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LASN June 2014 Table of Contents06-01-14 | News

LASN June 2014 Table of Contents

On the cover:
Michels Plaza, Randolph College, Lynchburg, Va. Landscape Architecture by Harvey Design Land Architects.

Features

Kent State University Risman Plaza + Student Green
This project's primary goal was the transformation of a bleak, pedestrian thoroughfare, bisected by a campus artery that was dated, under used and unwelcoming. The site's greatest deficit was lack of spatial variety.
"?uSmithGroupJJR, Design Lead + Project Management, Project Associate

Jersey Student Sanctuary"?uUnion City, High School
The Union City High School Board of Education sought a bit of sanctuary for its students, home of the "soaring eagles." The outcome is a 17,000 sq. ft. triangular landscaped area at the main entrance of the high school, a refuge and gathering space from the urban tumult.
"?uLandscape Architecture by Borst Landscape and Design

Michels Plaza at Historic Randolph College, Lynchburg, Va.
The initial plaza concept was a small, intimate courtyard enclosed by seat walls. The final design was for two bubbling pools at either side of a top row of amphitheater-style seating, with a recirculating fountain feature at the plaza center.
"?uProctor Harvey, RLA, ASLA, and Nathan Harbin, Creative Director, Harvey Design Land Architects (HDLA)

Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York

IQ Landscape Architects, P.C., has been the landscape architect for Marist College for the past eight years, and has developed wide campus paths to improve pedestrian links between academic buildings and student dorms. The new quadrangle was built over a former parking lot, with walkways integrated with large, sweeping lawn areas and informal student gathering spaces.
"?uIQ Landscape Architects P.C.

San Diego Stormwater Strategies
Innovative site design at the University of California, San Diego's new Charles David Keeling Apartments for second-year residents established an elegant system that captures stormwater runoff and increases campus sustainability.
"?uYu-Ju Liu, RLA, LEED AP, Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects

Children's Museum of South Dakota, Evolution of a School Campus
Confluence worked closely with the owner and design consultants to develop this 3.45-acre outdoor exhibit space, which included adjacent streetscape improvements. Nature play was the unifying theme.
"?uLandscape Architecture by Confluence"?uEditor Michelle Medaris, LASN

Salmon Bay Autism Inclusive Playground
Johnson+Southerland worked with Seattle public alternative school Salmon Bay K-8 to redesign their playground. Special design attention went to kids in the Autism Spectrum Disorder program, although it's not an autism-only playground.
"?uJohnson+Southerland, Architects and Landscape Architects, Maggi Johnson, Principal

Harvard Kent Elementary Schoolyard, Charlestown, Mass.
The design for the school play area was shaped by the community's desire to have a theme. The near proximity of the Charlestown Navy Yard and the historic USS Constitution, a wooden-hulled, three-mast frigate built in 1795, was the thematic inspiration.
"?uDesign by CBA Landscape Architects, LLC

Deparments

Commentary: School's Out for Summer

Hardscapes: Outdoor Living On Parade

Hardscape News

Playgrounds: Out of the Cocoon – Gibson Mariposa Park

Product Focus: Play Structures & Safety Surfacing

Movers & Shakers

Stewardship: Chase's Place

Editorial Contributors
Borst Landscape and Design; CBA Landscape Architects, LLC; Confluence; Dave Bang and Associates; David Evans and Associates, Inc.; Flexground LLC: Corey Hague, Garan Engelen, Pavestone, LLC; Harvey Design Land Architects: Proctor Harvey, RLA, ASLA; Nathan Harbin, Creative Director; IQ Landscape Architects P.C.; Johnson+Southerland, Architects and Landscape Architects: Maggi Johnson, Principal; SmithGroupJJR; Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects: Yu-Ju Liu, RLA, LEED AP