洛杉矶经济适用房开发项目 / Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

高密度利用与场地适应性创新：该项目成功将一块位于繁忙高速公路交汇处的“边角料”三角形地块，转化为包含54个预制住宅单元的支持性住房。建筑师通过巧妙的模块化集装箱结构设计，实现了紧凑高效的空间利用，同时通过十六个交错排列的盒子和分层的高度设计，实现了与周边环境的动态对话。这种对城市碎片化、低价值用地的激活，是解决住房危机中极具前瞻性的城市策略。

人性化尺度与社区营造的核心：尽管选址于高强度交通节点的阴影之下，设计并未牺牲居住体验。通过将单元堆叠并围合出一个内部中庭和一系列口袋公园，设计师为居民创造了一个“既分隔又坚固”的宁静微环境。这种通过建筑形体创造公共户外空间，连接景观与私密住宅的布局，体现了对弱势群体居住尊严和社区连接的深刻人文关怀，而非简单的容纳功能。

可持续性与社会效益的集成：项目不仅仅是住房解决方案，更是环境与社会效益的集成体。模块化预制技术显著缩短了工期，体现了对快速响应住房需求的效率追求。更重要的是，通过中庭和步道的“绿肺”设计，利用植物净化公路污染物，并结合屋顶农场提供食物，项目直接回应了城市“食物荒漠”和空气质量问题，将支持性住房提升到了城市韧性与健康生活方式的层面。

Los Angeles has historically not been known for its efficient use of space. Consequently, almost all land available for subsidized housing is now considered unbuildable. In 2018, the City of Los Angeles offered parcels from over 1,700 city-owned lots to affordable housing developers. Many of these sites were difficult to develop, situated along heavily trafficked streets or adjacent to freeways. Others were composed of irregularly shaped parcels that had been vacant for decades.
洛杉矶市历史上并不以空间利用效率低而闻名。因此，几乎所有可用于补贴住房的土地现在都被认为不适合开发。2018 年，洛杉矶市将 1700 多块市属地块中的一部分提供给经济适用房开发商。这些地块中许多都难以开发，位于交通繁忙的街道沿线或高速公路旁。还有一些地块是由数十年来无人问津的复合地块组成的。

Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects viewed these lots as an opportunity to address the city's housing shortage. Isla Intersections is their second project designed for the non-profit Holos Communities. Situated in the shadow of one of the world’s busiest freeway interchanges—where the I-105 and I-110 intersect—the roughly 2,000-square-meter triangular site was formerly used as a traffic island and rail yard. Today, it houses 54 prefabricated residential units organized into two-to-five-story building volumes accessed via an internal courtyard.
Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects 将这些地块视为解决城市住房短缺问题的契机。Isla Intersections 项目是他们为非营利组织 Holos Communities 规划的第二个项目。该项目位于世界上最繁忙的高速公路枢纽之一的阴影下，105 号州际公路和 110 号州际公路在此交汇。这片约 2000 平方米的三角形地块曾被用作交通岛和铁路站场。如今，这里共有 54 个预制住宅单元，分为两到五层的建筑体块，可通过场地内部的中庭进入。

Aligned along the axis of Broadway, Isla Intersections is composed of sixteen staggered boxes. Each box is assembled from three 20-foot-long, 8-foot-wide modular shipping containers, welded together from recycled steel to form a 480-square-foot unit. Compact and efficient, each unit features an open plan with an ADA-compliant kitchen, bathroom, living, and sleeping area. These units are stacked to form towers, connected by a series of walkways to create a unified building. The towers are intentionally scattered along the pie-shaped edge of the site, enclosing a series of pocket parks that offer surprising moments of connection between landscape and private residence. Ultimately, a public outdoor space is created within the building. To shorten construction time, the project utilizes a modular container structure, allowing for parallel on-site and off-site work, reducing the construction timeline from 45 to 30 months.
Isla Intersections 项目沿百老汇街的轴线排列，由十六个交错排列的盒子组成。每个盒子由三个 20 英尺长、8 英尺宽的模块化集装箱组装而成，这些集装箱采用再生钢材制成，并焊接在一起，形成一个 480 平方英尺的单元。每个单元紧凑高效，采用开放式布局，配备符合 ADA 标准的厨房、浴室、客厅和卧室。这些单元堆叠排列，形成塔楼，并通过一系列走道连接，形成一个统一的建筑。塔楼特意散布在场地的饼状边缘，围合出一系列口袋公园，为景观与私人住宅之间的连接提供令人惊喜的体验。最终，建筑内形成了一个公共户外空间。为了缩短施工时间，该项目采用模块化集装箱结构，允许现场和场外同时进行工作，将施工时间从 45 个月缩短至 30 个月。

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The design goal was to create a building that is both demarcated and robust—sturdy enough to withstand the demands of its location, yet porous enough to provide human-scaled outdoor space for residents to gather, work, and socialize. Along the main arterial road to the south, the building reaches five stories, stepping down to two stories on the north side, adjacent to single-family homes. The base of the tallest volume houses shops, offices, and client training rooms, where residents can access counseling services and professional training opportunities.
设计目标是创造一个既分隔又坚固的建筑，既要坚固到足以承受项目位置的需求，又要足够通透，以便以人性化的尺度为居民提供户外活动、工作和社交场所。南侧主干道两侧，建筑高度达五层；北侧靠近独栋住宅区，建筑高度则降至两层。超高层底层设有商店、办公室和客户培训室。居民可以在这里享受咨询服务和专业培训机会。

This courtyard and walkway also function as a "green lung," helping to filter diesel particulates and air pollutants from the roadside. The landscape design is site-specific, with the selection of trees, shrubs, and vines based on their ability to purify the air and bring moments of tranquility to the site.

A rooftop farm and edible garden will also provide temporary farm stands supplying fresh produce at a weekly farmers market. The project also has the potential to become part of a larger network of urban farms in the area whose mission is to carry on the agricultural traditions of South Los Angeles and bring affordable produce to what many consider a "food desert."
这个中庭和步道还将充当“绿肺”，帮助过滤公路边的柴油颗粒物和空气污染物。景观设计因地制宜，树木、灌木和藤蔓的选择都基于其净化空气的能力，并为场地带来片刻的宁静。

屋顶农场和可食用花园还将提供临时农场摊位，在每周的农贸市场上供应新鲜农产品。该项目还有机会成为该地区更大规模城市农场网络的一部分，该网络的使命是传承南洛杉矶的农业传统，为许多人眼中的“食物荒漠”带来价格实惠的农产品。

It is a time to embrace these forgotten urban spaces and the creativity they breed. As the city urgently needs to address the housing crisis, architects have a voice in shaping where the next decade of development will go.
生活在一个愿意拥抱这些被遗忘的城市空间及其孕育的创意的时代。在这个城市迫切需要解决住房危机的时刻，作为建筑师，可以对未来十年的发展方向提供意见。