Central Los Angeles
New Learning Center #1 -
Heritage K-12
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles, California
365,229 sf classroom
4,234 total seats
800 elementary seats K-3
1,000 middle school seats 4-8
2,240 high school seats
442 car 2 level subterranean parking with playing field
above
Gymnasium
Library
Auditorium
Wilshire public park
The scope of the project includes a K-3 School, a 4-8 Middle School, and a High School, for a total of 4,624 students. The school is located on the historic Ambassador Hotel site. The 92,000-square-foot, K-3 building will accommodate 1,150 seats within 46 classrooms. The K-3 building is a 2-story, wood structure with plywood shear walls. The 4-8/High School building will accommodate 3,474 seats within 130 classrooms on six floors. The area is 382,000 square feet, and the rehabilitated Cocoanut Grove building is an additional 48,410 square feet of enclosed and covered areas. The 6-story steel structure utilizes steel moment-resisting frames. The subterranean parking structure will accommodate a total of 442 parking spaces on two levels for faculty and administrative staff. Playfields for the 4-8/HS are constructed above the parking structure. The development includes a gymnasium
building accommodating the gymnasium court for grades 6-8 and Central Plant equipment on the first floor, and a gymnasium court for grades 9-12 on the upper level.
The K-3 building and parking structure are located 2 levels lower than the 4-12 buildings. This 2-story step in the site was accommodated with a 2-story high soil-nail wall to retain the soil.