Holos Hosts SoCal ASLA Chapter At Isla
Holos Communities hosted the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Southern California chapter for a tour of the Isla Intersections project on March 16, to explore the Living Lung throughout the project, and the Annenberg Paseo, which is the first shared street built in the City of Los Angeles.
Protecting the air quality of those who will be living at Isla Intersections was one of the biggest concerns for the Holos development team, especially as the project is at the intersection of the 110 and 105 freeway interchange. In order to create a filter to sequester toxins, and noise, produced from the freeway, over 50 trees were planted, along with a series of pocket parks, gardens, and plazas to create a new pedestrian-oriented network of open spaces for the building residents and surrounding community. The living lung, and the paseo, are both irrigated by a greywater system. When fully operational, this ecosystem will recycle over 275K gallons of water and sequester 3.5 tons of CO2, annually.
With a mission to support the advancement of landscape architecture, the ASLA tour was focused on the journey of creating a shared street that intersects with the surrounding community, and providing a firsthand account of the logistics of the Landscape architect students also had the chance to observe Isla’s other amenities through a tour of the rooftop gardens and a completed modular unit.
Isla Intersections is currently in the process of lease-up, and will provide 53 units of permanent supportive housing built with modular shipping containers. The use of these shipping containers further reduces the amount of noise and air pollution from the nearby freeways, and reduced the pollution usually created via construction.