Adding 1 million people along the Wilshire corridor could help L.A. create a sustainable city
"What will Los Angeles look like in 2050?"
In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (UCLA A.UD) Distinguished Professor Thom Mayne puts forth a strategy that could potentially "add needed housing while preserving the neighborhood character and natural landscape of the remaining 99% of L.A. County" based on findings from The Now Institute, a UCLA A.UD research center, directed by Mayne.
"What will Los Angeles look like in 2050?
Based on climate research conducted at UCLA, the answer to that question could potentially be very bleak. L.A. will be hotter, with more wildfires and less snow in the San Gabriels. As my colleague Mark Gold, UCLA’s vice chancellor for environment and sustainability, recently described it, the changing climate will make us “sort of like a ‘Phoenix by the sea.’”
Amidst these environmental challenges, L.A. County is forecast to grow by 1.5 million people – the equivalent of adding the population of Phoenix to our hotter, drier environs."— Thom Mayne, November 3
Read the full article at the Los Angeles Times website.
Read more coverage of this research from KCRW, the UCLA Newsroom, and the Department of Architecture and Urban Design.