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2024 Class of Fellows, David Fletcher, FASLA, Northern California Chapter10-28-24 | Association News
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2024 Class of Fellows, David Fletcher, FASLA, Northern California Chapter

Fletcher Studio, San Francisco, CA

Northern California Chapter - Category: Works

David Fletcher, founding principal of Fletcher Studio, has been pushing the boundaries of the profession through innovation and imagination, helping communities find meaning in their built landscapes. His contributions to the design field include decades of teaching, academic research, writing, and giving in special ways, such as Fletcher Studio's "Hope + Space" program which dedicates four percent of the year's income to help communities and neighbors realize a land use dream. Fletcher redesigned San Francisco's oldest park, South Park, to build on its Civil War-era history while solving the site's infrastructure issues and improving accessibility. Using a single, meandering pathway to link public plazas, informal stages, bioretention gardens, gently sloping meadows, custom amenities, and custom play structures with the surrounding neighborhood, the award-winning design ties together disparate functions and offers a diversity of uses. For the city of Healdsburg, Fletcher Studio developed the master plan for parks, open spaces, and natural resources with an emphasis on alternative transportation analysis, connectivity analysis, river access, and the design of two large parks. Fletcher Studio was charged with leading the design of America's first spreading forest cemetery at Better Place Forests in Point Arena, California.

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