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Lux Art Institute
Encinitas, CA View ProjectLux Art Institute
Client: Lux Art Institute
Location: Encinitas, CA
The Lux Art Institute is located on South El Camino Real overlooking the San Elijo Lagoon and surrounded by a wildlife preserve that stretches to the Pacific Ocean. The new one-acre education pavilion embraces this connection to this stunning natural setting through a series of garden terraces...
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Lake Skinner Recreation Area
Riverside, CA View ProjectLake Skinner Recreation Area
Client: Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District
Location: Riverside, CA
Schmidt Design Group, Inc. provided master plan design for improvements to Lake Skinner Recreation Area and Campground for the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District. Upgrades to the 150-acre open space facility included new concert grounds, amphitheater and stage area, new...
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Park de la Cruz Neighborhood Park Improvements
San Diego, CA View ProjectPark de la Cruz Neighborhood Park Improvements
Client: City of San Diego
Location: San Diego, CA
Schmidt Design Group, in conjunction with Stantec, worked on the expansion of Park de La Cruz Neighborhood Park in the City Heights area of San Diego. The expansion includes ADA upgrades, a .64-acre park expansion connecting the park to Cherokee Point Park, new shade structures and picnic tables,...
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Maple Street Pedestrian Plaza
Escondido, CA View ProjectMaple Street Pedestrian Plaza
Client: City of Escondido
Location: Escondido, CA
The Maple Street Pedestrian Plaza project is the transformation of an existing street to a narrow one-way street...
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Joseph “Joey” Lopes Park
West Sacramento, CA View ProjectJoseph “Joey” Lopes Park
Client: City of West Sacramento
Location: West Sacramento, CA
The City of West Sacramento transformed a stormwater and sanitary sewer easement site into the Joseph “Joey” Lopes Park, a four-acre public park. The park was funded by a state grant and is activated with programming to fill the needs of the surrounding community. Schmidt Design Group...
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Pacific Highlands Ranch Community Park
San Diego, CA View ProjectPacific Highlands Ranch Community Park
Client: Pardee Homes
Location: San Diego, CA
The 13-acre Pacific Highlands Ranch Community Park is designed to facilitate community gathering, encourage social interaction, and offer a diverse and unique blend of recreational amenities for the local community. The central promenade functions as an extension of the village center and draws...
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Ocean Air Community Park
San Diego, CA View ProjectOcean Air Community Park
Client: City of San Diego
Location: San Diego, CA
Ocean Air Community Park includes joint-use multi-purpose ballfields shared with the adjacent Ocean Air Elementary School and a 16,500-square-foot community center certified LEED Silver. The 18-acre park features a large children’s play area, flexible passive open space, perimeter walking...
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Cottonwood Creek Park
Encinitas, CA View ProjectCottonwood Creek Park
Client: City of Encinitas
Location: Encinitas, CA
Cottonwood Creek Park is an eight acre neighborhood park located in Encinitas, California.
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Sierra Specific Plan
San Diego County, CA View ProjectSierra Specific Plan
Client: Newland Communities
Location: San Diego County, CA
Newland Sierra is a significant 2,000-acre master planned community in unincorporated San Diego County. Schmidt Design Group, Inc. is collaborating with the team to develop a community plan that combines a sustainable mixed-use village concept with semi-rural residential character. Taking...
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Public Facilitation Expertise
Various View ProjectPublic Facilitation Expertise
Client: Various
Location: Various
Under the leadership of Glen Schmidt, FASLA, who brings 40 years of experience in leading and facilitating public meetings, we are proud to report an unblemished record of accomplishing community consensus on even the most difficult and controversial projects. On numerous occasions, he has...
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Stylus Park
Chula Vista, CA View ProjectStylus Park
Client: Corky McMillin Companies
Location: Chula Vista, CA
Millenia is a multi-billion-dollar, mixed-use urban development in the Otay Ranch area of Chula Vista, California. Stylus Park is the first of six uniquely themed neighborhood parks planned for this innovative sustainable development. “Interaction” is the theme of this park and the...
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Noah Homes Memory Care
Spring Valley, CA View ProjectNoah Homes Memory Care
Client: Noah Homes
Location: Spring Valley, CA
For the past 30 years, Noah Homes has been providing residential care, community advocacy, and collaborative services to this underserved population. Schmidt Design Group, Inc. worked with the owner, architect, civil engineer, and contractors throughout schematic design, design development,...
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Solana Ranch Neighborhood Park
San Diego, CA View ProjectSolana Ranch Neighborhood Park
Client: Pardee Homes
Location: San Diego, CA
The design for Solana Ranch Park creates a playful destination for the residents of Pacific Highlands Ranch. The park embraces the walkable nature of the community, responds to the adjacent natural environment, and celebrates the region’s history. A tree-lined promenade acts as the central...
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Connors Park
San Marcos, CA View ProjectConnors Park
Client: City of San Marcos
Location: San Marcos, CA
As subconsultants to RBF Consulting, Schmidt Design Group, Inc., provided design services for Connors Park (also known as San Marcos Elementary School Park) in San Marcos, California. The 4.65-acre park includes covered and uncovered picnic areas, a shaded play structure, a restroom, concession...
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Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence
New Haven, CT View ProjectBotanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence
Client: Urban Resources Initiative
Location: New Haven, CT
Working in collaboration with Svigals + Partners, Schmidt Design Group developed the construction documents for the Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence memorial. The project was initiated in early 2017 by a group of mothers who lost children to gun violence and who...
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Salt Works Site Assessment
Chula Vista, CA View ProjectSalt Works Site Assessment
Client: San Diego Association of Governments
Location: Chula Vista, CA
At the crossroads of environmental conservation, historic preservation, and public recreation in south San Diego County lies Salt Works, a unique site filled with history and opportunity. The 17-acre property is adjacent to and part of the San Diego Bay salt ponds, which include 800-acres in...
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Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Office Center
Rancho Bernardo, CA View ProjectSharp Rees-Stealy Medical Office Center
Client: Davis-Davis Architecture/Sharp Rees-Stealy
Location: Rancho Bernardo, CA
Schmidt Design Group provided landscape architecture services for this 3.5-acre lot with a three-story 100,000-square-foot medical facility and four-level parking structure. The overall landscape palette for the project draws inspiration from the colorful and texturally diverse landscape that...
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Scripps Ranch High School Sustainable Technology Facility
San Diego, CA View ProjectScripps Ranch High School Sustainable Technology Facility
Client: Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects
Location: San Diego, CA
Schmidt Design Group, Inc. performed as a subconsultatn to Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects on the Scripps Ranch High School Sustainable Technology Facility for the San Diego Unified School District. The firm provided landscape, irrigation, and hardscape paving using drought-tolerant, low-water-use...
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Santa Fe Pedestrian Undercrossing
Encinitas, CA View ProjectSanta Fe Pedestrian Undercrossing
Client: T.Y. Lin International
Location: Encinitas, CA
As subconsultant to T.Y. Lin International for the City of Encinitas, Schmidt Design Group, Inc. provided design and planning services for four pedestrian rail undercrossings in the City of Encinitas along the Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) coastal rail corridor....
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San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center
Encinitas, CA View ProjectSan Elijo Lagoon Nature Center
Client: Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects
Location: Encinitas, CA
Schmidt Design Group, Inc., as a subconsultant to Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects, provided design services to the County of San Diego’s 5,600-square-foot San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center, which serves to educate the community about the surrounding wetlands and its animal and plant life....
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Carlsbad City Hall Site Improvements
Carlsbad, CA View ProjectCarlsbad City Hall Site Improvements
Client: City of Carlsbad
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Schmidt Design Group collaborated with the City of Carlsbad on an extensive exterior renovation of their existing City Hall facilities. The project consisted of hardscape, landscape, and irrigation renovations as well as ADA compliance upgrades and site lighting enhancements. The team worked...
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Homeowner’s Guide to a WaterSmart Landscape
San Diego, CA View ProjectHomeowner’s Guide to a WaterSmart Landscape
Client: San Diego County Water Authority
Location: San Diego, CA
In collaboration with the San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority), the Schmidt Design Group, Inc. produced technical guidelines, specifications, and training resources to communicate the requirements of the Water Authority’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) to a...
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Mast Park Master Plan
Santee, CA View ProjectMast Park Master Plan
Client: City of Santee
Location: Santee, CA
Schmidt Design Group initially provided the City of Santee with a series of proposed design alternatives that would transform Mast Park into a more engaging place that fosters a healthy lifestyle. After two public meetings, a preferred alternative was chosen. Some of the main desires of residents...
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Escondido Creek Trail Master Plan
Escondido, CA View ProjectEscondido Creek Trail Master Plan
Client: City of Escondido
Location: Escondido, CA
Schmidt Design Group created the Escondido Creek Trail Master Plan as a resource and guideline for future development of the creek trail, which extends approximately seven miles through central Escondido. The plan will transform a blighted flood-control channel into a recreational asset for the...
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Avocado Court
Escondido, CA View ProjectAvocado Court
Client: Community HousingWorks
Location: Escondido, CA
Schmidt Design Group landscape-design details for this affordable-housing project include a 9,000-square-foot organic community garden meant to serve as an important resource for the new community’s residents. Fruit trees and edible cactus also add to the edible landscape of the site. An outdoor...
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Lofts at 677 Seventh Avenue
San Diego, CA View ProjectLofts at 677 Seventh Avenue
Client: Oliver McMillan, Inc.
Location: San Diego, CA
Located in the blossoming East Village in Downtown San Diego, this urban, mixed-use 4,000-square-foot project features 148 apartment units and retail space. Schmidt Design Group, Inc. provided landscape design services for the landscape, hardscape and residential courtyard. Amenities include cabana...
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Fairbanks Ridge
San Diego, CA View ProjectFairbanks Ridge
Client: Chelsea Investments
Location: San Diego, CA
Fairbanks Ridge Apartments is an affordable multi-family housing project in San Diego. Schmidt Design Group services included design development and construction documents for landscape and hardscape. Amenities include play areas and picnic facilities. The project incorporated a number of energy...
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AIDS Awareness Garden Competition
San Diego, CA View ProjectAIDS Awareness Garden Competition
Client:
Location: San Diego, CA
Schmidt Design Group created this winning design in a competition for the installation of an AIDS Awareness Garden to be located in San Diego’s Balboa Park. The design uses the concept of the ‘life of a tree’ to commemorate those who have fallen from the disease. Fallen tree logs are...
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Ariva Apartments
San Diego, CA View ProjectAriva Apartments
Client: Sunroad Enterprises
Location: San Diego, CA
Schmidt Design Group provided landscape architectural design services for four phases of development at the Ariva Apartments in San Diego. Services have included schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration. Ariva Apartments Phase 2 and 3 are...
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Merrill Gardens
San Diego, CA View ProjectMerrill Gardens
Client: Merrill Gardens at Bankers Hill, LLC.
Location: San Diego, CA
Schmidt Design Group provided schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration for this independent and assisted living retirement community in San Diego, California. Merrill Gardens is an 84-unit senior residential community located on a 1.38-acre site...
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