FPBA designed a Panda exhibit guest queuing experience with associated themeing, interpretive structures, exhibits and management structures for Takins, Red Pandas and Asian vipers.
Panda Trek at the San Diego Zoo
FPD Portfolios
Cymer Café and Kitchen
Cymer, the largest supplier of deep ultraviolet (DUV) light sources, sought to expand its existing facility by adding a full-service kitchen and café for employees and visitors to enjoy. The expansion is an addition to the 134,000-square-foot facility designed by FPBA in 1999. The vibrant space is flooded with expansive light from the north-facing glazing and three clerestory bays. An operable glass wall allows the assembly space to spill out on to the exterior courtyard and double as overflow seating for large company gatherings. Comfort and energy efficiency are weaved into the space with passive cooling systems via large ceiling fans and lighting controls that automatically dim artificial lighting when natural daylight is available. The dynamic roof line evokes the spirit of the existing shell and forms the volumetric space of the addition — embodying the lively culture of Cymer’s San Diego Headquarters.
San Diego Zoo Electric Vehicle Charger Parking Structure
FPBA designs the new San Diego Zoo electric vehicle charging parking structure with photovoltaic panels. https://youtu.be/LoTqWoLSv4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ8WMDtHQSI
La Jolla Country Day School – Masterplan Project
In the 40 years of occupying the campus, La Jolla Country Day School reached a point of self-introspection. The school determined it was time to readdress the learning environment to best serve the needs of current and future students. The campus environment and facilities form the basis of appeal for students, faculty and staff who choose to attend or work at the school. In order to maintain and improve valued resources on campus, FPBA and campus representatives addressed land capacity and program distribution in their master plan that encompassed classroom size, educational program and building program; open space and recreational areas; parking, student drop-off and circulation; and service and support areas throughout the campus.
La Jolla Country Day Middle School
La Jolla Country Day School retained FPBA to provide programming services to define the spatial and design requirements for two new campus facilities consisting of a Campus Commons and a Middle School Campus Complex on the existing La Jolla Country Day School campus. FPBA and La Jolla Country Day resolved to integrate the school’s six pillars of character into all levels of the program and culture: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, justice, fairness, civic virtue and citizenship. The Middle School Campus Complex consists of consolidated, general-purpose classrooms for core and elective classes incorporating outdoor green space and administrative offices.
Sabertooth Grill at the San Diego Zoo
This 3,300 SF dine-in restaurant and grill at San Diego Zoo is a key component of the overall Elephant Odyssey project. Strategically located, this full-service dining venue includes a large (4,500 sf) open-air seating plaza designed to accommodate large gatherings including weddings. The site, on a mesa overlooking the main exhibits, offers unobstructed views of a range of animals including the elephants at play, California Condors soaring from tree to tree, leopards chasing fish in a site-created stream, and many others. The complete catering kitchen supports Zoo-wide events.
Tusker’s Trunk at the San Diego Zoo
This 1,400 SF merchandise retail store at San Diego Zoo shares guest support functions with the adjacent Sabertooth Grill and offers a range of themed merchandise in an open-air, bazaar-like setting. Products from around the world reinforce the Zoo’s commitment to education of guests of all ages. A significant portion of the shop’s retail income is dedicated to the Zoo’s global conservation and educational programs.
Project SHORE
Project SHORE (Shire Operations for Regenerative Expansion) was master planned to be a new build-to-suit campus for Shire’s Regenerative Medicine Business Unit and provide increased commercial production capacity of Dermagraft, a dermal substitute approved for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, along with future capacity for other products. The master plan includes an ultimate build out of up to 850,000 square feet on 28 acres. Phase 1 of the project comprised two buildings totaling 350,000 square feet. The Technical Operations Building includes Manufacturing, Laboratory, Warehouse, Distribution, and Central Utility space. A Commercial Operations Building was designed to house Administrative Offices, a Full-Service Cafeteria, a Fitness Center, a Training Room and Conference Rooms. A pedestrian tunnel with enhanced artwork was designed to safely connect the two parcels underneath the road. The project was developed using a High Performance Team (HPT) with the owner, project managers, contractors, sub-contractors, architects and engineers co-located in a large trailer complex on the site. This supported a highly coordinated team effort with a mission statement and core values created by the HPT Board of Directors to foster trust and guide the culture of the entire project team. This team utilized a very high level of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to improve coordination of building systems and utilize best practices for efficient project delivery. FPBA processed over 20 permits to support the fast-tracked schedule including overall entitlements, grading, steel frame, tunnel, shell and tenant improvement building permits. Although the project construction ended before completion, design documentation was fully complete and many of the High Performance Team methodologies were tested during the first phases of construction. This project will be a model for project delivery excellence in the industry.
San Diego State University – Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
FPBA and C.W. Driver joined forces to design and construct the School of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University. Through the design-build process, the team assisted the university in meeting its LEED goals by identifying components of the existing building able to be reused during the renovation. Existing classrooms and lab spaces were renovated for use by undergraduate, masters and doctoral level students in speech-language pathology, communicative sciences, audiology and American Sign Language/deaf studies. Fast-tracked for completion in six months, FPBA and C.W. Driver successfully completed the 28,000-square-foot, two-story renovation, creating the perfect home for teachers, students and others to instruct, research, learn and improve their way of life.
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Gilead Sciences commissioned this project to further its commitment to advancing therapeutics in the quest to improve lives. With over 23 acres in an industrial and manufacturing park in Southern California, Phase 1 is designed for 320,000 usable square feet in five buildings with generous vertical clearances to accommodate manufacturing equipment. The complete campus build-out is master planned for over 600,000 square feet. The facility includes large-scale sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing, lypohilization and final filling in ISO 5 to ISO 8 clean rooms. Tablet and vial packaging lines package and label products made at this site and at contract manufacturing sites across the nation. The lab-office building houses a full-service cafeteria and fitness center, along with QC, validation and manufacturing technical support laboratories. The building materials are of supreme quality, including GFRC panels, concrete, metal and glass. These materials create texture, relief and colors for a richer architectural look. The resulting architecture conveys a clean, modern aesthetic for one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.