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Together with his project team, Charles encouraged the developer towards a compact walk-able urban design approach, centering on a hybrid project with multiple building types (commercial block, commercial mixed-use, and a courtyard building, all on the same lot), and several different unit types (commercial flats, residential flats, penthouse lofts, live-work lofts, row houses, lane-way houses, and townhouses.
They also worked with the City of San Buenaventura to create a new mid-block alley, for several reasons. One, the adjacent city owned parking lot provided an existing curb cut for the alley reinforcing the city’s notion of compact walk-able streets, and providing an alley entrance to the subterranean garage. Two, the alley also became an opportunity for lane-way housing to front onto it comprising the notion of “eyes on the street”. Instead of turning our backs on it, we chose to make it an amenity for the pedestrian and the neighborhood by creating it as a narrow street with lighting, landscaping, stoops and dooryards.
For Charles, sustainable design starts with incorporating good urban design and urban planning principles to enhance the neighborhood by responding in intelligent ways to the patterns and fabric already there. Such as, transit opportunities, parks, bike paths, existing vegetation, and topography. Likewise, he is committed to sustainable design as integral to, and inseparable from, his process. From site design and selection through to construction Charles believes sustainable design is a means to create more vibrant diverse communities and healthier buildings to live and work in.
Mixed-Use
- 1570 Thompson Blvd., Ventura, California – Studio Dig Architects
- Santa Clara + Palm, Ventura, California – Studio Dig Architects
Commercial
- Water’s Edge, Los Angeles, California – Gensler
- 200 Pier Commercial Building, Hermosa Beach, California – Studio Dig Architects
Airport
- San Jose International Airport, San Jose, California – Gensler
Work Place
- Bryan Cave, Santa Monica, California – Gensler
- Paul Hastings, San Francisco, California – Gensler
- Deloitte & Touche, Santa Ana, California – Gensler
- March First, San Francisco, California – Gensler
Hospitality
- Sunrise Assisted Living, Rancho Cucamonga, California – Hill Partnership, Inc.
- Sunrise Assisted Living, Carlsbad, California – Hill Partnership, Inc.
- Sunrise Assisted Living, Mission Viejo, California – Hill Partnership, Inc.
- Sunrise Assisted Living, Riverside, California – Hill Partnership, Inc.
- Sunrise Assisted Living, Hermosa Beach, California – Hill Partnership, Inc.
- Sunrise Assisted Living, Pacific Palisades, California – Hill Partnership, Inc.
Restaurant & Retail
- “O” Wine Bar + Restaurant, Denver, Colorado, - GreenOriented design
- Madison Bleu, “The District”, Tustin, California - GreenOriented design
Residential
- Matsumoto Residence, Seal Beach, California – J. Staff Architects
- 14th. Street Residence, Santa Monica California – J. Staff Architects
- Hyde-Marcum Renovation, Santa Monica, California – J. Staff Architects
- Dorothy Guest House Remodel, Ventura, California
- Broschart Residence, Ventura, California – Studio Dig Architects
- Scott Residence Addition, Denver, Colorado – Roderick Butler Architect
- Monigle Residence, Denver, Colorado – Sears Barrett Architect
- Dean Residence Addition, Denver, Colorado – Sears Barrett Architect
- Holly House, Denver, Colorado
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado