U-shaped Configuration of Rainbow Apartments by Michael Maltzan Architecture

September 25, 2010 By: admin Posted in: Apartments

Designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture, Rainbow Apartments is affordable housing project with u-shaped residential architecture located in Los Angeles. Arranged in a partially open U-shaped configuration, six floors of residential units cradle a central courtyard above a socle of parking and administrative functions on the ground floor. A chain of public spaces and exterior gathering areas are carved out or extruded from the mass to erode the building’s apparent solidity, creating varying depths of connection and views between the internal life in the courtyard and the world outside.

As a dense mass of 6 floors, Skid Row Housing consists of 88 units of transitional housing with a series of common spaces such as a dining area, common kitchen, meeting rooms, gathering areas open air, and a laundry. In addition, the building includes offices and conference rooms on the ground to provide social services and workshops for tenants as part of their aid in the transition back into society.