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Design Achievement - West Valley College’s Athletics Program is spread across the campus and is part of a comprehensive multi-phase plan to rejuvenate the aging facilities of the entire campus. The heart of the proposed updated athletic facilities is the core PE/Wellness complex, which currently comprises of gymnasia, locker rooms, and training spaces. The new building will be anchored by a two-story through-building “heritage hall” which will celebrate the athletic program’s history while also providing a forum for informal socializing and interaction between users. Outdoor facilities to be renovated will include a natural turf soccer field which has hosted training for World Cup athletes, a baseball complex, a golf driving range, and futsal facility. This comprehensive plan will make West Valley College’s Athletics Complex a premier destination for sports enthusiasts in the South Bay region. Scope Summary - DLR Group’s design retains and renovates the existing gymnasia, but demolishes much of the remaining core complex. In its place, the project construct a new three-story building which will house a comprehensive Wellness Center to serve the campus and community, an Athlete Support wing for student-athletes, faculty offices for coaches and staff, and a new indoor pool. The project will remove the crown and rebuild an existing natural turf soccer field. Further east, a new golf driving facility and futsal court will be constructed. A new two-story team support building will anchor the outdoor facilities and will include spectator restrooms and campus police on the ground floor. Toward the southwest corner of the campus, a renovation of the existing baseball complex will result in a facility on par with many top NCAA-level ballparks.
Design Achievement — More than half of the classrooms at Pennekamp Elementary School are portable classrooms. Many of which have long surpassed their useful and expected lifespans. As part of the Long-Range Facility Master Plan DLR Group had produced for the district in 2015, Pennekamp was slated to receive a new two-story classroom building to replace the portable classrooms with permanent construction. To accommodate the hillside that the campus is constructed upon, the solution was a two-story building. The purpose of the building's design was to be used as part of the perimeter security, shielding access both visually and physically from the main street in front of campus. The choice of using a custom modular solution was to keep the project within the allotted budget established by the passage of the local general obligation bond. Scope Summary — The two-story building contains 16,800 square feet consisting of classrooms, special education, speech, psychologist and counseling, a science classroom, and a unique multi-use music classroom. Construction of the two-story modular building will be completed first before the demolition of portables classrooms where the new student drop-off and public parking lot will be built. This project will begin construction in the summer of 2021, with an anticipated completion of the entire campus by August 2022. DLR Group provided architecture, structural engineering, and MEP engineering services. Buildings area total is 27,500 sf.
Design Achievement: Manhattan Beach Unified School District sought to revamp the campus of Manhattan Beach Preschool. The revamp of Manhattan Beach Preschool included upgrading the fire alarms, sewer system, water system, and replacing the existing electrical system. DLR Group’s design for the space achieved MBUSD’s vision by incorporating renovations that prioritize the well-being of their students and faculty. To do this, DLR Group replaced the fire alarms with a new advanced fire alarm system and worked with a Consulting Electrical Engineer to revamp the current electrical systems. Additionally, a Consulting Plumbing Engineer was hired to substitute the original water and sewer systems with new environmentally conscious systems. DLR Group practiced due diligence throughout the entirety of the project by frequently communicating with the client to ensure that the revamp would prioritize the well-being of everyone on campus. Scope Summary: The scope of this project consisted of the revamp of 47,250 SF across nine buildings at Manhattan Beach Preschool. This project was started in June 2021 and will be completed in January 2022. The revamp included upgrading the fire alarms, sewer system, water system, and replacing the existing electrical system. DLR Group provided integrated planning, design, and permitting. This project is completed - Sept. 2022. MS
Design Achievement: Manhattan Beach Unified School District sought to modernize the classrooms and campus of Robinson Elementary School. The modernization of Robinson Elementary School included upgrading restrooms, light fixtures, safety systems, and classroom interiors. DLR Group’s design for the space achieved MBUSD’s vision by incorporating renovations that promote mindfulness like the wayfinding signage with a sandcastle design, contemporary landscaping, and new interior paint finishes that reflect the school’s color palette. Additionally, the design solution for Robinson Elementary School prioritized the importance of creating a space that is safe and secure for all individuals on campus. This was completed through the installation of new fire alarms, security cameras, HVAC system and ADA improvements in the campus restrooms. The team also modernized the campus by installing new windows and lighting fixtures to improve the education experience for both the students and faculty. When making design decisions, DLR Group executed their due diligence by frequently communicating with the client to ensure that everyone’s expectations were being met. Scope Summary: The scope of this project consisted of the modernization of 31,950 SF of Robinson Elementary School, serving 380 students from kindergarten through 5th grade. This project was started in June 2020 and was completed September 2020. The modernization included the installation of a new wayfinding signage, HVAC, and low voltage fire alarm systems. The project improved the school’s ADA access, parking lot, and landscaping. Additionally, the exterior storefront window and doors were replaced and classrooms received new flooring, ceiling finishes, lighting, and a fresh coat of paint. DLR Group is providing integrated planning; architecture; mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering; and interior design services.
DLR Group was engaged by Long Beach City College District to review and implement Barrier Removal Project for Liberal Arts Campus. The review included verifying 2400 barriers located within 10 Buildings and Site areas of the campus. We proposed remediations to align with District Design standards. The subsequent phase of the project includes preparing design drawings with completion of construction by 2023. The project will be divided into site and building components which will be managed separately. The recommendations provided address on-going and future construction activities based on the District 2041 Masterplan.
Design Achievement – The Fine Arts Building at Allan Hancock College unites fine arts departments, including Art, Animation, Graphics, Multimedia, Photography, Dance, Music and Film, all of which were previously dispersed across the campus. The building is designed to promote collaboration, through exposing the arts both to the campus, as well as between disciplines – drawing students and the community toward both studios and shared spaces. The vibrant presence of the arts fosters a sense of arrival to the campus, and allows the new Fine Arts Building to serve as the dynamic hub of campus. DLR Group’s design was developed within a previously approved footprint, to meet the robust design ambitions of the second largest academic program within the College. This includes a 400-seat performance space and music lab, dance rehearsal rooms, ceramics studios, band and choral rehearsal rooms, recording studios, painting studios, graphic design studios, film classroom and screening room, photography labs and digital media. Uniting these spaces around a two-story central gathering space and courtyard promotes inter-disciplinary collaboration. Each respective school’s spaces spill and overlap with one another, creating “intellectual loitering” zones, promoting cross discipline creativity and pollination. By utilizing passive sustainable strategies such as daylighting, natural ventilation, and indoor / outdoor connections, the building maximizes sustainability and well-being for its users. Scope Summary – The scope of work for this 89,000-square foot building includes site work on the campus’s main mall, converting a secondary parking lot access road into the new Fine Arts Building and drop-off zone. This new, ground up building, was truly a collaborative project, utilizing specialists in our sustainability, acoustics, telecom / security, audiovisual, lighting and theatrical team. Spaces were designed with modest materials that cost-effectively meet stringent seismic requirements. The Fine Arts building achieved LEED Gold certification, with the mechanical system programmed to meet the demand of wood and clay shops, spray booths and paint studios, where indoor air quality considerations are paramount. DLR Group provided programming, planning, architecture, engineering, energy modeling, sustainability, lighting design, interior design, acoustics, audiovisual, information transport, and theater technical design services.
Design Achievement - The Wing women’s only amenity club in 8550 Santa Monica Blvd. Mixed Use is a tenant of the new property located in West Hollywood, California. Designed to be fun, uplifting and light, this member's only club is rich with lounge areas, private rooms, and multipurpose working space. The Wing Los Angeles is home to a terrace lined with cabanas and lounge areas, a beautiful cafe, and a vanity beauty room stocked with products. The lush floral inspired design is easy on the eyes and creates a beautiful backdrop of pastel furniture and greenery to help foster creativity and set the stage to grow relationships. Scope Summary - DLR Group served as the Architect of Record for this 10,000 SF lifestyle club with a 3,000 SF outdoor deck space. The space offers a multitude of purposes in a prime location in the heart of the city of West Hollywood. DLR Group’s scope included Architectural services, Permitting, VE, and Plan Check. DLR Group leveraged out established rapport with the city of West Hollywood to remain on schedule and expedite permitting in West Hollywood - an area that is known to be infamously challenging. The Wing includes a bar/ Café area for its members, which broadened DLR Group’s scope to include interface with the LA County Fire Department and Health Department and how each jurisdiction process. The Wing had to get Temporary Certificate of Occupancy in order to open while Shell construction was still in progress. Our first delivery to client was review of client’s Interior design team’s DD drawings for CBC, ADA and Title 24 compliance. DLR Group provided Architecture services.
Design Achievement - SKIDATA is a technology firm providing access solutions to the ski and other high volume industries. Their business is growing rapidly, precipitating the need for a new office. While the new office brings two existing locations under one roof, it is important to bring forward the sense of community established by long-term employees at the former offices. DLR Group hosted a deep dive visioning session with SKIDATA executives and emerging leaders to define their vision for the company's future, and how their work environment can support that vision. Scope Summary - The approximately 15,000 SF office will be completed in late Spring of 2019. Specialty program elements include an "Experience World" with product demos and a centralized control room, and a revenue-generating training room for 20-30 clients.
Design Achievement: Manhattan Beach Middle School is seeking to provide a new music building for the Middle School students. DLR Group’s design for the space will achieve MBUSD’s vision by providing the Middle School with a modular building design solution. The new modular building will be constructed at the south end of the campus and will be able to be accessed directly from the school or alternatively directly from the school parking lot when school is not in session. It will include a large Band Room, Choral Room, 3 Practice Rooms, 2 Offices, and Storage Room. The ceilings in the band and choral rooms will be 18 ft. high, with stacked modular units. The walls and ceilings will receive acoustic treatments to improve the quality of sound. Throughout the project DLR Group has worked closely with the MBUSD music department and with Silver Creek Industries to develop creative interior spaces, and advanced cabinetry for musical instrument storage. On top of that, two new Viewsonic screens and white boards will be installed in the band and choral rooms. Scope Summary: The scope of this project will focus on providing a new modular Music Building at Manhattan Beach Middle School, totaling 5,184 SF. Manhattan Beach MS currently serves 1,328 students from 6th - 8th grade. Construction will start in June of 2022 and will be completed January 2023. Initially, the project began as a renovation/addition to the existing music building. However, the school and music teachers requested higher ceilings which led to DLR Group proposing a modular building solution. The new modular building will include a large Band Room, Choral Room, 3 Practice Rooms, 2 Offices, and Storage Room. DLR Group will provide integrated planning, architecture, acoustical, and interior design services.
Design Achievement: Manhattan Beach Unified School District sought to modernize the classrooms and campus of Meadows Elementary School. The modernization of Meadows Elementary School included upgrading restrooms, light fixtures, safety systems, and classroom interiors. DLR Group’s design for the space achieved MBUSD’s vision by incorporating renovations that promote mindfulness like the advanced wayfinding signage, contemporary landscaping, and new interior paint finishes that reflect the school’s color palette. Additionally, the design solution for Meadows Elementary School prioritized the importance of creating a space that is safe and secure for all individuals on campus. This was completed through the installation of new fire alarms, security cameras, HVAC system and ADA improvements in the campus restrooms. The team also modernized the campus by installing new windows and lighting fixtures to improve the education experience for both the students and faculty. When making design decisions, DLR Group executed their due diligence by frequently communicating with the client to ensure that everyone’s expectations were being met. Scope Summary: The scope of this project consisted of the modernization of 36,000 SF of Meadows Elementary School, serving 400 students from kindergarten through 5th grade. This project was started in June 2020 and was completed September 2020. The modernization included the installation of a new wayfinding signage, HVAC, and low voltage fire alarm systems. The project improved the school’s ADA access, parking lot, and landscaping. Additionally, the exterior storefront window and doors were replaced, and classrooms received new flooring, ceiling finishes, lighting, and a fresh coat of paint. DLR Group is providing integrated planning; architecture; mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering; and interior design services.
Design Achievement: Manhattan Beach Unified School District sought to modernize Pacific Elementary School’s campus and classrooms. The modernization of Pacific Elementary School included upgrading restrooms, light fixtures, safety systems, and classroom interiors. DLR Group’s design for the space achieved Manhattan Beach’s vision through thoughtful renovations like installing new wayfinding signage, landscaping, and repainting the classrooms to reflect the schools color palette. Each classroom displays a custom illustrated sea creature which is paired with a large letter to help identify the building. Additionally, the installed signage wraps around corners and so it can be viewed from multiple angles and the oversized graphics allow the school to add educational information to each sea creature, creating educational moments for students. The design solution for Pacific Elementary School prioritized the importance of creating a space that is safe, beautiful and promotes a culture of mindfulness. This was completed through the installation of new fire alarms, security cameras, HVAC system and ADA improvements in the campus restrooms. The team also modernized the campus by installing new windows and lighting fixtures to improve the education experience for both the students and faculty. When making design decisions, DLR Group executed their due diligence by frequently communicating with the client to ensure that everyone’s expectations were being met. Scope Summary: The scope of this project consisted of the modernization of 50,000 SF of Pacific Elementary School, serving 576 students from kindergarten through 5th grade. Each of the 19 buildings is correlated with a sea creature and organized with the alphabet. This project was started in June 2020 and was completed September 2020.The modernization included the installation of a new wayfinding signage, HVAC, and low voltage fire alarm systems. The project improved the school’s ADA access, parking lot, and landscaping. Additionally, the exterior storefront window and doors were replaced, and classrooms received new flooring, ceiling finishes, lighting, and a fresh coat of paint. DLR Group is providing integrated planning; architecture; mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering; and interior design services.
Brea-Olinda Unified School District (BOUSD) required significant upgrades to their aging facilities to meet its students’ needs for 21st century learning environments. DLR Group was commissioned to prepare a web-based master plan for the existing six elementary schools, one junior high school, one high school and one continuation high school. The master plan not only examines the present state of the existing campuses and their much-needed repairs but looks ahead to the key improvements that can create learning environments that support Next Generation Learning. The process began with assessments of the existing facilities to determine necessary repairs. A series of site meetings and Core Planning Group meetings were held that examined new learning environments, sought specific input on how to better meet the educational needs of each site, and established preliminary priorities for the campus master plan. From these meetings, follow-up workshops were conducted to explore specific goals, and develop a list of master plan projects, which were incorporated into campus site plans. Preliminary budgets were developed for each project, which were then used to establish project priorities for each site. The resulting web-based Master Plan was comprised of thorough improvement recommendations, including: Provide security fencing Improve parking and drop off areas Modernization existing classroom buildings Redesign library into 21st century media centers Replace portables Reconfigure administration offices to better support campus security
Design Narrative - Cerro Coso Community College (CCCC) has been allocated $50M from Kern Community College District’s recently passed Measure J bond. With these funds, CCCC was able to hire DLR Group to develop a much-needed Master plan that is aligned with the already complete Education Master plan. Working in partnership with Cerro Coso Community College (CCCC), a Steering Committee to review and direct decisions, and CCCC Administrative Leadership, the DLR Group project team is providing Master planning services. This includes a comprehensive look at the facilities across Cerro Coso’s five sites, to include space needs and utilization analyses. This web-based master plan will be the result of extensive stakeholder engagement sessions and workshops. The holistic approach of incorporating stakeholders on every one of CCCC’s campuses will lead to an informed master plan. Each site is evaluated independently, and individual space and utilization assessments were performed to provide a clear picture of the needs and growth potential of every site. The overall objective is to identify CCCC’s needs, advance the current pedagogies, and develop a phased plan to implement projects for CCCC and its satellite campuses. DLR Group providing master planning and phasing services.
Design Achievement: Facing continued adversity to recruit top talent, California State University-Fullerton teamed with DLR Group to improve the baseball and softball programs' aging team facilities. The goal was to create environments that would allow both programs to remain competitive with other Division I peers, as the quality of the player facilities is one of the leading reasons why a young athlete chooses to attend and play for a particular collegiate athletic program. DLR Group programmed and designed improvements and an addition to the previously shared existing team building, which is located between the baseball and softball stadiums and has now exclusively become the home of the softball program. To further enhance the softball facilities, the batting tunnel was renovated with new roof covers to shade players. The baseball program was relocated to a new structure in the left-field corner of the baseball stadium. The combination of renovations and expansions has elevated both programs by focusing on the player-centric spaces that impact student-athlete recruiting and development. The improvements have amplified the current student-athlete experience and put them on par with other top-tier NCAA programs that they compete alongside. Scope Summary: The 22,155 SF combination of renovated and new spaces to the Titans' existing baseball and softball team facilities include player locker suites, coaches' locker rooms and offices, sports medicine areas, team meeting rooms with kitchen pantry for use as hospitality environments, conference rooms, storage areas, and impactful lobby and reception spaces. The design achieved Title IX equality for both programs, provided CSUF with locations for graphics and branding, and assisted the Baseball-Softball complex in meeting ADA standards for spectators, players, and coaches. Designers are currently working with the CSUF Facilities and Athletics departments to refine the program for additional renovations to the existing stadiums, including replacing backstops, renovation of batting cages, replacement of scoreboards, improving bullpens, creating new concession opportunities, and identifying other ways to improve the overall fan experience. DLR Group provided master planning, architectural design, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, plumbing engineering, and interior design services.
Design Achievement - A major retail district in the 1800s, SoFA (South of First Area) gradually evolved into the arts and entertainment destination for which it is now known. The changing demographics have made the neighborhood one of the most attractive to young, first-time homebuyers. DLR Group design will introduce a new typology while paying homage to the context that enables it. The mixed-use development will provide high-end housing above modern, street-level retail. Two historic storefronts will be restored and integrated into the design, preserving an element of the existing, street-level experience. Compartmentalization below — aided by the historic facades — and the texture above tie the various elements of the design to the scale of the existing buildings. Gateway Tower itself is far larger, in line with the recent and planned developments in the area. While the intended resident is tech-oriented, the project will reflect the arts-oriented community that revitalized SoFA in that latter part of the 20th century. Scope Summary - Gateway Tower is a planned 390,000-SF, 25-story, mixed-use luxury high-rise in the heart of Silicon Valley. With a key location near downtown San Jose and the San Jose Convention Center, residents will be close to various high-profile companies. Notably, the new Apple Campus is under construction just a few miles away. Additionally, SoFA and downtown San Jose feature many options for dining, entertainment, and shopping that appeal to those seeking a modern urban experience. DLR Group is providing architecture, design, and construction administration services.
Design Achievement - By promoting high quality, intensive development on and near BART-owned properties, the District can increase ridership in areas where the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) has capacity, support long-term system sustainability, and generate new revenues for transit. The Lake Merritt BART Parking Lot parcel and the Metro Center parcel, both owned by BART, are offered for site redevelopment to include multi-family housing and commercial space with the goal of enhancing livability and vitality of the surrounding the Lake Merritt BART Station. DLR Group and development-firm Hines’ vision features two iconic mid-rise mixed-use residential and retail buildings facing the renovated Lake Merritt BART Station Plaza. Based on current construction costs and market demands, high-rise office or residential development was deemed infeasible by the development team. As such, the team’s proposal represents a mid-rise approach to creating density and activity on the subject parcels, showcasing BART’s commitment to responsible and sustainable development. Scope Summary - DLR Group and Hines proposed two buildings comprising of 703 residential units, 19,600 SF of retail and community space, 148 parking spaces and 13,000 SF of publicly accessible plaza and improvements, allocated amongst the two buildings. DLR Group \| Kwan Henmi provided architecture design services.
Design Achievement. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) campus in Pasadena, Calif., includes 100+ buildings. And as a federal contractor to NASA they are required to meet the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance Sustainable Buildings (Guiding Principles). This mandate requires compliance levels at 15 percent of total square footage of managed buildings by 2025. With time-sensitive funding due to expire by end of their fiscal year, JPL asked DLR Group’s Energy Studio to assist them in providing turnkey services associated with LEED Operations+Maintenance (O+M) for existing buildings. Scope. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) campus in Pasadena, Calif., includes 100+ buildings. And as a federal contractor to NASA they are required to meet the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance Sustainable Buildings (Guiding Principles). This mandate requires compliance levels at 15 percent of total square footage of managed buildings by 2025. With time-sensitive funding due to expire by end of their fiscal year, JPL asked DLR Group’s Energy Studio to assist them in providing turnkey services associated with LEED O+M for existing buildings. DLR Group reviewed building performance data and existing sustainability initiatives for the project and meet with the stakeholders to develop a LEED strategy including LEED certification. DLR Group created a LEED action plan and a set of recommendations for further building and O+M for Existing Buildings scorecard optimization. Services included an analysis of building systems, design, and operational practices in order to make recommendations as described in LEED O+M. This project included an accelerated timeframe and was successfully submitted within 5 weeks. Building 301 of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) on December 20, 2018. DLR Group Provided a turnkey professional services project associated with LEED O+M for existing building of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Building 301 the Central Engineering Building/Project Formulation.
Phase 2 of a Multiple Phased new High School to include: 1. Incement 1: Buildings Foothill & Sierra Classroom Buildings – Site adaptations of classroom Buildings D & E (Oak and River) designed in Phase I with modifications from lessons learned in Phase I through their designs and construction. The first floors of these buildings were designed to be flexible to adapt different program layouts in future phases such as this. The buildings were designed and approved by DSA under the 2013 California Code of Regulations and additional revisions may be necessary to bring these structures into current code compliance. 2. Increment 2: Building B2 - Multipurpose Building: Student Dining, Media Commons, Large Meetings, Presentations, Community Events, Student Events, Before and After-School Gatherings, Study, Collaboration, etc. The Student Union is essentially a combination Cafe and Library. The cafe portion of this new building will connect to the kitchen and servery that were designed in Phase I. It also will house a new snack bar that will serve the outdoor dining area also designed in Phase I, connecting the campus’ Library to the Administration, Performing Arts, and Classroom buildings. 3. Associated on-site work.
Phase 2 of a Multiple Phased new high school, to include: 1. Building B2 - Multipurpose Building: Student Dining, Media Commons, Large Meetings, Presentations, Community Events, Student Events, Before and After-School Gatherings, Study, Collaboration, etc. The Student Union is essentially a combination Cafe and Library. The cafe portion of this new building will connect to the kitchen and servery that were designed in Phase I. It also will house a new snack bar that will serve the outdoor dining area also designed in Phase I, connecting the campus’ Library to the Administration, Performing Arts, and Classroom buildings. 2. Buildings F & G Classroom Buildings – Site adaptations of classroom Buildings D & E designed in Phase I with modifications from lessons learned in Phase I through their designs and construction. The first floors of these buildings were designed to be flexible to adapt different program layouts in future phases such as this. The buildings were designed and approved by DSA under the 2013 California Code of Regulations and additional revisions may be necessary to bring these structures into current code compliance. 3. Building J – The Performing Arts Building will be positioned at the front of the school with access directly off the main campus entry and the public access way through campus. 4. Associated on-site and off-site work.
Phase 2 of a Multiple Phased new high school, to include: 1. Building B2 - Multipurpose Building: Student Dining, Media Commons, Large Meetings, Presentations, Community Events, Student Events, Before and After-School Gatherings, Study, Collaboration, etc. The Student Union is essentially a combination Cafe and Library. The cafe portion of this new building will connect to the kitchen and servery that were designed in Phase I. It also will house a new snack bar that will serve the outdoor dining area also designed in Phase I, connecting the campus’ Library to the Administration, Performing Arts, and Classroom buildings. 2. Buildings F & G Classroom Buildings – Site adaptations of classroom Buildings D & E designed in Phase I with modifications from lessons learned in Phase I through their designs and construction. The first floors of these buildings were designed to be flexible to adapt different program layouts in future phases such as this. The buildings were designed and approved by DSA under the 2013 California Code of Regulations and additional revisions may be necessary to bring these structures into current code compliance. 3. Building J – The Performing Arts Building will be positioned at the front of the school with access directly off the main campus entry and the public access way through campus. 4. Associated on-site and off-site work.
Design Achievement - Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) is the 11th largest school district in California with vast socioeconomic differences across its 81 campuses. Pioneering a new approach through an equity lens, DLR Group co-created a comprehensive master plan with the school community. To support SCUSD’s Core Value (“…to confront and interrupt inequities that exist to level the playing field and provide opportunities for everyone to learn, grow, and reach their greatness”), an equity index was developed by centering the voices of those adversely affected by historical inequities. Through co-creative workshops and dialogues at the local level – parents, vested stakeholders, and community champions asked the planning team to focus on institutional practices producing unequal educational outcomes for students of color, students with disabilities, English language learners, foster youth, and homeless youth. Scope Summary - The resulting equity framework is now a newly established principle for all SCUSD facilities in the prioritization of funding capital projects impacting more than 43,000 students. The District embraced the approach of using research-based data on underserved student groups and neighborhood opportunity, and a rational, data-informed, and systematic protocol of allocating funding that was transparent and developed institutional accountability for equitable student outcomes. Educational Specifications were developed simultaneously with the master plan to assess the educational effectiveness of the environments. The Ed Specs that will be used in future Capital Projects were developed by activating design research to empower learners and teachers through a framework of flexibility, individualization, nature/naturalness, and stimulation. Six categories were used to assess the educational effectiveness of the environments and illustrate the district’s aspirations: Learning Environments, Safety and Security, Inquiry and Experiential Learning, Individualized Support, Fitness and Athletics and Dining Experience and Nutrition. DLR Group provided architecture and planning.
NOT TO SPEC In 2018, LA Southwest College retained DLR Group to study the programming needs of the new Student Union Building for the primary student life and retail dining center on campus. As part of this study, DLR Group engaged in a collaborative process, identifying the needs and goals associated with the Student Union Building. Many meetings were conducted over an approximate 6-month time span with Los Angeles Community College District representatives, college staff, future building users, and current students. The student engagement evaluated the use and adequate availability of the amenities on campus. Valuable insight and quantitative data are part of the outcomes gathered in face to face interviews with both students and faculty. The new LASC Student Union Building will create the main social hub on campus, and engender a sense of place for campus life and social enrichment by providing opportunities for students to spend time with other students and staff in welcoming and supportive settings. From the engagement process the design focused on the following critical success factors: providing greater visibility and activity, activating exterior spaces, providing social space on campus, providing study space on campus, encouraging seating areas to be collaborative, providing student dining on campus, providing mixed-use amenities for the campus, exploring different seating styles and zones, and enhancing social services on campus. Needs to be updated, this only talks about the engagement During the 2018 fall semester, DLR Group conducted in-depth engagement activities with the student community on LA Southwest College’s campus. To prepare for the design and construction of a new student union building, the college and design team sought students’ perspectives and insights on the campus culture, the campus’s physical resources, and the community’s needs and desires for student life, food service, student services, and other resources. The design team coordinated with college administration to develop a framework and goals for the engagement effort. Upon careful analysis and study of student responses, DLR Group synthesized significant trends emerging from the data. The trends encompass exciting opportunities for new facilities, highlight current deficiencies on campus, and offer insights into the unique character and needs of the LASC community. As the design team develops the conceptual plans for the new student union, the key trends will guide the team’s efforts. Including the student community’s voice throughout the design process ensures that the conceptual plan reflects student needs, goals, and aspirations.
The Santa Ana Federal Building Plaza Repair Project, is an extensive plaza waterproofing repair project over an existing parking garage structure for the General Services Administration. Leaks and deterioration in the parking garage have increasingly become costly maintenance issues over several years to the point of raising concerns about potential structural degradation. Assessments were conducted to explore the cause and DLR Group was brought into the project to develop design solutions to remediate the condition. DLR Group worked with the GSA to develop a (3) phase strategy for the 50,000 sf plaza site as well as design to return the plaza aesthetic to its original condition in the hope of attaining a future historic building status. Work on the plaza including repair and relining of 7 large tapered granite wall planters & 14 concrete box planters, salvage and reset of 5 granite grand stairs & 3 ramps including the restoration of associated bronze box rails, 30 new area drains recast into the existing plaza deck and planting areas, refreshed landscaping design, new plaza pavers from the same quarry utilized 50 years prior for the original paver work, all over a new waterproofing membrane. Construction administration services will require (3) separate bidding processes, one for each phase. At this time the expected cost of construction for the project is 8M. Design team services include civil, landscaping, architectural, waterproofing specialist, QC review services, and cost estimation. Project design efforts launched in Dec 2018 and are expected to complete Sept 2020. CA services have not yet been awarded to the design team and a work schedule for CA has not yet been developed. Some design schedule impacts to date have occurred due to; discovery, Gov’t shutdowns, exploratory site services/reporting, Historic reviews, and WFH impacts.
Design Achievement: Murrieta Elementary School opened in 1958 as the first school in what would later become the Murrieta Valley Unified School District. Over the years classrooms, offices, and a cafeteria were added, and a comprehensive modernization program was completed in 2002. DLR Group's design achieved Murrieta Valley Unified School District’s vision by replacing the relocatable classrooms with a 21st century two-story building. The new two-story building is home to special ed classrooms with state-of-the-art equipment for both the students and the faculty. In addition to the classrooms provided, the design includes office space for student support services in the form of a suite of spaces for use by Counselors, Therapists and Specialty Instructors. The intimate environments allow focused attention and comfort to students while not removing them from the instructional environment. Simple finishes and uncluttered spaces create the calm atmosphere best suited to these activities. Scope Summary: This project includes the building of a 16,400 SF building over a 10-acre site. The school serves 912 students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. The project scope includes replacing the relocatable classrooms near the playing fields with a two-story permanent structure will stabilize the academic environment will allow reclaiming site area for fields and provide classrooms for Special Ed that are sized and equipped properly. DLR Group provided architecture and interiors.
Branded as a future Visual and Performing Arts Campus, the cohesive Menifee Valley Middle School campus design was implemented to create outdoor collaborative learning environments that will accommodate student expression. The campus emphasizes connection, a main plaza and adjacent courtyards provide room for socialization while strategic gazing locations provide passive supervision. Maker-space styled flex labs are located in visible locations to showcase student work and activity. Classrooms and labs have been designed with maximum flexibility, to accommodate both the arts and sciences as the school explores project-based learning. The scope of work included new buildings and expansions across 55,000 SF of space. Broken into multiple phases, the project includes the expansion of the multi-purpose space with a stage renovation and a Music and Choral Room Expansion. The project also includes a new Library, special education classrooms, locker room renovations, and site improvements. The design of this single-story 6th grade through 8th grade campus reconstruction was driven by an accelerated timeline, budget, and infrastructure constraints. DLR Group provided architecture and planning to this project.
Design Achievement - Ahead of the times, Desert Learning Academy Building 500 incorporated distance learning and independent study into its campus model years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Reimagined, it will be transformed into a 21st century learning space, infused with latest technologies to reflect the use of technology into the professional environment and make learning more practical. The inclusion of an E-Sports lab inspires the interests of the student body while providing a location where the District can host gaming competitions. The structure, in collaboration with the campus’ modernist roots, complements the adjacent historical buildings in both scale and materials. Outdoor spaces and a promenade create outdoor environments for learning and socialization. These fresh, new spaces will also benefit from a rich technology ecosystem to facilitate play and performance both indoors and out. Scope Summary - The scope of this project will include a 9,000 SF new build on 2.4 acres of space. The new Building 500 will include a flexible instruction space, with operable walls for multiple scales of instruction and collaboration, a teacher’s professional lab and recording studio, for online instruction, an art lab, assembly space, lunch shelter and a state-of-the-art E-sports lab. The design will uphold Desert Learning Academy’s learning model, with added measures for continual indoor and outdoor flexibility. DLR Group\|BakerNowicki provided architecture and master planning.
Design Achievement: DLR Group was engaged by Culver City Unified School District to develop an Integrated Energy Master Plan (IEMP) and provide a road map and set of design recommendations to define a customized path to Net Zero for the District and develop new construction and major renovation high-performance guidelines. The result was a holistic IEMP with actionable Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) that when implemented could provide an estimated 50% energy reduction, 20-30% reduction in operations and maintenance costs, an estimated 10-18% increase in academic performance due to indoor air quality, 11-15% increase in staff retention, and additional energy production opportunities. Scope Summary: The IEMP included goal setting for energy, carbon, and water; utility benchmarking and analysis; qualitative and quantitative indoor environmental quality assessments; baseline energy models; solar infrastructure planning; as well as identification of ECMs that include implementation costs as well as the projected impact on net zero goals. This holistic plan also addresses considerations beyond energy reduction and production including the effects of healthy spaces on cognitive function that impacts student performance. The final IEMP resulted in a custom interactive energy dashboard which provides the District with tangible progress updates and data. This dashboard integrates with the District’s Online Facilities Master Plan. DLR Group provided benchmarking, performance analysis, design recommendations, indoor air quality testing, and net zero planning as part of the Integrated Energy Master Plan.


Design Achievement - Located in the East Village area of Downtown San Diego, this new charter high school is designed to meet the growing demand for resources to engage students in design thinking and to become creative innovators, while providing a shared center for higher education, corporations, and government agencies to interact and address complex problems associated with urban settings. Urban Discovery High School will become a home for a unique mix of patrons, spanning from students to lawmakers. As this space supports design thinking, it will become a hub for creative problem-solving that focuses on the needs of community stakeholders through contextual empathy building and evidence-based research. Scope Summary - Urban Discovery High School will support 600 high school students across a 23,000 SF campus, while also creating a collaborative space for joint activities with higher education students. The design required high flexibility due to public and civic use after school hours. In addition to academic and administrative spaces, the campus includes maker space, art studio, science labs, flexible performance assembly space, learning commons, student café, and an innovative Design Lab. DLR Group is providing architecture, planning and interiors.
The Innovations Academy is a K-8 public charter school located on a large suburban site in San Diego operating out of 36 portable classroom buildings. The site is planned for future development by the district, requiring the school to relocate to an existing 2-story 36-year-old industrial office building. The adaptive reuse of this vacant office building proposed a challenge to reinvent the learning environment for this school into a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative experience for students. Through creative engineering and innovative planning, these goals were achieved. As an inquiry-based campus, the school structures its programs through self-expression, compassionate connection, and purposeful learning. The campus design creates an environment in which students feel encouraged to explore and learn, in a highly collaborative environment. The scope of work for this project included the adaptive reuse design of 62,000 SF of commercial office/industrial space. To follow the school’s learning method, key planning elements included a collaborative multi-grade, multi-age environment, academic program alignment, student safety and campus security, creative design for flexibility and future change, outdoor learning labs, garden kitchen, an indoor fitness lab and gymnasium, and an outdoor challenge course. The existing building required a complete structural/seismic upgrade, reconfiguration of interior office/industrial spaces, and redesign of the site to accommodate school traffic and innovative outdoor learning spaces within the confines this small 2.5-acre site. Due to the eminent plans for the redevelopment of the original site, the planning and construction schedule was conducted under an aggressively accelerated timeframe. DLR Group provided architecture, interiors, graphic design and master planning.
Design Achievement - Originally built in 1960, the John Muir Language Academy has numerous areas of need, including an expansion to accommodate the campus conversion from grades K-5 to K-8 and support for the language immersion program. The design will support the new influx of students to the school while implementing new campus safety features, modernizing existing facilities, and addressing the school district’s standards for educational adequacy. The resulting campus plan includes a new administration building located to provide improved campus security with single point of access, expanded food services, expanded kindergarten capacity, a 2-story classroom building with open student collaboration spaces, new physical education facilities including a new sports pavilion, and the renovation and re-planning of all remaining classroom and support buildings and site improvements. Scope Summary - The scope of work for this unique project includes 47,800 SF of new construction and 45,400 SF of existing space to be modernized. The improvements to the campus include a unique design strategy to conceal all existing rooftop HVAC equipment and ductwork that was added during recent air conditioning upgrades, and a plan to resolve traffic, drop-off, and parking shortfalls. The concealment of rooftop HVAC equipment created a unique challenge due to the lack of available roof area to provide adequately screening without triggering a complete seismic upgrade of all existing buildings. To mitigate this, DLR Group designed a free-standing full height screening structure that is fully independent of the buildings but provides the visual screening needed to conceal all existing rooftop equipment. This visual screen element became the primary design element transforming the look of the entire campus. DLR Group provided architecture, interiors, graphic design and master planning.
Design Achievement – Seritage Growth Properties has amassed a large portfolio of former big box stores amid the downturn in traditional retail that each require unique and tailored studies to determine the best future use. DLR Group reimagined the obsolete former Sears site with several iterations before settling on a full teardown of the previous building to make way for a more vibrant mixed-use community. DLR Group’s design for the repositioning blends retail, restaurant, and residential to create a single destination for visitors to shop, play, and live. A cinema acts as the central focal point of the development and features a large open plaza at the front that is flanked by several restaurant options with engaging outdoor dining patios for moviegoers to enjoy before or after catching a show. Expansive store fronts showcase the offerings of the various retail shops throughout the development. Courtyards were designed in the residential buildings to enhance the indoor-outdoor living experience, and a fitness center was provided on the ground floor as a key amenity for the residents and the community. Scope Summary – The scope of work for this project included planning and design of approximately 125,000 SF of retail space along with 310 residential units. Connections were provided between the retail center next door and the new development, including enhanced sidewalks and pathways and shared parking. These improvements not only benefit the new development, but the existing neighboring retail center as well. Landscaping was designed to provide shade and comfort throughout. Green infrastructure was planned to increase sustainability throughout the property and meet California’s strict Title 24 requirements. DLR Group provided architecture and planning services.
Design Achievement — Alcott Elementary School sits alongside one of the oldest busiest streets in Riverside, CA. Unfortunately for the District and the students, the campus has not been upgraded in over 20 years and currently contains over 13 portable classroom buildings haphazardly placed at the far back of the campus. Also, the existing permanent classroom buildings have inefficient ventilation systems and interior learning environments reminiscent of the 1950s. DLR Group proposed a master plan for the campus, highlighting the different improvement zones to spread the limited construction dollars to their maximum impact. Removing all of the existing portables and replacing them with a new building provided synergy in the site's overall building composition. Furthermore, all new landscaping, including outdoor learning and reading "Citrus Grove" combined with innovative experiential graphics and way-finding, have taken this school into the 21st Century and will allow students to maximize their educational opportunities for the next 20+ years. Scope Summary — The scope encompassed a new two-story, ten-classroom modular construction building. The modernization of the existing campus included new roofing, HVAC units, ductwork, casework, lighting, ceilings, painting, and flooring. The site work was extensive and included new landscaping, playgrounds, travel path, utilities, track, portable removal, fencing, painting, and re-branding of the existing campus. The project will make visible improvements on every building on campus, along with all exterior areas. Alcott Elementary School's transformation will be significant for this community, this historic part of Riverside, and for generations of learners to come. DLR Group provided architecture, MEP engineering, and interiors services.
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Design Achievement - The Balcony at Beverwil is looking to the future, embarking on a transformative journey of renovating the iconic shopping center, breathing new life into its spaces and redefining its identity for the modern era. DLR Group’s design introduces a contemporary, organic aesthetic that seamlessly integrates with the urban landscape, while also offering a range of amenities to engage and delight the local community. At the heart of the design approach is the concept of blending modernity with nature, creating a harmonious environment that invites visitors to connect with their surroundings. Central to the renovation is the inviting outdoor layout that serves as vibrant gathering areas for the community, engaging locals to linger and explore. Modern retail pavilions offer a curated selection of artisanal eateries and major retailers, creating a dynamic and diverse destination for shopping and dining. This revitalized design creates a shopping center that not only meets the needs of today's consumers but also reflects the unique character and spirit of the surrounding neighborhood. By blending modern design elements with organic touches and urban amenities, this renovation will become a beloved destination where locals can shop, dine, and connect with their community for years to come.  Scope Summary - Spanning 5 levels, each floor will encompass unique planning and individual purposes, with approximately 42,000 square feet on each floor. Underground levels will be dedicated to parking space, while upper levels will contain major retails, grocery stores, food and beverage storefronts, and balcony circulation space.  DLR Group provided planning and conceptual architectural design services.
Design Achievement: The students and faculty of Palms Springs High School value educational environments that inspire academic excellence and will celebrate the historical integrity of the campus. For this tenant improvement, the district’s goal was to incorporate architectural, structural, fire/life/safety, and accessibility upgrades to five campus buildings. DLR Group’s design provided the necessary retrofits and seismic upgrades for less than 50% of the replacement costs for the campus. To accomplish this, the team researched designs that would benefit the district from both an economic and environmental standpoint. DLR Group identified opportunities to create new landscape amenities for the campus, including a new courtyard garden for the staff and students to enjoy. The design approach preserves the historical integrity of the library and cafeteria buildings, while incorporating mechanical, electrical, acoustical and food service equipment upgrades. These renovations also allow significantly more daylight into the facilities to help generate enthusiasm and inspire academic excellence. Scope Summary: The scope of work for this project encompasses improvements to 41,722 SF of Palm Springs High School, split between five of the campus buildings. This included enhancing the mechanical, electrical, acoustic, and food service equipment areas of the school and adding seismic upgrades to the buildings that were built over 50 years ago. Roof slopes and drainage systems on the cafeteria, library, gymnasium, and 500 Building were updated due to the lack of adequate slopes to direct stormwater to the existing roof drainage systems. DLR Group provided architectural services, engineering, planning, interior design, and building optimization.
Design Narrative As a college that strives to provide a safe, inclusive, and dynamic learning environment that encourages personal and intellectual exploration, Santa Monica College sought to update their comprehensive Campus Master Plan in a way that supports their mission and provides a roadmap for growth. The bustling campus is set within a tightly knit, urban setting, and welcomes the community onto their campus through programs, open spaces, and facilities. The resulting plan is based on their institutional objectives and academic program plans with a capital program that addresses short- and long-term facilities goals and objectives. Working closely with several stakeholder groups representing students, staff, faculty, and community members, the planning team established a clear vision that embraces diverse needs and allows for future flexibility to adapt to changing campus and community dynamics. Scope Summary The plan encompasses the complete 60-acre campus, systems and infrastructure including: An assessment of current facilities with identified deficiencies of existing buildings and sites, including program and service areas, utility systems and infrastructure, and health and safety conditions; Enrollment projections and space needs assessment based upon educational planning; Open Space Network and Landscape projects Mobility, circulation and parking plan Improvements to energy and resource conservation and sustainability guidelines for existing buildings, remodeled facilities and new facilities Cost and Implementation Plan including phasing and sequencing of projects DLR Group provided comprehensive planning services, including facility condition assessments, database foundation, site needs assessment, and space utilization assessment of all campus space.
Design Achievement: To support growing enrollment and improve academic outcomes, Beaumont USD embraced a K-8 education model for the new Summerwind School. DLR Group’s design for the new campus creates an upper “Academic Campus” and lower “Athletic Campus.” The Administration Building anchors the Academic campus while classroom buildings and MPR/Gym/Food service building structures form an inner central park where students of all grade levels can play, study, congregate, and staff can easily supervise. This “Central Park” is the green belt of the campus that separates the lower grade and the upper grade classroom buildings, and it also connects all the building structures together. This is a secured campus with a single-entry point from the Administration building to ensure safety. To improve flexible learning spaces, academic buildings feature a direct connection from classrooms and flex- labs into the collaboration areas. This connection, where appropriate, is provided by sliding glass doors. The storefront system between collaboration and courtyard is to bring in natural lighting and promote transparency. This approach provides a sense of supervision for these spaces as well. Inclusion is a state mandated requirement, but implementing it proved to be challenging. Summerwind Trails is the first campus within the district that offers close adjacency for special education(moderate/severe) programs to the rest of the classrooms. This model will serve as an incubator for other campuses. Scope: The 90,621 SF single-story campus serves 1,166 students in grades TK-8 at full capacity. Incorporated in the plans for this new K-8 school are 6 TK/kindergarten classrooms, 2 flex labs, 32 standard classrooms with shared flex space, 4 special education classrooms, student learning center, multipurpose room/gymnasium, and administration. DLR Group provided architecture, interior design, and structural engineering services.
Design Achievement:  The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at the University of California, Davis involves the adaptive re-use of the original University Club into a new, contemporary museum focusing on the works of Native American and Indigenous artists. DLR Group’s renovation provides a flexible gallery space suitable for traveling exhibits and designed to host a variety of media, from traditional paintings and photography to three-dimensional objects as well as digital art artwork and video. Located on the edge of campus and adjacent to the campus arboretum, the museum is highly accessible to the public and serves as a gateway into the campus. The new addition provides a highly identifiable and iconic entry drawing visitors to this new cultural destination on campus. The CN Gorman Collection, which features two-dimensional and three-dimensional work, was also relocated to the new building. The new collections storage is visible from the gallery, allowing stored works to be more accessible to visitors as well as exposing visitors to the art conservation process. Scope Summary:  The Gorman Museum project involved the meticulous renovation of a 1969 faculty headquarters, transforming it into a cutting-edge museum facility. The technical scope included seismic upgrades to ensure structural integrity, a complete overhaul of the building’s infrastructure, and the integration of innovative design elements. Operational efficiency was a key consideration, achieved through a reimagined space layout that optimally accommodates the growing art collection. Sustainability measures align with DLR Group’s 2030 goals, encompassing a net-zero electric building, high-performance envelope solutions, and lighting control systems.
NOT TO DLR GROUP BRAND STANDARD The CN Gorman Museum at the University of California, Davis involves the adaptive re-use of the original University Club into a new, contemporary museum to focus on the works of Native American and Indigenous artists. This roughly 8,000 SF renovation will provide a flexible gallery space suitable for traveling exhibits and designed to host a variety of media, from traditional 2-dimensional paintings and photography, to 3-dimensional objects as well as digital art artwork and video. Located on the edge of campus and adjacent to the campus arboretum, the museum is highly accessible to the public and serves as a gateway into the campus. A new addition will provide a highly identifiable and iconic entry to draw visitors to this new cultural destination on campus. The CN Gorman Collection, which features 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional work will also be relocated to the new building. To allow works stored in the collection to be more accessible to visitors, the collections storage will be visible from the gallery, exposing visitors to the work as well as the conservation process.
Design Achievement: To support growing enrollment and improve academic outcomes, Beaumont USD embraced a K-8 education model for the new Summerwind School. DLR Group’s design for the new campus creates an upper “Academic Campus” and lower “Athletic Campus”. The Administration Building anchors the Academic campus while classroom buildings and MPR/Gym/Food service building structures form an inner central park where all grades of students can play, study, congregate, and teacher/staff can easily supervise. This “Central Park” is the green belt of the campus that separates the lower grade and the upper grade classroom buildings, but also ties all the building structures together. To improve flexible learning spaces, academic buildings feature a direct connection from classrooms and flex- labs into the collaboration areas. This connection, where appropriate, is provided by sliding glass doors. The storefront system between collaboration and courtyard is to bring in natural lighting and promote transparency. This approach provides a sense of supervision for these spaces as well. Scope: The 90,621 SF single-story campus will serve 1,166 students in grades TK-8 at full capacity. Incorporated in the plans for this new K-8 school are 6 TK/kindergarten classrooms, 2 flex labs, 32 standard classrooms with shared flex space, 4 special education classrooms, student learning center, multipurpose room/gymnasium and administration. DLR Group is providing architecture, interior design, and structural engineering services.
DLR Group designed nine rooftop mounted and one canopy mounted photovoltaic system at San Jose State University. This involved working with SJSU to design central metering and control system with central CHP plant to limit power export to grid and create single disconnect point. Provided laser scanning of all rooftops exposing problem areas to eliminate module moves during construction. Coordinated with roof replacement and switchgear replacement projects design schedules which overlapped with solar design. The approximate generating capacity is expected to be 2051 kW. DLR Group is providing electrical and structural engineering services.
Use Confidential Entertainment Client for project name. Client name and all cost information are confidential Design Achievement - The goal for this refresh was to move 200+ employees from 8 different business units and 2 different sites into the newly renovated space. Managing the complexity and expectations of all the business units and coalesce into one space was critical. DLR Group’s design engages a few key elements to modernize the space and bring it up to the company’s standards. The first was to locate all the offices and as much as possible any hardwall spaces to the center of the building. Therefore, allowing a maximum of natural light to penetrate deeper into the space and take advantage of the almost floor to ceiling punched windows. The lower height workstations located closest to the window wall also helped with this element. Second, a central Hub was established with a coffee bar and several different furniture settings, from lounge to counter height tables that will accommodate an alternative working space. It works as a social gathering area and also promotes impromptu interaction. Third, by exposing the ceilings, the low floor to floor dimension was diluted and provided a nice volume to the open area workspace and the Hub. A light and bright palette was incorporated. Scope Summary - The scope of the project included a complete renovation of the 50,000 SF space. The building had an unusual zigzag stepping on the south and west side. The design team used this to their advantage to locate the various meeting rooms from Large Training to Smaller conference rooms. That left the more efficient North and East side for locating the majority of the offices and workstations while maintaining crucial team adjacencies. Small huddle rooms and phone rooms are also interspersed within the work space area. The project also incorporated reuse of some existing ancillary furniture while integrating the newly established office and workstation standards. Open collaboration areas are intermingled within the workstation areas. The overall footprint of the collaboration areas match the footprint of a bank of workstations to allow for future workstation expansion. DLR Group provided architecture and interior design services.
Design Achievement: Originally constructed in 1967, Ocean View Unified School District’s Marine View Middle School sought a complete campus modernization. DLR Group’s design approach completely reimagines the educational experience of students through the installation of new program facilities and a school-wide brand refresh that brings the aesthetics of Huntington Beach straight to the classroom. The front exterior of the school and hallways are covered with charming murals inspired by local scenery. As students walk through the school, they see depictions of downtown Huntington Beach, the pier, surfers riding waves, the harbor, and wetlands, to name a few. DLR Group’s modernization transformed the campus into a state-of-the-art learning facility through the installation of advanced learning spaces for Marine View Middle School’s new elective courses, including industrial technology, 3-D printing, robotics, woodshop, art, dance, band, concert choir, jazz ensemble, drama, music, guitar, Spanish, leadership, and more. Additionally, the core curriculum classrooms are equipped with two large ViewSonic flatscreens and modern furniture that has flexible design features that help promote student engagement. DLR Group ensured the success of the Marine View Middle School modernization through regular communication with the school district to ensure that the update would reflect the values of the students, faculty, and community. Scope Summary: The 50,628 SF modernization of Marine View Middle School serves 656 students ranging from 6-8 grade. The project scope includes the construction of a new science lab, art lab, woodshop, media center, dance studio, kitchen, and a comprehensive athletic/exercise station outside the gymnasium that supports plyometrics. Additionally, DLR Group installed energy-efficient LED lighting fixtures throughout the campus in conjunction with SolaTubes which transfer outside sunlight into the buildings without the use of electricity. This modernization was funded by Measure R, a general obligation bond that was passed in 2016. DLR Group provided architecture, interiors, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and acoustic services for the project.
Design Achievement Located along historic Colorado Blvd, in Pasadena, California between N. Oak Street and N. Berkeley Ave. The vision of the project creates a unique livable community that embodies the benefits of urban lifestyles. The architectural aesthetic is grounded in a historical Pasadena style that is reflective of the existing vernacular. DLR Group's design reflects a timeless simplistic quality and integration of nature, that streamlines the city’s craftsman roots through materiality and massing. 1999 & 2025 E. Colorado Blvd’s planar façade incorporates strategic ‘carve-outs’ to allow for light into the interior courtyard and provide opportunity for material and massing breaks. The desire to bring outdoors in created an opportunity to incorporate numerous windows and new massing composition that generates upper-level terraces, the design consciously synthesizes a vernacular tradition with a modern language firmly rooted in its own place and time. Scope Summary Featuring two parcels, this mixed-use development offers 150 residential units as well as over 9,000 sf of ground level retail and restaurants. The project showcases components of multi-generational living, along with community service retail and restaurants, to help reinforce a vibrant and safe community within the existing city fabric. 1999 & 2025 E. Colorado Blvd is designed to address two distinct edge conditions. Along Colorado Blvd the design emphasizes urban walkable edges with retail and restaurants that fronts a vibrant boulevard with outdoor seating and niches for activity and landscaping. The design allows for dwellings to front existing neighborhood streets, activating surrounding neighborhood and providing a defined residential street edge. On the upper levels, most of the units are provided views into strategically located courtyards and open spaces that maximize a Southern California casual lifestyle, that is open to the sky and encourages resident engagement creating an urban oasis to call home. DLR Group provided architecture services
Design Achievement - DLR Group\|Kwan Henmi’s design for the new development thoughtfully responds to the surrounding context while also creating distinct identities for both the church and residential portions of the building. A double height glass façade prominently establishes the ground floor church space. Passersby are invited to gaze beyond this outer “glass box” to see church community spaces and the “inner box” of the sanctuary within. Meticulous detailing creates a unified façade that harmoniously integrates the church spaces below with the residential units above. A warm wood-textured steeple serves as a marker for the church entrance and identity, while also playing off of the massing and materiality of the residential bays. At the residential entry, a folded wood-textured form creates a recognizable identity for the residential portion of the project. Articulation in the massing and colors visually break down the frontage to create a pedestrian friendly scale at the base, and planters along all the street frontages further server to activate and enliven the pedestrian experience. Scope Summary - The proposed project demolishes three aging church buildings and replaces them with approximately 318,000 GSF of new development, which includes 269 student-oriented housing units, 25,000 SF of church and daycare facilities, along with two levels of below grade parking. Approximately 60% of the housing units will be pre-furnished. The residential program includes leasing and management office space, bicycle storage, two multi-purpose lounges with kitchen areas, and common study rooms on each floor. Outdoor space for residents is provided at the ground floor courtyard and residential rooftop terrace, which includes an outdoor fitness area, pet relief area, and outdoor kitchen and dining area. The church programs include a 250-seat sanctuary, day care facilities and play yard, music and art rooms, along with office and meeting spaces. An existing oak tree on site is preserved and serves as the focal point for the church courtyard. The building will aim for LEED Gold equivalency. DLR Group\|Kwan Henmi is providing architecture design services.
The KVCR is a radio station on the San Bernardino Valley College campus serves the student body as well as the whole community. To make the space more usable, the existing radio broadcast studio is being divided into two smaller studios. The TV broadcast control room is also being reconfigured. DLR Group performed this work alongside a light refresh of their lobby and office spaces which include new finishes and furniture. The driving force of the design is to create a space that feels creative, engaging and comfortable through a fresher, brighter color palette, updating the systems furniture and incorporating lounge seating. Infusing creative, bright, and engaging design into a re-imagined media workspace.
Architectural Services studying design solutions for residential condominiums at 1641 Jackson Street in San Francisco, CA.
Not to specs: DLR Group currently holds an IDIQ contract with GSA for Region 9, Zones 2 (Northern California) and 3 (Southern California) as part of a joint venture team, to provide architectural services on an as-needed basis. Projects the team have worked on include: Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building Tenant Improvement; Oakland, CA: A 7,845 SF tenant improvement for the relocation and consolidation of the United States Department of Agriculture - Office of the Inspector General. The mission of this project was to convert the south tower of the federal building into an office for the USDA Office of the Inspector General. The concept was to create a space that reflected and related to the USDA office functions. Wall murals depicting graphics related to USDA were located throughout the space to bring Biophilic Design into the interior space. This increased occupant connectivity to the natural environment. A functional concept was brought through the design and layout of the office spaces. Interior improvements to include the addition of electrical and telecommunications for 7 private offices and 19 workspaces and hotelling spaces was designed. Group spaces such as team rooms and conference rooms were designed as well. Improvements to interior partitions, finishes and door frames were included in the updates. Modifications to existing mechanical, fire sprinklers, and fire alarms Construction Cost: $3.1M Construction Completion Date: 2021
Architectural Services studying design solutions for residential condominiums at 1641 Jackson Street in San Francisco, CA.
Design Achievement - DLR Group's conceptual design for a new Santa Clara County South Treatment & Re-entry Facility embodies a paradigm shift toward healing, equity, and transformation. The evolution of the jail expansion project is one in a series of actions resulting from the County's Jail Reform Plan formulated to address issues impacting the operations of the Santa Clara Jails and to improve programs, services, safety and security for persons in custody and staff alike. This project is the next piece in a broader puzzle that is focused on criminal justice reform through the use of the least restrictive method appropriate for both pre-trial and sentenced persons in custody, engages community based resources for treatment and programming and has effectively reduced the secure jail population. Scope Summary - The vision for the County of Santa Clara New South Treatment & Re-entry Facility (NSTRF) project is one that reflects the values of Santa Clara County leadership and the community’s commitment towards treatment based restorative justice for those most vulnerable. The design consists of six levels, totaling approximately 250,000 GSF and includes 535 total beds, 55 Acute Mental Health Housing Beds (35 male & 20 female), 180 Re-Entry General Population Beds, 300 beds for Special Management/Step Down Housing. Housing is provided for both Male and Female populations. In addition to Housing, the program includes Medical Treatment, Court Staging, Emergency Sally Port Visitation and Public Access. Staff areas include treatment space at housing units, decentralized staff work areas throughout housing levels and centralized locations for administration, operations, and security. LONG DESCRIPTION: As outlined in the RFP/Criteria Documents, the project consists of six levels, totaling approximately 250,000 GSF and includes 535 total beds, 55 Acute Mental Health Housing Beds (35 male & 20 female), 180 Re-Entry General Population Beds, 300 beds for Special Management/Step Down Housing. Housing is provided for both Male and Female populations. In addition to Housing, the program includes Medical Treatment, Court Staging, Emergency Sally Port Visitation and Public Access. Staff areas include inmate treatment at housing units, decentralized staff work areas throughout housing levels and centralized locations for administration, operations and security. Building support includes central utility plant, building support and facility storage. The planning and design of the NSTRF is integrate to work efficiently with the existing Main Jail North by utilizing existing support spaces such as intake, food preparation and laundry. A key consideration in planning and design is accommodating a hybrid operational approach based primarily on direct supervision with an ability to employ indirect supervision during low activity periods (i.e. the night shift), and when available staffing levels do not support staffing all units on a direct supervision basis. Regardless of the operational mode (direct or indirect supervision) clear sightlines into cells and other inmate areas to support a safe and secure environment for inmates was identified as a critical factor for planning, along with ease of supervision of all other areas to assure the safety of the population, staff and visitors. The Medical/Mental Health Component is a large part of the project and represents a significant commitment on the part of the County to provide evidence based best practice designed medical treatment to an ever-expanding population with medical and behavioral health needs. Santa Clara County is not unlike many jurisdictions throughout the Country that are challenged with an increased demand for behavioral health and medical services for special needs populations. This facility is meant to provide treatment for both those in general population housing while also having ability to have beds for short term treatment and housing for acute mental health, suicide watch, detoxification, violent and any other special needs that require close observation, monitoring and separation. The acute housing areas are equipped with nurse’s stations and associated officer’s stations to facilitate observation and treatment as part of an integrated team approach to maintaining safety and security while enhancing individual treatment for each inmate-patient.
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Design Achievement: Crafton Hills College desires a top-rated, modern performing arts venue that better meets the needs of music and theater students and faculty while elevating the College’s identity in the surrounding area. The original performing arts center, built as a cast-in-place concrete structure, has become an impediment to current and future teaching needs. The existing facility suffers from a lack of accessibility, outdated infrastructure and technology, and offers no natural daylight in teaching spaces or offices. DLR Group’s design for a new facility remedies these deficiencies and leverages a prominent location on Campus Drive to expose the arts to the surrounding community and connect with the main campus quad. The architecture maintains an efficient footprint while providing access to the outdoors for light, views, and gathering spaces to support the building as a net zero energy use arts building. The design vocabulary draws upon the mid-century vernacular of the campus, and connects to the surrounding context and to nature. Building massing is simple and aligned with campus architectural standards, while decorative screens evoke the vibrancy of the arts and create shaded courtyard spaces. An open plaza accommodates informal outdoor performances, showcasing the talent within the performing arts departments to the broader campus and creates a “home away from home” for arts students. Scope Summary: The partial two-story building is defined by east and west wings, with a central outdoor gathering space uniting the two volumes. The 26,000 SF center will include a lobby and courtyard, a 264-seat proscenium theater, black box theater, and backstage facilities such as dressing rooms, green room, offices, storage, scene shop, and costume shop. The west portion of building contains music educational spaces, including the flexible rehearsal rooms, recording control room, and practice rooms with views toward the adjacent landscape and hillside beyond. The complex will be equipped with generation theater technology and acoustics and accommodate a variety of music, theater, and dance performances and events. The building engages the topography of the site with its partial second story for on grade accessible access as well as for earth-berming to passively heat and cool the building. The project is targeting LEED Gold certification and net-zero energy use to become an innovative case study for sustainability in arts facilities. DLR Group is providing integrated design services including architecture, interiors, engineering (mechanical, electrical, structural), technology (acoustics, audiovisual, IT/security, theatrical), and sustainable design services.
Design Achievement – Palm Springs Unified School District sought a whole site modernization to address the aging infrastructure and the lack of student socialization space. DLR Group\|BakerNowicki’s design achieves Palm Springs Unified School District’s vision by incorporating a design that will inspire students strive for excellence inside and outside of the classroom. The whole site modernization includes an expansion of the existing kitchen with dedicated servery to meet student nutrition needs. The modernization will create new outdoor dining areas, a new lobby entry into the gymnasium, new wrestling room, and a modernized student-commons. Which will help compliment the school district’s efforts to prioritize the student’s well-being. Additionally, student safety will be augmented with new access controls, updated perimeter campus fencing, and a new, easily supervised, single point of entry through a new reception and lobby space at the campus perimeter. Scope Summary - The design encompasses 248,000 SF of space over a 45-acre site. Cathedral City High School servers 1,537 students from 9th-12th grade. The whole site modernization includes: modernizing the kitchen, the outdoor dining area, the lobby entry into the gymnasium, the wrestling room, and the student-commons. Infrastructure will be updated site wide, with modernizations to the central plant, mechanical equipment, lighting upgrades, and remodeled restrooms. Finish improvements will be accommodated site wide with new paint, flooring finishes, and exterior opening repairs. The new features are designed to create a new sense of campus entry on campus, with integrated branding and desert-modern shade screens and architectural features. The project is designed to increase natural light, fresh air, and reduce water use with turf removal and the inclusion of native, drought-tolerant landscaping. DLR Group\|BakerNowicki provided architecture and planning to this project.
Design Achievement: Palm Springs Unified School District sought a modernization for James Workman Middle School that would capitalize on the campus’s existing unused spaces. DLR Group design achieves Palm Springs USD’s vision by replacing the existing portables and reimaging the campus’s unused facilities. These new academic spaces created new educational modalities for the students and the faculty. Additionally, Student safety will be improved with new access controls, a reduction in points of entry to a new, easily supervised, single point of entry. Student drop off will be modified to all for additional queuing and changes in the curb cuts to improve traffic flow on adjacent streets. ADA improvements site wide will improve student circulation. A new, re-imagined library space will bring cutting edge collaborative spaces, furniture, and technology to the students at the heart of the campus. Added counsel’s offices will support the growing needs of social and mental health of students in the area. The architecture embraces views of the adjacent sand dunes with modern forms that reference the angled slopes of the local mountain topography. Landscaping has been modified for flexible use for students, with easily supervisable spaces that can be used for both academics and socialization. The campus design will allow for learning to happen anywhere on campus, safely. Scope Summary: This project included the building of 100,000 SF building over a 21-acre site. The school serves 1,050 students in 6th-8th grade. The project scope includes construction of a new classroom building to replace portables on site. The project also includes substantial modernizations to the locker rooms, food service building, and the addition of shade structures on site. DLR Group provided architecture, interior design, and master planning.
Not up to DLR Group Specs: Walnut Creek BART Station is an important intermodal station that is at a unique point in its history; Walnut Creek Transit Village Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) will transform the station area, putting the station at the heart of a dense, vibrant new mixed-use development. The modernization of the station must seamlessly connect the station to the new development, improve the passenger experience, and prepare the station for future growth. The project goals are to provide a long-term design vision for the station, identifying potential synergies, conflicts or opportunities with the adjacent TOD work while assessing needs related to capacity, state of good repair, customer experience, safety and security. The team analyzed the existing station conditions and assess needs for the future. These included a survey of users, programming study, and multiple stakeholder meetings to understand how the station is used currently, and how these needs will change in the future. Customer access to the station was analyzed, with conceptual designs provided based on the changing neighborhood, accessibility, fare evasion issues, and improving customers’ experience of the BART station. Exiting and crowding analysis were used to size and position new vertical circulation elements. The new TOD context also necessitates an evolved, relevant identity for the station. The team is exploring various aesthetic and material approaches so that the station modifications to the station are attractive and point to the future of BART’s role in the community. The team will work closely with an artist selected by BART, to identify and develop opportunities for the integration between art and design. The first phase of modernization creates an improved customer experience with additional stairs and pedestrian walkways, allowing for increased ridership. New glass stair enclosures enhance rider safety while providing natural light to the station. The modernization maintains the integrity of the original station design, while improving functionality and circulation at the platform level.
Design Achievement – A product of a co-creative process with participants from various disciplines and cultures, the Yuba River Water Education Center master plan envisions an immersive, world-class, environmentally focused campus. With uses ranging from cultural to educational, DLR Group leveraged its multi-disciplinary teams to investigate best possible outcomes by using experts in education, teaching and learning, campus planning, high-performance design, and performing arts. The Center’s educational goal is to provide experiential, hands-on learning will spark the creativity of all students, from Kindergarten to College. The second goal is to create a destination, multi-generational space for large events welcoming all cultures. The master plan exemplifies six design principles: Balance of Access and Separation, Central Community Gathering Location, Immersive Nature Experience, Hands-On Experiences, Light Touch, and Water Play and Recreation. Scope Summary - The Yuba River Water Education Center master plan envisions a possible 57,000 SF facility on 47 acres overlooking the Yuba River. The site design is based on a village concept, minimizing soil erosion, and preserving old growth trees. The seasonal riparian watershed and forest, central oak woodland, and dry creek will support science curriculum. The Center will provide a “nature-bath” by illustrating local history through various interactive exhibits and trails to provide nature-based learning activities both indoors and outdoors. The community and stakeholder engagement processes were largely conducted virtually, including participants from the Chamber of Commerce, educators, students, parents, local educational institutions, non-profits, and representatives of six cultures including local indigenous tribes who shaped Yuba County. DLR Group provided architecture, visioning, and master planning design services for this project
Design Achievement - With the goal of providing more educational opportunities for their students, Poway Unified School District sought out an expansion project for Del Norte High School. DLR Group's design achieves Poway Unified School District’s vision by developing both a new classroom building as well as a new field house and also restoring Del Norte’s practice field. The new classroom building brings three new science labs and three new academic classrooms, which accommodates Del Norte’s rapid enrollment rate. The science classrooms enhance Del Norte’s science department by creating new outdoor instructional and collaboration areas for students and staff. The new field house stores athletic equipment and provides attendees with new restroom facilities as well as a new concession area with an outdoor covered patio. The existing practice fields were upgraded to synthetic turf and sports lighting was installed to support both team practices as well as after-hours community events. Scope Summary – The high school expansion encompasses 10,600 SF. The expansion has equipped Del Norte High School to provide more extracurriculars and learning spaces for 2,586 high school students. The project scope includes three areas of development: new classroom building, new field house, and restoration of the practice field. The expansion of Del Norte High School in these spaces supports a collaborative community and promotes academic and athletic excellence. DLR Group provided architecture and planning to this unique project.
Design Achievement – Situated north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, downtown San Rafael was lacking a hotel to support its thriving retail, entertainment, and dining options as well as local events like the annual Mill Valley Film Festival. The new AC Hotel San Rafael provides this much-needed lodging option for the area and features the city’s first rooftop bar, “Above Fifth”. DLR Group’s context-sensitive design fits in seamlessly with the neighboring buildings while still embodying the AC Hotel brand. To activate the street front, the L-shaped building features a glass ribbon along the base that weaves down to the garage-level jump lobby, wraps all the way along the fitness centers, and then continues to the lobby and the bar. This gesture of glass extends all the way to the roof at the main entrance corner, creating a glowing lantern that signifies entry to the building and welcomes guests. The guest room windows along the street front are recessed into the brick at an alternative angle, creating a dynamic woven pattern that hides and emerges as one moves along the façade. A deep roof eave acts as a crown line that carries through the street-facing exterior, while a glass railing lines the edges of the rooftop bar to provide tremendous uninterrupted views of Mount Tamalpais that can be enjoyed from cozy, intimate cabanas. Scope Summary – This new five-story, 140-room hotel features rich bronze metal accents balanced with warm wood accents that capture the contrasts and gradation from light to dark, dusk to dawn. The board-formed patterning across the project’s concrete work along with the wood texture panels used at the eaves, windows, and major building entrance signs and canopies pay homage to the nearby Muir Woods National Monument. The project site is tucked into the hills of downtown San Rafael at the corner of 5th Avenue and B Street with a significant slope that had to be incorporated into the design. Due to local building height restrictions, the slope of the property was used advantageously for underground parking to maximize the efficiency of the lobby level and its amenities. The lobby features ample lounge seating that faces views of 5th Avenue and surrounds a ground-level bar, flowing seamlessly into the dining area and back patio. Artwork throughout the property was furnished by local art collector, Jonathan Parker, and is inspired by the surrounding landscape – vertical light cast through tree lines, curved forms of the valley floor, and striking metallic colors of the sun’s rays. Custom guest room designs were created for this site using the AC Hotel prototype as a basis, with single king rooms featuring an open bathroom layout with no doors and double queen rooms integrating the closet into the bathroom to free up hallway space. DLR Group provided architecture and interiors.
Design Achievement — Beaumont is experiencing unprecedented growth at a fast rate; thus, a decision presented itself: expand the current high school by 2,000 students or build a new one. DLR Group, armed with our extensive knowledge of modular construction, proposed a vast modernization of their existing campus, essentially re-purposing the entire north side, including athletic fields. The classroom buildings (over 60,000 SF) needed to be fully operational in less than 1.5 years. Hence, DLR Group set out on a fast-paced multi-package, multi-increment design process to ensure construction started as soon as possible and continued non-stop until success. What resulted was a two-phase, four-increment submittal and a project that is currently tracking to be on time, on budget, and exceeding the District's expectations. Scope Summary — The scope of work encompassed two new 30,000 SF, two-story modular construction buildings. These facilities included 40 classrooms, CTE programs, an additional administration wing, a new lunch shelter building, entrance canopy, and a field storage and concessions building. The site work was extensive as it created two new parking lots, dedicated bus and student drop-off zones, new tennis courts, new basketball courts, new softball and baseball fields, and multiple new soccer fields. The $50M expansion project will provide facilities for upwards of 5,000 future Wildcat students and save the District over $75M if they would have had to build a new high school. DLR Group provided architecture, MEP engineering, and structural engineering services.
Design Achievement - After over 60 years of housing education excellence, DLR Group's master plan reinvents the existing performing arts theatre and erects a new culinary arts and automotive technology building to support Valley High School’s expansion. The theater renovation is defined by its existing cast-in-place concrete structure that cannot be modified. Consequently, all improvements are addressed within the existing building envelope. The theater experience is dramatically enhanced through a revised seating concept that converts traditional continental seating into a stadium style configuration to improve sightlines and enhance the intimate relationship between performer and audience. As a highly visible community landmark and active gathering place for the performing arts, the existing theater interior is fully replanned to support all backstage functions and systems as well as “Front of House” spaces for pre-function and intermission activities and connection to the new Campus Commons and Fine Arts Courtyard. The renovation and expansion produce an environment in which all spaces are designed to replicate the professional work environment to promote hands on learning. Scope Summary - The scope of this project encompasses 44,500 SF of space, including the upgrades 1,040 seat Performing Arts Theatre. The new culinary arts building addresses a broad range of culinary skills and experiences with a new kitchen/culinary lab, bakery, pop-up indoor outdoor dining lab, nutrition/demonstration lab, hydroponics garden, events plaza and staging for food trucks. Coupled with culinary arts, the Automotive Technology space provides eight professionally equipped vehicle service bays including two for specialized alignment service, diagnostics lab for design and service of electronic systems, tire service center and two classrooms for instruction and industry collaboration. DLR Group is providing architecture, interiors, and master planning.
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Design Achievement — Beaumont is experiencing unprecedented growth at a fast rate; thus, a decision presented itself: expand the current high school by 2,000 students or build a new one. DLR Group, armed with our extensive knowledge of modular construction, proposed a vast modernization of their existing campus, essentially re-purposing the entire north side, including athletic fields. The classroom buildings (over 60,000 SF) needed to be fully operational in less than 1.5 years. Hence, DLR Group set out on a fast-paced multi-package, multi-increment design process to ensure construction started as soon as possible and continued non-stop until success. What resulted was a two-phase, four-increment submittal and a project that is currently tracking to be on time, on budget, and exceeding the District's expectations. Scope Summary — The scope of work encompassed two new 30,000 SF, two-story modular construction buildings. These facilities included 40 classrooms, CTE programs, an additional administration wing, a new lunch shelter building, entrance canopy, and a field storage and concessions building. The site work was extensive as it created two new parking lots, dedicated bus and student drop-off zones, new tennis courts, new basketball courts, new softball and baseball fields, and multiple new soccer fields. The $50M expansion project will provide facilities for upwards of 5,000 future Wildcat students and save the District over $75M if they would have had to build a new high school. DLR Group provided architecture, MEP engineering and structural engineering services.
Design Achievement - After over 60 years of housing education excellence, DLR Group’s master plan reinvents the existing performing arts theatre and erects a new culinary arts and automotive technology building to support Valley High School’s expansion. The theater renovation is defined by its existing cast-in-place concrete structure that cannot be modified. Consequently, all improvements are addressed within the existing building envelope. The theater experience is dramatically enhanced through a revised seating concept that converts traditional continental seating into a stadium style configuration to improve sightlines and enhance the intimate relationship between performer and audience. As a highly visible community landmark and active gathering place for the performing arts, the existing theater interior is fully replanned to support all backstage functions and systems as well as “Front of House” spaces for pre-function and intermission activities and connection to the new Campus Commons and Fine Arts Courtyard. The renovation and expansion produce an environment in which all spaces are designed to replicate the professional work environment to promote hands on learning. Scope Summary - The scope of this project encompasses 44,500 SF of space, including the upgrades 1,040 seat Performing Arts Theatre. The new culinary arts building addresses a broad range of culinary skills and experiences with a new kitchen/culinary lab, bakery, pop-up indoor outdoor dining lab, nutrition/demonstration lab, hydroponics garden, events plaza and staging for food trucks. Coupled with culinary arts, the Automotive Technology space provides eight professionally equipped vehicle service bays including two for specialized alignment service, diagnostics lab for design and service of electronic systems, tire service center and two classrooms for instruction and industry collaboration. DLR Group is providing architecture, interiors, and master planning.
Test Fit for Hines T3.
Design Achievement — Beaumont is experiencing unprecedented growth at a fast rate; thus, a decision presented itself: expand the current high school by 2,000 students or build a new one. DLR Group, armed with our extensive knowledge of modular construction, proposed a vast modernization of their existing campus, essentially re-purposing the entire north side, including athletic fields. The classroom buildings (over 60,000 SF) needed to be fully operational in less than 1.5 years. Hence, DLR Group set out on a fast-paced multi-package, multi-increment design process to ensure construction started as soon as possible and continued non-stop until success. What resulted was a two-phase, four-increment submittal and a project that is currently tracking to be on time, on budget, and exceeding the District's expectations. Scope Summary — The scope of work encompassed two new 30,000 SF, two-story modular construction buildings. These facilities included 40 classrooms, CTE programs, an additional administration wing, a new lunch shelter building, entrance canopy, and a field storage and concessions building. The site work was extensive as it created two new parking lots, dedicated bus and student drop-off zones, new tennis courts, new basketball courts, new softball and baseball fields, and multiple new soccer fields. The $50M expansion project will provide facilities for upwards of 5,000 future Wildcat students and save the District over $75M if they would have had to build a new high school. DLR Group provided architecture, MEP engineering and structural engineering services.
Design Achievement: The Elizabeth Learning Center (ELC) campus supports instruction and provides community services for Pre-K through 12th grade students. Community programs housed on the campus include a Wellness Center, Mental Health Clinic, and Head Start State Preschool. Elizabeth Learning Center sought to modernize its existing buildings, add a new elementary classroom building, a new secondary classroom building, and an upgrade of the outdated infrastructure. DLR Group’s design achieved this vision by replacing the portables with new energy-efficient structures and the installation of new safety features surrounding the outdoor learning spaces, parking spaces, and playground. The goal of the ELC is to provide facilities that will support the academic transition of students from kindergarten all the way through 12th grade, while still providing appropriate facilities for each unique age group. DLR Group’s vision generates the support spaces needed for teachers to facilitate a future-ready learning environment for all students. Additionally, a top priority is to create a safe environment that is as secure as it is welcoming. The new buildings at the edge of campus minimize the need for fencing and maximize the staff’s ability to supervise all students. Scope Summary: The scope of work for this project includes the modernization of the entire Elizabeth Learning Center, which sits on a 16.8-acre site. The ELC campus consists of 16 permanent buildings constructed between 1932 and 2001. The modernizations include updating the ELC to support ADA access, interior and exterior painting, technology infrastructure upgrades, seismic enhancements, and the installation of a new heating and air conditioning system for the gym. Most of the seismic upgrades will take place in the administration building and the first floor of the Elizabeth Learning Center. Additionally, all portable buildings will be replaced. All new buildings on the campus will be CHPS Verified. DLR Group provided architecture, interior design, structural engineering, and MEP engineering services.
Design Achievement - San Marcos Unified School District’s vision for its newest elementary school creates flexible learning environments that promote communication, creativity and critical thinking while also encouraging professional development for teachers in training. With a diverse community of preschool students, elementary school students, special needs students and student-teachers, Richland Elementary School has become a learning powerhouse. DLR Group’s design provides highly flexible and adaptable learning spaces that allow a natural flow of activities and interaction. To do this, the design supports all learning styles with specialized facilities integrated within the environment, and collaborative spaces that allow a variety of dynamic STEAM programs to take place.  Scope Summary - The scope of work for this project includes a 91,000 SF campus across a 10.2-acre site. The design limited the demolition of the existing campus to minimize displacement for existing students. The design also relocated the new campus to higher ground to improve drainage, supervision, and maintenance. The new campus consists of five buildings arranged around play fields, hard courts, a flag court, and a carefully preserved learning garden. The design choices uphold the school district’s commitment to flexible learning environments that support all learning styles with a flowing yet secure campus. DLR Group design provided architecture, planning, and interiors.
Design Achievement: Originally built in 1961, Holmes Elementary School was in need of a comprehensive master plan to address San Diego Unified School District’s concerns. DLR Group design’s achieves Holmes Elementary School District’s vision by upgrading campus security systems and replacing the relocatable classrooms on the site. Additionally, the resulting campus plan includes a new administration building which will provide improved campus security as well as needed support functions like expanded food services, and an expanded kindergarten capacity with new Kinder/UTK classrooms and a renovation of the existing classrooms. Additionally, a new 1-story classroom building has been designed to define and secure the existing campus and create outdoor learning courtyards for the students and faculty. Scope Summary: The scope of work for this project includes a new 17,500 SF building and the modernization of 23,500 SF of the existing campus. Site improvements include new parking, drop-off, joint-use field and renovated playgrounds. The campus serves 510 students from k-5. DLR Group provided architecture, interiors, and planning to this project.
Design Achievement: The newly renovated offices for a confidential television production company set forth a new image that speaks to its business and creative culture. DLR Group’s design draws inspiration from the company’s roster of shows, with an urban, masculine aesthetic reflective of the company’s flagship police drama. A neutral materials palette, inspired by tailored menswear, is balanced with wood feature walls and eclectic furniture groupings, creating a casual, creative vibe. Meeting rooms immediately adjacent to the reception area feature comfortable furnishings and are multipurpose, able to accommodate both traditional meetings as well as film screenings. Within the office environment, the design introduces new areas for collaboration and is planned for maximum daylight infusion. All private offices are inboard; glass office fronts promote transparency while workstations and collaboration zones are located on the window wall to provide all employees access to natural light and views. Scope Summary: This 11,000 SF office provides a multitude of work environments, including private and open office, open collaboration space, a variety of conference and meeting rooms, and small pantries. Designed and constructed during the COVID-19 pandemic, all client engagements and decision making meetings were conducted virtually, and select items were reused where possible to help meet the client’s budgetary considerations. DLR Group provided interior design services.
Design Achievement: The dream of an Albert Einstein Academy Charter High School stretches back to Albert Einstein Academy’s opening in 2002. With just a few dozen students in kindergarten, AEA’s founders foresaw the wisdom of a K-12 educational journey grounded in the International Baccalaureate program. DLR Group's solution is the adaptive reuse of a six-story, 1970s hospital building nestled prominently in the hillside of Grant Hill Park overlooking downtown San Diego. This beacon on the hill creates engaging learning opportunities and inspires students to find their passions in IB career-related programs in arts, education, business, technology, and health services. AEACHS is designed to support three primary academic concepts centered on personal attention that focuses on individual students, stimulating environments that promote a thirst for knowledge, and a strong collaborative culture that facilitates holistic student learning. Scope Summary: The 84,000 SF school serves 800 students in grades 9-12. A primary interior design element includes the conversion of an existing four cab elevator core to a grand communicating stair for student circulation and improved building navigation. A new elevator and small group learning spaces are added on each floor along the west side of the building. Upgrading aged systems reduce operational carbon and improve the overall operational efficiency. High performance attributes include designs and materials that promote energy and water efficiency, maximize the use of natural lighting, improve indoor air quality, utilize recycled materials, and create acoustical conditions that are conducive to optimal learning environments. All building systems, including HVAC, hot water heaters, and food service equipment, are electric. DLR Group provided Architecture, Interior Design, Acoustic Design, AV System Design, Lighting Design, Theater Planning.
This project is currently covered under NDA. Please contact Workplace NMM before using in any marketing materials. Design Achievement: This global technology firm had reached an inflection point: their Real Estate and Workplace Design executives had developed clear employee value propositions, and many data collection tools, but no clear way of tying the two together to optimize their corporate real estate portfolio – known as a “single pane of glass” (SPOG) solution in IT management. DLR Group’s multi-disciplinary team is developing a data synthesis and design solution platform rooted in employee experience. The foundation of employee experience and indoor environmental quality guides the development of 225 user stories that fed up to 45 platform features and three sensor recommendations – Indoor Air Quality, Sound, and Occupancy. In addition to these three sensor systems, six other data sources were identified as being passively gathered by existing technology, but not leveraged. These were ideal candidates to map to the synthesis platform, and included security badge scanning, WiFi access points, Facilities Maintenance tickets, Room booking, and asset tracking. The platform’s beta version will allow real-time evaluation and trend analysis to answer questions like “Which spaces may be negatively impacting cognitive function due to poor air quality?,” “How many people book a seat for the day, and do not show up?,” “What are the paths most travelled throughout a floor plate?,” or “What is the source of acoustical discomfort?” Future versions will incorporate additional organizational data overlays so that employees can directly understand and optimize their environments, and decision makers can arrive at data-driven real estate choices. Scope Summary: Embracing agile project management principles, we moved through five project gates – from kickoff to minimum viable product to pilot testing – in under eight months. Key deliverables included sensor deployment and performance thresholds, user flow and interface wireframing, the management of software development and demos, and custom data modeling, integration, and analytical rules. Following client approval of the minimum-viable-product SPOG platform, six pilot test locations were identified on four continents. DLR Group is leading a robust team of 60+ individuals across three companies, providing strategic workplace planning, organizational change management, program management, and UX/UI design.
Design Achievement: The design for the new Student Services Building speaks to the dynamic energy and vision of MiraCosta College leadership. The new building creates a gateway to the campus by providing an iconic landmark for students, staff, and members of its community. The one-stop shop concept consolidates disparate services scattered in separate buildings into one cohesive location, providing maximum visibility of the various departments and clarity of wayfinding for first-time visitors. The primary goal of this one-stop shop is to build personal connections between staff and students, so they feel at home on campus. The new Student Services building supports the holistic, physical, and emotional needs of MiraCosta College students, staff, and community, covering the breadth of the human emotional experience, including both times of celebration and anxiety. The materials and colors are utilized to create an environment that is comfortable for the users with a friendly, warm, accessible, light-filled, and organized building interior. Scope of Services: The new 51,500 SF building will provide student services and support on a campus that serves approximately 10,500 students a year. The student center spaces are inclusive and flexible for both staff and students to interact and connect, and include student hang out spaces and study lounges; student engagement spaces; staff offices and workrooms; and workshop rooms, such as a computer lab. This student center is the central place on campus for students to study, hang out and receive guidance with spaces that are adaptable and flexible to serve a variety of needs for its staff and students. A health services department incorporated into the building includes counseling offices, a waiting room, patient rooms, therapy rooms, and a group counseling room. The design includes additional areas with the specific needs of Veterans and the campus community. A Lounge and Patio are open to veterans for small events and hangouts spaces located on the south side of the building. Off the breezeway, a campus community food bank to address food insecurities is open to all students. DLR Group provided architecture and interior design services.
Inclusive, wellness-focused, and resilient one-stop shop where one feels a sense of belonging. As a 21st Century “one-stop center” to access student services, this LEED Platinum equivalent building will be an iconic structure acting as a gateway to the campus. The one-stop concept arranges all of the disparate services scattered in separate buildings into one cohesive location, arranged to maximize visibility of the various departments and clarity of wayfinding for first-time visitors. A primary goal of this one-stop shop is to lend a helping hand to each student so they feel at home on campus. Friendly, warm, accessible, light-filled, and clearly organized are terms that describe the interior of the building. Materials and colors will be chosen for their long term durability and comfort of the users. The design for the new Student Services Building speaks to the dynamic energy and vision of MiraCosta leadership by providing an iconic landmark for students, staff and members of the community The New Student Services building will be designed to support the holistic physical and emotional needs of MiraCosta students, staff and community. These needs cover the breadth of the human emotional experience, including both times of celebration and anxiety. Successful design in this context means providing a wide variety of environments within the building that include: a place where students want to study, hang out and receive guidance. adaptable and flexible spaces to serve a variety needs. universally designed spaces for all ages and abilities. designed around one-on-one interaction with students. designed with the specific needs of Veterans in mind. spaces that are Inclusive and inspires a sense of belonging spaces for both staff and students to play spaces for staff to recharge DLR Group is providing architecture and interior design services.
We are pleased to offer professional architectural peer review services to assist NuovoRE in their Hotel Project in Merced, California. We understand that the project entails general review of a 114-room hotel that is partial historic rehab, and partial new build located in Merced, CA. The project documents are at 100% Construction Documents and will be reviewed for general constructability concerns and compliance. This review does not relieve the Architect or Engineer of Record from the responsibilities as the Professional in Charge. We understand the scope of work to include: • DLR Group will review the Architectural documents and return a PDF file back to the client with all comments. • No additional meetings are anticipated as part of this proposal.
We are pleased to offer professional architectural peer review services to assist NuovoRE in their Hotel Project in Merced, California. We understand that the project entails general review of a 114-room hotel that is partial historic rehab, and partial new build located in Merced, CA. The project documents are at 100% Construction Documents and will be reviewed for general constructability concerns and compliance. This review does not relieve the Architect or Engineer of Record from the responsibilities as the Professional in Charge. We understand the scope of work to include: • DLR Group will review the Architectural documents and return a PDF file back to the client with all comments. • No additional meetings are anticipated as part of this proposal.
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Design Achievement: Originally constructed in 1980, Vista View Middle School sought a campus- wide modernization to enhance the school’s brand identity and the education experience for students and faculty. DLR Group’s design approach for this modernization included revamping the HVAC system, classroom room layout, classroom technology, administration workspaces, in addition to modernizing the school’s visual impact from the street. The design was inspired by Vista View’s STEAM program. The STEAM program influenced the interior mural graphics and the floor plan design. A new makerspace/media space center and the incorporation of a “Video Wall” was installed to serve as a focal point for highlighting STEAM activities throughout the year. The Vista View modernization serves as an inspirational reminder of the importance of pursuing excellence inside and outside of the classroom. Throughout the entire project, DLR Group ensured that faculty and parents felt that their student’s safety and education were of utmost importance. Scope Summary: Covering 49,248 SF, Vista View Middle School serves 532 students 6-8 grade. The scope of work included the revamping of the HVAC system, classroom room layout, classroom technology, administration workspaces and modernizing the school’s visual impact from the street. The efficiency of the campus was improved with the installation of a whisper-quiet VRF system along with Bio PCM energy blanket for maximizing efficiency of the HVAC system. DLR Group reconfigured all the interior partition walls in the classroom/admin building, incorporating new corridors to vastly improve the circulation of the school. Updated Luxury Vinyl Tile carpet finishes, and installed LED lighting in new T-Bar “Cloud” ceilings throughout every classroom provides effective light for conducting classes. DLR Group provided architecture, planning, engineering (mechanical, electrical, and structural), and interior design services.
We are pleased to offer professional architectural peer review services to assist NuovoRE in their Hotel Project in Merced, California. We understand that the project entails general review of a 114-room hotel that is partial historic rehab, and partial new build located in Merced, CA. The project documents are at 100% Construction Documents and will be reviewed for general constructability concerns and compliance. This review does not relieve the Architect or Engineer of Record from the responsibilities as the Professional in Charge. We understand the scope of work to include: • DLR Group will review the Architectural documents and return a PDF file back to the client with all comments. • No additional meetings are anticipated as part of this proposal.
Use Confidential Entertainment Client for project name. Client name and all cost information are confidential Design Achievement - This confidential entertainment company’s legal team will enjoy working in this newly renovated and progressive office environment. DLR Group’s design offers a modern and functional legal office with areas throughout for informal conversation and collaboration. The full building renovation provides a variety of workspaces for attorneys, paralegals and staff while shrinking the private office and workstation footprint for greater efficiency. By shifting real estate utilization from individual to shared spaces, the new workplace strategy creates enhanced opportunities for both group and individual focused work. Open ceilings, concrete floors, custom graphics, and specialty decorative light fixtures add to the contemporary feel of the office. Public spaces and corridors, adorned with recognizable character artwork, add a sense of joy and connect staff with the company’s business. Attention to detail with warm and rich jewel tones throughout the three floors lighten the office mood and add to the elevated office environment. Employees will enjoy the office’s many amenity spaces including a third workspace/breakroom, individual pantries, and an outdoor patio. Private offices along the building’s exterior feature glass fronts, allowing daylight to permeate into the space. This beautiful and professional legal office provides a state-of-the-art experience for employees and visitors alike. Scope Summary - This 90,000 SF office provides a multitude of work spaces for 400 members of the company’s legal team. Key program spaces include private offices, phone rooms, huddle rooms, small and large conference rooms, a law library, large breakroom with kitchen amenities, small pantries, and an outdoor patio. DLR Group provided interior design and experiential graphic design services.
Students, educators and administrators alike moved into the newly modernized George Washington Elementary School campus, improving the school’s community presence and learning environments. The district was intent on the installation of quality learning spaces and shared spaces that would provide a new space for students to engage with their peers, their teachers, and their environment. With an emphasis on individuality and a design rooted in the genus loci of the Norco area, DLR Group was able to expand the kindergarten area with each classroom expressing an individual essence through the incorporation of branding in the form of local bird species. As a dual-immersion school this ‘passive learning’ is done in both languages. This “building as teacher” approach creates opportunities for students to engage with the environment as well as with the architecture in a meaningful way. The new administration and teacher’s lounge spaces are modern and comfortable, reflecting the idea that caring for a teacher is inherently caring for students indirectly. The full scope of the project includes a new classroom building at the forefront of the campus along with modernized administration and teacher’s lounge spaces totaling 7,700 total square feet. The classroom building sits adjacent to the existing administration space and accommodates four new kindergarten classrooms fronting on a brand-new playground space. The community facing side of the building establishes an edge that reinforces the existing drop off and incorporates landscaping at the campus entry. The new administration space sees the creative reallocation of space to incorporate two new principal offices and a conference room while having to avoid demolishing certain load-bearing walls in the existing building. Additionally, the teacher’s lounge space creates a café style space allowing faculty members a space for comfort and relaxation away from their classrooms. Altogether the design insertions at this campus bring life to an already rich campus and in doing so improve the learning environments and community face.
Design Achievement - Located in the active city of San Jose, the revisioning of Oakridge is in the midst one of the densest areas of trails in North America. DLR Group was part of a design competition that aimed to develop a mixed-use environment attached to an existing regional mall while recreating the Macy’s box anchor. Multiple options were proposed including a renovation, adaptive reuse, demolition, and addition. DLR Group’s design reflected an outdoor lifestyle Trail Oriented Development (TOD) center, that connects San Jose trails into the mall as a cohesive hub adjacent to the trails. Focusing on the surrounding active landscape, the design is framed around a simple motto: “all paths lead to Oakridge.” The main challenge is the flow between the surrounding area and the existing mall to make Oakridge a cohesive singular property. A central goal is to grow a natural ecosystem organically over time that promotes a local and regional healthy lifestyle. The design created a place rooted in peoples’ needs by curating uses, events, and spaces that encourage a neighborhood for all. By introducing a first of it's kind pedestrian ‘connective green’ network around entire site, including key areas of the mall. The mixed-use development takes cues from natural surroundings to become a catalyst of environmental enhancements. Scope Summary - The Oakridge master plan design uses buildings, pathways, park space and unique programming to reflect nearby ridges and landscapes, undulating and green at key moments for heightened discovery. Additionally, the focus on hospitality and social experience provides Oakridge Mall with activities unique and authentic to create a place that reflects the culture of the surrounding community. From places to sit, parks to enjoy, art to touch, music to hear, food to eat - Oakridge was designed to be a setting to experience and people to meet. The Oakridge project came with embedded sustainability goals that reflected in the clear connection of trails and impact to local habitat. Specifically, the responsibility to protect the habitat’s local species including black owls and salmon and a system for rainwater collection and storm-water run off. The highway required the design to incorporate positioning of users to avoid noise pollution to the community. The holistic human experience is the center of all the goals for the Oakridge design, thus creating a place where people would choose to be. DLR Group provided concept design services.
Design Achievement - Core Spaces enlisted DLR Group to help them with their central goal, focused on bringing a unique and dynamic product to the student housing market in Fullerton, California. Their program is set up for success through extensive planning and research – the HUB provides a high amenity development, with specific attention to user interaction with the project and location specific branding and amenities. DLR Group’s design incorporates the reserved, down to earth, and humble mentality of student in the design. The materiality includes natural tones and materials and textures. The challenging 862’ long narrow site, led the team to create 2 aesthetics to break up the building. The building shifts to a more pedestrian residential aesthetic where townhomes land at grade on the eastern building. The western building creates a more playful expression thru varied use of toned-down color and a more public and commercial sense of place at grade. The paseo creates a dynamic outdoor space for seating, activities, and public art for both the community and residents. To further break down the scale of the length of the building, the façade creates a series of smaller volumes to create more relief from the street. These smaller volumes relate back to the demographic of the students as they tend towards smaller groups. The building becomes a series of group with distinguishable characteristics within each group, both interior and exterior. Scope Summary - The Hub at Fullerton is 700,726 SF in Fullerton, California, which includes 1,272 beds and 421 units. In addition to the original program, townhomes with large terrace spaces were added on the ground floor. Townhomes increased the bed count and created large clusters with terraces and hot tubs, helping achieve the client’s goal to provide more outdoor space. Amenity spaces includes a large roof deck, pool, hot tub, work spaces, yoga, fitness, spa, and resident lounge spaces. There is also a coffee shop that will provide an open connection to the residential lobby and open up to the paseo. Amplify Retail teamed up with core spaces for the leasing of the activated pedestrian level retail at the ground floor. The fire access around the project needed to be maintained so we created a pedestrian walkway to make it useful as a user experience. Because the parking garage is off the main street and is highly visible from the freeway to passerby, the city of Fullerton required to limit visibility of the parking garage. We met their request by adding greenscreens to reduce the noticeability of the garage and are looking to incorporate large murals to provide interest. Construction is set to complete in 2023. DLR Group provided architectural design services.
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Design Achievement - Core Spaces enlisted DLR Group to help them with their central goal, focused on bringing a unique and dynamic product to the student housing market in Fullerton, California. Their program is set up for success through extensive planning and research – the HUB provides a high amenity development, with specific attention to user interaction with the project and location specific branding and amenities. DLR Group’s design incorporates the reserved, down to earth, and humble mentality of student in the design. The materiality includes natural tones and materials and textures. The challenging 862’ long narrow site, led the team to create 2 aesthetics to break up the building. The building shifts to a more pedestrian residential aesthetic where townhomes land at grade on the eastern building. The western building creates a more playful expression thru varied use of toned-down color and a more public and commercial sense of place at grade. The paseo creates a dynamic outdoor space for seating, activities, and public art for both the community and residents. To further break down the scale of the length of the building, the façade creates a series of smaller volumes to create more relief from the street. These smaller volumes relate back to the demographic of the students as they tend towards smaller groups. The building becomes a series of group with distinguishable characteristics within each group, both interior and exterior. Scope Summary - The Hub at Fullerton is 700,726 SF in Fullerton, California, which includes 1,272 beds and 421 units. In addition to the original program, townhomes with large terrace spaces were added on the ground floor. Townhomes increased the bed count and created large clusters with terraces and hot tubs, helping achieve the client’s goal to provide more outdoor space. Amenity spaces includes a large roof deck, pool, hot tub, work spaces, yoga, fitness, spa, and resident lounge spaces. There is also a coffee shop that will provide an open connection to the residential lobby and open up to the paseo. Amplify Retail teamed up with core spaces for the leasing of the activated pedestrian level retail at the ground floor. The fire access around the project needed to be maintained so we created a pedestrian walkway to make it useful as a user experience. Because the parking garage is off the main street and is highly visible from the freeway to passerby, the city of Fullerton required to limit visibility of the parking garage. We met their request by adding greenscreens to reduce the noticeability of the garage and are looking to incorporate large murals to provide interest. Construction is set to complete in 2023. DLR Group provided architectural design services.
Design Achievement:The students, faculty and community of Palos Verdes Peninsula desire a new artificial turf field and extended synthetic track that complements the existing athletic facilities, improves the spectator experience, and inspires the students to strive for athletic excellence. PVP high school’s mission is to inspire and educate all students as they pursue their full potential within a vibrant, compassionate, and diverse learning community. DLR Group’s design for the space achieves this vision by renovating the existing grass field to a modernized artificial turf field, making the field more accessible for after school practices. The turf field will reduce the need to cancel or reschedule athletic activities due to poor field conditions that naturally occur on a grass field. Additionally, the new field will allow the athletic program to hold multiple practices at a time so that students can start their academics at a more reasonable hour. According to Glenn Van Enk, the Athletic Director of PVPHS, “The class of 2020 had 103 scholar-athletes who maintained a 3.7 unweighted GPA throughout high school while participating in a varsity sport for at least one season.” DLR Group is honored to play a role in equipping the students with the resources needed to excel in both academics and athletics. Scope Summary: The scope of work for this project includes renovating the existing grass field into a new modernized artificial turf field, providing new synthetic track D-zones and jumping events, repairing and restriping the existing synthetic track. The upgrade will be $1.7 million dollars and keep Palos Verdes Peninsula High School recognized as an athletic powerhouse. The school was established in 1991and since their establishment PVPHS has won 233 league championships, 43 CIF Titles, 10 State Titles, and 4 National Titles. Our modernization of the artificial turf field and synthetic track started in August 2020 and completed in January 2021. DLR Group completed Construction Documents, DSA Approval and Bidding within 2 months and Construction within 3 months making for a record delivery time in California. DLR Group practiced due diligence throughout the entirety of the project by ensuring that the artificial turf field was completed under budget and exceeded the student’s and faculty expectations. DLR Group provided planning, architecture, and landscaping services.
Fallbrook Union Elementary School District is a small K-8 district located in northern San Diego County serving the city of Fallbrook and a portion of Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base.  In the last five years the two campuses located on the base received federal funding to have the schools replaced.  Upon the completion of these two schools, the district decided it was time to look into improving their ‘in-town’ schools.  DLR Group was to begin working with the district in March of 2020, but the pandemic delayed the start of the process until May of 2022.  We presented the final master plan to the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees in January of this year.  We established the Core Planning Group, which consisted of the 15 people chosen to represent the district which included board members and the superintendent.  We met monthly and methodically developed a strategy to develop a successful master plan and fruitful dialogue with their staff, students, parents, and community.  Fallbrook, being a close-knit supportive community, definitely wanted a voice in the master planning process and the result is a fully supported vision for the district’s future.  The next steps for Fallbrook Union Elementary School District is to identify potential funding sources and begin the journey of implementing their master plan.  The most important thing that this process accomplished was to give the district a direction to follow ensuring that future changes and improvements to their campuses will contribute to the ultimate vision for their schools.
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Design Achievement - Core Spaces enlisted DLR Group to help them with their central goal, focused on bringing a unique and dynamic product to the student housing market in Fullerton, California. Their program is set up for success through extensive planning and research – the HUB provides a high amenity development, with specific attention to user interaction with the project and location specific branding and amenities. DLR Group’s design incorporates the reserved, down to earth, and humble mentality of student in the design. The materiality includes natural tones and materials and textures. The challenging 862’ long narrow site, led the team to create 2 aesthetics to break up the building. The building shifts to a more pedestrian residential aesthetic where townhomes land at grade on the eastern building. The western building creates a more playful expression thru varied use of toned-down color and a more public and commercial sense of place at grade. The paseo creates a dynamic outdoor space for seating, activities, and public art for both the community and residents. To further break down the scale of the length of the building, the façade creates a series of smaller volumes to create more relief from the street. These smaller volumes relate back to the demographic of the students as they tend towards smaller groups. The building becomes a series of group with distinguishable characteristics within each group, both interior and exterior. Scope Summary - The Hub at Fullerton is 700,726 SF in Fullerton, California, which includes 1,272 beds and 421 units. In addition to the original program, townhomes with large terrace spaces were added on the ground floor. Townhomes increased the bed count and created large clusters with terraces and hot tubs, helping achieve the client’s goal to provide more outdoor space. Amenity spaces includes a large roof deck, pool, hot tub, work spaces, yoga, fitness, spa, and resident lounge spaces. There is also a coffee shop that will provide an open connection to the residential lobby and open up to the paseo. Amplify Retail teamed up with core spaces for the leasing of the activated pedestrian level retail at the ground floor. The fire access around the project needed to be maintained so we created a pedestrian walkway to make it useful as a user experience. Because the parking garage is off the main street and is highly visible from the freeway to passerby, the city of Fullerton required to limit visibility of the parking garage. We met their request by adding greenscreens to reduce the noticeability of the garage and are looking to incorporate large murals to provide interest. Construction is set to complete in 2023. DLR Group provided architectural design services.
Renovation to food service building.
Design Achievement - Freedom West Homes is one of the largest and oldest cooperatives in the Western U.S. Started in the late 1960’s by Reverend AJ Hall of Bethel AME Church, Freedom West Homes was a direct response to the destruction caused by the city of San Francisco’s urban renewal process with the goal of providing home ownership in the rapidly changing city. While a grand vision by Reverend AJ Hall, the cooperative needed a bold new concept to provide to the current shareholders and to ensure the health and success for the future of the cooperative. DLR group joined to realize a new vision and design for the historic property with Landon Taylor of Legacy First Partners, the Board of Freedom West Homes, and MacFarlane Partners, DLR Group was commissioned by MacFarlane Partners and the Board of the Co-Op to reimagine and enhance the historic Freedom West Homes in San Francisco. The project encompasses four city blocks in the iconic metropolitan west coast city. This project includes re-providing 382 existing homes and the addition of approximately 2,000 new homes. The underlying goal is to provide new facilities and a sustainable future for a largely African American and East Asian population in the area. DLR Group’s design focuses on reestablishing the city grid by recreating the urban neighborhood character, rather than the forced suburban character it currently has, as a result of the city’s desire to drive down density; specifically, the density of the ethnic populations in the area. The Freedom West master plan reintroduced Octavia Boulevard through the site as a new public square. Historically, Octavia Boulevard has served as a main freeway that brought traffic through the area. Thus, the new public square celebrates the historic purpose and reemerges a community center that connects Octavia to Jefferson Park. The design maintains open space as a differentiator in the otherwise dense San Francisco neighborhood. The north half of Octavia Boulevard is preserved as a flexible space that has the ability to double as an event space for co-op events as well as public opportunities. This space opens opportunities for celebration, as the ambition is to reinforce community togetherness in the new design. Scope Summary - Freedom West Homes will provide for 382 new residential units, eligible for co-op members, and approximately 130 new affordable housing units that will be owned by the co-op after a 20 year term. The ground floor will encompass approximately 20,000 sf of store-front retail that will be owned and operated by the co-op for the benefit of the shareholders. The Innovation Center, backed by Base 11, is a cornerstone of the overall development and at the base of the co-op building. This space achieves the overall project goal to provide the empowerment and growth for the community. The Innovation Center as part of the “Next Frontier Initiative” at Base 11, will provide students with hand-on STEM education using industry quality technology and equipment that is not accessible to most students. This structure is constructed of more than 2 million SF of 2400 units, 60,000 SF of retail, and theBase11 innovation space. As part of the community building equity plan, Freedom West will bring in businesses to do entrepreneurial training, bank training, and finance courses to enrich the co-op members and bring in changes to produce lasting, generational, change to the community. DLR Group will provide master plan, design and architecture services. The project looks for city approval by the end of 2022 and estimated completion is 2024.
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Design Achievement: The Granada Transition Center will create a permanent home for the EMUHSD’s Adult Transition Center students along with the District’s Adult Education students. Providing both programs with dedicated space will allow both to have facilities tailored to their specific needs along with more opportunity to grow. The project is both modernization and new construction. The design approach for this project is to use the new addition to envelop and create an outdoor courtyard for Transition Center students. This outdoor courtyard will provide a safe and secure area for students to take part in various outdoor learning activities, gardening, art, and play. Classrooms opening to the learning courtyard allow students to easily take part in these opportunities. Although the design provides the ability for separate facilities, some classrooms will be flexible to serve both programs for maximum efficiency. Scope Summary: The Granada Transition Center serves the District’s Adult Education School and their Adult Transition Center Students. The Adult Education School serves those 18years+ who are hoping to transition to postsecondary education or training in pursuit of a long-term career. The Adult Transition Center services students 18-22 years of age with mild to severe developmental disabilities, providing their students with essential life skills in pursuit of independence. The scope of the work will include the modernization of a two-story classroom building along with the new construction of a two-story addition, a new outdoor courtyard and play area, along with related site work. DLR Group provided architectural and interior design services.
Design Achievement - Core Spaces enlisted DLR Group to help them with their central goal, focused on bringing a unique and dynamic product to the student housing market in Fullerton, California. Their program is set up for success through extensive planning and research – the HUB provides a high amenity development, with specific attention to user interaction with the project and location specific branding and amenities. DLR Group’s design incorporates the reserved, down to earth, and humble mentality of student in the design. The materiality includes natural tones and materials and textures. The challenging 862’ long narrow site, led the team to create 2 aesthetics to break up the building. The building shifts to a more pedestrian residential aesthetic where townhomes land at grade on the eastern building. The western building creates a more playful expression thru varied use of toned-down color and a more public and commercial sense of place at grade. The paseo creates a dynamic outdoor space for seating, activities, and public art for both the community and residents. To further break down the scale of the length of the building, the façade creates a series of smaller volumes to create more relief from the street. These smaller volumes relate back to the demographic of the students as they tend towards smaller groups. The building becomes a series of group with distinguishable characteristics within each group, both interior and exterior. Scope Summary - The Hub at Fullerton is 700,726 SF in Fullerton, California, which includes 1,272 beds and 421 units. In addition to the original program, townhomes with large terrace spaces were added on the ground floor. Townhomes increased the bed count and created large clusters with terraces and hot tubs, helping achieve the client’s goal to provide more outdoor space. Amenity spaces includes a large roof deck, pool, hot tub, work spaces, yoga, fitness, spa, and resident lounge spaces. There is also a coffee shop that will provide an open connection to the residential lobby and open up to the paseo. Amplify Retail teamed up with core spaces for the leasing of the activated pedestrian level retail at the ground floor. The fire access around the project needed to be maintained so we created a pedestrian walkway to make it useful as a user experience. Because the parking garage is off the main street and is highly visible from the freeway to passerby, the city of Fullerton required to limit visibility of the parking garage. We met their request by adding greenscreens to reduce the noticeability of the garage and are looking to incorporate large murals to provide interest. Construction is set to complete in 2023. DLR Group provided architectural design services.
Design Achievement- American River College desired a new Technical Education building located on a site less removed from the rest of the campus. DLR Group’s design gives the new building and programs more prominence in the community and a direct connection back to campus along with a visual link to the Student Center. The building location allows for a new front door to the campus looking westward toward the Culinary Arts & Fashion Design buildings by providing a welcoming visual terminus to the east end and a face to the community along Myrtle Ave to the North. The interior design concept is based on transparency and inter-connectivity, giving students an opportunity to see what else is being taught within the facility and creating crossovers between programs. A monumental stair in the central lobby connects the two main maker spaces that are open to both levels. The indoor lobby opens to a large outdoor plaza that can be used for student events, job fairs, solar arrays, automotive display, and more.   Scope of Work- The project scope includes a 60,900 ASF / 85,000 GSF two-story facility that accommodates teaching classrooms, laboratories and shops, faculty offices, and support spaces (including outdoor storage yards) along with student interaction spaces for the following programs: Automotive, Welding, Electronics, Funeral Services Education, and Design & Engineering Technology. The first floor is dedicated largely to the “heavier” Automotive and Welding programs, including a machine shop, 40-50 welding booths, and fabrication and grinding area. The Electronics program with its generally lighter equipment and an office hub area are located on the second floor. A Design Tech area consists of dedicated laboratory space for Architectural and Engineering drafting courses and several maker spaces with laser cutters, 3-D printers and other equipment that will also be shared by other campus programs such as Fine Arts. General classrooms shared by the campus are dispersed throughout the building on both levels. DLR Group is providing administrative support, architecture, information technology, and interior design services.
Design Achievement - San Diego County is taking a giant step forward in transforming the juvenile justice system to a physical manifestation of the evolving San Diego Model of Youth Treatment Base on the Youth in Custody Treatment Model. The new model, based on the precepts of the Youth in Custody Practice put forth by Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators and the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University focuses on individual and small group treatment in a holistic manner that addresses the mental, physical, emotional, and educational needs of youth in residence, and moreover, continuing aftercare upon return to the community resulting in better outcomes. Early in the design process, DLR Group led explorations and discussions focused on evidence-based best practices for the development of small, safe, youth-focused and community-centered facilities that reflect the vision of the San Diego model. Scope Summary - Phase I scope consisted of replacing the Girl’s Rehabilitation Facility and Camp Barrett Juvenile Facility with a new 96-bed urban camp facility. The new Urban Camp Facility includes approximately 140,000 SF of building floor area consisting of youth housing, administration areas, a visitation center, academic and career education, indoor/outdoor recreation, security administration, medical, food services, laundry and facility support services including a maintenance warehouse. Phase I was completed and occupied in February 2022. As a result of the team’s ability to realize the vision inherent in San Diego’s trauma responsive care model, the team was awarded Phase II of the project. The subsequent Phase II will consist of replacing the existing juvenile hall with a 57,760 SF facility providing 72 beds. DLR Group is providing project management, planning, architecture, and interior design services.
Design Narrative: Evergreen Valley College wanted a student services building to set a new standard of architecture for the campus and redefine the college brand. The new showcase student services structure is comprised of two buildings connected with a bridge. DLR Group’s design is inspired by the hills surrounding San Jose and the flora of the Bay Area. Other drivers include natural outdoor circulation pattens, solar orientation, and maximizing the views toward and away from the structure. The building establishes a new visual identity for the campus and is the primary entry. The curved massing contrasts with vertical fins that bring tonal texture to the façade and provide shade from the Western sun. A parametric canopy floats above the plaza that glows at night and highlights the entry for guests as they travel along the new entry road. A social stair in the main student services lobby serves as the main wayfinding element for students entering the building for the first time. Project Scope: Two connected structures via a bridge create a 72,000 SF student services building. Program elements include: a queue-less service model, expanded health services, expanded counseling, expanded veterans services, informal student engagement zones, multi-purpose/flexible classrooms, and an event space with rooftop patio. The project is designed to LEED Platinum. DLR Group provided architecture, interior design, and information technology services.
Design Narrative: Evergreen Valley College wanted a student services building to set a new standard of architecture for the campus and redefine the college brand. The new showcase student services structure is comprised of two buildings connected with a bridge. DLR Group’s design is inspired by the hills surrounding San Jose and the flora of the Bay Area. Other drivers include natural outdoor circulation pattens, solar orientation, and maximizing the views toward and away from the structure. The building establishes a new visual identity for the campus and is the primary entry. The curved massing contrasts with vertical fins that bring tonal texture to the façade and provide shade from the Western sun. A parametric canopy floats above the plaza that glows at night and highlights the entry for guests as they travel along the new entry road. A social stair in the main student services lobby serves as the main wayfinding element for students entering the building for the first time. Project Scope: Two connected structures via a bridge create at 72,000 sf student services building. Program elements include: a queless service model, expanded health services, expanded counseling, expanded veterans services, informal student engagement zones, multi-purpose/flexible classrooms, and an event space with rooftop patio. The project is designed to LEED Platinum. DLR Group provided architecture, interior design, and information technology services.
Design Achievement – The existing high-rise Resources Building, constructed in the early 1960s, stands 17 stories and measures 657,000 GSF. Though eligible for historic listing, the entire building and site were in below-average condition, with many building systems dating back to the original building. DLR Group’s design transforms the structure in its entirety to become a sustainable, modern office building designed for the next fifty years and beyond. The renovated Resources Building will present an attractive image to the public and building occupants. While evoking the post-war International Style, the building design will be forward-looking and will fit into its context in Sacramento. The flexible, modern workplace encourages employee performance, well-being, and satisfaction while accommodating both current and future workforce. A programmatic kit-of-parts responds to State requirements, supports a range of working styles and functions, and enables long-term organizational changes without significant construction. Scope Summary – DLR Group produced criteria documents and will act as the criteria architect throughout the design and construction process. The renovation begins with hazmat abatement and demolition down to bare structure. Structural seismic safety will be upgraded to achieve a modern level of safety with minimum impact on interior spaces. The team selected viscous dampers as a retrofit strategy to minimize cost and complexity while increasing safety. A redeveloped site includes new hardscape, landscape, lighting, and other features and amenity spaces. The new site design responds to the International Style with inside-outside integration of the building and interior design. DLR Group provided architecture, landscape design, workplace programming, change management, interior design, reality capture, sustainability, and energy analysis.

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