Directors Science Park

The design of Directors Science Park is inspired by the striations and layers of the nearby coastal cliffs. Directors Science Park, a five-story, 148,350 SF life science lab and office building, offers dramatic views of Sorrento Valley towards the Torrey Pines estuary and the Pacific Ocean.
Intentionally designed outdoor terraces on every floor provide the opportunity to enjoy the magnificent vistas. The exterior lighting highlights the shifting floorplates to further tie the building to its inspiration and the design concept.
The interior design of the lobby continues the theme, reflecting natural earth tones and textures with a two-story sedimentary wall accompanied by a cantilevered Lithocrete® concrete stair that serves as the artistic entry focal point.
An understated terrazzo design poured in place and formulated to represent a line in the sand – the transition between the cliffs and the ocean.
Epoxy terrazzo with micro-blend aggregates, sediment flecks and mirrored chips represents dry, untouched sand against the cliff. The darker micro-blend terrazzo flows into the elevator cabs, representing sand dampened by the ocean tides and serves as a landing point for a wood-clad soffit and columns reminiscent of a pier.