Posted by Derek Leavitt on Fri, Apr 16, 2010
We recently had some photos taken of the Fashion Square Car Wash by photographer Sergio Garza - www.SergioGarza.net.
Sergio shot these for his portfolio, so we didn't interfere and advise him of what we wanted. He had free range to express his artistic point of view. We are pleased with the results. They capture the essence of the place, a busy car wash that is only closed (except for rainy days) one day a year. We also like that he took some pictures of just the landscaping.
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza
Photo by Sergio Garza - www.SergioGarza.net
The Fashion Square Car Wash, located in Sherman Oaks, CA (Los Angeles) was remodeled extensively in 2009 by the following team:
Architect - ModativeGeneral Contractor - Pacific Empre BuildersLandscape Architect - Miriam RainvilleStructural Engineer - Ajay Ray
Posted by Derek Leavitt on Tue, Sep 08, 2009
Update September 2009
While we continue to go back in
time and add posts of the entire Fashion Square Car Wash architecture
and construction process, I thought we'd show a few recent pictures to
hold you over until we send in the professional photographers.
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The new waiting area
And, just to remind you, the old waiting area and main building
A close up of the new canopy
Canopy detail
We also designed all the new signs
The old sign
New drought tolerant landscaping along the street
The sign and landscaping at the corner
The simple and "clean" graphics
The welcome car wash ordering area
Before picture of the welcome area
The vacuum area beyond is about to be rebuilt with a new structure and graphics (Sept. 2009)
Path to the lobby
The card area
We brought a similar graphics theme to the store interiors
Stay tuned as posts will be added in the coming months to show you more of the architecture and construction process.
Posted by Derek Leavitt on Thu, Jul 19, 2007
Some renderings of the (screen) concept to match the previosly developed study model. We've found that moving back and forth between physical and digital modeling works well for us. Digital modeling is fast while the physical modeling allows us to see the entirety of the design at once and forces us to determine a level of buildability in the architecture.
View from the street
The car wash ordering area
The waiting area
Posted by Derek Leavitt on Fri, Jun 01, 2007
The ever critical car wash store is much more than just a place to pay for your car wash. If the architecture and interiors are done correctly, it can turn the chore of getting a car wash into a pleasant shopping experience.
This first round of design for the car wash store interiors was intended to reflect the concepts used on the exterior (see previous post): the screen, simple signs, and improved flow.
The cabinetry is composed of stacked pieces of wood of various widths that provide different shelving depths, dramatic shadow lines, and visually relate to the screens used on the exterior. Storage areas just below the display areas are intended to ease the merchandise stocking.
Simple, one word signs such as "write" (cards) and "give" (gifts) were intended to provide a customer with the essence of what was available in that portion of the store.
A birds-eye view of the store layout.
The floor plan of the store before the proposed remodel.
Several layouts were explored and flow diagrams created to see how to
improve the customers experience of moving through the store.
These initial interior layouts included a take-out style cafe.
Although the client was very happy with these concepts for the store, the final constructed design of the store is fairly different, matching the reduced scope of the overall car wash project.