LA Forum ADU Eastside Tour

The details:

🗓️ Date: Saturday April 13th
🕒 Time: 11am - 3pm

📍 Where: Eastside, Los Angeles. Four residential addresses will be released to ticket holders. The tour is self-directed; tickets and a map will be issued via email prior to the event.

🏡 Discover Innovative Living Spaces: The LA Forum Eastside ADU Tour

Accessory Dwelling Units, granny flats, backyard cottages - whatever we call them, these self-contained living spaces are helping to reduce the gap between housing demand and supply. Typically built on the same lot as an existing single-family home, these small homes can increase housing supply, provide multi-generational living, and additional income to homeowners.

With the city of LA streamlining the permitting process and implementing incentives for homeowners, architects are finding innovative ways to go small, rethinking residential design. Join the LA Forum for a self-guided ADU tour on the Eastside of Los Angeles. This event offers a rare opportunity to experience four distinct homes, each with its own story to tell and a vision for redefining modern living:

🌿 Cover ADU

Step into the serene ambiance of Cover's custom-built ADU, nestled on a hillside through lot. Delve into the ingenuity behind this panelized building system, designed to blend seamlessly with its natural surroundings. Explore the thoughtful details that elevate everyday living into a luxury experience.

🏠 WTARCH

For architect Warren Techentin each project is a reflection of its unique environment. This ADU, located on a hillside overlooking busy Glendale Boulevard in Silver Lake, was designed for a young family with diverse needs. The many existing, small structures in the neighborhood inspired the fragmentation of the massing of the ADU – to create a doppelganger of sorts – a pair of petite structures joined at a corner, allowing rooms to be arranged in a split section.

🏘️ Bunch Design

Experience the harmonious blend of tradition and modernity at Bunch Design's ADU, adjacent to the historic craftsman houses of the Hollywood Grove HPOZ. While located outside of the HPOZ, Bunch wanted to use familiar materials and massing to complement nearby bungalows. The result is a 1,000 SF house for the homeowner’s retired parents and a 400 SF home office above that blends seamlessly into the surrounding neighborhood.

🏙️ Office Of: Office

Office Of: Office is a minority and women-led urban planning and architecture non-profit that designs policy, projects, and programs for equitable city growth. Office Of: Office's work focuses on alternative models for neighborhood-scale design across Los Angeles’ diverse neighborhoods. In partnership with Mayor Garcetti’s Innovation Team and Council District 1, this ADU Pilot Project aimed to demonstrate a thoughtfully-designed backyard home that also served as a model for affordable construction and financial loan innovation. The ADU is a newly built 1,025 SF, two-story, two bedroom home located in Highland Park.

Join us on this exciting self-guided tour of ADUs, where creativity meets functionality and every space tells a story. Reserve your spot today and be part of a journey towards reimagining the way we live.

Please read our ticket policy for this event:

Tickets cost $100 for non-members, $75 for LA Forum current members, and must be purchased in advance. Student non-member tickets are $50 and student member tickets are $25.
The tour is self-directed,tickets and a map will be issued via email. Guests will be asked to show tickets upon entry to each location.
All ticket sales are final and no refunds will be given.
Children under 10 are not allowed. No exceptions, please.
Some of the homes are located on steep streets and are not wheelchair accessible, we apologize for this.
We HIGHLY encourage carpooling or rideshare, since many of these homes are located on streets with limited parking.
Non-commercial photography is allowed.

Spaces are limited. RSVP now to secure your place!

Please note: by attending this event, you agree to the liability waiver and release below. Liability Waiver and Release: * I hereby declare that I accept and understand the following conditional requirements of my participation in this LA Forum event. I declare that I fully intend to be bound by the condition stated herein. I further declare that I have read and fully understand all of the conditions outlined below. In consideration of acceptance of my participation in the event, I, for myself, my heirs and assigns, hereby release the sponsors, program participants, coordinators, and officials of this event from any and all liability arising from illness and/or damages I may suffer as a result of participation in such an event. I attest that I will wear any protective gear required by the event organizers. I agree that if I violate this agreement and attempt to bring suit against any part of parties named herein, that I will be held responsible for attorney’s fees and any costs incurred by that person in defending such action. I further understand that this waiver applies to all or any events in which I may participate from the time I convene with the event forward and that this waiver and release of rights contains no expiration date.

L.A. FORUM ADU EASTSIDE TOUR

Photo- Office of Office ADU: Stephen Schauer