The Shadows of L.A.
(2010) In Critical Planning 17. p.124-139- Abstract
- The proliferation of shadow housing in the post-suburban landscape of Los Angeles tells a story about the inadequacy of R1 zoning to respond to escalating calls for new and more resilient housing types. Neither romanticizing nor condemning illegal housing, this article takes the shadow houses of L.A. as context for a critical re-evaluation of the R1. By consulting the tools of architectural representation – the plan and the section – the article analyses the transition of zoning from urban in New York to suburban in Los Angeles, and thus unpacks its resistance to issues implicit in Contemporary lifestyles. For twenty-first-century Los Angeles, the article examines cityLAB’s 10K Pacoima Project to investigate ways to utilize architecture to... (More)
- The proliferation of shadow housing in the post-suburban landscape of Los Angeles tells a story about the inadequacy of R1 zoning to respond to escalating calls for new and more resilient housing types. Neither romanticizing nor condemning illegal housing, this article takes the shadow houses of L.A. as context for a critical re-evaluation of the R1. By consulting the tools of architectural representation – the plan and the section – the article analyses the transition of zoning from urban in New York to suburban in Los Angeles, and thus unpacks its resistance to issues implicit in Contemporary lifestyles. For twenty-first-century Los Angeles, the article examines cityLAB’s 10K Pacoima Project to investigate ways to utilize architecture to challenge single-household zoning. Profiting from the idle land stock unveiled by the recognition of shadow housing, the 10K Pacoima project develops tactics of adding density in the post-suburban landscape of Los Angeles by undermining the R1. Looking simultaneously for new housing solutions and updated strategies for city building, the 10K Pacoima project also raises relevant questions about disciplinary overlaps and intersections. (Less)
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- Dahl, Per-Johan LU
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- 2010
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- Accessory Dwelling Unit, ADU, Los Angeles, Building types, Single-family residential zoning,, Suburbia
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- Critical Planning
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- 17
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- 124 - 139
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- 1522-9807
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- English
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