loft2015, San Diego…

March 12, 2012 by dbrds

Photographer Darren Bradley took these really cool photos of our project Loft2015 over the weekend. This project was originally known as ‘Stella’ & was designed in 2004 by Matthew Cumming for the Constellation Property Group. In 2005, Matthew brought Pauly over from Sydney to work on the entitlement of the this project through the City of San Diego. This was the first project in the United States by Marchese Partners Architects (MPA) & with 15% affordable housing, additional density (86 town […]

Categories: construction, design, photography • Tags: Affordable housing, City council, Constellation Property Group, DBRDS, Kuatro Design, Matthew Cumming, Pauly De Bartolo, San Diego, Sydney, United States, urban infill

East Village Stadium – addressing public comment

July 25, 2011 by dbrds

As an ongoing exercise to improve our design philosophies and how we communicate our ideas, we decided that to tackle front on one of the biggest comments we received with the release of our East Village Stadium concept – the seating layout. Being predominantly a ‘bowl’ shaped stadium, the public felt that we had ignored the ‘preferred seating’ arrangement for an NFL fan experience – the understanding that sideline seats are more desired than the end zone seats. While I completely […]

Categories: design • Tags: City council, East Village Stadium, Kevin Faulconer, MTS, NFL, San Diego Chargers, San Diego Union Tribune, stadium seating, Todd Gloria