This new Student Services building is intended to improve dramatically the student experience for both current and new students. It will consolidate all student service functions currently scattered throughout the campus and will act as a gateway building providing an essential sense of entry and wayfinding for students and visitors. In addition, the building will house an improved and comprehensive Veterans Center as well as a new transit center to consolidate access to buses on campus.

 

As the Landscape Architect, LCI prepared design services for pedestrian hardscape, site amenities, planting and irrigation. The overall design is consistent with the Mira Costa Community College District Design Standards. The building entry features angular/ directional decorative paving in contrasting colors to direct visitors to their destination. The landscape design is a combination of aesthetics and function. As a new gateway, building on the campus the landscape is designed to punctuate and draw visitors to the site with flowering trees. Bio retention areas surround the site features serving to capture stormwater runoff for slow infiltration and release providing a natural setting in the landscape. Steep slopes surrounding two sides of the new building will provide a backdrop for the two-story building and are planted with a combination of native (habitat providing) and drought tolerant species as a plant palette. Irrigation will utilize low flow/ drip irrigation for uniform coverage and water saving measures. The new irrigation system will be thoughtfully integrated and connected to existing watering systems to create seamless function.