Neri Landscape Architecture (NLA)

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Illumina Corporate Campus
San Diego
An environment designed to stimulate interaction among the scientists, management and support staff was envisioned for this three-phase addition to an existing 16-acre corporate campus. Research Building 4 was nearly complete when the need for a sports facility was identified and designed. Then a caf??(C)/amphitheater/fitness center was conceived as a social gathering space, presenting major accessibility challenges. These challenges were met by NLA incorporating universal access, bio-basins and bio-swales, an existing water feature and a fire lane into the overall landscape composition. The result appears as a seamless continuation of the original campus.

Illumina Corporate Campus
San Diego

 
An environment designed to stimulate interaction among the scientists, management and support staff was envisioned for this three-phase addition to an existing 16-acre corporate campus. Research Building 4 was nearly complete when the need for a sports facility was identified and designed. Then a caf??(C)/amphitheater/fitness center was conceived as a social gathering space, presenting major accessibility challenges. These challenges were met by NLA incorporating universal access, bio-basins and bio-swales, an existing water feature and a fire lane into the overall landscape composition. The result appears as a seamless continuation of the original campus.

Elephant Odyssey
San Diego
As the prime consultant, NLA conducted workshops with curators and keepers, operations managers, horticulture and education staff in order to design the site of a nine-acre complex of animal exhibits with animal holding areas. This included transplanting of trees, artificial rocks, bus viewing, pathways, glass viewing and water features to create safe and attractive home environments for Asian and African Elephants as well as the following: California condor, rattlesnake, camel, ass, pronghorn, Pacific pond turtle, secretary bird, tapir, capybara, guanaco, jaguar, African lion and three-toed sloth. NLA oversaw selection of sub-consultants, workshop facilitation, schematic design, design development, construction documents and bid administration. NLA adhered to the schedule and budget for this project.

Jonas Salk Elementary School Campus
San Diego
NLA provided the landscape architecture for a new elementary school and joint use field nestled in an existing suburban neighborhood, next to a neighborhood park. The science-based emphasis of the design was inspired by the school's namesake and features a series of outdoor classrooms arranged in the lunar phases around a mounded "sun" of a lawn, each with its own age-specific lesson. Environmental hurdles and a challenging soil type were solved through off-site mitigation and careful amending of the existing cobble-filled soil. Opened in the spring of 2015, this school is the fulfillment of a community effort begun in 1975.

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Illumina Corporate Campus
San Diego
An environment designed to stimulate interaction among the scientists, management and support staff was envisioned for this three-phase addition to an existing 16-acre corporate campus. Research Building 4 was nearly complete when the need for a sports facility was identified and designed. Then a caf??(C)/amphitheater/fitness center was conceived as a social gathering space, presenting major accessibility challenges. These challenges were met by NLA incorporating universal access, bio-basins and bio-swales, an existing water feature and a fire lane into the overall landscape composition. The result appears as a seamless continuation of the original campus.

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Illumina Corporate Campus
San Diego
An environment designed to stimulate interaction among the scientists, management and support staff was envisioned for this three-phase addition to an existing 16-acre corporate campus. Research Building 4 was nearly complete when the need for a sports facility was identified and designed. Then a caf??(C)/amphitheater/fitness center was conceived as a social gathering space, presenting major accessibility challenges. These challenges were met by NLA incorporating universal access, bio-basins and bio-swales, an existing water feature and a fire lane into the overall landscape composition. The result appears as a seamless continuation of the original campus.

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Elephant Odyssey
San Diego
As the prime consultant, NLA conducted workshops with curators and keepers, operations managers, horticulture and education staff in order to design the site of a nine-acre complex of animal exhibits with animal holding areas. This included transplanting of trees, artificial rocks, bus viewing, pathways, glass viewing and water features to create safe and attractive home environments for Asian and African Elephants as well as the following: California condor, rattlesnake, camel, ass, pronghorn, Pacific pond turtle, secretary bird, tapir, capybara, guanaco, jaguar, African lion and three-toed sloth. NLA oversaw selection of sub-consultants, workshop facilitation, schematic design, design development, construction documents and bid administration. NLA adhered to the schedule and budget for this project.

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Jonas Salk Elementary School Campus
San Diego
NLA provided the landscape architecture for a new elementary school and joint use field nestled in an existing suburban neighborhood, next to a neighborhood park. The science-based emphasis of the design was inspired by the school's namesake and features a series of outdoor classrooms arranged in the lunar phases around a mounded "sun" of a lawn, each with its own age-specific lesson. Environmental hurdles and a challenging soil type were solved through off-site mitigation and careful amending of the existing cobble-filled soil. Opened in the spring of 2015, this school is the fulfillment of a community effort begun in 1975.

Founded in 1997, Neri Landscape Architecture creates landscapes of lasting beauty and purpose. Every project is approached individually, balancing the importance of place, use, and resources to fit unique landscape solutions to the site, program, and budget. Diversity of project experience gives NLA a creative edge over other more specialized landscape architecture firms since our broad knowledge of the profession allows us to provide our clients with a wider range of possibilities. Our workforce is highly skilled and creative. Jim Neri, an award-winning, licensed landscape architect with over 30 years of experience in landscape architecture, oversees the design of every project managed by him and licensed landscape architect Jennifer Stahlhammer, who oversees production. Wendy Neri manages business development, accounts, and operations.

As seen in LASN magazine, November 2019.

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