Makers Quarter ™ is both a place and a collective ethos inspired by the Maker Movement, which provides a creative environment to inspire entrepreneurs and artists to challenge convention and achieve new heights in innovation. This five-block development in downtown San Diego will become a community with the conscious development of lifestyle, residential, and business properties, designed to reflect the artistic integrity of the neighborhood.

BNIM has developed a vibrant concept design for the Block A development in Makers Quarter. This development is a 35-story mixed-use building, comprising of a residential tower, commercial office tower, retail suites on grade, a grocery store that utilizes an existing historic façade, and a movie theater venue. This dynamic development engages strongly with the public realm in activating the street with highly active retail uses. The public amenity spaces include sidewalk cafes and multiple elevated green roof plaza decks, which would be shared by building occupants. The residential and office towers take advantage of east/west solar orientation for passive design strategies to optimize its energy performance and sustainability goals for the project. The office tower was developed on shallow floor plates dimensions to promote daylighting throughout the interior space and develop a highly flexible and creative office environment. The overall development integrates public art installations with the architecture, promoting culture and creativity within this development.

Data:

35 stories

572,000 sf gross floor area

90,000 sf of retail/grocer and entertainment space

231,400 sf of office space

250 residential units