Based
on a master plan by Barton Myers Associates, UCLA's Northwest Campus
Housing expansion is the first phase of a major redevelopment of
the University's residential and recreational facilities.
In
the BMA design for the first phase, 1,232 students and ten faculty
with families are housed in three colleges, each comprised of a
series of houses, grouped around courtyards whose character varies
with the configuration and the site. BMA carefully sited the low-rise
buildings to respond to adjacent natural and man-made features,
and the resulting landscape is one of intimate, pedestrian-scaled
spaces.
The
new housing blocks have been designed to double, during the summer
months, as an integrated conference facility serving both privately-organized
and academic events. They sit atop a podium formed by a new parking
structure, and are secured within a single controlled entry point
promoting a sense of both community and security.
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