One San Pedro
Location
Los Angeles
timeline
2018—Ongoing
Role
Consultant
Services
More Info
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles is collaborating with the One San Pedro Collaborative, consisting of The Richman Group, Century Housing, and National CORE to plan and redevelop the Rancho San Pedro public housing community.
Situated between Downtown San Pedro, Barton Hill neighborhood, and the active waterfront, the Rancho San Pedro redevelopment plan is being conceptualized as an opportunity to build physical, economic, social, and cultural connections to create One San Pedro. City Fabrick has been an essential partner throughout the One San Pedro initiative, leading or supporting multiple aspects of the work including everything from graphic design to interior design to urban design and planning. The Choice Neighborhood Initiative transformation planning effort was completed in 2020, with the associated Specific Plan and Environmental Impact Report completed in 2023. The initial phase of development will begin in 2024. Learn more about One San Pedro at www.onesanpedro.org
Urban + Systems
City Fabrick established an urban design framework for One San Pedro to form a connective tissue between the surrounding neighborhoods of Barton Hill, Downtown San Pedro, Rancho San Pedro, and harbor area. The layered open space network includes a linear park and a series of paseos that connect north south through the housing authority property. Using San Pedro’s natural grade, the youth sports field is perched over the community center fronting along Centre Street. Second Street terminates into a pedestrian plaza elevated over the Harbor Boulevard Promenade, providing publicly accessible views of the waterfront. Development will transition the medium residential density Barton Hill neighborhood to the west and north into the high intensity, mixed-use Downtown San Pedro to the south. Surrounding the Palos Verdes linear park will be dense mixed-use buildings with ground floor activity programmed commercial and community amenities. Buildings are sculpted to provide and preserve vistas to the waterfront with varied building heights, angled building masses, and retreating corners.
Planning + Policy
City Fabrick supported the overall Choice Neighborhood Initiative Transformation Planning process including leading development of the Housing Element. Upon approval by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development City Fabrick collaborated with the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning to develop a Specific Plan that codifies the redevelopment plan. This comprehensive plan includes sections on process, land-use and development standards, objective design standards, open space and landscape design, and mobility. City Fabrick also supported the environmental review of the overall redevelopment project, providing various exhibits, tables, and reports.
Building + Interior
As part of building connections within the community the One San Pedro Collaborative and HACLA established a local office along Downtown San Pedro’s Main Street. City Fabrick designed the modest office in one of the sidewalk facing storefronts of the Arcade Building on 6th Street, including meeting and work spaces. The conference area doubles as a gallery which has hosted outreach events and art openings, frequently in concert with San Pedro’s First Thursday Artwalk. The built out nature of Rancho San Pedro and surrounding area necessitates the development of an off-site residential building to provide temporary homes during the initial on-site redevelopment. 327 Harbor Boulevard is considered phase 0 of One San Pedro, providing nearly 50 affordable homes for Rancho San Pedro residents. While the project is not within the specific plan area, City Fabrick designed 327 Harbor to reflect the intention of One San Pedro and test its regulatory framework. Nestled within the topography, the ground floor of the building facing Harbor will host the future One San Pedro offices, along with lobby and residents’ amenities. The courtyard above opens towards the waterfront, affording most residents some view of the harbor. The building corners step down and set back to reduce the building mass, preserving more of the vistas from the Barton Hill neighborhood. The architecture of 327 Harbor is intended to manifest the bright, bold brand of One San Pedro with the use of fresh colors, textures, and materials.
Landscape Architecture
Graphic
The One San Pedro Collaborative is made up of four partners: the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, The Richman Group, Century Housing, and National CORE, each with their own unique identity and branding. The neighborhoods surrounding Rancho San Pedro: Barton Hill, Downtown San Pedro, and the waterfront also have unique characters that all collectively influence the narrative of One San Pedro. City Fabrick developed the concept and brand of “One San Pedro” as a means for communicating internally and externally the intention of connecting these neighbors and neighborhoods. The brand for One San Pedro is bold and bright, evoking an uplifting vision for the future for the residents, their homes, and the community. City Fabrick applied the brand to all of the engagement and outreach material, website, organization collateral, and even in the architecture of early concepts.
Engagement
The plan is being developed through extensive engagement with Rancho San Pedro residents and stakeholders from the larger community through a variety of activities, spaces, and structures. As the Transformation Planning process began City Fabrick initiated a People’s Planning School to teach residents the basics of planning to develop shared knowledge to have a conversation about planning the future of their community. These conversations have continued through the Resident Advisory Council for Rancho residents and Community Advisory Committee, made up members from the RAC as well as the broader community. City Fabrick also facilitated numerous workshops, meetings, walking tours, and engagement activities throughout the planning process. This included designing activities for residents and local stakeholders of varied perspectives and backgrounds to discuss the future of their community across a broad range of topics spanning transportation, housing affordability, density and height, open space, and unit design. This included employing games, role-playing, forced-choice, and Legos to discover, imagine, prioritize, and build consensus for their community.
