Our Work

  • San Diego County Youth Transition Campus
    San Diego, CA View Project

    San Diego County Youth Transition Campus

    Client: County of San Diego / DLR Group / Balfour Beatty Construction
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Schmidt Design Group collaborated with DLR Group and Balfour Beatty Construction to transform an outdated and inhospitable penal environment into a groundbreaking juvenile justice campus grounded in rehabilitation. The new, state-of-the-art, LEED-Gold facility serves as a one-of-a-kind national...
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  • East County Accessor/Recorder/County Clerk Facility
    Santee, CA View Project

    East County Accessor/Recorder/County Clerk Facility

    Client: San Diego County
    Location: Santee, CA

    Schmidt Design Group is collaborating with the Miller Hull Partnership and CW Driver on San Diego County’s new state-of-the-art ARCC Branch Building. The site design honors the San Diego landscape. Plant selection was heavily influenced by species’ native to the region and drought-tolerance...
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  • Glassell Campus LID Retrofit
    Orange, CA View Project

    Glassell Campus LID Retrofit

    Client: Adams Streeter Engineers
    Location: Orange, CA

    Schmidt Design Group prepared schematic design and landscape architecture construction documents and the provision of construction support services for the Low-Impact Development (LID) Retrofit of the Glassell Campus Facility which consists of three parcels (total of 10 acres) located on Glassell...
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  • Salt Works Site Assessment
    Chula Vista, CA View Project

    Salt Works Site Assessment

    Client: San Diego Association of Governments
    Location: Chula Vista, CA

    At the crossroads of environmental conservation, historic preservation, and public recreation in south San Diego County lies Salt Works, a unique site filled with history and opportunity.  The 17-acre property is adjacent to and part of the San Diego Bay salt ponds, which include 800-acres in...
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  • San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center
    Encinitas, CA View Project

    San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center

    Client: Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects
    Location: Encinitas, CA

    Schmidt Design Group, Inc., as a subconsultant to Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects, provided design services to the County of San Diego’s 5,600-square-foot San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center, which serves to educate the community about the surrounding wetlands and its animal and plant life....
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  • Carlsbad City Hall Site Improvements
    Carlsbad, CA View Project

    Carlsbad City Hall Site Improvements

    Client: City of Carlsbad
    Location: Carlsbad, CA

    Schmidt Design Group collaborated with the City of Carlsbad on an extensive exterior renovation of their existing City Hall facilities. The project consisted of hardscape, landscape, and irrigation renovations as well as ADA compliance upgrades and site lighting enhancements. The team worked...
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  • Homeowner’s Guide to a WaterSmart Landscape
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Homeowner’s Guide to a WaterSmart Landscape

    Client: San Diego County Water Authority
    Location: San Diego, CA

    In collaboration with the San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority), the Schmidt Design Group, Inc. produced technical guidelines, specifications, and training resources to communicate the requirements of the Water Authority’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) to a...
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  • Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail Pedestrian Bridges
    Solana Beach, CA View Project

    Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail Pedestrian Bridges

    Client: City of Solana Beach
    Location: Solana Beach, CA

    Art is present in most aspects of the Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail from the walkways, seatwalls, entryway, the public art displayed, and the pedestrian crossings. As a subconsultant to TYLin International, Schmidt Design Group, Inc. created design themes and aesthetic treatments for two...
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  • D Street Beach Access
    Encinitas, CA View Project

    D Street Beach Access

    Client: City of Encinitas
    Location: Encinitas, CA

    Services provided by the Schmidt Design Group, Inc. included geological analysis of beach and bluff erosion, analysis of potential wave action at the base of the bluff, design of wood stairway structure and retaining wall and processing of the coastal permit.  The reinforced earth retaining wall...
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  • Swami’s Beach Access
    Encinitas, CA View Project

    Swami’s Beach Access

    Client: City of Encinitas
    Location: Encinitas, CA

    The design of Swamis Beach Access was site-specific to meet individual potentials and constraints. The design of the stairways required descending the natural bluff for a vertical drop of more than 75-feet. The highly unstable bluff had significant subsurface water seepage and was eroding at over...
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  • South Cardiff State Beach
    Cardiff, CA View Project

    South Cardiff State Beach

    Client: California State Parks
    Location: Cardiff, CA

    Schmidt Design Group provided an inventory of existing conditions, geotechnical studies of beach erosion and soil structural suitability, community meetings, multiple design alternatives, final construction drawings, construction administration and assistance in acquiring the coastal development...
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