
Paloma Terrace provides 59 low-income family housing units at 50th and Main Streets in Central Los Angeles. Activity rooms, a private library, and a basketball court are centrally located off the courtyard, which features a barbeque area, a tot lot, and social spaces.
A perforated fence created from trespa panels shelters the courtyard from outside activity while maintaining a visual connection to the street. The massing of the building is broken down into a series of boxes, each consisting of a stack of units. The large and small boxes are cantilevered and step out of plane from one another. The smaller boxes are wrapped in a dark, warm horizontal wood siding that contrasts with the stucco background of the larger boxes. Dark red trespa panels accentuate vertical elements such as elevators and stairs.
A perforated fence created from trespa panels shelters the courtyard from outside activity while maintaining a visual connection to the street. The massing of the building is broken down into a series of boxes, each consisting of a stack of units. The large and small boxes are cantilevered and step out of plane from one another. The smaller boxes are wrapped in a dark, warm horizontal wood siding that contrasts with the stucco background of the larger boxes. Dark red trespa panels accentuate vertical elements such as elevators and stairs.
| Client: | Retirement Housing Foundation |
| Cost: | NA |
| Area: | 110,000 SF, 59 units |


