Children’s Institute - Watts campus
location: Los Angeles, CA
architect: Gehry Partners/Chait & Co.
status: Completed 2022
A new campus for the Children’s Institute in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The steel-framed building is organized around a central atrium with a continuous clerestory providing ample natural light.
WPe worked closely with the architect to optimize the column grids and lateral frames to fit within the overlapping masses, allowing for a shifting and varied program.
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