SCAG ADU Plan Prototypes
Housing
Project Partners: Restore Neighborhoods Los Angeles (RNLA), Regional Early Action Planning (REAP), Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
2022
Pasadena, Santa Monica, Laguna Beach, CA
We were engaged by our non-profit contractor partner RNLA (Restore Neighborhoods Los Angeles) to complete prototypes of ADUs for a Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Subregional Partnership Program ADU Project in the cities of Pasadena, Santa Monica, and Laguna Beach.
Conceptual Unit Design Options
ADU Option Exterior
We first identified which architectural forms and designs were relevant to develop for each city. This included researching, gathering, and synthesizing local architectural forms, styles, materials, and massing of backyard homes in each city which helped inform our design approach.
Our designs integrated factors of 1) law — how code shapes architecture, 2) economic forces — how development shapes architecture, 3) social dynamics — how do people inform space, and 4) environment — what does context lend to form.
After we summarized and identified local typologies of ADUs, we proposed 5 new ADU prototypes for each city that responded to each’s context and character.
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