the fourth corner — ryan karczewski

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the fourth corner

The Fourth Corner was created as a natural expansion to the largest community land trust and housing co-op in the country: the Beverly Laurel Community Land Trust, in Los Angeles, California. Upon visiting the BVCLT in early February, the studio was given a tour of their properties and were able to interview residents on what they envision as a beneficial expansion to the property within its undeveloped southeast corner.

Working within a group, with Makenna Karst and Caelin Johnson, we were inspired by the BVCLT’s heavy use of found objects as a form of design, construction, and renovation. Our project, the Fourth Corner, sought to create a set of prefabricated studio and two bedroom units surrounded by a light steel structure acting as the circulation; keeping overall costs low and maximizing sunlight and their relationship with nature.

Along with the units, the north corner of the project acts as a flexibile community space with a row of market and workshop booths that allow residents, many of which already make and sell goods fron their own apartments, to have a designated workshop and vending space.