SNAP Campus, New Amenity Park & Building

Photographer Credit: Courtesy of OFFICEUNTITLED

Architecture Firm Credit: OFFICEUNTITLED

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TOUR DETAILS

In Santa Monica, OFFICEUNTITLED transforms a former stretch of surface parking into a defined outdoor room—part garden, part civic space, part place for everyday pause. What was once residual space is reworked into a site with presence, shaped through a series of architectural interventions that test how form, material, and light can operate together.

The project is conceived as a built testing ground. Shade structures, an amenity building, and site elements are developed as custom systems rather than off-the-shelf solutions, balancing formal ambition with fabrication logic, durability, and long-term use.

The tour offers a close look at how design ambition is carried through coordination—between material innovation, structural systems, and construction constraints—to produce built form. Visitors will experience how light, geometry, and fabrication work together on site, and how small-scale interventions can redefine underutilized spaces into active, shared environments.

TOUR HOSTS

Christianne Jordan, Associate AIA, Principal, OFFICEUNTITLED

Christianne Jordan is a project leader with over 10 years of experience delivering award-winning work across scales and typologies. Her work emphasizes design excellence, performance, and long-term impact. She leads the firm’s AIA 2030 Commitment and sustainability efforts, and has contributed to projects including the Cayton Children’s Museum, Edwards Lifesciences Master Plan, and AVA Arts District LA. She has spoken at the NetZero Conference and Façade Tectonics, and holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Iowa State University.

Lecan Li, AIA, CA Licensed Architect, LEED AP, OFFICEUNTITLED

Lecan Li is an architectural designer at OFFICEUNTITLED whose work explores how the built environment can elevate daily life while contributing to broader cultural and environmental contexts.

Since joining the firm after earning her Master of Architecture from UCLA, she has contributed to a diverse range of projects across typologies and scales—including mixed-use, commercial, residential, data centers, and large-scale media installations. Her work spans multiple phases, from early design through project development, with a focus on clarity, adaptability, and execution.

TOUR MEETING SPOT

Infront of Security Gate at the south side of the 3050 Ocean Park Blvd Amenity building.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PROJECT PLANNING & DESIGN (Construction Systems): This project deploys Brach Technology, an emerging facade system composed of lightweight panels formed from 3D-printed substrates, shaped into organic, complex geometries and finished with a traditional plaster assembly to perform as a rainscreen.
• Learning Objective — Analyze how emerging facade systems, including 3D-printed lightweight panel assemblies, can expand formal expression while meeting performance, durability, and constructability requirements within a rainscreen

PROJECT PLANNING & DESIGN (Construction Systems): The canopy structures extend over 30 feet from a single column, requiring deep reinforced concrete foundations. Their petal-like geometries pushed the limits of steel fabrication standards and demanded a high level of coordination between structural engineering, steel fabrication, and architectural intent.
• Learning Objective — Evaluate strategies for achieving long-span cantilevers through integrated structural and fabrication approaches, including coordination between foundation systems, steel assemblies, and complex geometry.

PROGRAMMING & ANALYSIS (Resilience to Natural and Human Impacts): Additional of new canopies to create a comfortable environment in the new park in a large open space. Exploration of the size of the shading structure, size of perforations, and ideal locations were all factors that were explored, studied, and analyzed.
• Learning Objective — Assess how the scale, geometry, and perforation of shading structures influence microclimate conditions, including solar exposure, thermal comfort,
and the usability of open public space.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & DOCUMENTATION (Construction Contract Administration): Working in tight construction schedules, procurement timelines and small sites presented challenges with installation between many trades on site. Detailing and attachments of critical elements on the facade and canopies had to be reconsidered in order to make installation within the construction timelines feasible.
• Learning Objective — Evaluate how construction sequencing, procurement timelines, and site constraints influence detailing decisions, and identify strategies to adapt attachment systems for efficient and feasible installation.

PARKING

On site parking can be provided and validated. All guests will need to check in at security of the 3100 Ocean Park Blvd Building (just to the south of the Meeting Spot) to receive badges prior to joining the tour.

FULL CREDIT LIST (Architects, Builders, Engineers, etc.)

General Contractor – Swinerton
Landscape Architect – SALT
Structural Engineer – Kurt Fisher Structural Engineering
Architect – OFFICEUNTITLED
MEP Engineer and Lighting Designer – A3 Engineering
Civil – Brandow & Johnston
Steel Canopy Fabricator – Washington Iron
Façade Panel Manufacturer – Branch Technologies