Offering exceptional views of the Pacific Ocean and its surrounding natural landscape from every point on the site, Breakthrough Properties? Torrey View Development works in tandem with its environment to express its own character while echoing the site?s layered geologic formations in its coffered façade. The steeply graded window panels establish its dynamic, tessellated signature envelope. Seeking to create flexible, daylight-infused interior floor plates that maximize energy efficiency, digital tools were employed to assist in massing, placement, and façade development. The interiors promote occupant wellness by providing natural daylight and views without compromising building performance.
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With the need to strictly align with safety standards and accommodate specialized equipment, scientific workplaces present design challenges when also seeking to create a desirable work environment to attract and retain top-tier researchers. This life science campus addresses those challenges by providing three thoughtfully designed, state-of-the-art scientific workplaces and an amenity building totaling 515,000 square feet, offering top-tier leasable space for biotechnology firms in San Diego.
The design team used the site?s sloping terrain to limit vehicular traffic on campus, placing the site entrance at the highest point and locating the parking structure below grade. This freed up space above the parking garage for a publicly accessible, landscaped plaza...