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UCSD Blake Residence Hall Courtyard

The Facts

Awards: ASLA SD Merit Award 2016
LEED Rating: Silver certified
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Size: .5 Acre
Partners: Vasquez Marshall Architects
Client: UC San Diego
Budget: $2.5 Million
Completed: 2013

About the Project

landLAB and Vasquez Marshall Architects collaborated in the design of a new courtyard for the newly renovated Blake Residence Hall at the University of California, San Diego. While providing a place for students to unwind and relax; the courtyard landscape design draws inspiration from the native palm arroyo landscape, endemic to Southern California. Cast-in-place concrete seat walls integrated with sustainable hardwood decking and LED lighting provide a sense of identity to the courtyard and define outdoor spaces where students can eat, study, and socialize. Sustainable, Low Impact Development methods are employed in the design such as filtration and detention of rainfall and storm water runoff, low water-use and adaptive plantings partnered with a high efficiency irrigation system, and use of local hardscape materials.

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September 20, 2015

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CSU San Marcos Clarke Field House Expansion

The Facts

LEED Rating: Silver Certified
Location: San Marcos, CA, USA
Size: 2.65 Acres
Partners: Gensler Architects
Client: CSU San Marcos
Budget: N/A
Completed: Under Construction

About the Project

landLAB with Gensler Architects was selected by CSU San Marcos for the expansion of the Clarke field house basketball arena. The main goal is to expand the basketball facility providing a collegiate atmosphere for students to engage in athletics and develop school pride will help define the spaces and further contribute to creating a strong campus identity. The proposed project features local native plant species in an effort to create a responsible, low water use landscape while promoting biodiversity. Per the Campus Master Plan, sloping landscape areas will be planted with a mix of coastal sage scrub understory and Mediterranean plant species. California Sycamores.

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September 19, 2015

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UCLA South Campus Student Center

The Facts

Awards: ASLA SD Merit Award 2012
LEED Rating: Gold certified
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Size: 1 Acre
Partners: Safdie Rabines Architects
Client: UCLA
Client: $10.5 Million
Completed: 2012

About the Project

landLAB collaborated with Safdie Rabines Architects on the new South Campus Student Center located in the historic Court of Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. The new facility was be constructed into the existing sloped portion of the court, allowing the roof structure above the interior dining area to act as a garden roof terrace and look out, with a series of vegetated green roofs over the kitchens. The planting design for the green roofs and surrounding landscape are vignettes of California landscapes, which provide educational opportunities for the adjacent life sciences facilities surrounding the project. The lower dining terraces are sunken from the surrounding walkways and existing buildings that form the Court of Sciences, creating both intimate and public spaces for students and faculty to enjoy the beautiful southern California climate. The project was awarded a SDASLA merit award in 2012 and received LEED GOLD accreditation from the USGBC.

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September 19, 2015

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UCSD Argo Hall

The Facts

Awards: ASLA SD Merit Award 2016
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Size: 1.3 Acres
Partners: Snipes-Dye, Michael Wall Engineering
Client: UCSD
Budget: $2 Million
Completed: 2015

About the Project

The site improvements to Argo Hall are the final piece of the Revelle College renovation. landLAB has played a large role in the renovation eastern portion of the college with the designs of the adjacent Blake Hall and Revelle Café Projects. The overarching goal of the landscape improvements was to forge a new and more sustainable landscape typology for the campus. This included the elimination of large expanses of turf, recontouring campus edges and the reintroduction of native riparian plants and trees used for the biofiltration of stormwater. The design for Argo Hall takes this design framework one step further creating a storm water filtration system that is a feature and gateway element to the college and historic Revelle Plaza. The 100 foot long Cor10 bioswale showcases the biofiltration of water and provides the surrounding areas areas stormwater with a modern design that is both functional and beautiful.

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September 18, 2015

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California State University San Marcos Student Union

The Facts

Awards: ASLA SD Merit Award 2014
LEED Rating: Gold certified
Location: San Marcos, CA, USA
Size: 13.3 Acre
Partners: Hornberger+Worstell, PCL Construction
Client: CSU San Marcos
Budget: $33 Million
Completed: 2014

About the Project

landLAB collaborated with Hornberger + Worstell architects and PCL Construction on the new Student Union, which is located prominently in the center of campus at CUSSM. The design of the Student Union is focused on sustainable site planning and design principles, enhancing pedestrian access to the facility and through the site, while creating the “living room” for the campus. The new buildings were carefully integrated into the existing hillside, creating new outdoor spaces that enhance interaction of visitors, students and faculty from the campus at large. A series of interconnected indoor-outdoor spaces, each with its own character and identity, are combined with indoor program and include a large amphitheater that provides areas for both large and intimate gatherings in a play of light and shade. The LEED Gold design features green roofs, rain garden/ bioswales, low water use native planting, photovoltaics and is planned to be minimum LEED silver facility.