The recently completed West Hollywood Aquatics and Recreation Center (ARC) cultivates a strong community by providing improved recreation facilities and venues for the city’s 35,000 active residents.
Situated on a difficult urban site and straddling an existing roadway, the facility includes a 17,000-square-foot, multisport court; two rooftop swimming pools; community meeting rooms, a daycare facility, outdoor recreation and observation decks, an enclosed parking garage, and a small public access television studio.
The ARC building is linked to the West Hollywood Park public open space by a dynamic grand stair. The exterior stair is designed to become a center for social activity and a focal point for the park, as well as to provide exterior access from the park to the rooftop aquatics facilities and tennis courts.
The project was designed and built for energy efficiency and green building best practices, including a rooftop photovoltaic system. The project was certified as a LEED-NC v4 Gold project in September 2022.