Bay-to-Bay CharretteSpurlock Poirier served on a team of planners and designers exploring a possible one- to two-mile link between San Diego and Mission Bays, the city’s two most important recreational/commercial waterways.
Brea (CA) By DesignConceptual design for a mixed-use revitalization plan for an historic downtown; with extensive public workshops, the plan set guidelines to develop the 200-acre site and helped attract national-class developers.
Carlsbad (CA) Public Safety and Services Center Master PlanMaster Plan, including illustrative plans, to organize five major public facilities on a 26-acre site. Uses are organized around a central open space for recreation and public gatherings.
Chula Vista (CA) Civic CenterMaster Plan for facilities expansion, including preservation of "small town" concept, planning and design guidelines for landscape, hardscape, parking and open space use.
Colorado Springs Science ParkPlanning and Phase I design for a 180-acre business and technology park. Design open space, planting and amenities; help site facilities and define circulation infrastructure.
Community Street Tree PlanMaster Plan for street tree planting in San Diego’s under-capitalized southeastern neighborhoods. All are sited to relate to the landscape of canyons, valleys and hilltops.
Coronado Business Areas Development PlanFacilitate a series of public workshops to develop a plan to enhance and restore the vitality and character of Coronado’s business areas.
El Cajon Boulevard Design StudyPlanning concepts for mixed use revitalization, design guidelines and public improvements for 6.4 miles of San Diego's major commercial strip highway. Awarded a National Merit Award from ASLA in 1988.
Fontana (CA) Civic Center Design CharrettePublic design charrette establishing a vision for the Civic Center design, including its potential uses as a cultural and recreational center, as well as the city’s center of government.
Gakken Town CoreProgramming, city planning, landscape architectural design and regional open-space design for a new town with 300,000 residents and 14,000 acres near the Kizu river, cradle of Japanese culture.

Girard Avenue Streetscape DesignPublic workshop, conceptual design, cost and funding analysis for Girard Avenue area of La Jolla, CA, in suburban San Diego, invigorating a sleepy retail zone while maintaining a village intimacy.
Grand Avenue Streetscape DesignStreetscape design for the major spine of the downtown Los Angeles redevelopment area, with a unifying urban design concept for adjacent public and private plazas and open space.
Hawthorne Boulevard Revitalization ProjectDefined framework for streetscape and pedestrian amenities along the City of Lawndale’s main commercial street, south of Los Angeles, CA.
Imperial Avenue Corridor Master PlanMaster Plan identifying opportunities along Southeast San Diego’s major artery for housing, retail development, streetscape enhancements, pedestrian-friendly zones, public art, iconic neighborhood identification signage and public transportation node enhancement.
India Street Phase II ImprovementsPhase II extends India Street into the urban residential area of San Diego’s Little Italy, creating a pedestrian-friendly streetscape which slows traffic using tree canopies and garden planting areas.
International Rezation VillageProgramming, image study, site planning, and architectural and landscape concepts for a 101-acre seaside destination resort in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
La Jolla (CA) Planning StudiesThe Waterfront Workshop and Design Charrette, led by a nationally-recognized team, was a weekend public planning conference with residents of this village just north of San Diego to establish an urban design direction. It also anchored the Girard Avenue Streetscape Design and Coastline Design Study, which provided planning and design guidelines for a 1.5-mile coastline section. It has guided the scale and character of improvements like walks, landscaping, park buildings and furnishings.
Linda Vista Economic Revitalization StudyCommunity workshops helped identify issues and delineate projects to revitalize a commercial core in San Diego isolated by traffic changes.
Matsushita MakuhariMaster-planning and site design for Matsushita's headquarters office complex in the Makuhari, Japan, new city, including planning to link open spaces with the rail transit station and retail center.
Makuhari New CityProgramming, design, and design guidelines for a new city, planned around a system of parks, plazas and open spaces, on Tokyo Bay.
Manhattan VillagePlanning and landscape architecture for a new 150-acre, mixed-use development on an old refinery tank farm site in Manhattan Beach, a city on the Pacific southwest of Los Angeles.

Mercado del BarrioCommunity workshops and planning for public improvements and open space development in a San Diego neighborhood with a great tradition of community activism. Also analyzed regulatory and financial implementation strategies.
Mid-City Redevelopment Feasibility StudyFeasibility study to create objectives for redeveloping a five-square-mile area in older suburban residential and commercial neighborhoods of San Diego.
Newport Avenue Commercial Improvement ProgramCommunity workshops help analyze planning, economic and urban design issues, with recommendations for action to improve the vitality of this central shopping street in San Diego’s Ocean Beach district.
Pembroke Marsh Open Space PlanMaster Plan, schematic design and phased construction strategies for the reclamation of Bermuda's 40-acre sanitary landfill and its reuse as an active open-space park.
Rinku Town Central CoreUrban design for the international arrival community at the foot of the Osaka, Japan, airport causeway in Japan. Included concepts for the mixed-use open spaces and four plazas.
San Dieguito, Lake Hodges and East Lake Hodges Specific PlansPublic workshops, programming, land analysis, area plans, and design guidelines for a nine-mile-long section of regional open-space park north of San Diego within four jurisdictions forming a Joint Powers Authority.
Santa Ana (CA) Arts DistrictConcept plan for development and design character of a six-block arts district in Santa Ana including a new museum, college art store, lofts, gallery and related retail and residential uses.
Sol de Nino, MexicaliConcept Plan and Master Plan for an Exploratorium museum in the Mexican border city of Mexicali.
Solana Beach (CA) Planning StudiesWith the related Solana Beach Highway 101 and Beach Area Specific Plan, the Park and Community Center Master Plan defines a civic axis between a narrow beach park and the community’s center, and provides for increased future use along the axis. The Specific Plan used public workshops to help establish guidelines for urban design, landscape architecture, public improvements and mixed-use pedestrian revitalization. All aimed to reconcile the city’s growing appeal as a northern San Diego suburb with its historic small-town feel.
Vista (CA) Planning StudiesA Downtown Specific Plan for revitalizing downtown Vista incorporated market analysis plus land use and open space recommendations for this historic small town northeast of San Diego being eroded by outlying strip malls. A Village Guidelines Study helped establish landscape guidelines and visual character for the downtown, setting specific development criteria for public and private improvement. A Village Redevelopment Plan looked at streetscape, creek rehabilitation and landscape design for a mixed use, 25-acre revitalization project, adjacent to historic city center, that included cinemas, retail, restaurants, multi-modal transit center, creek park and outdoor market.