A VIBRANT CAMPUS

Second Home is set to open its first location in the US. Designed by Madrid-based Selgascano, the project will see the transformation of the historic site of the Anne Banning Community house in East Hollywood through an 8000 square metre urban campus.

Second Home Hollywood will be home to 250 diverse organisations and teams. It will feature a branch of Second Home’s bookshop Libreria, a 200-person auditorium, post-production facilities, a restaurant, outdoor terraces, meeting and event spaces, and more.

Similar to existing facilities in London and Lisbon, the scheme will feature a bold use of unconventional materials, and abundant foliage to enhance occupant wellbeing.

The scheme forms a contemporary interpretation of Los Angeles’ early 20th-century bungalow court residences, incorporating ideas that expand on Southern California’s architectural legacy.

The scheme is dominated by 60 single-storey, oval-shaped studios, unified by a sinuous, yellow roof plane. Each element is wrapped in transparent, curved, acrylic walls, providing unobscured connections with the outdoors. The pods, linked by winding paths, are nestled in lush gardens of over 6500 plants.

“Throughout our long working relationship with Selgascano, which began in 2014, we’ve created innovative environments that bring diverse communities together and spark new ideas,” said Sam Aldenton and Rohan Silva, the cofounders of Second Home. “We’ve fallen in love with Los Angeles. We look forward to welcoming Angelenos into the space and seeing the kind of creativity it inspires.”

Via ArchDaily | Images © Second Home