INFRASTRUCTURAL OPPORTUNISMInhabiting the Los Angeles Hinterland

LOS ANGELES URBAN FINGERS AND FRAGMENTS

city of los angeles

MOST COMMON OCCUPATION - ECONOMIC SIGNIFIERS

McGhee, Eric, and Daniel Krimm. Californias political geography. Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved from http://www.ppic.

org/main/publication_quick.asp?i=1007 (2012).

POLITICAL PARTY BY COUNTY POLITICAL PARTY BY POPULATION

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EXPANDED EDGE

63%Los Angeles area jobs located

10+ miles from the core

48%Inland California population

growth rate, compared to 17% Coastal growth rate

1.3Million new Los Angeles County

residents by 2050

40+Average commute time in

minutes, compared to the 25 minute average U.S. commute

TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT GRADIENT

POLYCENTRIC EMPLOYMENT GRADIENT

EMERGING EMPLOYMENT CLUSTERS

EXPANDED EDGE

PALMDALE, CA

PALMDALE, CA

SAN FRANCISCO

PALMDALE

VICTORVILLE

BAKERSFIELD

FRESNO

LOS ANGELES BASIN

LAS VEGAS

palmdale

TERRITORIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

HIGH DESERT TRIANGLE

PALMDALE - LANCASTER

SANTA CLARITA

BAKERSFIELD

TEHACHAPI

VICTORVILLE

PALMDALE, CALIFORNIAprojected scenario - fragmented development

HIGH DESERT TRIANGLEHIGH DESERT TRIANGLE EMPLOYMENT

TIME-BASED EMPLOYMENT

manufacturing

shipping

construction

extraction

higher education

tangerine croptourism

grape crop

alfalfa crop

onion crop

retail + logistics

primary education

military service

transport

almond crop

manufacturingshipping

construction

tourism

grape cropalfalfa crop

onion crop

retail + logisticstransport

almond crop

LIVING TYPOLOGIES

SHARING POTENTIAL IN IMPERMANENCE

PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA

PALMDALE - LANCASTERzoning

INFRASTRUCUTRAL OPPORTUNITIES

INFRASTRUCUTRAL OPPORTUNITIES - SCENARIOS

INFRASTRUCTURAL OVERLAPS = OPPORTUNITIES

PALMDALE OVERLAP 00

INFRASTRUCTURAL OPPORTUNITIES

MESSY GLUE

IMAGINARY GLUE - ZONING

STITCH ACROSS THE GRAIN

ORGANIZE

PALMDALE INTERVENTION 00

MODULES

GLUE - MODULE ADJACENCIES + CONFIGURATIONS

PALMDALE STITCHPALMDALE, CALIFORNIA

PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA - SECTOR