2024-05-03T13:11:45-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150327848/brooks-scarpa-reveals-westside-la-transitional-housing-project-inspired-by-irving-gill Josh Niland 2022-10-24T14:38:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/df/dfa75de9fda5b2aa2030cb0d6565ecc8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/brooksscarpa" target="_blank">Brooks + Scarpa</a> has released images of their recently-completed Rose Apartments complex, a community housing initiative for formerly homeless teenage youths transitioning into adulthood in Venice, Los Angeles.</p> <p>The 20,900-square-foot, four-story design includes some 35 units of highly affordable residences for young adults who are at risk for homelessness after being separated from the state-administered system at the age of 18.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8a/8ad60df243db8378e70378cd18c05af7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8a/8ad60df243db8378e70378cd18c05af7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Brooks + Scarpa</figcaption></figure><p>Located nearby Venice Beach's central retail strip, the scheme takes its cues from <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/13754/irving-gill" target="_blank">Irving Gill&rsquo;</a>s neighboring <a href="https://www.smconservancy.org/property/horatio-west-court/" target="_blank">Horatio West Court</a> apartments and other examples of <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-25-et-mcnamara25-story.html" target="_blank">courtyard housing</a> that predominated the city in the years prior to the Second World War.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d9/d9b0a382c943243a2f810831a7500709.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d9/d9b0a382c943243a2f810831a7500709.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Brooks + Scarpa</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3e/3ea72921cc1c37bd5aec531e6f500acb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3e/3ea72921cc1c37bd5aec531e6f500acb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Brooks + Scarpa</figcaption></figure><p>Per the architects: &ldquo;The courtyard is only one aspect of a successful design. By including affordable housing for transitional aged youths, it allowed the non-developer to take advantage of California State Assembly Bill AB7...</p>