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The Chandler Boulevard Bridge Home Village – an innovative community project, designed by Lehrer Architects and the Bureau of Engineering (Engineering) for the City of Los Angeles, recently opened the doors for its first residents in North Hollywood. The architects converted an overlooked, oddlyshaped infill lot into a Tiny Home village of 40 individual shelters, offering an innovative and experimental template for tackling Los Angeles’ homelessness and housing crisis. They designed a plan of spatial character, colorful details, and logistical efficiency to create a model community space with a level of design sensibility and beauty.

Design Team —

Architect: Lehrer Architects LA, Inc Bureau of Engineering; Nerin Kadribegovic, AIA, IIDA - Partner-in Charge, and Michael B. Lehrer, FAIA - Partner; Builder: Ford Construction; Erik Alden,

AIA - Project Manager; Ashle Fauvre, AIA – Project Architect; Robert Mendez - Project Designer;

MEP Engineer: S&K Engineers – Kevin Keyfauver,

PE, Penn Chan, Vic Diamzon; Civil Engineer: Barbara Hall & Associates, Barbara L. Hall, PE