My Site

The site I picked for the case study is 440 Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach California.

It is surrounded by newly developed high rises, used for luxury apartments and condos. It is walking distance to Pike Harbor. I think it would benefit the community to develope a skyrise city with restaurants, cafes, retail spaces, office spaces and apartments as well as luxury apartments on the top 3 floors. In addition I did not see a playground or park area and I think the parking lot behind the building that exists now could be transformed into a kids playground and green area with trees and a waterfountain. The entrance placa should be kept round and plain, leading up to the building. The parking will be deferred underground where 3 levels of parking with a total square footage of 72 390 sq.ft will be designated. The toal space of the building excluding parking will be 162 877.5 sq. ft, which will inlcude 10 levels for offices, 2 for a conference center, one for the lobby and the cafe, one for 2 restaurants, 2 for retail spaces one for maintenance including heat and cooling systems, 7 levels of apartments and 3 levels on the top for luxury apartments. the center core will consist of 6 elevators, 3 on each side, back to back and the side will be functioning as a trash chute leading to the trash area behind the building.