DepaveLA Report
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Technical Report
Los Angeles, CA
2025
ARLA
Hyphae Design Lab
Los Angeles, CA
2025
ARLA
Hyphae Design Lab
DepaveLA is the first-ever comprehensive pavement analysis to map the distribution of every paved surface across Los Angeles County, distinguishing between pavement on streets, sidewalks, private properties, and other areas. The groundbreaking report reveals that Los Angeles County contains more than 312,000 acres (488 square miles) of pavement – an area so big it would form California’s largest city. Nearly half of this pavement may not be functionally necessary and represents a significant opportunity for closer, site-specific evaluation to determine where removal is feasible, suggesting a massive untapped opportunity to strengthen the region’s resilience.
Excess pavement worsens heat, flooding, and ecological decline. DepaveLA presents a data-driven framework for removing unnecessary paved surfaces and creating more healthy and resilient landscapes.
This report was prepared as a collaborative partnership between Accelerate Resilience L.A. and Hyphae Design Laboratory.
- Accelerate Resilience L.A.
https://acceleratela.org/depavela/
Excess pavement worsens heat, flooding, and ecological decline. DepaveLA presents a data-driven framework for removing unnecessary paved surfaces and creating more healthy and resilient landscapes.
This report was prepared as a collaborative partnership between Accelerate Resilience L.A. and Hyphae Design Laboratory.
- Accelerate Resilience L.A.
https://acceleratela.org/depavela/
My core responsibilities for the creation of this report were graphics production, identifying and representing different methods for hardscape removal, editing descriptive text detailing removal methods, coordination with graphic design contractor, research on local
regulations, organizing content, and publication layout editing.
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