架构师提供的文本描述。Pico Place是一栋32单元的LEED白金可负担得起的公寓楼，由2和3卧室的家庭单元组成，配有公共洗衣房、社区房和地下停车场。

Text description provided by the architects. Pico Place is a 32-unit LEED Platinum affordable apartment building consisting of 2 and 3-bedroom family units with a common laundry room, community room and subterranean parking.

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该项目提供了一个连接高喜来登酒店的东部和海滩的西部，将建筑体积的每一边的财产和开放项目的中心，以创建一个封闭的住宅内部庭院。

The project provides a connection between the tall Sheraton hotel to the east and the beach to the west by placing the building volume on each side of the property and opening up the project’s center to create an enclosed, residential interior courtyard. 

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在庭院上方飘浮的几条织物，在遮阳庭院的同时，还提供了一种不同的材料和位置感，并为酒店提供了可俯瞰建筑的隐私。沿着皮科大道(Pico Blvd.)放置一间一层的社区客房，并创建一个“框架”，将该项目结合在一起，可以从街道上看到室内庭院，同时也保持半私人的风格。

Strips of fabric floating above the courtyard offer a variation in material and a sense of place while shading the courtyard and providing privacy from the hotel overlooking the building.  By placing a one-story community room along Pico Blvd., and creating a ‘frame’ that unifies the project, the interior courtyard can be seen from the street, while also remaining semi-private.  

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这使得庭院活动能够扩散到，并提供与Pico Blvd.的行人连接，保护穿过小巷的住宅不受庭院噪音和活动的影响。

This allows courtyard activity to spill out to, and provides a pedestrian connection with Pico Blvd., protecting the residential properties across the alley from the courtyard noise and activity. 

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主要的外部材料由不同颜色和纹理的再生水泥板组成，形成了一个优雅的外观，它的背景和变化是对周围建筑和用途的补充。

The major exterior material consists of recycled cement board siding in different colors and textures, creating an elegant façade that is contextual and varied, and which complements the surrounding buildings and uses.  

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停车场从后巷进入，耐旱/本土景观为居住在这里的人们提供了丰富的居住环境，并提供了从繁忙的商业区向西、向南和向东的住宅区的过渡。

The parking is accessed from the rear alley, and drought tolerant/native landscaping provides a rich living environment for the people that will live here and provide a transition from the busy commercial area immediately to the west, to the residential district to the south and east.

Architects Brooks + Scarpa Architects

Location 430 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405, United States

Category Housing

Architect in Charge Emily Hodgdon

Area 38250.0 ft2

Project Year 2013

Photographs John Linden