The CSA group outside the Marmol Radziner offices. From left to right, top row (standing): Nicholas Hofstede (MD of Johnston Marklee), Brett Woods (Woods+ Dangaran), Joe Dangaran (Woods+ Dangaran), Stephanie Hobbs (Design Principal at Marmol Radziner), Ron Radziner, Steven Ehrlich (EYRC), Takashi Yanai (EYRC), Jeffrey Allsbrook (Standard Architecture | Design), David Montalba (Montalba Architects), Sharon Johnston (Johnston Marklee). Bottom row: Barbara Bestor (Bestor Architecture), Geoffrey von Oeyen (Geoffrey von Oeyen Design), Leo Marmol, Noah Walker (Walker Workshop), Silvia Kuhle (Standard Architecture | Design), David Thompson (Assembledge+)Photo: Roger DaviesPrincipals of those firms gathered in early March at the Santa Monica offices of AD100 firm Marmol Radziner to discuss and refine the mandate for the project. Joining the group were Jaime Rummerfield, executive director of the preservation and advocacy organization Save Iconic Architecture, and photographer Roger Davies, who will document CSAs efforts in much the way that Julius Shulman gave voice to the work of the original Case Study crowd. Many of the assembled notables expressed the fundamental influence of the midcentury Case Study program on their education, practice, and approach to design.This is an intriguing moment to think about other ways of building community, Barbara Bestor said, acknowledging the progressive work of luminaries Gregory Ain and A. Quincy Jones. Noah Walker echoed the sentiment: Im hoping for public-facing houses not hidden behind gates and hedgeshouses that inspire people to know and interact with their neighbors.Leo Marmol recalled a conversation with Shulman, late in the venerable photographers life, in which Shulman applauded the success of the original Case Study program in selling the idea of modernism to the world, the architect recounted, but its failure in developing truly cost-efficient, easily replicated construction methods. Following the conclave, CSA issued design guidelines covering everything from scale and building costs to climate resilience and aesthetics.Each of the participating firms will be matched with an actual client and building lot. Residents of both Altadena and the Pacific Palisades are encouraged to apply. Prospective clients can register their interest via an application form on the Case Study: Adapt website, casestudyadapt.org.