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SDSU Tula Conference Center and Tenochca Amenity Building

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Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Size: 2 Acres
Partners: Gensler, PCL
Client: SDSU
Budget: $14M
Completed: Under Construction

About the Project

landLAB along with Gensler and PCL Construction won the SDSU Tula Conference Center and Tenochaca Amenity Building Design Build Competition. The new design re-imagines the exterior another one of San Diego State’s older residence halls as one of the hippest dorms on campus. The refreshed facility will include not only interior upgrades, but also exterior amenities that will meet the demands of today’s students. The exterior design highlights California climate creating a resort feel for student housing. The existing pool area has been refreshed including a new pool deck, outdoor game area, multiple fire pits and lounge seating. The roof of the amenity building deck creates another student hangout space including movie wall, outdoor bbq and kitchen with adjacent dining area The area also includes a full court basketball court, “the beach” that has a sand volley ball court and oversized umbrellas, and a putting green. Sprinkled throughout is ample flexible seating for studying or sunbathing, comfortable couches and big cozy chairs to gather in groups around the small fire pits.

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December 21, 2017

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CSU Dominguez Hills Student Housing PHIII

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Location: Carson, CA, USA
Size: 4 Acres
Partners: Steinberg Architects, PCL
Client: CSU Dominguez Hills
Budget: N/A
Completed: In Progress

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December 20, 2017

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Children’s Workshop

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Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Size: 1.5 Acres
Partners: Kevin deFreitas Architecture
Client: N/A
Budget: N/A
Completed: In Progress

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UCSD Voigt Parking Structure

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Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Size: 5.75 Acres
Partners: McCarthy, Studio E Architects, IPD
Client: UC San Diego
Budget: $35 Million
Completed: In Progress

About the Project

landLAB along with Studio E Architects, IPD and McCarthy Construction won a design build competition for the new Voigt Parking structure at UCSD. The garage features an
active and passive roof landscape that has been carefully integrated into the side of a native canyon and is connected at grade to Warren Mall at the heart of the Jacob’s school of Engineering. The landscape design features vignettes of southern Californian landscapes including, coastal sage scrub, native riparian and torrey pine grasslands. All of site and surrounding stormwater is integrated into the structure in a series of flow through planters on the canyon side of the garage, creating an active water feature in a rain event.

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December 20, 2017

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CSU Northridge G6 Parking Structure

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Location: Northridge, CA, USA
Size: 4.25 Acres
Partners: Bomel Const. HED Architects, IPD
Client: CSU Northridge
Budget: N/A
Completed: In Progress

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December 19, 2017

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UCSD Douglas Bridge Courtyard

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Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Size: 1,000 Sq Ft
Partners: Kevin deFreitas Arch., Emily Desai
Client: UC San Diego
Budget: N/A
Completed: 2015

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January 17, 2016

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UCSD North Point Entry

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Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Size: ?
Partners: N/A
Client: UC San Diego
Budget: N/A
Completed: 2013

About the Project

landLAB conducted a series of studies for entry signage options to be located at the University of California San Diego north point entry, at the intersection of north torrey pines road and north point entry drive. The solution is comprised of three 6 foot rammed earth walls that mimic the sloping terrain. Signage lettering will be made of corten steel. The walls are positioned to achieve maximum visibility from all sides of the intersection. The planting concept establishes swaths of low-water use and native California plants, succulents, and groundcovers with a backdrop of mature torrey pine trees to provide a naturalized – yet still somewhat formal – landscape character.

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January 10, 2016

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USD Barcelona Hall

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Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Size: 1 Acre
Partners: OBR Architecture
Client: University of San Diego
Budget: N/A
Completed: In Progress

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UCSD Ridgewalk Market & Cafe

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Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Size: ? Acres
Partners: Alfredo Azaria Architects
Client: UC San Diego
Budget: N/A
Completed: 2010

About the Project

landLAB collaborated with Alfredo Azaria Architects, and UCSD Housing and Dining on in the Thurgood Marshall neighborhood at the University of California, San Diego. The facility is located along “Ridgewalk,” the major north south pedestrian spine in the North campus of UCSD, and is surrounded by both student housing and academic buildings. The project features outdoor dining terraces that have been integrated into the sloping site allowing access to an existing open lawn area, providing areas for social interaction, dining and relaxation in the beautiful San Diego climate. The project incorporates sustainable design features including; on site storm water management, low water use native plantings and use of recycled materials.

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Westerly K-8 Elementary School

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Location: Long Beach CA, USA
Size: 1.25 Acres
Partners: KFA Architects
Client: Long Beach Unified School District
Budget: N/A
Completed: 2008

About the Project

landLAB collaborated with architects Killefer Flammang on the expansion of the Westerly school a private K-8 elementary school in Long Beach, California. landLAB was involved in the original site planning for the expansion of the school that features sustainable design principals including: on site storm water management featuring bioswales, infiltration areas, and a proposed interpretive wetland utilizing low water use native and adaptive planting. The school expansion will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase including a new art and music building, and the second phase, that adds a new multipurpose gymnasium/auditorium and surface parking lot and drop-off. The design features numerous outdoor spaces for art installation, play experience, school gatherings, outdoor classrooms, in a setting of low water.