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UP A TREE: RECLAIMING HOME COHOUSING FOR TRANSITIONAL AGE FOSTER YOUTH VICINITY MAP SITE PLAN: 722 EAST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90021 BUILDING FRONT FACADE ENTRY BUS ACCESS SAN PEDRO STREET STATION AMY NELSON UP A TREE: TRANSITIONAL COHOUSING CENTER SOLAR PANELS ROOFTOP GARDEN Up a tree is an idiom for being in a difficult situation, just as most foster youth are in when they reach transition age. But a tree house is also an escape from the binds that are forced on you; a second chance to define your own boundaries and establish a sense of control. Reclaiming home is an act of defiance, and there is a feeling of peace that comes with it. It was never a foster child’s fault that home was something that was taken away and defined for them, and it is a powerful statement for them to be able to live and create their own home for themselves after being told what to do and that they had a home when it was nothing but a house. With this space they are given the opportunities to grow and shape their own home; opportunities they deserve just like anyone else. ADAPTIVE REUSE PSYCHOLOGY: OLD WAREHOUSES ARE THE PLACES THAT NEVER GET TO BE ETTLED WHILE THESE YOUTH ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO SETTLE. LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES ALLOWS TRAVEL ACCESS TO PARKS, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, CLINICS, BUSINESSES, COURTS, AND AGENCIES GENERATE REVENUE WITH PARKING GARAGE/FARMERS MARKET WITH ROOFTOP GARDEN AND INTERIOR EVENT SPACE GENERATE SOLAR ENGERY WITH SOLAR PANEL COVERED ROOFTOP AND LIGHT SHELVES (ALSO HELP TO REDUCE HEAT GAIN AND LOWER UTILITY COSTS) WATER CONSERVATION WITH RAINWATER COLLECTION, GREYWATER REUSE, EFFICIENT PLUMBING FIXTURES, AND DRIP IRRIGATION FOR ROOFTOP GARDEN BUILD UP COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND RESOURCES CULTIVATE JOB, LIFE, AND TECHNICAL SKILLS PROVIDE A SENSE OF BELONGING, FAMILIARITY, AND SUPPORT

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Page 1: Amy Nelson Senior Project Boards Reduced Size

Up A Tree: reclAiming HomecoHoUsing For TrAnsiTionAl Age FosTer YoUTH

ViciniTY mAp

siTe plAn: 722 eAsT WAsHingTon BoUleVArd, los Angeles, cA 90021

BUilding FronT FAcAde

enTrY

BUs Access

sAn pedro sTreeT sTATion

AmY nelson

Up A Tree:TrAnsiTionAl

coHoUsing

cenTer

solAr pAnels

rooFTop

gArden

Up a tree is an idiom for being in a difficult situation, just as most foster youth are in when they reach transition age. But a tree house is also an escape from the binds that are forced on you; a second chance to define your own boundaries and establish a sense of control. Reclaiming home is an act of defiance, and there is a feeling of peace that comes with it. It was never a foster child’s fault that home was something that was taken away and defined for them, and it is a powerful statement for them to be able to live and create their own home for themselves after being told what to do and that they had a home when it was nothing but a house. With this space they are given the opportunities to grow and shape their own home; opportunities they deserve just like anyone else.

AdApTiVe reUse psYcHologY: old WAreHoUses Are THe plAces THAT neVer geT To Be

eTTled WHile THese YoUTH Are THe people THAT HAVe neVer goTTen THe cHAnce To seTTle.

locATion in doWnToWn los Angeles AlloWs TrAVel Access To pArks, HospiTAls, scHools, clinics,

BUsinesses, coUrTs, And Agencies

generATe reVenUeWiTH pArking gArAge/FArmers mArkeT WiTH rooFTop gArden And inTerior eVenT spAce

generATe solAr engerYWiTH solAr pAnel coVered rooFTop And

ligHT sHelVes (Also Help To redUce HeAT gAin And loWer UTiliTY cosTs)

WATer conserVATionWiTH rAinWATer collecTion, greYWATer

reUse, eFFicienT plUmBing FixTUres, And drip irrigATion For rooFTop gArden

BUild Up commUniTY connecTions

And resoUrces

cUlTiVATe JoB, liFe, And TecHnicAl