Los Angeles Kings & Lakers Training Center
An exterior approach view of the training center highlighting patterned masonry work and heavy shaded overhangs, serving as a precedent for institutional envelope articulation.
- What we like about this project
- The facade pattern incorporates matching masonry on the integrated planter retaining wall, blurring the boundary between building envelope and landscape.
Materials
- concrete
- masonry
- glass
- steel
- metal-mesh
Visual identifiers
- patterned-masonry
- cantilevered-canopy
- exterior-staircase
- punched-windows
Style tags
- contemporary
- rationalist
- textured-facade
Visual tags
- facade-pattern
- urban-context
- institutional
- heavy-mass
- daylight-shadows
- Geometry
- An orthogonal building volume featuring patterned masonry facades, stepping down alongside concrete stairs, ramps, and heavy structural overhangs.
- Facade system
- Textured multi-tonal masonry block wall with punched windows and integrated planter boxes.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry bearing walls with cantilevered steel or concrete canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Low-rise institutional scale, framed by two-story building heights and multi-tier staircases.
- Lighting
- Harsh, direct midday sunlight producing deep cast shadows and lens flares, highlighting contrasting textured masonry surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, high-contrast, and utilitarian, defined by direct sunlight hitting textured masonry.
- Environmental context
- Urban or suburban training facility or industrial edge context featuring an elevated roadway or bridge in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves beneath a heavy cantilevered canopy, transitioning from open exterior parking through stepped transitions into a protected building edge.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular checkerboard masonry patterns contrasting with the steady geometric rhythm of stair handrails and structural columns.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial or institutional rationalism
- Program
- Sports training facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, masonry, glass, steel, metal-mesh
- Visual identifiers
- patterned-masonry, cantilevered-canopy, exterior-staircase, punched-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary, rationalist, textured-facade
- Visual tags
- facade-pattern, urban-context, institutional, heavy-mass, daylight-shadows
- Geometry
- An orthogonal building volume featuring patterned masonry facades, stepping down alongside concrete stairs, ramps, and heavy structural overhangs.
- Facade system
- Textured multi-tonal masonry block wall with punched windows and integrated planter boxes.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry bearing walls with cantilevered steel or concrete canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Low-rise institutional scale, framed by two-story building heights and multi-tier staircases.
- Lighting
- Harsh, direct midday sunlight producing deep cast shadows and lens flares, highlighting contrasting textured masonry surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, high-contrast, and utilitarian, defined by direct sunlight hitting textured masonry.
- Environmental context
- Urban or suburban training facility or industrial edge context featuring an elevated roadway or bridge in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves beneath a heavy cantilevered canopy, transitioning from open exterior parking through stepped transitions into a protected building edge.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular checkerboard masonry patterns contrasting with the steady geometric rhythm of stair handrails and structural columns.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial or institutional rationalism
- Program
- Sports training facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture