Workshop Tower, Los Angeles, CA, USA:
The new workshop tower comprises a podium and tower of 560ft (170m) height and a gross internal area of 950,000sqft (90,000sqm). The podium contains multi-function workshop spaces, designed to be reconfigurable to suit the needs of occupiers. The tower contains a mixing of offices and smaller, interlinked workshop and studio spaces. The external envelope is composed of an alternating pattern of open and closed elements, providing a variety of areas of light and shade within. Greater openings and transparency is provided at ground level to invite visitors in and animate the immediate streetscape. External platform and viewing decks are located at higher levels of the podium to animate the functions and provide event spaces. Newtecnic is responsible for the complete multi-disciplinary design of the project, including architecture, structural engineering, facade engineering and MEP engineering.