Juhee Mehta

AR2047

Urban Atelier

This art residency project, set in the heart of the Los Angeles Arts District, reimagines the boundaries between art-making and public engagement. The design features an interactive facade, inviting curiosity while revealing glimpses of the creative process within. Rather than separating production from exhibition, the architecture encourages fluid transitions between viewing and creating, process and presentation. Public plazas and layered circulation paths allow visitors to engage with works-in-progress, while private studios offer focused retreat for resident artists. Rooted in the vibrant, collaborative energy of the Arts District, the project reflects the area's history of adaptive reuse and artistic innovation—making the building itself an evolving canvas and cultural interface.


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Mapping the art residency as a civic platform for adaptive spaces, public engagement, and collaborative cultural production.

Visualizing spatial possibilities through AI-generated explorations that blend community, creativity, and architectural function.

Modular exploration of form, proportion, and spatial potential through a kit of parts derived from mechanical objects.

Iterative explorations of interlocking forms and voids culminate in a modular final composition expressing harmony and layered complexity.

A study of Los Angeles and its Arts District informs the site's spatial, cultural, and architectural context, grounding the final composition within its urban fabric.

Showing the chunk’s spatial development—from part assembly to sectional studies—revealing a layered architectural system that integrates circulation, program, and enclosure.

Exploreing the spatial layering of the building, where a central core organizes circulation and program while balancing the public and the private.

Demonstrating how public accessibility and layered circulation inform the spatial organization and experiential flow of the residency.

Artist residency modules designed as spatial typologies offering diverse levels of privacy, interaction, and engagement with the public.

The modulated ground acting as a dynamic public terrain, integrating circulation, gathering, and display through sculpted surfaces beneath the architectural mass.