UC San Diego Campus Transformation: A Walking Tour

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Join UC San Diego planners and project design team members for a tour of recently completed projects on the campus, including:


� The Triton Center, a vibrant urban core for central campus offering instructional support, student health and well-being services, and an alumni welcome center

� Pepper Canyon West Living and Learning Neighborhood, which features a pair of 22- and 23-story residential towers with connected five-story buildings

� The Pepper Canyon Design and Innovation Building, with features dedicated workspaces for design and research

� The Epstein Family Amphitheatre, a multifunctional outdoor performance venue for students and professionals that serves as the gateway to the campus


Mode of Transportation: Bus

Learning Objectives

1. Examine strategies for designing large-scale student housing that balances density, livability, and wellness while fostering community in an urbanized campus context.
2. Analyze circulation and connectivity solutions that improve wayfinding and pedestrian flow across a rapidly expanding campus while maintaining a cohesive sense of place.
3. Learn how landscape integration and open space design at Pepper Canyon have created outdoor environments that promote gathering, sustainability, and identity within a mixed-use campus precinct.
4. Explore how architecture has shaped campus culture and identity by blending academic, residential, and innovation-oriented spaces into a unified vision.

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