DTLA Super-Battery Research Studio Instructor: Neil Denari In 2023, the Los Angeles City Council re- zoned the downtown area to allow for 250,000 new residents. 吀栀is represents 20% of the additional allowed housing in city limits, but it occurs on only 1% of the city’s landmass. 吀栀is will result in extraordinary densi昀椀ca- tion of downtown Los Angeles. 吀栀e DTLA Super-Battery proposes a way to accommodate this population growth by re- placing the 110 freeway with a regenerative urban district that bundles energy, water, and housing into a single thermodynamic system which supports the radical densi- 昀椀cation of downtown LA and expands the concept of infrastructure. 4 5