由于加利福尼亚纪念体育场的设计将自然系统与社会和环境功能融为一体，自然和文化成为最前沿。现场改进使体育场及其周围环境成为校园活跃和贡献的一部分，不仅是在比赛期间，而且是每年的每一天。该设计的灵感来自几个特定场景的主题：荒野，历史，学术和运动成就，在材料，分级和设施表达。该站点的海拔变化超过145英尺，提供了戏剧性的意见和空间的机会，但使可及性成为一个挑战，最终通过巧妙和敏感的评分克服。主要广场在概念上通过将建筑物压入地球，最小化对现场的视觉影响，同时创建一个可访问和重要的公共开放空间。材料，当一个接近体育场，变得更加精炼，从粗糙的石墙到精确地铺砌的路面。在广场的铺路模式是错综复杂的设计和详细，灵感来自埃尔斯沃思·凯利的绘画La Combe III在旧金山现代艺术博物馆。来自校友的千篇一律的报价被刻在铺路内，承认大学在世界事务中的影响力。

Nature and culture come to the forefront as the design for California Memorial Stadium artistically blends natural systems with social and environmental function. The site improvements allow the stadium and its environs to be an active and contributing part of campus, not only dur­ing games, but every day of the year. The design takes its inspiration from several site-specific themes: wilderness, history, and academic and athletic achievements, which are expressed in the materials, grading and amenities. The site’s elevations change of more than 145 feet presented opportunities for dramatic views and spaces, but made accessibility a challenge, ultimately overcome through skillful and sensitive grading. The main plaza was formed conceptually by pressing the building into the earth, minimizing the visual impact to the site, while creating an accessible and significant public open space. Materials, as one approaches the stadium, become more refined, from a coarse stonewall to precisely laid paving. The paving pattern at the plaza is intricately designed and detailed, inspired by Ellsworth Kelly’s painting La Combe III at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Spirited quotations from alumni are engrav­ed within the paving, acknowledging the university’s influence in world affairs.