Muir College Community Map
Muir College is located on the western edge of UC San Diego along North Torrey Pines Road and is the closest of the UC San Diego colleges to the beach.
Several of its buildings, including freshman residences Tioga and Tenaya Halls, are the tallest on campus, with views from the upper stories overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Scripps Coastal Reserve. Torrey pines, Monterey pines, and other trees give Muir the sense of being a campus in the forest.
In honor of John Muir, the names of many buildings and gathering places at Muir evoke the landscape of Yosemite National Park, which Muir urged the federal government to establish. These include -- in addition to Tioga and Tenaya Halls – the Tuolumne and Tamarack Apartments for second-year students, Half-Dome Lounge, Redwood Lounge, Clouds Rest student organization offices, and The Pines Dining Commons. The Muir Woods coffee house is named for the Muir Woods National Monument, a protected forest of coastal redwoods located in California’s Marin County.
Muir College Community Map
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1. STEWART COMMONS
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2. MUIR QUAD
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3.TENAYA HALL Residence for primarily first-year students |
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4.TIOGA HALL Residence for primarily first-year students |
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5. TUOLUMNE APARTMENTS Residence for primarily second-year students H. Residential Life Office I. Half Dome Lounge |
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6. TAMARACK APARTMENTS Residence for primarily second-year students J. Mariposa Conference Room K. Sequoia Conference Room |
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7. HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES Muir College Student Affairs , Academic Advising Offices and Muir College Writing Program L. Muir College Student Affairs M. Muir College Academic Advising N. CAPS O. Muir Writing |
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8.LEDDEN AUDITORIUM Lectures take place in this location and Muir College Orientation host some of their programming in their as well |
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9. McGILL HALL Department of Psychology |
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Stuart Collection at Muir
The Stuart Collection is UCSD’s collection of outdoor site-specific art works by some of the leading artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Muir campus is home to two of these works: 1. the Sun God by Niki de Saint Phalle a beloved campus symbol on the lawn in front of the Mandeville Center 2. Green Table by Jenny Holzer adjacent to the Muir Middle Quad.
Architecture
In 2007, Muir College was awarded a $99,000 Campus Heritage Grant by the prestigious Getty Foundation to draw up a historical resources assessment and preservation plan for the College’s signature ensemble of Modernist buildings.
