Atlantic Square

Leveraging Locality to Enhance the Community

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Client

TRC Retail

Project Location

Los Angeles, CA

Area

22,000 SF

Partnership

East Los Angeles College (ELAC)

Atlantic Square repositions an existing shopping center located east of Los Angeles, inviting new dining and shopping options to the surrounding neighborhood as well as an adjacent college.

Our design strips down and emphasizes a Southern California casual lifestyle with native landscaping and strategically placed trellises that are infused by contextual and cultural interventions that brings a crafted and authentic sensibility to the project. The community is further highlighted by adding a diverse food hall marketplace, which features a converted shipping container and unique food trucks. A new drive through restaurant and building are added to create a foodie destination and student hangout hub.

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Rounded plaza in shopping center with greenery, partially covered by canopy along edge. Covered wood kiosks to either side

Native plants line partially covered outdoor patio of restaurant with floor to ceiling windows and a drive through on left

Double height sign listing restaurants in shopping center in front of grey single story buildings with wood panel accents

To right, a building with a wall of windows with awning under wood panel wall detail. Building connects to more restaurants

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As part of the design process, our firm and the client invited a select group of East Los Angeles College School of Architecture students to engage in an interactive design workshop to help vision the project. This exercise allowed the project team and students to focus on weaving a convergence of experiences rooted on heritage, hospitality and artful innovation that highlights the people of the Monterrey Park community.