SelgasCano designs "most ambitious and bold" Second Home for Los Angeles
Spanish practice SelgasCano has revealed its design for Second Home in Hollywood ? a sprawling co-working campus comprising bright yellow work pods interspersed with lush planting.
Set to open in September this year, Second Home Hollywood will mark the first US location of the British company, which provides studio and office space for creatives and entrepreneurs.
The 90,000-square-foot (8,361-square-metre) campus is expected to be the most progressive that architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano have created for Second Home, following the first in east London, the second in Lisbon and an outpost in London's Holland Park.
Located in Los Angeles's East Hollywood neighbourhood, the campus will comprise 60 single-storey, oval-shaped studios for 250 companies. "Very radically, we're building a building that's one storey, which is completely unusual," Second Home co-founder Sam Aldenton told Dezeen.
Circular yellow roofs will top each of the volumes, while walls will be formed of transparent acrylic to provide plenty of natural light and views outside.
Winding pathways lead between the volumes to form connections between the units to encourage relationships ? a key component of the Second Home enterprise. The large pockets left between the units will then be filled with thousands of plants and trees that are expected to grow above the roof canopies.
"It's the densest new planting in California," said Aldenton. "We're buying 6,500 plants, and havin...
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