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"Architecture studio LOHA has completed Isla Intersections, a low-cost housing
complex for formerly homeless residents that comprises stacked shipping
containers and sits on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange.
Encompassing 35,000 square feet (3,252 square metres), the complex contains 54
supportive housing units, along with gardens and space for job training and
creative programming.
The building offers rental units for tenants who were formerly unhoused.
Located in South LA near a junction of highways, the building sits on a strip
of land that was formerly a traffic median.
"Situated within close proximity to one of the world's busiest freeway
interchanges – the meeting of the 110 and 105 freeways – the design makes a
challenging location more liveable," said local studio LOHA, or Lorcan
O'Herlihy Architects.
The site, which is just under a half-acre, is one of many city-owned parcels
made available by the City of Los Angeles in 2018 to developers of affordable
housing."
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