Birdcage

By Shifting the bedrooms to the first floor, we free the second floor of restrictive program, allowing for an open space made notable by the windows that frame the landscape beyond.

A straight stair connects the levels. On the east side of the stair is a narrow kitchen.

Downstairs in the Master Bedroom.
The bedroom opens out to the ground floor patio.
Behind the Master Bedroom a large dressing area that connects the two bedrooms.

Wet room.

Second bedroom is a bit monastic, but works.

HOUSE

Amazingly it feels like being in the country, birds sing, the grass is tall, the temperature is several degrees cooler than in nearby downtown. its a pretty cool place.

Lot 12,000sf
R-2 (which means we could build more if we want, although because its on an alley this may be not allowed)

House 1200 sf
2 bedroom, 2 bath.


the terrain is great as you can see it sits in this valley surrounded by park and dodger stadium. when there are games we will know it. good news we will have free parking for games. the LA police academy is right next door.


even while the birds chirp in our little valley, when you drive out of the canyon you drive straight into chinatown with downtown about a mile away.



The area is pretty famous in LA for displacing a Hispanic community in the 40's with the construction of Dodger Stadium. The community is still very strong. Still blue collar hispanic and bohemian art and movie industry people. The area is called Chavez Ravine. Ry Cooder made a concept album titled the same a few years ago. Here is my favorite song.
Poor Man's Shangri-La by Ry Cooder