Project Info
The design for Costa Verde Center creates a unique walkable destination for the residents of the La Jolla and the UTC Community. The design is inspired by the nearby Rose Canyon and adjacent finger canyons that historically extended into this site. Visitors to Costa Verde Center may arrive by light rail and enter the site through a rooftop park. The park offers a diverse range of amenities including shade trees, shade structures, a central plaza, cafe/lounge seating, a game area, and flexible turf for passive recreation and special events. Across the main street from the rooftop park is the rooftop community garden.
Esplanade Court invites visitors into the site and leads to the entry round-a-bout, accentuated by a large specimen tree.
The rhythm of the project architecture creates a series of unique exterior gathering spaces. An outdoor living room, set within the retail experience, includes dining opportunities and a large fireplace for visitors to gather. The streetscape includes festival lights, benches, raised decorative planters and pots, and smaller seating nodes. At the end of the main street, visitors will encounter the large civic plaza which can be used for year round events, dining, and gatherings. An elevated walkway traverses a rain garden which connects the eastern and western retail establishments. All of the project’s landscape planters, including the rain garden, connect to one of two subsurface water quality and hydromodification storage chambers.