Rick Simons Design Portfolio

Plate 1: Medical Office Complex.Plate 2: Industrial/Residential SubdivisionPlate 3: Grading and Drainage Plan for Residential Estate*Plate 4: Single Family Hillside Site and Grading PlanPlate 5: Single Family Estate Grading and Drainage Plan*Plate 6: Commercial Grading and Drainage Plan*Plate 7: Single Family Grading and Drainage PlanPlate 8: Residential Subdivision, Conceptual DesignPlate 9: Residential Subdivision, Cross Sections

•*Utilizes Architect’s Site plan. All other plans are original•Click on the images to open the PDF file and view in detail

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Utilizing typical building footprints previously used by the developer, the design has balanced earthwork and maximizes developed area by maximizing parking count with a functional, flowing traffic pattern while protecting the balance of the site in an undeveloped natural state.

Plate 1

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR A MIXED USE INDUSTRIAL / RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, CHANNELIZING  AN EXISTING  DRAINAGE COURSE AS A FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL AND EQUESTRIAN TRAIL.

Plate 2

CONCEPTUAL ACCESS AND GRADING FOR AN ESTATE IN MALIBU FROM THE ARCHITECT’S SITE PLAN PLATE 3

THE CHALLENGE OF THIS DESIGN  WAS TO MAXIMIZE THE DRIVEWAY WIDTH AND LIVABLE AREA ON AN EXTREMELY STEEP SITE                                                                                                                                     PLATE 4

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IN MALIBU FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL SITE PLAN. THE CHALLENGE WAS TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY’S YARDAGE LIMITATIONS  AND STORM WATER REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE ACCESS FOR TWO LOTS WHILE MAINTAINING THE ARCHITECT’S CONCEPT. PLATE 5

CIVIL DESIGN FOR COMMERCIAL CENTER COMPLETED IN FILEMORE PLATE 6

RESIDENTIAL INFILL: THE CHALLENGE OF THIS PROJECT WAS THE COMMON DRIVEWAY AND THE FACT THAT THE SITE WAS LOWER THAN THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. PLATE 7

CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR OCEAN VIEW SUBDIVISION USED IN THE MARKETING OF THE PROPERTY PLATE 9

PLATE 10