OMA pavilion brings fresh slant to California temple

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The Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles has just unveiled its latest addition. The\u00a0Audrey Irmas Pavilion is not only famed architecture studio OMA\u2019s first California religious commission; it is also its\u00a0first cultural building in the state. Led by practice\u00a0partner\u00a0Shohei Shigematsu, the modern pavilion was concieved as a contemporary addition and...

’s first California temple commission and has completed in Los Angeles

The Audrey Irmas Pavilion, named after its lead donor, incorporates a new initiative and community space – the Wallis Annenberg GenSpace, a dedicated facility for ‘older Angelenos’. Flexible spaces that can accomodate meetings of various natures and sizes make up the interiors – although the main gathering spaces comprise the Grand Ballroom, a smaller chapel/event space, and a sunken garden.

The pavilion’s distinctive façade is key to the lasting impression the building makes. It is made up of 1,230 hexagonal panels of glass fibre-reinforced concrete . Meanwhile, practice founder was commissioned especially to design a mezuzah for each door frame within. ‘I was both intrigued and challenged to design these for the doors within the pavilion.

 

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