Archinect - News2024-05-13T00:00:10-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150410959/kadre-and-lehrer-architects-team-up-for-a-new-transitional-housing-community-in-los-angeles
Kadre and Lehrer Architects team up for a new transitional housing community in Los Angeles Josh Niland2024-01-04T12:50:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/38/381bafef38177c5c4748bd84a9493183.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new supportive housing concept in Los Angeles has been introduced by LA-based practices <a href="https://archinect.com/kadre" target="_blank">Kadre Architects</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/9121754/lehrer-architects" target="_blank">Lehrer Architects</a>. The design teams shared it can become a new model for design resourcefulness and occupants’ dignity at a time when the city, as do many others in America, faces a desperate need. </p>
<p>The new 95-unit Cypress Park New Beginnings Community was inaugurated in early December after first breaking ground in May of 2022. The new housing scheme aimed to serve “displaced populations and environmental and/or socio-economic crises.” </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e1/e1b8b779930a92fc8e97397aca743182.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e1/e1b8b779930a92fc8e97397aca743182.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy of Kadre Architects.</figcaption></figure><p>Their brief called for the construction of 350-square-foot micro-housing units on a disused plot between the Arroyo and Golden State Parkways. Site conditions for the 35,000-square-foot development were extremely challenging in an echo of Lehrer’s previous work on the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150287080/los-angeles-is-turning-to-lehrer-architects-tiny-homes-in-its-fight-to-construct-transitional-housing" target="_blank">Tiny Homes Villages</a> in different parts of Los Angeles.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/55f4f20036a4ebd752e16f28738ee48b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/55f4f20036a4ebd752e16f28738ee48b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Kadre Architects.</figcaption></figure><p>Faced with this challenge, the design team responded ...</p>
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Meet the socially-engaged Kadre Architects: Your Next Employer? Niall Patrick Walsh2023-06-19T08:00:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/178061f3f4493be17031e4ef51201137.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Following last week's visit to <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150353175/three-playful-installations-by-snarkitecture-your-next-employer" target="_blank">New York-based Snarkitecture</a>, we are moving our <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2010356/meet-your-next-employer" target="_blank"><em>Meet Your Next Employer</em> series</a> to Los Angeles this week where we meet <a href="https://archinect.com/kadre" target="_blank">Kadre Architects</a>.</p>
<p>Founded by Nerin Kadribegovic, the firm describes itself as "emerging as a nucleus for interdisciplinary collaborations focused on solving critical issues facing metropolitan urban centers around the world; cities gripped by displaced populations and environmental and/or socio-economic crises." As part of this mission, the firm is designing several long-term housing projects for people experiencing <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/314845/homelessness" target="_blank">homelessness</a> across Los Angeles and California.</p>
<p>Over on <a href="https://archinect.com/jobs" target="_blank">Archinect Jobs</a>, the firm is <a href="https://archinect.com/kadre/jobs" target="_blank">currently hiring</a> for several positions. For candidates interested in applying for a position, or anybody interested in learning more about life at an architecture studio, we spoke with Kadribegovic for a behind-the-scenes look at the firm.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cc/cc4c3dde3842d774d6071de093cf051e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cc/cc4c3dde3842d774d6071de093cf051e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Kadre's team. Image credit: Kadre Architects</figcaption></figure></figure><p><strong>How did Kadre Architects get started?</strong></p>
<p>After 20 years of part...</p>