UC SAN DIEGO THEATRE DISTRICT LIVING & LEARNING NEIGHBORHOOD

UC San Diego Theatre District Living & Learning Neighborhood

Located at a dramatic bluff-top intersection in La Jolla, CA, this 2000-bed university undergraduate housing project serves as a major public gateway to the University of California San Diego campus across from the notable La Jolla Playhouse.

UC San Diego Theatre District Living & Learning Neighborhood

Inspired by the spectacular cliff-top site and its historical ecological role as a watershed straddling ocean and canyon ecosystems, the project concept became wrapped in the idea of exponential, nested ecologies.

UC San Diego Theatre District Living & Learning Neighborhood

Through the concept of Exponential Ecology, the design team of HKS+EYRC Architects is considering all aspects of the built environment and the interrelationship of physical, social, and emotional well being. This supports the University’s mission to put student well being first and connect to the surrounding community.

UC San Diego Theatre District Living & Learning Neighborhood

Mirroring the interconnected webs in ecological science, the architectural concept can be illustrated as nested connections: that of student wellbeing to that of the greater community, mental wellness to physical wellness, science to art, and humankind to nature.

UC San Diego Theatre District Living & Learning Neighborhood

Shaped by the winds, views and solar orientation, the site plan, building forms, skins and interiors all reflect these ideas of connection – to their outdoor setting, geographical place and context, as well as the sense of home and community.

UC San Diego Theatre District Living & Learning Neighborhood
UC San Diego Theatre District Living & Learning Neighborhood
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Project
  • UC San Diego Theatre District Living & Learning Neighborhood
Location
  • La Jolla
Client
  • University of California, San Diego
Year
  • 2023
Status
  • Unbuilt
Size
  • 1,500,000 sf
Collaborators
  • HKS - Associate Architect
    Kitchell - Design Builder
    SWA - Landscape Architect
    Walter P Moore - Structural
    Buro Happold - MEP