UCLA CHILD CARE CENTER

West Los Angeles, CA

Client:

UCLA – Capital Programs

Density:

171 Child Capacity

Area:

14,265 sf Indoor Area
14,535 sf Outdoor Area

The UCLA Child Development Center is a child care campus designed to serve the University of California at Los Angeles student and faculty community in West Los Angeles. Located in the master-planned University Village Family Student Housing, this facility serves 171 children in three child care programs. The planning of this campus revolves around the carefully balanced relationships between the three systems, each with its independently administered operation and programmatic requirements. The site design re-interprets the Campus quad concept in a series of courtyard playgrounds surrounded and interconnected with covered outdoor walkways. The buildings are carefully located to both define the shared-use areas and the required separations while preserving the integrity of the campus as one.