APPENDIX B AIESTHETICSAND VISUAL QUALITY 1CIECH[NICAL ]REPORT VISUAL. ANALYSIS 7·ECHNICAL RIEPORT for the 2007 SDSU CAMPUS MASTER PLAN REVISION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Prepared for: SAN DIEGO STATE: UNIVIERSIITY Facilities Planning Design and Construction 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, California 92 182- i 624 Prepared by: ~~~E~fl 605 Third Street Encinitas, California 92024 Contact: Sarah Lozano (760) 479-4251 MAY 2007 Visual Quality Technical Report for the 2007 SDSU Campus Master Plan Revision TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Pa~e No. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS ........................................................................................................ 5 1.0 INTIRODUCTI[ON............................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Local and Regional Setting ..................................................................................... 7 1.2 Project Description.................................................................................................. 7 2.0 METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 16 3.0 SETTING......................................................................................................................... 17 3.1 Regional Setting.................................................................................................... 17 3.2 Local Setting ......................................................................................................... 18 3.3 Visual Character.................................................................................................... 19 4.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................................ 19 4.1 Existing Master Plans ........................................................................................... 19 4.2 Existing Visual Character ..................................................................................... 21 4.2.1 Adobe Falls Faculty/Staff Housing........................................................ 21 4.2.2 Alvarado Campus................................................................................... 29 4.2.3 Student Union ........................................................................................ 30 4.2.4 Campus Conference Center ................................................................... 30 4.2.5 Student Housing..................................................................................... 31 4.2.6 Alvarado Hotel ....................................................................................... 33 4.3 Existing Campus Vantage Points.......................................................................... 34 4.4 Existing Lighting Characteristics.......................................................................... 48 4.4.1 Regional and Local Setting .................................................................... 48 4.4.2 SDSU Lighting Policy ........................................................................... 48 4.4.3 Existing Lighting Conditions ................................................................. 49 5.0 SIGNIFICANCE THRESHOLDS ................................................................................ 57 6.0 IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................ 57 6.1 Visual Character.................................................................................................... 57 6.1.1 Adobe Falls Faculty/Staff I-Iousing........................................................ 58 6. 1.2 Alvarado Campus................................................................................... 77 6. 1.3 Campus Conference Center ................................................................... 79 6.1.4 Student Union Addition ......................................................................... 80 ~ ~i~fg E gg 5403-01 May 2007 Visual Quality Technical Report for the 2007 SDSU Campus Master Plan Revision 6.1.5 Student Housing..................................................................................... 80 6. 1.6 Alvarado Hotel....................................................................................... 84 6.2 Lighting................................................................................................................. 85 6.2.1 Alvarado Campus D Lot ........................................................................ 90 6.2.2 Alvarado Hotel ..............._ ...................... ........., ........., .......... ............... 90 6.2.3 Student Union Addition ......................................................................... 91 6.2.4 Student Housing..................................................................................... 92 6.2.5 Adobe Falls Faculty/Staff Housing Upper Village...... .......................... 93 6.2.6 Program Level Analysis......................................................................... 93 7.0 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ........................................................................................... 94 8.0 MITIGATION MEASURES.......................................................................................... 97 8.1 Adobe Falls Faculty/Staff Housing............ ........._.__ ........._ ........._ ................... 97 8.2 Alvarado Campus.................................................................................................. 97 8.3 Student Union Addition ........................................................................................ 98 8.4 Campus Conference Center .................................................................................. 98 8.5 Student Housing.................................................................................................... 98 8.6 Alvarado Hotel ..................... ................ ................... ..............., ........ ........., ........ 98 9.0 SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT AFTER MITIGATION ............................................ 99 9.1 Adobe Falls Faculty/Staff Housing.. ................. .........,.,.,., .........,...., ................ 99 9.2 Alvarado Campus.................................................................................................. 99 9.3 Student Union Addition ........................................................................................ 99 9.4 Campus Conference Center .................................................................................. 99 9.5 Student Housing.................................................................................................... 99 9.6 Alvarado Hotel.................................................................................................... 100 10.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................... 100 11.0 LITERATURE CITED ................................................................................................ 100 5403-01 May 2007 Visual Quality Technical Report for the 2007 SDSU Campus Master Plan Revision LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Regional Map...........................................................................~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~s Figure 2 Vicinity Map .........................................................~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~9 Figure 3 Existing Land Use........................................................................~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~10 Figure 4 Existing Campus Master Plan .....................................................................~~~~~~~~~~11 Figure 5 Proposed 2007 Campus Master Plan .................................................................... 12 Figure 6a ExistingConditions Site Photographs- Adobe Falls Faculty/StaffHousing....... 22 Figure 6b Existing Conditions Site Photographs - Alvarado Campus ................................. 23 Figure 6e Existing Conditions Site Photographs - Campus Conference Center and Student union Expansion...................................................................~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~24 Figure 6d Existing Conditions Site Photographs - Student Housing Phase I....................... 25 Figure 6e Existing Conditions Site Photographs - Student Housing Phase II...................... 26 Figure 6f Existing Conditions Site Photographs - U Lot Residence Hall and Villa Alvarado Residence Hall Expansion .................................................................~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~27 Figure 6g Existing Conditions Site Photographs - Alvarado Hotel...................................... 28 Figure 7a Campus Project Component Vantage Points ........................................................ 35 Figure 7b Campus/ProjectComponent Vantage Points - Adobe Falls Faculty/StaffHousing ············································----····················........................................................... 36 Figure 7d Campus/ProjectComponent Vantage Points - Campus ConferenceCenter........ 38 Figure 7e Campus/ProjectComponent Vantage Points - Student Union Expansion........., 39 Figure 7f Campus/ProjectComponent Vantage Points - Student HousingPhase I.............40 Figure 7g Campus/ProjectComponent Vantage Points - Student HousingPhase II........... 41 Figure 7h Campus/Project Component Vantage Points - U Lot Residence Hall ................ 42 Figure 7i Campus/Project Component Vantage Points - Villa Alvarado Residence Hall Expansion..................................................................~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~43