SITE PERSPECTIVE

The Innovations Tower is a new 22 story high-rise complex located

on Wilshire Blvd. right across from LACMA in Los Angeles. The development
of 195 000 square feet will be added to a landscaped public plaza;
a multi-level vertical campus with an accelerator and incubator
program including housing facilities are combined with four
main public levels and an event hallas a landmark in the
top two floors. The Innovations Tower will be the most
ambitious complex of contemporary architecture
and urbanism in Los Angeles.

the
high-rise - typical form

i n n o v a t i o n s
chronological order of program

tower
integration of open/green spaces

live
public levels

vertical campus
work

graduation

program

admission

concept
building environment

evolution: horizontal to vertical

commercial offices
cultural facilities
residential buildings

flipping it up

conventional campus
examples in LA: UCLA / UC Rivserside

conventional campus
shared public plaza

sun path

SITE PLAN
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EXTERIOR SKIN PERSPECTIVE

separating housing and working vertically

define spaces through spatial heights

creating a landmark

residential floors in direction of residential area

exetending the event hall to

north-west

facing north

facing south

west
north

double height work spaces maximize

views towards north

south

program agenda

north

relationship of work and life

SPACE MODULES

single bedroom

kitchen

double bedroom

gymnasium

meeting rooms

event hall

commercial
offices

chill lounges

public spaces

shared work

space definition
definitio - scale

shared

individual

west section
living spaces gather on the south
facade and are divided up into
smaller dorm rooms

egress

exit and accessibility

25

25

40

BUILDING
B
UIL
LDING IINFORMATION:
N
350'

H
EIG
GHT: 35
50 ft
HEIGHT:
350
BASIC
FLOORPLATE:
100 ft x 100 ft
B
ASIC FL
LOO

330'

EVENT HALL

exit
315'

CONSTRUCTION
TYPE: 1A
C
ONSTRUC
300'

LATERAL
CONCRETE SHEAR WALL (CORE)
L
ATERA
AL SYSTEM:
S
GRAVITY
COLUMNS AND BEAMS & DIAGONAL MEMBERS
GRA
AVITY SYSTEM:
S

PROGRAM
live and work

285'

PUBLIC LEVEL

exit

270'

FIRE-RESISTIVE
RATING: 3 HOURS FOR PRIMARY STRUCTURE
F
IRE-RES

255'

PROGRAM
live and work

exit

240'

PUBLIC LEVEL
225'

PR
PROGRAM LIST:

210'

195'

Tot
Total

PROGRAM
live and work

195 000 sq ft

floor 12

floor 1

mixed used floor - 180

WORK AND LIVE

ground floor - 0
LOBBY

180'

CO
CORE

55 000 sq ft

165'

PUBLIC LEVEL

150'

Event Hall
E
((including bar & restaurant)(
Restaurant

10 000 sq ft

135'

PROGRAM
live and work

120

2000 sq ft

105

Public Levels (Open Space)

20 000 sq ft

90'

PUBLIC LEVEL

75'

Gymnasium
Shared Work Spaces

2 500 sq ft

60'

COMMERCIAL
OFFICES

45'

37 500 sq ft

30'

Housing / Residential
(including open lounges)
Extra (Kitchen, Showers)

27 000 sq ft
0'

floor 21

floor 6

upper level floor - 315

EVENT HALL

open space floor - 90

PUBLIC USE

5 000 sq ft

Commercial Offices (VCs)

13 000 sq ft

Administration/Offices (Facilities)

17 000 sq ft

Lobby

LOBBY

5 000 sq ft

exit

LEGEND

exit

ELEVATOR HOUSING

EGRES DIAGRAM

FIRE STAIRS

ELEVATOR OFFICES / WORK

CIRCULATION / ACCESSIBILITY PATHS
FIRE ELEVATORS

walkable steel surface

curtain wall anchor

1

15
E

curtain wall

D
6

structural beam

18

floor finishing

concrete slab
fire proofing

facade panel
equitone (material)

FLOOR 21

EQUITONE facade panels

(fibre cement - consists of cement,
cellulose and mineral materials,
reinforced by a visible matrix)

WALL SECTION A
1/16

1/4
5

panel 1

event hall

panel 3

metal frame
1

panel

15

holding piece

panel 2
5

2
D

FLOOR 12

1/16

VIEW FACADE

live and work

1

FLOOR 6

FLOOR 1

1/16

public space

1/16

ground floor

350'

Roof

350'

Roof

330'

Level 22

330'

Level 22

315'

Level 21

315'

Level 21

300'

Level 20

300'

Level 20

285'

Level 19

285'

Level 19

270'

Level 18

270'

Level 18

255'

Level 17

255'

Level 17

240'

Level 16

240'

Level 16

225'

Level 15

225'

Level 15

210'

Level 14

210'

Level 14

195'

Level 13

195'

Level 13

180'

Level 12

180'

Level 12

165'

Level 11

165'

Level 11

150'

Level 10

150'

Level 10

135'

Level 9

135'

Level 9

120

Level 8

120

Level 8

105

Level 7

105

Level 7

90'

Level 6

90'

Level 6

75'

Level 5

75'

Level 5

60'

Level 4

60'

Level 4

45'

Level 3

45'

Level 3

30'

Level 2

30'

Level 2

PUBLIC LEVEL

PUBLIC LEVEL

PUBLIC LEVEL

PUBLIC LEVEL

SECTION

SECTION

1/16

1/16

SOUTH

EAST

PUBLIC LEVEL

PUBLIC LEVEL

PUBLIC LEVEL

PUBLIC LEVEL

INSIDE

OUTSIDE

north

west

south

east

main entrance
public plaza
event hall
public open
space
(think zones)

facade panels
(lighting control)

AFFECT 1

glass curtain
wall

AFFECT DIAGRAM
The angles of the panels define
the ability to look inside and outside
of the building.

sun

AFFECT 2

AFFECT ELEVATIONS
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STRUCTURE
1

25 ft

25 ft

lateral system: concrete shear wall / gravity system: columns and beams & diagonal members (transfer load)

25 ft

25 ft

E
25 ft

350'

Roof

350'

Roof

330'

Level 22

330'

Level 22

315'

Level 21

315'

Level 21

300'

Level 20

300'

Level 20

285'

Level 19

285'

Level 19

270'

Level 18

270'

Level 18

255'

Level 17

255'

Level 17

240'

Level 16

240'

Level 16

225'

Level 15

225'

Level 15

210'

Level 14

210'

Level 14

195'

Level 13

195'

Level 13

180'

Level 12

180'

Level 12

165'

Level 11

165'

Level 11

150'

Level 10

150'

Level 10

135'

Level 9

135'

Level 9

120

Level 8

120

Level 8

105

Level 7

105

Level 7

90'

Level 6

90'

Level 6

75'

Level 5

75'

Level 5

60'

Level 4

60'

Level 4

45'

Level 3

45'

Level 3

30'

Level 2

30'

Level 2

25 ft

C
25 ft

B
25 ft

FLOOR 21 - STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATION

1

25 ft

25 ft

25 ft

25 ft

E
25 ft
D
25 ft
C
25 ft
B
25 ft

FLOOR 12 - STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATION

1

25 ft

25 ft

25 ft

25 ft

E
25 ft

25 ft

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SECTION
WEST

SECTION
EAST

AXON

1/30

1/30

25 ft

25 ft

25 ft
2

25 ft
3

25 ft
4

25 ft
5

25 ft
A

FLOOR 6 - STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATION

350'

Roof

330'

Level 22

315'

Level 21

300'

Level 20

285'

Level 19

270'

Level 18

255'

Level 17

240'

Level 16

225'

Level 15

210'

Level 14

195'

Level 13

180'

Level 12

165'

Level 11

150'

Level 10

135'

Level 9

120

Level 8

105

Level 7

90'

Level 6

75'

Level 5

60'

Level 4

45'

Level 3

30'

Level 2

SECTION

PUBLIC LEVEL

PUBLIC LEVEL

PUBLIC LEVEL

PUBLIC LEVEL

SECTION
EAST
ELEVATION

1/16

1/16

NORTH

1/16

25 ft
2

25 ft
3

25 ft
4

PRECEDENT STUDIES

SIGNAL BOX
by Herzog & de Meuron

EXTERIOR SKIN PERSPECTIVE

AQUA TOWER
by Studio Gang Architects
The facade is articulated in order to suit the spaces that are behind it.
It corresponds to privacy as the visibilityto look inside the spaces depends
on the angle of the observer from the outside. The Innovations Tower uses a
similar facade language to the Aqua Tower, though the skin is made out of 175
horizontal lines divided up into 5 feet long panels that rap around the building.
Therefore, the language of the facade has essential similarities to the Signal
Box in Basel, where horizontal panels start to rotate in order to bring in
lighting into to the building. Once the panels start to rotate, they
let lighting in.

DEVELOPMENT OF SKIN

INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE - INTERACTION SPACE

WEST ELEVATION
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NORTH ELEVATION
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SOUTH ELEVATION
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