架构师提供的文本描述。这个项目提供了非常需要的100%负担得起的家庭住房，在以前未得到充分利用的地点，在圣塔莫尼卡商业走廊的中心有一个汽车车间。该42 263 SF大楼容纳33个负担得起的单位以上，活跃的零售和社区空间组织围绕一个迷人的庭院。

Text description provided by the architects. This project provides much needed 100% affordable family housing on a previously underutilized site with an auto workshop in the heart of Santa Monica’s commercial corridor. The 42,263 sf building accommodates 33 affordable units above active retail and community space organized around an engaging courtyard.

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发展商要求建筑师先拟备分区容量，然后进行建筑设计，以便在一幅横跨两个分区的非常紧致的土地上，提供35个单位。两个区域的不同密度、高度限制、挫折、退步和停车要求成为使该项目可行的中心挑战。通过创造一个吸引人的、开放的、宜居的、可持续的密度，该设计实现了开发商的负担得起的住房愿景，同时解决了该网站的限制和邻近社区议程的复杂性。

The developer asked the architect to prepare an initial zoning capacity followed by an architectural design with the aim of providing 35 units on a very tight site which straddled between two zoning districts. The differing densities, height limits, setbacks, step-backs and parking requirements of the two zones became the central challenge in making the project feasible. The design achieves the affordable housing vision of the developer by creating an engaging, open, livable, sustainable density, while addressing the complexity of the site’s constraints and agenda of the neighboring community.

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该项目为其居民、邻居和伦敦金融城的生活做出了贡献，为皮科和28街的街角提供了一个方便行人的城市立面。

The project contributes to the life of its residents, neighbors and the City, by providing a pedestrian-friendly urban façade to enliven the corner of Pico and 28th streets.

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在南面的休息，提供行人通道，并使内部庭院与周围的街道生活。在东方，一个两层高的空间容纳了一个社区房间，帮助打破了质量，并允许海风创造自然通风的空间。庭院作为社会的心脏，优化了互动，并结合了一系列有趣的桥梁，人行道和楼梯。

A break in the south façade provides pedestrian access and engages the interior courtyard with the surrounding street life. On the east, a two-story volume accommodating a community room helps to break down the mass and allows the ocean breeze to create naturally ventilated spaces. The courtyard as the social heart optimizes interaction and incorporates a playful array of bridges, walkways and stairs.

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建筑设计强调经济，采用投影和凹面的分层方法，以及简单的材料调色板，包括彩色水泥板。

The architectural design emphasizes economy by using a layering approach of projected and recessed planes, and a simple palette of materials including multicolored cement board panels.

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Architects Moore Ruble Yudell

Location 2802 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405, USA

Category Housing

Area 42263.0 ft2

Project Year 2014

Photographs John Linden