Sci-Fi Architecture by B+U Architects

Project: Untitled
Designed by B+U Architects

The
proposal for this mixed use office building in Los Angeles, California
creates a world-class landmark building aiming to enhance the cities
vision as the premier quality city in the southeast area of Los Angeles
County and to revitalize the industrial landscape of the site into a
vital urban environment. Continue for more of architects description and info after the jump:

The project is characterized by its response to the urban setting, its vision for a unique office work environment within a highly sustainable
building design, and by its formal and structural elegance. The three
level mixed use building includes a café and retail space at the ground
floor and two levels of open office spaces above. The office spaces are
configured around a center atrium space that opens up to the street
creating the main entrance for the building. The ephemeral quality of
the building envelope is realized through a high tech fabric enclosure
system that utilizes multiple layers of fabrics with different degrees
of transparencies/ opacities. This envelope is able to adjust to the
different exterior light conditions and provide consistent natural
daylight levels throughout the office spaces. While the more delicate
fabric encloses for the upper two office levels, the restaurant and
retail spaces on the ground floor open up to the street with a glass
envelope. Landscape elements create a green barrier between the outdoor
seating area of the café and the street.

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