La Colaborativa Development Center

Urban Design and Architecture

Client

  • La Colaborativa

Team

  • Robert Pass Associates
  • Abby Jamiel
  • RSE Associates
  • Nitch Engineering
  • McPhail Associates
  • Stantec
  • Goode Landscape Studio (image credit, bottom of page)
  • omloop
  • Available Light
  • Hastings Consulting

The Challenge

Existing zoning regulations place tight dimensional restrictions on a new educational building within a dense residential neighborhood.

OUR RESPONSE

The development center orients active workshops south, defining a new central courtyard that forms a campus setting with the non-profit’s existing buildings.

The Results

Design development is underway in tandem with user focus group and community meetings.
sketch of downtown

View of Model

View from Heard St.

rendering of la collaborative facade
Section of the Placita with water harvesting strategies