BLUM & POE GALLERY
Los Angeles, CA
The international art gallery Blum & Poe moved to the Culver City Arts District in 2009. The vision for Elysian’s scheme was to develop a ‘gallery campus’ with a multi-functional garden landscape occupying half of the site: a 22,000 square foot parking lot
The client envisioned outdoor spaces dedicated to exhibiting artworks and hosting events of all sizes, from private gatherings to large public openings. The landscape area was broken up into discrete spaces and re-surfaced according to various purposes: decomposed granite, cement, gravel, even grass has been used.
The guiding concept for the landscape was to emulate the experience of visiting a botanical garden, with a diverse range of native and climate-appropriate trees, shrubs, succulents, vines and grasses.
Design Team:
Elysian Landscapes
Escher GuneWardena Architecture
Completed: 2012
Area: 22,000 sf