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Inglewood Oil Field Community Gardens 

Creating intimacy within the Inhospitable 

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Situated on the largest urban oil feld in Los Angeles, Inglewood Community Gardens provides residents with an agricultural superstructure. Using geothermal energy acquired from pumping groundwater into unused, capped oil wells, the building creates steam, which

it then uses to power and create spaces with speci c temperature and humidity related qualities.


The building lies on the boundary between the suburban community and the industrial oil field. These contrasting elements are reflected in the building’s design, and the community garden’s act as a bridge connecting people to the oil field and opening their eyes to the new ways in which it’s utilisation can be beneficial to the suburban community. 

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