Architecture and Masterplan | Commercial/Transit Development | Adaptive Re-use
Solana Beach, San Diego, California
Conceptual Design - Approved
Design Concept:
The problem: Transit District authorities had to accommodate projected growth in transit ridership. Yet the Solana Beach community insisted upon maintaining the character and scale of their environmentally sensitive beach town.
The solution: Cedros Market, a transit-oriented and environmentally sensitive development.
The innovation: Orienting the new development so that it “fronts” two bordering corridors accomplished several things: It completes Highway 101’s “east streetscape” and extends the South Cedros pedestrian/commercial zone. It connects existing and proposed commercial zones, thereby expanding the pedestrian zone. This allows available public parking to serve a larger contiguous downtown commercial area. To reinforce this connection and honor the residents’ concerns, the project re-purposes existing industrial buildings and beach cottages surrounding Cedros Market.
Credits
Design and Architecture:
Douglas Pierson, Christopher Mercier as Design Principal at (fer) studio, LLP
Elmer Barco, Richard Solis, Linda Fu, Elmer Barco
Associate Architect: SAND - Scott Natvig, Torgen Johnson