Unite Here Health Office, Los Angeles Building Renovation, Architect, Project, Images
Unite Here Health Office in Los Angeles
Refurbished Work Space Interiors, LA, USA ? design by Lehrer Architects
Oct 10, 2016
Unite Here Health Office
Design: Lehrer Architects
Location: Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Unite Here Health Office in Los Angeles

The design challenge for this healthcare office was updating an aging, dank, disconnected 1960s facility, re-energizing a business? culture and espirit d?corps.

A dark, disconnected interior is transformed into a vibrant, naturally lit work environment that honors the bones of an existing mid-century building, anchoring it in the city by revealing views to Downtown Los Angeles to the east and Hollywood Hills to the west.
 
The solution was to leverage the architecture?s excellent 1960s Modernist bones and proportions, revealing its inherent openness for the first time in its existence. The top floor is connected to the adjacent parking, the street below, the City beyond and the sky above. Removed spandrels reveal the openness of the original storefront walls, bringing in light and view. Color and light defines and delineates spaces in an open working environment.

A new connective architectural zone garbed in yellow celebrates arrival and movement through the heart of the facility. From the westerly side a new two-story, street-facing stairwell and its perforated metal stair connect the top floor to this important city str...