The construction of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Campus transformed a contaminated 12-acre parking lot in the heart of Seattle into an ecologically and socially sustainable hub for global collaboration and local engagement. The landscape architects designed the site to serve as the ground that connects employees and regenerates the surrounding community meeting the Foundation’s principles of having a global mission with local roots.
通过突出水收集策略,保护和使用本地材料的森林,以及使用本地材料的使用,使用创新和可见的雨水收集系统,定义和组织这些花园。从成立中的一个强烈合作过程允许我们公司和项目架构师同时工作,通过规划,设计解决和构建所有网站和花园元素的对话。
Techtown地区计划阐明了一个鼓舞人心的愿景,以振兴Techtown,底特律的知识区。该计划利用了三个机构的潜力,即韦恩州立大学,创意研究学院和亨利福特卫生系统 - 为创新,协作和生产创造一个动态枢纽。仔细策划公共领域改进,重点是新的中央广场,将促进私人投资随着时间的推移。
丹亲利的景观建筑遗产honors the life and legacy of this pioneering and influential Modernist landscape architect through a traveling exhibition of newly-commissioned photography that surveys twenty-seven of Kiley’s 1000+ designs, an illustrated exhibition guide, and an in-depth, profusely-illustrated Web site with newly-gathered recollections from colleagues. The project also assesses the current condition of Kiley’s landscape legacy and promotes informed stewardship of those places and Modernist landscape architecture generally.
全国各地,孩子们缺乏自然。In fact, the result of the decline in nature-based activities is so significant, it now has a name: Nature Deficiency Disorder. Some sources suggest they are outside less than 50 percent as much as they were ten years ago. The reasons for this decline are not well understood. The focus of the Larimer County study is to understand the underlying patterns for the decline and the barriers to nature connections. Analyzing existing community structures with the application of spatial data has helped determine how the physical organization of cities either encourages or discourages interaction with natural areas.
Norman B. Leventhal Park at Post Office Square illustrates what can happen when a visionary idea is realized through excellent design. Enormously popular from the day it opened, this 1.7-acre park is often credited with jump-starting Boston’s downtown revival. Built on the roof of a 7-level underground garage, it continues to be a model of public-private cooperation and stands as an exemplar of contemporary design in harmony with its urban surroundings. The Park at Post Office Square has become a model for center city parks in the 21st century, cited by designers, public advocates, municipal officials and educators, alike.