a partner at Grimshaw who oversees the company’s Los Angeles studio. He said that in addition, campus connectivity and city context have driven Grimshaw’s approach to the site.
“Los Angeles vertical campus holds industrial heritage and will accommodate a digital future. We are happy for the opportunity to work on a project that is part of our own direct community,” concluded Byrne.
Shep Wainwright, on the other hand, said, “We jumped at the opportunity to establish a world-class campus for digital content production in the Arts District. The property’s sheer size represented an unrivaled opportunity to bring urgently needed contemporary production space to Los Angeles.
In addition to the size, the magnitude of the surrounding transit investment and current and anticipated facilities also played a key role.” Wainwright is the managing partner of East End Capital.
