Fwd: CPC CU-DBSPR ( W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles)

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1 3/8/209 Cty of Los Angeles Mal Fwd: CPC CUDBSPR ( W Olympc Boulevad, Los Angeles) Fwd: CPC CUDBSPR ( W Olympc Boulevad, Los Angeles) Anna Matnez <annamatnez@lactyog> To: Clek Councl and Publc Sevces <ClekCPS@lactyog> F, Ma 8, 209 at 7:07 AM Fowaded messagefom: Alek <alek3773@gmalcom> Date: Thu, Ma 7, 209 at 7:46 PM Subject: RE: CPC CUDBSPR ( W Olympc Boulevad, Los Angeles) To: <dalenenavaete@lactyog>, <lsawebbe@lactyog>, <cpc@lactyog>, <Monqueacosta@lactyog>, <ctyclek@lactyog> Dea Cty Repesentatve: RE: Case No: CPC CUDBSPR CEQA No: ENV20&3663MND Addess: W Olympc Boulevad, Los Angeles CA Aea; Wlshe Codo, Koeatown m a esdent of LA and a fequent vsto to the Koeatown aea, lama majo suppote of new mxeduse developments Howeve, ths patcula poject needs some edesgn patculaly, the wndows mullon patten (m efeng to the latest endengs found on UbanzeLA) By the way, have some backgound n achtectue, uban development, and gaphc desgn theefoe am happy to shae some of my deas wth you A bef ntoducton: Many new buldngs acoss the cty seem to have oddlookng wndows wth a stange desgn; unfotunately, the poposed W Olympc Blvd development s one of them (accodng to the latest mages fom Ubanze LA) The mullon appeas to be: the fxed glass panel s located below the opeable wndow: Howeve, ths socalled "Contempoay desgn" s achtectually ncoect, to be honest; t looks lke a smply "nveted" veson of a tadtonal mullon Unfotunately, ths desgn looks extemely awkwad and pmtve, unng the ente aesthetcs of a new buldng t s ndeed stange that so many developes ae so obsessed wth ths pmtve wndow mullon! As a sad example of such aesthetcally wong poject s "One Santa Fe" Same stoy: the buldng tself looks qute decent, but those H ugly wndows have successfully uned the ente appeaance of the buldng! Please undestand: t s fo a eason that you dont see ths type of B mullon n any of the buldngs thoughout most of the wold: the wolds most enowned achtects know bette to neve use ths type of mullon as t s aesthetcally ncoect Anothe majo dawback of ths type of wndows s that the uppe vetcal "dvde" (sepaatng the opeable wndows) obstucts a clea skylne vew fom the wndow, as eloquently mentoned by one of the developes As a compason, the tadtonal pattens uppe fxed hozontal glass panel H povdes a clea, unobstucted skylne vew B Theefoe, nstead of "contempoay" oddlookng wndows, the develope should nstall ths tadtonal type of mullon desgn the type that s a standad all acoss the wold, ncludng many of ou own US ctes Ou LA Desgn Studo should tuly change ts standad, and consde to mplement ths tadtonal type a on new developments Attached please fnd a dawngcuent desgn (as descbed above) vesus suggested m also attachng a evsed mage of you 370 Olympc Blvd development ( took the lbety of photoshoppng the wndows) and applyng the mpoved look of the wndows to you ognal endengs You can see how much bette the buldng now appeas once you apply these tadtonal a types of wndows agan, see the "Revsedjpg" attachment Theefoe, stongly ecommend that you uge the develope to Not nclude ths "nveted" contempoay desgn:m nstead, f a develope pefes a smple type of wndow, then ths tadtonal a type of mullon should be the standad exqaj56u6edz5a_mtg3d0cakcdve6rpdcu4jyajmzuyldzl/u/0?k=5c &vew=pt&seach=all&pemmsgd /3

2 3/8/209 Cty of Los Angeles Mal Fwd: CPC CUDBSPR ( W Olympc Boulevad, Los Angeles) Fnally, m attachng seveal photos epesentng the actual buldngs (ncl new developments) wth the tadtonal a type of wndow mullon Othewse, am n full SUPPORT of ths geat poject Thank you fo lookng nto my suggestons! Please feel fee to contact me, should you have any questons and/o concens Please also fowad my comments to the achtectual and development team(s) of the develope, as needed All the bestl Snceely, ~ Alek Fedman URBAN DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATE, COMPUTER CONSULTANT/ GRAPHC DESGNER Los Angeles, Calfona ATTACHMENTS: Revsed endengs of the W Olympc Blvd development; Photos of actual buldngs wth the H mullon patten 5 attachments,jse f F BE ; F n c l fn KUt& Revsedjpg 65K «cm w»n BhM Concept 0 wong vs lghtpng K cu«t«otvch /tufnna) Concept 03 wong vs ghtpng 7K Athf f f PRNTABLE Collage Example 04jpg 80K exqaj56u6edz5a_mtg3d0cakcdve6rpdcu4jyajmzuyldzl/u/0?k=5c &vew=pt&seach=all&pemmsgd 2/3

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4 CURRENT DESGN: (Contempoay) SUGGESTED DESGN: (Tadtonal) Aesthetcally ncoect Aesthetcally coect

5 CURRENT DESGN: (Contempoay) SUGGESTED DESGN : (Tadtonal) Aesthetcally ncoect Aesthetcally coect

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