Los Angeles 2028: Inglewood Station and Ballfield

Deviating from traditional zoning segregation, many municipalities around the country increasingly seek to accommodate large congregations inside their town limits based on hybrid land use. Especially sports stadiums are locations with large infrastructural investments but often active only during specific events. Over the course of a year, the sport or concert activities denote only very short portion in the life of a stadium complex, whereas most of the time, the restricted typology contributes little to urban qualities. This thesis proposes a stadium typology based on hybrid land use, to include rail-based public transportation, a year-round retail zone, and space for social programs in its perimeter. The proposal aims to provide both the event space and offer an enduring lively environment and respectively a better service to its community. Los Angeles, poised to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, offers itself the territory for a site that promises to continue its urban contributions beyond the games.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Department dc:contributor.department

Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• Utter, Larry Ryan

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Schnoedt, Heinrich

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Galloway, William U.
• Doan, Patrick A.

• urban infrastructure
• civic offerings
• structural expression
• hybrid-use
• porosity

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:44118

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/135488