UCLA Hitch Commons, the new community building at the heart of the UCLA Hitch Student Residences project, is now LEED Platinum! The building houses a community kitchen and multipurpose rooms. The UCLA Grand Challenge in sustainability is a major university wide initiative focused on getting Los Angeles to 100% sustainability in energy, water, and biodiversity by 2050. 

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Architects: Steinberg

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

Client/Owner: UCLA Capital Programs Design & Construction

Area: 77500.0 ft2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Tim Griffith

Sustainability: LEED Platinum Certified (2016)
© Tim Griffith

Plan

UCLA Hitch Commons, the new community building at the heart of the UCLA Hitch Student Residences project, is now LEED Platinum! The building houses a community kitchen and multipurpose rooms. The UCLA Grand Challenge in sustainability is a major university wide initiative focused on getting Los Angeles to 100% sustainability in energy, water, and biodiversity by 2050. 

© Tim Griffith

Plan

The recently renovated Hitch Student Residences, located on the northwest edge of campus, is a complex of four three-story residential buildings organized around a series of courtyards and a new commons building with shared a...