CONICAL CONGLOMERATE PROF. STEPHEN PHILLIPS // JOE MIHANOVIC Located at the site of the existing Westside Pavilion in West Los Angeles, Conical Conglomerate is a 3.5 million sq. ft. mixed-use housing, commercial, and retail complex which intends to alleviate the area’s housing shortage. At the same time, the project acts as a kind of cultural gateway to West LA and UCLA which transforms the local building aesthetic, becoming an easily identifiable landmark. This landmark/gateway status is achieved through the project’s unique architectural expression. A loose collage of conical masses occupies the site - each deformed in such a manner that they retain the general shape of their conical primitives, while generating a distinct character through slipping, breaking, scaling, and recombination - in a process called “dissimulation”. The dissimulation serves to preserve the memory of the initial cones, while taking on new geometric and spatial configurations. This strategy results in a few different massing types; some more haul-like with gentle curvatures, and others more gestural with more extreme curvatures and jagged intersections and jutting points. For the most part, the haul-like forms accommodate housing - being more compatible with regularization and modularization. Meanwhile, the more gestural forms house the more accommodative retail and commercial functions. The housing units are found along the south-facing part of the buildings, adjacent to a massive suburban development, while retail spaces maintain a distinct preserve along the northern part of the site. Fenestration, too, is indicative of different programs; where there is housing, the windows are smaller in scale and spaced at shorter intervals; and where there are office spaces and commercial functions, the windows are wider and spaced at longer intervals. The project’s landmark status is further reinforced by its sheer scale. Conical Conglomerate dwarfs the buildings in its immediate surroundings, and is visible from miles away. Joe Mihanovic // Prof. Stephen Phillips // LA Metro Studio // Housing, Commercial, and Retail Spaces in West LA Page 1 // Introduction & Money View
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CONICAL CONGLOMERATEPROF. STEPHEN PHILLIPS // JOE MIHANOVIC
Located at the site of the existing Westside Pavilion in West Los Angeles, Conical Conglomerate is a 3.5 million sq. ft. mixed-use housing, commercial, and retail complex which intends to alleviate the area’s housing shortage. At the same time, the project acts as a kind of cultural gateway to West LA and UCLA which transforms the local building aesthetic, becoming an easily identifiable landmark.
This landmark/gateway status is achieved through the project’s unique architectural expression. A loose collage of conical masses occupies the site - each deformed in such a manner that they retain the general shape of their conical primitives, while generating a distinct character through slipping, breaking, scaling, and recombination - in a process called “dissimulation”. The dissimulation serves to preserve the memory of the initial cones, while taking on new geometric and spatial configurations.
This strategy results in a few different massing types; some more haul-like with gentle curvatures,
and others more gestural with more extreme curvatures and jagged intersections and jutting points. For the most part, the haul-like forms accommodate housing - being more compatible with regularization and modularization. Meanwhile, the more gestural forms house the more accommodative retail and commercial functions. The housing units are found along the south-facing part of the buildings, adjacent to a massive suburban development, while retail spaces maintain a distinct preserve along the northern part of the site.
Fenestration, too, is indicative of different programs; where there is housing, the windows are smaller in scale and spaced at shorter intervals; and where there are office spaces and commercial functions, the windows are wider and spaced at longer intervals.
The project’s landmark status is further reinforced by its sheer scale. Conical Conglomerate dwarfs the buildings in its immediate surroundings, and is visible from miles away.
Joe Mihanovic // Prof. Stephen Phillips // LA Metro Studio // Housing, Commercial, and Retail Spaces in West LAPage 1 // Introduction & Money View
SECTION C - C
SOUTH ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
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Joe Mihanovic // Prof. Stephen Phillips // LA Metro Studio // Housing, Commercial, and Retail Spaces in West LAPage 2 // Elevations & Longitudinal Section
SECTION B - BSECTION A - A 0 25 50 100 200Ft
Joe Mihanovic // Prof. Stephen Phillips // LA Metro Studio // Housing, Commercial, and Retail Spaces in West LAPage 3 // Cross Sections
PROGRAM 1 - HOUSING PROGRAM 2 - OFFICE PROGRAM 3 - RETAIL
SITE PLAN0 25 50 100 200Ft
Joe Mihanovic // Prof. Stephen Phillips // LA Metro Studio // Housing, Commercial, and Retail Spaces in West LAPage 4 // Site Plan & Diagrams
FLOOR 7 PLAN(TRANSITIONAL HOUSING)
FLOOR 11 PLAN(TRANSITIONAL HOUSING)
FLOOR 11 PLAN(EQUINOX HOTEL)
FLOOR 7 PLAN(EQUINOX HOTEL)
FLOOR 6 PLAN(OFFICE)
FLOOR 5 PLAN(OFFICE)
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SECTION C - C
SECTION C - C
SECTION A - A
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open-plan off icetechshopgym (micro-units)restaurantpool (hotel )lobby (micro-units)
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movie theatrepool ( residents)gym (residents)game roomdepartment storef ree cl inic
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trade schoolrehab centermedical exam rooms
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SECTION B - B
SECTION B - B
SECTION A - A
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Ground Floor Plan0 25 50 100 200Ft
Joe Mihanovic // Prof. Stephen Phillips // LA Metro Studio // Housing, Commercial, and Retail Spaces in West LAPage 5 // Floor Plans
0 12 25 50 100Ft GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FLOOR 3 PLAN
SECTION E - E
WEST ELEVATION
SECTION D - D
NORTH ELEVATION
SECTION D -D SECTION D - D
SECTION D -D SECTION D - D
SECTION E - E
SECTION E - E
Joe Mihanovic // Prof. Stephen Phillips // LA Metro Studio // Housing, Commercial, and Retail Spaces in West LAPage 6 // Chunk Drawings, Pt. I
INTACT PERSPECTIVE VIEW
EXPLODED PERSPECTIVE VIEW
PANELLIZED PMMA ROOFING
LAYERED ROOF SYSTEM INCL. METAL DECKING, INSULATION, & VAPOR BARRIER
PLASTER DROP-DOWN CEILING & LIGHTING
STEEL STRUCTURE INCL. TWO-WAY BEAM & GIRDER SYSTEM & EXOSKELETON
PATTERNIZED HORIZONTAL LOUVRES
CURTAIN WALL GLAZING
PATTERNIZED HORIZONTAL LOUVRES
LAYERED ROOF SYSTEM INCL. PMMA ROOFING, METAL DECKING,
INSULATION, & VAPOR BARRIER
OPERABLE SHADES
LANDSCAPING//ROOF DECK
RAINSCREEN - PMMA PANELS
EXPOSED EAST-SOUTHEAST AXONOMETRIC VIEW
PRIVATE CONFERENCE ROOM
PRIVATE CONFERENCE ROOM
RESTAURANT/DINER
OPEN PLAN OFFICE SEATING
OPEN PLAN OFFICE SEATING
OPEN PLAN OFFICE SEATING
OPEN PLAN OFFICE SEATING
OPEN PLAN OFFICE SEATING
LOBBY / SMALL DEPARTMENT OFFICE SEATING
CONFERENCE ROOM
OPEN PLAN OFFICE SEATING
OPEN PLAN OFFICE SEATING
OPEN PLAN OFFICE SEATING
CONFERENCE ROOM
THEATRE / SEMINAR SPACE / GALLERY / SPECIAL EVENT SPACE
KITCHEN / BREAKROOM
Joe Mihanovic // Prof. Stephen Phillips // LA Metro Studio // Housing, Commercial, and Retail Spaces in West LAPage 7 // Chunk Drawings, Pt. II
FINAL SECTION MODEL (3/64” = 1’0”)
DISSIMULATION STUDY MODEL
Joe Mihanovic // Prof. Stephen Phillips // LA Metro Studio // Housing, Commercial, and Retail Spaces in West LAPage 8 // Physical Model
