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SITE PLAN

Prominent among the new landscape features is the seating
The SDCA site plan prioritizes the back yard as the location for nearly all plaza between the main building and the proposed annex. This

major landscape enhancements. The back has a large area and can area can be used to accommodate formal and informal social

comfortably accommodate the variety of programmatic elements desired by gatherings, as well as outdoor meals and solo relaxation. The

Solomon’s Temple Foundation. The front of the property, in contrast, is plaza is envisioned with ample seating and overhead string

already efficiently laid out for parking and unable to accommodate many other lighting to add to the cozy courtyard atmosphere.

uses. In the back yard SDCA proposes a mix of spaces for gatherings,

privacy, recreation, education, and healing. A breezeway is proposed to provide a direct covered connection

between the two buildings. A wall along the south side of the

breezeway enhances the sense of secure enclosure and

provides pin-up space for outdoor display of children’s art

projects.

The proposed annex building is located a short distance from the

main building. For efficient use of space and to avoid excess

grading and tree removal, it should be built as close as possible

to the South property line (while honoring setback requirements

and providing maintenance access space between it and the

existing tall granite wall). On the north side of the building, an

ADA accessible ramp atop a retaining wall provides what will

likely be the most commonly utilized route from the plaza to the

lower yard.

Amphitheater steps create an additional route down the steep
slope from the building into the playground area. Existing

playground equipment and monkey bars should be relocated to

this area and supplemented with additional new equipment, such

as a swing set. The area could be covered with mulch or a

rubberized play surface.

Perspective: Amphitheater Steps and Plaza SDCA 30