LOCATION - MARINA DEL REY ,CALIFORNIA

AREA- 60,430 SQ MT
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FAR - 2.27
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ARCHITECT - DESIGNARC ,CALIFORNIA L
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YEAR OF COMPLETION - 2013
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TYPE - MULTIFAMILY MIXED USE
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HEIGHT OF BUILDING - 18.3M ON LINCOLN P
BOULEVARD , 20.9 M ON MAXELLA AVENUE
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CONSTRUCTION COST - $65,000,000
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-KEERAT D SINGH
-PRIYA GUPTA
3-B
USAP
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A HOTEL
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VEHICULAR ACCESS E
ROAD
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D PARKING L
NEAREST BUS STOP A
(1 MIN WALK)

STELLA APARTMENT
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STELLA APARTMENT

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A NEARBY SHOPPING COMPLEX B PHARMACY AND BANK CYCLING TRACK
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-KEERAT D SINGH
-PRIYA GUPTA
3-B
USAP
C HOTEL AT THE FRONT WITH OPEN
PARKING SPACES D GAS FILLING STATION
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MARKET AREA AROUND THE
BUILDING
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MAXIMUM USE OF SOUTH L
SUN BY PLACING A SAND
BEACH AND A SALT POOL WOOD FRAME CONSTRUC-
TION SO THAT THE STRUC-
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D TURE BECOMES LIGHT AND
CAN WITHSTAND SEISMIC
ACTIVITIES
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LOUVERS AND FINS FOR T
HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL
ARTICULATION TO BREAK UP M
THE PLANES AND ENHANCE
THE MASSING
FLOOR ASSEMBLIES USING I
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JOIST WERE DONE N
B GROUND FLOOR PARKING FOR RESI-
D PAVED PLAZA WITH POOL , SPA , OUTDOOR
DENTIAL AND RETAIL KITCHEN AND SEATING AT PODIUM LEVEL T
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-KEERAT D SINGH
-PRIYA GUPTA
PLANTERS CREATE INTIMATE 3-B
C ALCOVES FOR GATHERING USAP
BASEMENT PARKING FOR RESI-
DENTIAL
E RETAIL AND RESTAURANT ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF AND HELPS IN STROM WATER
FIRE RETARDANT TREATED
THE APARTMENT WITH MARKET PLACE ON THE FRONT WOOD FOR THE EXTERIOR
FILTERATION
 GROUND FLOOR PLAN
EXISTING STATE-
THE SITE WAS UNINSPIRED. IT
WAS TWO OLD RESTAURANT

45&--" "11"35.&/5
PADS BISECTED BY A DRIVEWAY.

BEFORE RE-DEVELOPMENT
TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE
AMENITIES AND ATTRACT THE
RESIDENTS.

DESIGN-
REDUCED THE UNIT SIZE
SLIGHTLY AND TURNED ONE
PARKING OF THE BUILDINGS INTO A
PARKING FIVE STORY STRUCTURE.
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AFTER

STORAGE B
RETAIL
OFFICE
A RETAIL PARKING
B RESIDENTIAL PARKING
TOWN HOUSES
PEDESTRIAN ENTRY

BUILT-UP AREA GROUND FLOOR HAS BEEN

DESIGNED AND PLANNED TO
OPEN AREA 25% INCREASE THE COMMUNITY
FOOTPRINT AND MAKING MORE
OF OPEN SPACES FOR PUBLIC.
75% IN OTHER WORDS THE REDUCTION
IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PRIVATE
SPACE .
MAXIMUM OPEN SPACES ARE CRE-
ATED TO GIVE A SENSE OF RESORT
STYLE LIVING.
 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 6

45&--" "11"35.&/5
LEVEL 3, LEVEL 4 & LEVEL 5

POPULATION DENSITY IN DECREASING ORDER

 SIMILAR UNITS ARE
PLACED ONE ABOVE THE

45&--" "11"35.&/5
OTHER. THE UNITS ARE
DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT
TWO ADJACENT UNITS
HAVE WASHROOMS
PLACED NEXT TO EACH
OTHER SO THAT IT
BECOMES EASIER FOR
VENTILATION AND THE EACH UNIT IS PROVIDED WITH ITS PRIVATE OUTDOOR
SERVICES TO RUN SPACE,WHICH IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE AND
THROUGH. CONFIGURATION OF THE BUILDING . i.e TWO L SHAPED
BLOCK HAS ACCESS TO BALCONIES FOR THE DWELLING
UNITS.

6ALL THE FACILITIES LIKE PHARMACY, GAS FILLING STATION AND BANK ARE AVAILABLE
NEARBY.

: AREA AROUND IS A MARKET PLACE WITH HUGE OPEN PARKING LOTS IT WAS A
CHALLENGE FOR THE DESIGNERS TO MAKE A HABITABLE SPACE IN BETWEEN THE
PARKING LOT.

2THE SITE IS LOCATED AT A PRIME LOCATION SO IT ATTRACTS MANY PEOPLE .

7ACCORDING TO THE EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY THE SITE IS PRONE TO SEISMIC
ACTIVITIES, LANDSLIDES, GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.