325 Westlake | Graham Baba Architects
Photography: James Harnois
Designed by Graham Baba Architects as part arts initiative and part residential development, 325 Westlake merges old and new structures to create a building that preserves the character of the existing building and the site, while ensuring its continued usefulness. Rents from the residential development fund MadArt, an arts initiative focused on connecting emerging artists with the community in unexpected ways. MadArt, which runs the studio space occupying the storefront, makes it possible to engage with art and artists every day, making artists and residents richer through their programmatic partnership.
Photography: James Harnois
The design pairs 1927, one-story, masonry-and-wood building with a five-story, steel-and-glass addition. The new structure occupies a narrow, 3,240-square-foot slice of the site created by demolishing the back half of the old structure, which had been structurally compromised over the years. The historic structure, originally a car dealership, is stripped back to its bones, yielding an art-making space that is open to the neighborhood and encourages engagement between artists and pedestrians. Photography: Tim Bies
Full-height, sliding wood windows along Westlake Avenue reveals the art-making process and invites people in, while the addition of awnings overhead provides protection from the elements and encourages passers-by to linger. Building upgrades?including seismic steel moment frames, a new roof, and enhanced mecha...
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