Located beside the Los Angeles River, this project for the LADWP embeds a series of giant municipal water reservoirs into a large civic site that also houses research and public works buildings and a public park. The initial decision to partially embed the reservoirs informed our treatment of the ground: the ground embeds our structures and, in places, rises to reveal them. We designed three main structures that dot the park, connected by pathways and meadows that control circulation. The form of these structures was inspired by  Paul Virilio’s Bunker Archeology, specifically the softened biomimetic form and seemingly scaleless appearance within the surrounding context. Appendages extend from main structures; connections are softened by webbing that reduces planar fidelity and clarity, creating spaces of refuge and overhang. Forms are partially concealed yet legible.