{"id":469522,"date":"2026-02-12T05:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469522\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T05:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:10:12","slug":"shigeru-bans-shipping-container-resilience-center-breaks-ground-in-altadena-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469522\/","title":{"rendered":"Shigeru Ban\u2019s shipping container resilience center breaks ground In Altadena | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A Shigeru Ban Architects<\/a>-designed Center for Community has broken ground in Altadena<\/a>, aimed at strengthening resilience<\/a> in the aftermath of last year\u2019s deadly wildfires in Los Angeles<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Commissioned by the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) and located on Lincoln Avenue, the 1,600-square-foot building will provide mental health services, educational workshops, and community programming as part of CORE\u2019s long-term wildfire recovery strategy.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Image credit: Shigeru Ban Architects<\/p>\n

The design takes the form of a vaulted wood-beamed structure supported on both sides by shipping containers<\/a>. The scheme has been designed to prioritize speed of construction, waste minimization, and financial cost. The team estimates that the center will take two to three months to construct and will cost approximately $300,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/a>Groundbreaking ceremony. Image courtesy of CORE<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2025, our team responded to the L.A. Wildfires with Paper Partition Systems at the Westwood Recreation Center in Santa Monica and collaborated with SCI-Arc<\/a> on fabricating, building and exhibiting a Paper Log House for Los Angeles<\/a>,\u201d Shigeru Ban<\/a>, who was recently awarded the\u00a02026 AIA Gold Medal<\/a>, said. \u201cThis year, we will celebrate the opening of Altadena Community Center in collaboration with CORE, a project rooted in community and helping the City of Angels. SBA\u2019s first project in Los Angeles, I look forward to seeing it open and serving those who need it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over 18,000 homes and structures were destroyed in January 2025\u2019s LA wildfires<\/a>, killing at least 30 people and forcing more than 200,000 people to evacuate. Total property damages are estimated\u00a0between $28 billion and $54 billion. The most destructive blazes were the Palisades Fire, which destroyed 6,837 residential, commercial, and other structures across the Pacific Palisades and Malibu, and the Eaton Fire, which destroyed\u00a09,414 structures centered on Altadena.<\/p>\n

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