Our overarching mission was to connect Los Angeles neighborhoods with their central park, creating the conditions for a place which would ultimately be shaped and activated by the users. The first step was to remove the perimeter walls and reclaim the edges, creating accessible landscaped thresholds which flow seamlessly from street to sidewalk to green. A crucial part of the design was the underground parking garage, accessed by “lift points” formed by the undulations – an expression of our “green over grey” strategy, which seeks to integrate urban infrastructure and immersive green space. As a city, LA is imagined as essentially hybrid – neither wholly green nor grey, a city of rich differences and intertwining histories. Pershing Green is a celebration of that hybridity, of the vibrancy and apparent contradictions which generate a thriving culture.