Occidental College Swan Hall Addition and Renovation

Occidental College Swan Hall Addition and Renovation

The Applicant, Occidental College, is proposing to renovate the 16,340 square foot (sq ft) three-story Swan Hall and construct a 22,700 sq ft 3-story addition. (No change in student or faculty population is anticipated as a result of the project) Originally designed by Myron Hunt as a dormitory for the original campus, Swan Hall was constructed in 1914 and remodeled and repurposed in 1960 as a faculty office building. The building is a contributory structure to an identified Historic District. Today, Swan Hall houses six academic departments and one third of Occidental's faculty. The renovation of Swan Hall would provide necessary seismic upgrade and provide full ADA-compliant accessibility. Currently, most of the building is inaccessible to the physically challenged. The existing office space is substandard; the renovation would provide modern offices of adequate size for existing faculty and staff, along with seminar rooms, flexible instruction areas, informal meeting spaces, and new psychology experiment and interview rooms. The proposed addition would incorporate a design scale similar to, but distinct from, the original Swan Hall. The expansion would allow for modern offices and other spaces of adequate size for existing faculty and staff. During the renovation of Swan Hall and the construction of the new 3-story addition, the offices of faculty and staff in existing Swan Hall would be relocated into temporary trailers in order that the academic and administrative functions of the College continue uninterrupted. Approximately 12,762 square feet of temporary trailer space would be used during construction activities. The project would require Conditional Use approval for an educational use in a residential zone.

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, City of

Los Angeles

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Educational (22,700 sf addition (plus 16,340 sf renovation))

Use Permit, Use Permit: Conditional

Aesthetics, Cultural Resources