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SOUTH BELMONT PARK COMFORT STATION
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Photography:
Rath +Associates
and
AZ Architecture Studio
South Belmont Park Comfort Station is a new structure of multiple accommodation restrooms, two family restrooms, and shower and dressing facilities for Mission Beach in San Diego. The site is directly adjacent to the boardwalk, beach and the 1925 “Giant Dipper” roller coaster, part of the original amusement park development by John D. Spreckels, the sugar magnate.
Community design review, input and approval was a major part of the planning and design process, including the Subcommittee for Removal of Architectural Barriers (SCRAB), an advocacy group for the disabled. Public art is incorporated in the design as well. The building design is informed by the site, history and the surroundings, and by functional, safety and maintenance requirements.
Because of their durability, concrete masonry units were the natural choice for the project. Being sited on the beach front, challenges of high intensity sun, wind driven sand, and corrosive elements all needed to be addressed. Concrete masonry walls constructed with epoxy coated rebar, not only addresses these issues, but also provides protection against possible vandalism. Additionally, concrete masonry block’s adaptability allowed the project to be built entirely with CMU walls, varying scale and proportion by alternating split face, burnished, stucco finished and unfinished standard concrete masonry units.
ARCHITECT:
AZ
Architecture Studio
1631 Stanford Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Anne
Zimmerman, AIA
Principal
STRUCTURAL
ENGINEER:
Taylor + Gaines/TMAD
GENERAL
CONTRACTOR:
Fordyce, Inc.
MASONRY
CONTRACTOR:
Zaldivar Masonry
BLOCK
PRODUCER:
RCP Block & Brick, Inc.
Trenwyth Industries, Inc.
OWNER:
City of San Diego, California
