As a result of the coordinated efforts of Rick Urban Design and Planning and Rick Engineering Company’s multiple disciplines, the 42.6-acre Nobel Research Center has become one of San Diego’s premiere addresses for corporate headquarters of industrial research and development companies. The document text and technical illustrations describe 15 building pads ranging from 1.8 to 5.0 acres within a serene campus of a variety of evergreen trees and flowering canopy trees on rolling slopes. Coordinated efforts led to approvals from the City of San Diego’s Planning Department, the University Community Planning Group, Planning Commission, and City Council.

Topographical and hydrological issues related to the unique site setting were addressed with detailed plans for landscape buffers, setbacks, the relationship between parking and open space, and environmentally-sensitive lot configuration. A visually harmonious research park has been constructed from the architectural guidelines that call for complementary building materials, sensitive building massing, and fenestration that reflects a corporate image.

The success of the project can be contributed to sensitive and accurate interpretation of Municipal Code Industrial Zoning designations as well as to identifying the applicable guidelines of the governing Community.

KEY COMPONENTS

• Project Coordination & Scheduling
• Planned Development Permit, Industrial
• Site Design
• Lotting
• Architectural Guidelines
• Landscape Guidelines
• Visual Impact Analysis
• Environmental Preservation Analysis
• Vesting Tentative Map
• Rezone
• Technical Graphics