2024-05-15T20:58:26-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150410686/sasaki-will-oversee-redevelopment-of-santa-monica-airport-into-park-space-for-la-county Josh Niland 2024-01-02T17:46:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/5508d795b3003c19a4240e0435685154.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Plans for the redevelopment of the soon-to-close Santa Monica Airport have become clearer after the City Council approved an agreement with <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/17195943/sasaki-associates" target="_blank">Sasaki Associates</a> in December that would deliver a &ldquo;Great Park&rdquo; concept to the 227-acre site after 2028.</p> <p>The new *Airport Conversion Planning Project agreement calls for a five-phase public consultation and research effort to be conducted by the firm before the end of 2025. A framework will come first in Phase One and precedes a draft of the project&rsquo;s guiding principles in Phase Two, with the eventual naming of a study-informed &lsquo;preferred scenario&rsquo; and alternative suggestions being produced by the end of Phase Three.</p> <p>Phases Four and Five will round out the plan with a proposed implementation strategy for the alternative and eventual publication of a &lsquo;Preferred Scenario Vision Book&rsquo; that coalesces the previous four phases into one written framework. Considerations for the immediate on-site activations after &lsquo;Day One&rsquo; (e.g. January 1, 2029) are al...</p>