Landscape Architecture. 2009.08

CONTENTS A U G Ullil 2 00t
VOLUME t •• N U MBER '
LAND MATTERS 117

LETTERS 118
RIPRAP 120
Spiral gyrationJ, art in the landscape
(architlXturc /inn), a branch edifice in
CentraL Park, and Iculptures will
standing in fire-ravaged Aust,alia.
Eerlted by Linda Mcintyre
DESIGN 126
Catch ille Wave

A redesigm·J entry pww at the
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Jpic('s up fbI' city'l Inner Harbor
and brings the aquarium's miHion
out into the site.
By Danlal Jost , ABU
URBAN PARKS 136

Lost Space Pa rk
Can good deJign make anything out
0/11 leftover bit 0/land next to II
truck route?
By GWenath Newman Lalgh,
Internailonal AIliLA
TECHNOLOGY 142
Hidden Resources
It's time for II sustainable approach to
groundwater resources.
By Jama. L. Sip •• , ASUo
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN 150
Stepping to tJ,e Shore

An island offthe Washingtoll coast iJ
the .Ictting/or t1 woodland garden_
By Clai. Enlow
ON THE COYER
Pool PadU)n f"ml m Napa Va/fry. c,~f<""iIl.
won an A.IlA HOIwr A"",d in Ih, F,p"MIlIi.1l
v,,<1Vt Cl11t"f.0f'J. {Mgr 78.
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PRACTICE158 BOOKS 1104
The Nexi Cencration PRODUCT PROFILES 110.

Of Your FinTl DISPLAY AD INDEX 110.
Dlle owller luYI out (hc steps/or ensun"ng thllt
your prlKticc wi" (Qminuca/ter you retire. BUYER ' S GUIDE INDEX 1109
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CRITIC AT LAROE 1120
GREEN ROOFS 1 84
Tharne-s Washout
Higll-Mainl ('llaJlCf'SUprrSlaJ' Kienast Vogt's lantkcape delign wrgely /aia
The green roo/OIl the Californiallcodemy LOII/wn's Tate Modem Ar' Museum.
o/Sdenccs is a stunning/eat 0/design. B,. Mark Hin"'aw
What does i( take to kCt.,p this I/('UJ icon
ready/or i(sclosc-up?
B,. Linde Mo;:lnt,.r.
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In Search of aGood, Cheap Green Roof How can we progress beyond a few high-profile green roofs
sprinkled here and there in a few of our cities? Scale is what will
HAT WTll THE FUTl/REOFGREENROOFSLOOKUKE? make g reen roofs work as an ecosystem service. If they are fC'".llly
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\'Vill it be some variation on (he "srarchirect" green roof to ameliorate storm water runoff and the hem island effen, we
at the California Academy of Sciences (CAS), above, mul- need whole city blocks that are green roofed corner to corner, \'qe
tiplied many rimes over? need lots of multiacre green roofs on big-box stores on the urban
Probably nOL Sure, it's stunning, but the CAS roof is fringe. Whm will it take for these to happen?
also relatively high maintenance. Corren me ifrm wrong, but I A few local governments are offering incentives for buildings
always thought the point of green roofs was that they would be with roofs that soak up rain and keep ir from overloading the city
mostly self-sustaining- nor needing any irrigation beyond plam sewer system. That's part of the solution. \'qe also need low-cost,
establishment, nor weeding, mowing, or fenilizing. The CAS roof, foolproof systems put in by experienced installers who know
however, has a pop-up sprinkler system fhat, given San Fmncisco's green roofs because that is the core of their business. But if green
dry seasons, will probably have to be used in perpetuity. And part- roofs become a streamlined, mass-production enterprise dedicat-
ly bec,mse of the plant choices, rhe roof must be frequently hand ed to greening America's rooftops, will designers then have a role?
weeded and fertilized. Landscape arc h itects who continue to have a role in the future
No question, green-roof"srurchirff£ure" has its place in mclay's will be those who have proved they are up to rhe job. \'qirh green
building environment, because the green-roof movement is still roofs, a lor seems to FJ.II through the cracks between the draw-
JUSt gaining afoorhold in this countl)'. Doubtless many Americans ing board and the final produce. Landscape architects who get se-
are unaware that such systems even exist. So it's important char rious about this project type will have to Ie-.lrn about the tech-
these early "demonstrJ.tion" green roofs be eye-catching. But we nology, test their proouns, and pay attention to what happens
should also understand that demonstration projectS are mainly on the job site---and afterward. Do green roofs present enough
there to promote the genre, not to serve as PrototyiX'"S for what of an opportunity for landscape architects to make that kind of
w ill be built in the future. learning curve worth the time and effort?
Take the Chicago City Hall green roof as another famous ex-
ample. 1 have personally visi ted it. It is stunning and inspiring-
like a patch of Midwestern prairie perched above the city, abloom
with wildflowers and buzzing with dragonflies and other insects
amid the tall, waving grasses. The eX{Xlsure it has garnered has
done a great deal to bring attemion to the genre, but its $2.5 J. William "Bill" Thompson , FASLA
million price rag disqualifies it, tOO, as a model to be emulated, Editor I blbompsOII@as/a.org
AUcun ZII ' Landscape Architecture 111

LETTERS
Tulum, Mexico
Kudos for earl Steinill's Sketches

of uWMcape , , Thanks for Fdi!s to consider that many more less-skilled
IPICKED UP MY JUNE COPY

A trhiurfllre and immediately homed in 011
rhecoverskerchofTulum. My first thought: teaching others the
Americans are also without Jobs. On June
20, The Washillgtoll Post published unem-
ployment figures for Washington, D.C.
ThaIs a Steil/lIZ mk drawlIIg. Sure eoough, T he overall jobless rate for the District
there was a lengthy, beautifully illustrated techniques required to reached 10.7 percent in May, a figure sur-
arricle laying OUt Carl Sceinirz's techniques passing the national average. That pain is
of quickly sketching landscapes. His piece record images while not equally shared. According w the Prut
brought back fond memories of our infor- article, "In the District, the gap can be seen
mal session with brush und ink at rhe H ar-
vard Graduate School of Design at [he end of
on the run. " ward by ward. In April, in the largely affiu-
ent and wh ite Ward 3, the unemployment
my loeb Fellowship. As he so astUtely 0b- rate was 2.5 percent, according to the
served, my furure was not in {hac medium. Inspired to Blog Brookings Institution. In the predomi-
I'll never forgee the pirying look he gave me nantly poor and black \'{fard 8, the rate was
as hestoOO over my hastily drJ.wll landscape.
111anks to tAM for giving us Sceinirz's
I NSPIRED BY THE LATEST ISSUE of LAM
("The Dirt on Blogging," June), I am
starting up a new blog a{xlUt design, tech-
23.3 percent."
Those funds dedicated co refurbishing
"Sketches from [he ROJd" and allowing us (Q nology, and whe re they intersect. See the National Mall would not simply have
see more of his beautiful artwork and, more http://desigllplllSta-h./lIordprm. {(I1Il. rebuilt a venerabl e landscape but also
i mportam, see how he reaches ochers the rech- FRANK). VARRO, STUDENT ASLA helped to rebuild lives and f.lmilies deci-
niques required to record images while on (he U nil'erJify 0/ AlaSJarhmfflS. Alflixm mated by local job loss. Digging, resod-
run. Steinirz, in addition to his art and writ- ding, paving- these are tasks ideally suit-
ings, continues w make significant contri- Restore the National Mall? You Bet Your Ule ed to reemploy the less-skilled workers of
butions in the fields oflandscape architecture N ARTIGE in theJune 20edition of The our city. By virtue of its constitutional des-
and landscape ecology via one ofhis star stu- A\VdJh;'lgtoll Post compelled me finally w ignation as a "district" instead of a state,
dents, David Hulse at dle UniversityofOre- respond to a letter in the June issue of \'{!ashington, D.C., is allowed no congres-
gon, and many others I've had the privilege UJlldirLljJe ArchitiXImr. Your March edition's sional representation (although Congress
w work with here in the Pacific Northwest. Land Matters column dealt with the ad- has seen fit to view us as a state for taxation
MIKE HOIJCK, HONORARY ASLA ministf".ltion's propo>ed $200 mi llion grant purposes), so it was f".lSy for various sena-
Urban Grrt'm/Jtl{eJ lmtitlltf from the economic stimulus package to pay tors and representatives to frame this deci-
P()1'tland, Oregon to refurbish the National Mall in \'{fash- sion as a frivolous, aesthetic issue and re-
EAR CARL, ingwn, D.c. move funding in an ovenvhelming display
D I have circulated your wonderful work Jeffrey Williams, Student ASLA, a stu- of "frugality."
in "Sketches from the Road" wmy g radwlte dent at Virginia Tech, writes in your June Investment in landscape development
studems in my summer graduate class on issue in regard to the congressional deci- needs to be viewed not merely through the
landscape imerpretation. Bmvo, Carl! Fan- sion to eliminate that funding: "With lens of aesthetic appeal or suited ness to
tastic work that is inspiring to all our stu- many highly skilled citizens unable to find popular recreational need but by an exam-
dents and better hlCulty out there. decent-paying work, the restoration of the ination of its contribution to a wider s0-
JON RODlEK, FASLA National Mall is a luxury." cial good.
Departlflent 0/ L:mdJra/X Architectllre & Urban True, too many highly skilled citizens are DEANNA SHANTZ
Planning. TexaJ A&M Uniz'efJity now without employment. But \'{!illiams \('a,hington. D.C
ls l llndSCilpe Architecture Aucun IO n

A .I'ligh f~)" irregllior fook BY LI '.: I) ,\ \ l c l NTr B I~
GOLDEN A domed mulcifunctional space forexhi- cent circular petal-like reflectors arranged
bitions and child-centered learning activities in Fibonacci spirals on the oUtside. Dur-
D by
Desi<rl1 . the NmMel's and a curved rammed-earth wing housing a ing the day, light wi ll bounce off the
A u.K. garden will promote wildjlower children'scbssmom,asmff mom, and moms "petals" and in through lenses, lighting up
learning throllgh math. (or seed cleaning, sowing, and storage will the timber-framed interior. Night light-
make up the two main parts of the building. ing will make the metal petals glow.
OOTED IN NATURE AND NUMBERS, Armed with the client's brief, the archi- At 263 feet long, the curved Fibonacci-
R the design ora proposed new building

at the British National \'V'ildflower
Cent re, run by environmental charity
tectS had co ··connect wildflowers with ed-
ucation and mathematical and scientific
learning,"' says project architect Ernst Ter
spiral rammed-earth wall will embrace the
edge of the existing wildflower garden.
"We didn't want the building to be too im-
L1ndlife, takes its cue from the math found Horst. They chose co work with the Fi- posing,'· says Horst, "or in stark contrast to
in nature. The new building, designed by bonacci sequence, the underlying math the flower beds. Because that·s the most
U.K. firm Ian Simpson Architects, will found in many natural structures. important thing about the whole cemer. In
stand inside the center·s walled garden on Looking like a daisy disk of flowers, the a way we wanted the building to be like a
the edge of the 35-acre Victorian Court liglmveight and waterproof domed struc- flower in amongst the flower beds."
Hey Park ne-.lr Liverpool in England. ture will have some 300 colored or irides- - ROBERT SUCH
C e ntact Linda Mcintyre at ImtlntJu @Js/a '''K .
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vard Town Square project that Furr's office
is currently working on with the Baton
Rouge Downtown Development District.
This confluence of imerests is also ap-
parem in the initial exhibit at Gallery 635,
"Seeing the Lmdscape Breathe, a series of
U
large-format digital phowgraphic mon-

tage p rims on canvas by Cat Marshall.
Marshall is a professor of landscape ardll-
tecture at Louisiana State University, and
her phowg raphic work is an extension of
her professional work. Bydigitally manip-
ulating still photographs of various forest
communities in Louisiana, she has formed
layered images that combine different
scales, degrees of sharpness, blurring, and
opacity. ThiS structural rccomposirion
mimics human interactions with the ma-
terial world and permits the viewer to en-
gage the image in ways that evoke lived
MIXED USE hard rimes by mulrimsking irs work space experience. Marshalrs artistic inquiry pro-
as a gallery for local artists. vides a rich cross-pollination into the pro-
Arts , Desion
" and Fine \'{1hile rradicional galleries rely on (he fessional field of landscape architecture in
BalOIl Rouge landscape architects !/take sale of an to pay the rem, Gallery 635 at the qualitative understanding and manip-
their office space u/ork (JIJertime as a Joseph FurT Design Studio provides a ulation of space.
space for local artists to exhibit their work The next exhibit, uGmffiti by the Yard-
gal/ery for local artists.
at a very low cost. "W/e make a living as Urban Art Commercialized and Decon-
ESTERN SOCIETY may be ripping to- landscape architects; offering (his space ro textualized," is scheduled for late summer
W ward a pos[capiralist future. Today,

however, it takes a large measure of
cold, hard capital to put on an an exhibit.
[he local arrs community noc only sup-
portS (he anists themselves bue helps gec
[he public downtown after hours," says
and will feature a large original work by
local gmffiti artists. It will bedivided into
a grid of three-foot squares with the pieces
One landscape architecture finn in Baton Joseph FurT, ASLA. And attracting people sold to the highest bidders.
Rouge, Louisiana, is helping Oll{ in these downtown is central [Q [he North Boule- - JENN I FER ZHI., ASLA
IS ITORS TO THE Cantor Roof

PIPE DREAM Central Park and the high-rise
V Garden at New York City's

M etropolitan Museum of Art
might be surprised by what they A
'Maelstrom' at the Met
nllJSe!ltIl installation ServeJ as a JlniqJle roofgarden.
buildings beyond. T hat mix of nat-
uralism and artifice also plays OUt
visually in the piece itself- in pho-
find up there for the nex t few tOgraphs the form appears
momhs: an enormous tangle of organic, but up cla;e the indus-
metallic branches. \'{1hat looks trial o rigin of the materials
like the galvanized detritus comes to the fore.
from a hurricane in Central Paine, who hand welded the
Park is the latest in artist Roxy seven-ton p iece in his upstate
Paine's ··Dendroid" series of New York studio with acrewof
naturalistic sculptures ren- six, says he wanted the work to
dered in industrial materials. evoke five states simultaneous-
IHaflJ/rom, the biggest of the ly: a downed forest destroyed by
Dendroids to date, is 130 feet an uncontrollable force, t he
long and 45 feet wide, filling chuming and malevolent force
up mos t of the roof garden itself, the idea ofhtreeness," a
space, and 29 feet high. The pipeline run amok, and a men-
Brobdingnagian scale is both tal storm such as a seizure.
awe inspiring and appropriate T he installation is on view
to the installation·s hlCkdrop of through October 25 .
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Bm thanks to the heat-enduring proper-
ties of clay, about halfof the terra-cOfta sculp-
tures survived the blaze. Most of the damage
caused to the sculptures was due to tailing
trees and debris. Andrew Kade, Torfs'sson-
in-law, was struck by how the newly stark
landscape amplified the tone of the remain-
ing pieces. "111e sad ones seemed sadder. 'The
contemplative ones appeared to be deeper in
thought and carried he-J.vier burdens."
ToseetheslUlprnre garden now is to wit-
ness a blackened and naked landscape filled
with cet'"J.fl1ic ghosts, their hiding places ex-
post-d, the scorched exprt""SSions unsettling.
Torn has begun the process of de-J.nt!p, re-
pair, and rebuilding, aided by famliy,
friends, staff, and an art'".lY of volunteers.
He's hopeful the sculpture garden's re-
turn WIll rejuvenate the community. "\Vle
HAI OFCLAY want to resrore the garden as quickly as
possible," he says. "If we can bring people
Smvivors: Public Art Edition rnlCk to Marysville soon, [his will bring
Stunning sculptures endure in a ravaged AJlStra/ian landscape. much-needed hope ro rhecommunity. It is
going to be a difficult and challenging
OR MANY YEARS, [he whimsical and of [he town's 500 residents, razed nearly rime, but everyone from (he town J have
F distinctive artworks found within [he

dense forest of Bruno Torfs's Arc and
Sculpture Garden charmed and intrigued
400 buildings, and destroyed more than
370,000 acres of land. The incineration of
[he sculprure garden appeared to have de-
spoken to h,1S a lot ofoptimism despire los-
ing so much. We will recover."
For more information about Bruno Torn's
visitors from around (he world. Located in molished 13 years of hard work and dedi- Arrand Sculprnre Garden and rhe rebuild-
Marysville, 60 miles outside Melbourne, cation by Torfs-there were 15 pieces on ing effOrts, visit IlllllllJ. br"'/I)Sdrt.(WIl.
Australia, rhe artworks were an evolving display when {he garden opened in 1996; - G WENfTH NEWMAN LEIGH,
village of life-size ceramic figures amid by 2009, the collection numbered 135. iNTER NATIONAl. AS].A
gnarled cree roots, soaring trunks, and
fields of tree ferns.
Many of the pieces were inspired by the
landscape. On [he forese floor, a head we-dr-
ing scuba gear rose from a crack in rhe
earth. Warty faces peered out of mossy
scumps. Children huddled rogecher in play
beneath rhe wwering fronds of a tree fern.
The garden wasn't so much an exhibition
as a discovery of another world within the
landscape of the woodland Aoor.
On the evening of February 7, 2009, a Before the fires, top, the sculptures basked in a s,lYan setling. But even in the attennath of the
Ilrestorm raged through Marysville,Glrry- flames, here, many of the statues remain, burned but unbowed.
ing with it the force of 1,500 Hiroshima-
sized atomic OOmbs. 'nle inferno killed 39
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ODAY, BALTI MORE 'S Inner H arbor
is a popular destination for locals
T
to
and rourists alike. 00 weekends
rhe area is filled with prople-
crowds so thick that jr'sorren hard
move. Bur it hasn 't always been
rh is way.
ElJior Rhodeside, FASLA, remembers
what rhe harbor was like 40 yt"MS ago,
befOre rhe visionary master plan devel-
oped by Wallace McHarg Roberts &
Todd (now WRT)wJS realized. As a Stu-
dem at the University of Pennsylvania
in rhe late 1960s, Rhodeside partici-
pared in a studio project in Baltimore
led by If-wid A. Wallace, William H.
Roberts, "i\SLA, and Ian McHarg. The
Pier 3 ilt tile Baltimore Inner Harbor WII

Iransfonned from ;II barren piau, below, to
a li\<elier 5J)4lee with a 5ignature pavement,
~ft. The bands of tIMor are raUler thick,
milklnl them more dramatic from abow-e
tha .. wile. , . are _ alUlI! thrOlllh the site.
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Aredesigned entry plaza at the National Aquarium in Ba~imo
spices up the city'sInner Harbor and brings the aquarium's
mission out into thestte. By Daniel Jost, ASlA i•
26 l landlC.pe Arehlhehr. ~U'UST ZOOt
DESIGN
The project is located in the middle of Balti· cations on the Inner Harbor; it is one of
more's Inner Harbor, abolle, which has become rwo piers occupied by the National Aquar-
an icon of waterfront reyitaliution. A plan by ium in Baltimore. T he aquarium, which
Rhodeside & Harwell, left, shows the new de- opened in 1981, is Maryland·s most visit-
sign for Pier 3: IAI existing building, National ed tourist aHracrion and the most popular
Aquarium in Baltimore; IBI new addition; aquarium on the East Coast, drawing more
lei new ticket booth; IDI shade structure; than 1.6 million visitors each year. The
lEI bus drop-off; IFI Coastal Region exhibit; original building, designed by Cambridge
IGI Piedmont Region exhibit; IHI Mountain Seven Associates, has become an icon of
Region exhibit; a nd III map of Chesa pea ke modern architecture.
Bay Watershed in paving. However, the entry plaza Cambridge
Seven designed was considerably less suc-
warerfrom was run down then, dark and cessful. Because the aquarium is so popu-
dreary with views ci the water hidden by lar, visitors have to purchase their tickets
dilapidated warehouses. Rhodeside remem- outside and wait unti l the time primed on
bers delving into [he site's history and their tickets to enter. The original plaza
spe'.lking to community members about was a field of empty pavement with few
their hopes for the haroor's future. trees to shade visitors, so it did not make a
The studio was a powerful learning ex- very comfortable or interesting waiting
perience that helped shape Rhodeside's room. ·· In the summer, it was pretty rough
understanding of urban design. Over the for visitors out in the sun,'· remembers
years, he would often come back to the In- Jack Cover, the general curatOr for the
ner Harbor and marvel ar rhe rmnsforma- aquarium. ··And {the space] didn·t really
tion that made Baltimore a model for wa- talk about our mission."
terfronts around the world. So when his The aquarium hired Rhodeside & Har-
Alexandria, Virginia-based firm Rhode- well about 10 years ago as parr of a larger
side & Harwell won the contract to rebuilding expansion project. The firm
design Pier 3 here, it was an unusually per- worked closely with the aquarium staffand
sonal victory. ·'\'\Ie competed very hard for architects from Chermayeff Sollogub &
that project ," he remembers. ··Finally get- Poole (founded by three former partners of
ting a chance to do real design for a place Cambridge Seven Associates) to develop a
I studied in school was extmordinary."' cohesive vision for the site. T hey faced a
Pier 3 is one of the most prominent 10- number of challenges. In I9{)4, debris from
Plant List
Coastal Region
TREES
Piros 1Eeda . Loblolly pine
SHRUBS
Bacchans hailinifolia .. Eastern bacchars
Qelhra aln/folia · Coastal sweetpepperbush
/lex g.labra·N gra' • Inkberry
I.'ex verticilfata'Red Sprite' • Winterberry
Myrica cefltera 'luray' • Wax myrt'e
PERENNIALS
Lfatris spicata " Dense b'azing star
Solidago sempefVireos . SeaSide go'denrod
Exhibits spill out from the new building, above landscape Improvements made co Balti - Typha angLIstifolia · NarrOl'>'ie8f C<lttail
ilnd below, ilnd into the IiIndKilpe, interpreting more's Inner Hari:xJrover the years have been GRASSES
Milrylilnd's COil still ilnd Piedmont regions. filirly simple in their design. The ground Spartma allemitloro · Srrooth co'dgrass
p lane has generally not made any strong Spartma cynowroides . B g cordgrass
Spartina patens . Sa tmeadOlv cordgrass
a major fire had been used to backfill the artistic statements; instead, large fields of red
site, so rhe soils were seriously compro- brick pavement are usually used to tie the
mised and all plaming areas would require haroor together as a district. "'\'Ve wanted a Piedmont Region
new soi l. Also, rhey had to work around a paving pattern that would be the signature TREES
complex collecrion of underground uriliry fur {he pier," says Rhooeside. 111e firm de- Acer rubrom • Red maple
lines thar service rhe aqu;lrium. signed undularing bands of pavemenr- CliOilanthJs virginicus . Wn.te frJlgetree
Today, Pier 3 has been renamed rhe meam (Osuggesr ripples orwaves-rhat a1- Magnolia frasen · Mountain magnolia
Harry & Jeanene \'Veinberg \"'Varerfronr {emare berween light and dark gray. TIle Magnolia Wginianavar virglniafl3 · Northern
Park. A new design, completed in 2006, paving covers much of the pier, including a sWlletbay magnolia
Nyssa sy/va!k::avar. biflora · Swamp tupe 0
brings rhe aquarium's mission of environ- bus drop-off zone, and flows into the lobby
mental education and stewardship out into of the aquarium's new glass addition. SHRUBS
the sire by interpreting Maryland's native As the paving is flowing in, the exhibits Cephdlanltius occiden!a!lS · Common buttonbush
llex decidua'Finch's Golden' • Possumilaw
ecosystems and using sustainable design seem to be spilling out. 111e planting areas
lloa Vlrgmica 'Henry's Garnet' • Virginia sweelsp re
principles whenever possible. within the plaza show a cross section of
RllOdodelidroll max.mum . Great au'el
O ne of the mosrdisrinctive fe-J.ruresof the Maryland's ecosystems, from the salt marsh-
Rhcx1odenr:irOil visrosum . Swamp azalea
new plaza is its wavy paving. Most of (he es along rhe coosral plain to the piedmont to Rosa pa/ustris · Slvamp rose
Rubus a/leghenieflSis . AI egheny biackoerry
Vxcll')!(.im corymbosum · HghbllSh blooberry
Vi/)()rrom acentollUm . Map'e'eaf 'lbumum
Viburnum denta:um . Southern arrOIl'.YOOd
PERENNIALSIFIRNS
Arisaema triphytlum · .klck in tile pulp t
Cimici!uga racerrliJSa . Back bugbarw
Erythronium aibidl)m . Whte faw-nily
Onocf(]a sensibilis • Sens.tlve fern
OsmUlida dfillamomoa . Onl1<lmon fem
Podophyllum peltatum . Mayapple
GROUND COVERS
Asarum canadense . Ganadkln II-ildgingcr
Tlare/fa cordifolia . HBarteaf fO<lmflf.rwer
BOG PLANTS
Iris versicolor . Harlequin bluefiag
Juncus effusl..'s . Common rush
Pei/Endra Virginica . Green arrlJ,v arum
POiltooeria corda!a . Pickerer.veed
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rhe Allegheny Mountains. As you ap- An exhibit with it small water feature inter-
proach the aquarium, (he eb~J.(ionsof the preu the mountains along the western edge
planters rise subcly to inrerprer rhe eleva- of the Chesapeake Ba)" Watershed, ..bore.
rions of rhese areas, building up to a rhree- The design originally included a cobblestone
Story waterfall inside the building with edge on all tree pits to keep people from
ranks showing narive aquaric life. walking through; howerer, this was not imple-
Though rhe plaZ;I'S contexr is not al- mented, and shortly aHer the plaza was com-
lowed to dictare the design, ir also wasn't pleted, the plants were roped off, below.
ignored. T he landscapearchirects use a 20- While this treatment works for the larger
foor-wide, red-brick promenade, which areas with taller vegetation, it looks some-
marches those rhroughou( (he harl:xJr, to what clunky surrounding the tree pits.
fmme the pier. And where an existing brick
path bisecred rhe plaza, cutting i( in half, porrant to keep rhe paved areas spacious
rhey have woven in red brick among (he for people milling around- bur (hey are
wavy forms. l l lis solution highlights [he packed widl many different species. TIlin
path withom dividing rhe plaza visually. steel retaining walls painred green pro-
The outdoorexhibirs representing rhe vide support along rhe edge of (he planr-
ecosystems are not very large-it was im- ing areas closest to the building. T he
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TREES
Am{]/ancl~&f artJorea . Cornmoo serviceberry
Cr:rcis canadensis . Eastern redi:u:l
():)roos fbOOa·Qcoj Nne' • Fb.~r;ng 0Cig.\'()()j ~ilit e)
Juniperus virglniana · Eastern redGedar
Oxydendrum artJoreum • Sour.vood
Pmus slro/xls 'Fastlgiala' • Eastern l'lhte pme
Querws coccinea · SGJrtet oak
SHRUBS
Alnus serrulata · Hazel alder
Comptonia peregnll3 . Sweet fern
Fo!flergi"a major · MoLJrltaln l'ttchalder
HamameHs vrrgilll8lla · America1 Wltchhazel
Hydrangea artJorescens . Wild hydrangea
JUrliPffi;S Vlrginlana '8: ler Spreaoor' • SiIvf1
Spreadf1 eastf1n redcOOa.r
Kalmia la/itolia . MOlJIllain laurel
Leuca/me too/a/leSlana . Hghland doltobble
Lindera beIllain . Norll'em SO cebusll
Sassafras alb/dum · Sassafras
Vibumum acenfollUm . Map e eaf II"burnum
PERENNIAlSlfERNS
Osmunda cmnamomea . CmamOillern
PoIysbdRJm acrostrchOides • Olristmas lern
Aster divarrcatus • White wood aster
Aster /aevis . Smooth blue aster
Smilacma racemosa . False SoIomOfl's seal
GROUND COVERS
Heudlera ameficana · American alum'oot
Trash Receptades
Hyparro.1m densifiorum • Busily 81. Jctmswort with two lid options
Phlox svbu/ala . Moss phlox
Rnus Jroma~ca 'Gro Low • FragriYlt sumac SPECIFY
Tiaref!a corditolia \{Jr, coIlina . Heartleaf foamfl~r
KORNEGAY DESIGN
GRASSES
ChasmJllihium /a~"oIivm · Irdlan woodO<lls SITE ruRNISHINGS
Tree Pits
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TREES
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F1a/a1llJS x xenta/ia B oodgroj' • London planetree
GROUND COVERS
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bndscape archItects chose steel so t hey ... \vlth· F~ Fil~d(~ \\~ h~l ~filem
could make the walls as thin as possible co
emphasize the idea that e'.lch area is a slice
ASJ..A \; Firm Finder. you can reaeh thou1iand~ of
of a different ecosys tem . H owever, this prospet'live eliellts who are sear('hing for U IUlltiseupe
keeps them from acting as seat walls. arehited in your area. Set lip your enhalwetl proft]e
As part of the design process, "we went co today hy visiting U"(:IC(lSlll.org anti di(·king on the
naruml areas and took phocog mphs," says .-"
rlrm .-"
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Kevin Fisher, ASLA , project manager for AMERICAN SOCIETY Of IANOSCAPf AICHlUm
Rhodeside& Harwell. But it was not always
possible co reproduce these environments
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that have a significant presence in the asmall pond and a waterf...11 that pours over In tICt, the plantings also require a lot of
mountains ne-J.rby could not survive on this man-made boulders. In the piedmont, the maintenance. "Like the exhibits inside, the
site, which is very hot and exposed, and water feature is not actually visible on a dry mini environments require hand care,"' says
wereevenrually remo\'ed from the planting day. It is a bog, created by putting an imper- R hodeside. "\'Ve needed someone who was
list. However, a few species were considered meable liner under a small area planted knowledgt".lble---not JUSt a maintenance
so importam to the aquarium's mission that with iris, arrowweed, and other plants. conrmctor. \'Ve were pleased that the aquar-
the aq uarium would be willing [0 replace "Normally we wouldn't do something ium brought on Christa P;lrmin [0 serve as
them on a regular basis. For example, the like that," says Fisher. "Ir would be tOO the horticulturist for the outside are-.J."
aquarium is involved in restoring salt hard for a client to maintain, but these Signage within the exhibits teaches
marshes in Chesapeake Bay and wants to people maintain all SOrtS of water systems," people about the natural environments and
interpret this within the landscape. H owev-
er, Sjwrt;'ltl t1/temijlortl needs very specific
st".lSOnal conditions to grow that were im-
possible [0 replicate here, so it is replanted
every yt".lf.
A number of small \v.Jter features are lo-
cated within the planting areas. l l le moun-
tain area has the most significant fe-ature-
The plaza must accommodate large groups of

visitors arriving by bus, as shown above. Empty
islands in the bus drop-off were designed so
large groups could collect there safely. While
they may be functional, they create a some·
what austere entry for visitors entering the
space from the street (see plan on page 281.
The landscape architects used thin steel walls
along the rear edge of the planters, right.
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PEACOCKPAVERS'
flulUkmj/et/ CooCTrte !'(Iff'"
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A granite map shows the Chesapeake Bay

Watershed, abot'e. The map was designed
digitally by Rllodeside & Hanwell, who worked
with II granite company to determine what
options were available for finishes and stain·
less steel insets. The darker area that con·
notes the watershed and the lighter area sur·
rounding it were actually created from two Using native plants is only one of che
different stones. A computer'guided high· ways the designers have tried to make
power water jet was used to cut the stones, this landscape more sustainable. Bench-
and then they were pieced together like a es along the edges of the pier and wbles
puzzle. The map was integrated with a markel'" and chairs in a small cafe area contain
from the National Geodetic SUrYer, which is large amounts of recycled sceel. The ar-
set at the center of the compass rose, right. chiceccs included a green roof on a small
pare of the addition , and runoff from
tries to encourage visitors to use native other parts of the aquarium building is
plants in cheirown landscapes. Asonesign capcured and stored in a ciscern, then
explains, one of the main advantages of us- used to irrigate che plantings in che
ing native plants in the landscape is that park. Some of the surface runoff from the
they anract native birds and insects. plaza is also directed into planting areas
Peaco c k Pavers are a nat ural ch o ice For such small pockecs of vegecation, where ic can be filcered before spilling
for stylish outd oor spaces . T hey the plantings in this plaza are attract ing out into the harbor.
loo k like ancient stone so they a surprising amount of wildlife. \'{fhen Sustainability factored strongly imo
blen d b e a ut ifu lly with nat ure . umdscape Architecture visited, monarch the selection and detailing of the pavers.
They're crafted in a rchitectural - bmterfly Guerpi llars were chewing on R hodeside & Harwell worked with
grad e concrete for du rability_ A nd some milkweed and two ducks were H anover Architectural Products to cre-
t h ey' re a ff ord a bl e . Pe rfe ct for nesting in one of the beds. According to ace a custom paver chac would draw on
pat ios. p ools. fireplaces, inte rior Partain , approximately 46 different bird {he green tint in che glass of the new
floors a n d mo r e . In buff. species have been sighted in t he area. building. The paver's matrixes include
champa g ne, rice white . dolphin ·T here was also a snake down here in the locally quarried stone and industrial by-
grey and custom colors _ Spartina bed,"' says Partain . "One of the products such as fly ash (creared when
herperologists grabbed it and started coal is burned for power generJt ion) and
Request our free colo r broch ure talking about snakes with the kids." lamp black (a pigment created by burn -
o r o ur new e-b roch ure in addition to the bi rds, the blueber- ing oil, tar, or resin). The pavers are sec
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P,O . Bo> 519 Atmo re , A l ab a m ~ 36504-0519 ries and serviceberries attmcr a different on an aggregate bed, which allows main-
PEACOCK PAVERS.com sort of hungry animal: the aquarium tenance crews to take them out and reuse
staffer. "We figh t over these things,·· says them when accessing utilities below. Fi-
CiRClE j ~ OOI I\EAOEA SEIMCE CNl() OR Partain. nally, they were produced wit hin 50
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miles of the site, so transportation emis-
sions (and costs) wert' reduced.
Some strJtegies com monly used to make
a site more sustainable were nor possible
here. Because of the site's urban context and
the historic nature of the grani te bulkhead, Add Firestone, Add Reliability
the landscape architects wouldn 'r have got-
ten very F"r proposing a new wetland edge.
"Something like porous paving would have
required excavating and removing what
was under the pier, and we would have cre-
ated a problem someplace else," says Faye
Harwell, PASLA .
Bm they committed todoing what was
possible. "If we can convince a client to do
someching chat is g reen oriented, we do
that gesture, even if it's a smal l gesrure.
T he more of those small gestures we inte-
grate into our design, chI' closer we get to
sustainability. "
And through exhibits such as a Chesa-
Every long-Iosting water feature depends on a good
peake Bay \'Vatershed map within l he
foundation. Ensure the life and longevity of your woter
paving, chey are ceach1l1g chI' general pub-
feature project by choosing a nome you can rely on .
lic to demand more.
PROJECT CREDITS landscape an:tWtect R llOdeside

& H arwell, A lexandria, Virginia (Elliot
SPECIAUZING IN:
R hodeside, FASLA, and Faye Harwell,
COMMfRClAl WATER FEA~ES
FASLA, principals in charge; Kevin Fisher,
GOlF COURSE PONDS & LAKES
ASLA, project manager; Brad Garner, ASiA;
STREAMS & WATERFALlS TI .... r.n.
Ed H amill, ASLA; Mark Mastalerz, ASLA).
RESERVORS & CANAlS
An::1m!c:t (new addition): Chermayeff Sollogub 'fPP-R
& Poole Inc. (now Chennayeff & Poole Inc.),
Boston (Bobby Poole, project architect). Ar·
chitect (orignal btildilg): Cambridge Seven As-
CONS1lI:UCTED WETlANDS
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SOlUTlONS ........ -_.-
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sociates, Cambridge, Massachusetts. CMlen- To Ieorn more vi~it us ot www.fir ...lonesp.aam/l08

gineer: Johnson, Mirmiran & T hompson, Firestone Speciolty Products
Sparks, Maryland (Gary Miller). mgation de- 800' 428·4.4.42 I infoOfirestonesp.aam
sign: Lynch & Associates, Annapolis, Mary-
land. Mechanica~ eIectrica~ plwnbklg. and cistern
design: Altieri Sebor Wieber, Norwalk, Con-
necticut. Graphics and signage: Chermayeff &
Geismar Inc., N ew York. lighting design:
Q uentin l llOmas Associates Inc., Douglas-
ton, New York. £no.Tonrnentalconsultant Natu-
ral Logic, Chevy Chase, Maryland. lh1lan1ree
consultant J ames Urban, FASLA, Annaf.X>lis,
Maryland. General contractor: Aqua-Venrure,
Baltimore. Paving contractor: Interlocki ng
Paving, Baltimore. landscape contractor: Out-
side Unlimited, Hampstead, Maryland. Site
furniture: Land scape Forms, Kalamazoo,
Michigan. Precast paving: H anover Archi tec-
tuml Producrs, Hanover, Pennsylvania. ~
ite maptalrication: Cold Spring Grani te, Cold
Spring, Minnesota.
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ANY OF US ARE FAMTlI AR with
LOST SPACE PARK menc by armnging houses around a series
M chose awkward green slivers left

over from infill development and
infmsrl1.lcrure upgrades. \'V'hac re-
mains are g rassy remnants devoid
of any re'J.l pU 'lXlse or funct ion, ofeen tra-
versed bur rarely occupied.
Can good design make
anything out of a
leftover bit of land
of publ ic open spaces. During the past
decade, POrt Melbourne has been subject
to rigorous urban renewal, and R aglan
Street- tile site of public housing since the
I 960s-was dmwn into this process. By
2005, three concrete multistory walk-ups
l1lTee years ago this was the case at the were replaced by an ecofriend ly publici
Raglan Street Parkland, The small wedge
of lawn in Porr Melbourne, Australi a,
next to a truck rou te? private mix. D ue to the larger footprinc of
che new housing complex, a significant
could be described in two words: lose space.
The parkland occurs at a curious junction,
By Gweneth Newman amount of open space disappeared. TIle city
decided chac establishing a proper neigh-
sandwiched between cwo residential streers
and a noisy five-lane cruck route. Before irs
leigh, International ASlA borhood park seemed the besc way to com-
pensate fur this loss of green space.
redesign, there were only a dilapidated pick- Inserting a neighborhood park here, at
et fence and a mature eucalyptus co buffer congested location, was this space best che tip of the new housing development, at
the constant noise and fumes of [he truck "found" asa neighborhood park---or should che elbow of tWO screets, feels mOfe of an
route. The main hm([ion of the area was us it have even been "found" at all? afterthought rJ.ther than an imegrJted part
a shon cut for cyclists and pedesu ians to The broader history of the are-J. provided of Rag lan 's redevelopment. Given che
residenrial backscreers. The cicy govern- some insight inco why such a conversion cransitory history of the space, ic's unclear
ment decided chat such "lost" space could was even anempted . Developed in dle why dle focus was to reignite the location
be converted into a neighborhood park. 1920s, parts of Port Melbourne followed as a park rather chan upgrade it as a pub-
But in view of its small size and traffic- Ebenezer H oward 's Garden City move- lic thoroughfare.
Using an undulating timber wall to buffer noise, top, the finn Site Office converted a small green lawn next to a truck route into 11 neighborhood pal1l. The
noise wall facH fiYe lanH of traffic along Ingles Street, abore. TImber was used to reference the paling fence often used around Australian residences.

URBAN PARKS
TIle Melbuume-OOstd b.ndsaqx-architcc- ings. \Xlhere a less ambitious des igner

ture firm Site Office (1,,~uw.sitrojJue.((jm.a,,) might have installed a tmditional picnic
sought [0 domesticate the space through bench, there is instead a 20-foot-long table
careful design and the insenion of a hand- with accompanying square stools arranged
fu l of amenities. T he most ObVlOUS is a in a mnoom fJShion. Above the seating
noise wall that wraps its way around the aTe'" is a shade structure chat in-
site in an undulating fashion, with timber corporates a series of laser-
slats rising toa high poinrof 10 feee in the cur perforated panels
middle and ta{X:ring co two feet along ei- intended, according to
therend. Such a form allows the wall roef- Chris Sawyer, director
fectively define (he spacial qualities of the ofSice Office, "co create a
park wichoucsevering it from rhe immed i- mbledorh Out of shadows.
are urban Fdbric. Space for gatherings is Given the exposure of the
found where (he wall is highest, whereas sice, does the noise wall d,\mpen
the lowest points along [he ends allow visu- the nonstop din of the truck route?
al connections to be made along the park Noise walls aren't usually recom-
edges, providing clear sight lines ro sur- mended for residential areas. Blocking
rounding footpaths. Consisting ofa double- sound requires walls chac cend co be vi-
clad assembly, (he wall was designed on sually intrusive and contextually isolat-
screw piles racher chan concinuous snip ing. Sice O ffice recognized chis chal -
foocing roavoid damaging che roocs of the lenge and responded wich a structure
large mature eucalyptus on sice. Timber whose function wasn't to complete-
was selected because of ics allusion ro the ly eliminace noise buc co decTC'J.SC
paling fence rhat borders many Austmlian its impact in areas where it .#
residential blocks. macrered most and "co move ~
Behind the wall grows a wildAower g.lf- away from the standard
den, accompanied by a timber deck chac noise wall to something
sweeps upward from che adjacenc sidewalk chac was more sculptural ,"
and creates an elevated plinth for gather- said Sawyer.
tection by the seating arH

and tapers at the ends to main-
tain sight lines to adjacent foot·
paths. Park objectives included seat·
ing, shade, and noise attenuation, abore,
to be designed at a scale that promoted both
safety and flexibility of Lise. In 2005, after the
new Ra glan Street housing complex was complet·
ed but before the park was redesigned, leff, the
park contended not only with hea'tY traffic bllf.
also with contrasting residential arrangements
along Raglan Street and Esplanade East.
38 1 llndSCilpe Architecture Au cun IO n

Site Office worked with acoustic en~neers in experimenting wtth several wall configurations.
During che design process, Sire Office worked
with acoustic engineers in experimenting with sev-
eral different wall configurations. Each was tested
for effecti veness in meeti ng the state governmenr's
noise standards for residences, which definecllev-
e1s at 63 decibels (dBA). Prior to its redevelopment,
noise levels on the site measured benveen 66 and
70 dBA (the sound of a vacuum cle-J.ner). Sawyer
claimed dlar the final design would bring noise at-
tenuation down to:;8 dBA (rhe sound of a sewing
machine) behind the highest poim of the wall,
where the searing and shelter are located.
When LmdscdjJe A rrhitectflre visited the site, it
wasn 't immediately obvious that rhe noise wall
actually reduces the eraffic noise much, though
it de'J.rly protects users from the visual poliution " "
of the [ruck route. Dwayne Carter, coordi nator of
park services for the ci ty, admitted [ha t no
The park was completed in 2007, top. The wall was

E:o:isting Condition New Variat>le Height W".I (O.6-3.2m)
designed on Knew piles rather than continuous strip
footing to avoid damage to the existing eucalyptus.
Site Office worked with acoustic engineers to model
<D"
a variety of different wall configurations before
choosing a more sculptural wall, right. --
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The warying sile and spacing of the
perforatklns in the shade structure
cast a " shade lace" tablecloth onto
the pic:nic: area below.
East, it was obvious from talk-

ing to the residents that (hose
on Raglan Su·et"t (where (he af-
fordable housing was located)
claimed most ownership over
the space.
" It 's an improvement over
what was there previously,"' said
one resident from Esplanade
East. Bm did she use the park?
"Oh no---I've got my own bar-
becue and a nice backyard."
Residents of Raglan Street £old
a different s(Ory. Said one resident,
" I enjoy JUSt going duwn there
• and sitting with friends. We don'r
have a yard or barbecue here, so
acoustic measurements have been raken If You Build It, Will They Come? it's handy (0 go to (he park."
since (he completion of the park bur fL-els Although the park was positioned so chat Caner believes the addition of rhe park
certai n [hat [he noise has been somewhat it could be accessed by people from has been beneficial to (hose on Rag lan
attenuated. Ragland Street as well as tonier Esplanade Su·eer. ''The area is used extensively by rhe
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ly during the weekends." Since its redevel- Was it worth Street complex were walking their dogs and
talking on their cell phones along the trian-
opment, maintaining the park has also be- gleof green lawn in front of the apartments
come easier. "The site does not act as a taking such an - not in the park, juS{ a minute's walk
dumping ground for residential debris as it away- was revC'J.ling.
once did, as the community has embraced
the site as their own," commented C1.rter.
undesirable site and So was it worth taking such an undesir-
able site and converting it intoa neighbor-
O ne Raglan Street resident, Paul ina
Nookura, was on her way to work at the
converting it into a hood park? Site Office was successful in
taking the difficul t space and inserting a
smal! convenience store a few blocks down
when I asked her about the park. Her re- neighborhood park? design whose site elements and materials
responded well to the scale of the commu-
sponse was ful! of enthusiasm. "I go there nity. TIle positive feedback from residents
ne'dfly every day. I sit by the barbecue and battle scars of gmffiti and carvings along and their claims of use re-Jffirmed th IS, de-
chat with friends. The fence doesn't do the length of the picnic table reaffirmed spite the traffic noise. T hese residents clear-
much for the noise, bm it does hide the the popularity of its use. But where were ly needed some son of outdoor retre-J.t to
craffie. It's jusc a g rC'J.C place co hang our." al! the people? compensate for the lack of it in their units.
Apparencly not everyone in the neigh- At the time I arrived, there was an eld - But it's unclC'J.r whether this slIVer of "lost"
borhood ag rees. As I wandered the site on erly man sitting upright on one of rhe space was the beSt one to transform-or
asunny T hursday afternoon chis past May, scools, dozing. A few pedestrians and a cy- whether the empty green wedge of lawn
[ noticed the wall had weathered into a clist CUt through the park On Raglan Street, di recdy in front of the Raglan Street com-
dull gray and is dotted with graffiti; some residents were working on cars and young plex would have been bener.
could argue this may add co its domestic workers were com ing home from jobs, and
feeL Nesc1ed behind che wall g rew nacive a few people calked outside on their cell Glm/eJb Newman Leigh, International ASLA,
flax, swamp g oodenia, tufted bluebell, phones, wandering along the tri angular is a landscape architect lifJing ill Canberra.
bidgee-widgee, angled lobelia, and choco- g reen lawn directly in front of che com- Amtralia. COlllact her at gweneth.leigh @
lace lily cascadi ng over one anocher. The plex. 'nle facc chat people from the Raglan gmai l.com.
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HEN r WAS A KID, my g randfa-
HIDDEN ESOURCES of g roundwater is located within one-half
It's time for a
W
ther hired a dowser to help determi le of the land surface. Only a very smal l
mine rhe best location to con- percentage of groundwater is accessible
struct a well. A dowser, or water sustainable approacb to and can be used for human activities.
witch, uses a forked stick called a Most cities meet their needs for water by
divining rod to locate underground water. gro un d\Va ter l'esoLLrces. withdrawing it from the nearest riwr, lake,
Dowsing is not based upon any known sci- or reservoir, but many depend upon
emiflc laws, and the experts will tell you By James l. Sipes, AS LA groundwater as well. Water is already in
tlla[ it doesn't work, but for my grandm- short supply in many pans of the U nited
ther, it was better than just guessing about Groundwater is one of the nation's most Scares, and it is only going m getworse. Ac-
[he location of groundwater. critical natural resources. Groundwater is cording to che Uniced Scaces Geological
Groundwater is a hidden resource , and the largest source of usable water stomge in Survey (USGS), groundwater is the source of
to learn more abom this resource we have this country, containing more water than about 40 percent of the water used for pub-
to rely on more than our five senses. For- all resenroirs and lakes combined exclud- lic supply and provides drinking water for
tunately for landscape architects, we don'r ing the Great lakes. According to scien- more than 97 percent of che ruml popula-
have to resort to dowsing to gain a better tists, an estimated one million cubic miles tion in this country. Between 30 and 40 per-
undemanding of groundwater. Ground- cent of the water used for the agricultural
water mapping and modeling help make The groundwater resources of Licking County industry comes from groundwater. Lmd-
decisions 3bom how to manage water re- in central Ohio include specific weHs as well as scape architects need co understand ground-
sources in terms of both water quality and the potential water yield of areas within the water if they are going CO continue co make
water quantity. county in tenns of gallons per minute. good decisions about sustainable resources.
42 1 LandlCillpeArcbiteciure ~UGUST:OU
How Landscape Architects Are The potentiometric: surface of the Lower Dakota Metropark is situated at the headwaters of
Worki ng with Groundwater Aquifer, sbove left, represents the lewel to which the Huron River, and interpreting rhe
Resources water will rise, while the potential drawdown, area's hydrology is an importanr part of rhe
Landscape architecture firm MSI Design, sbore right, a cone-shaped depression cilused planning approach. For the project, water
which has offices in Orlando , Florida; by wells pumping large amounts of water, can is pumped from an underground aquifer
Pasadena, California; and Columbus, Ohio; wind up lowering the water lewel in an aquifer or and used for tempemture control. Once
was involved in two projects where ground- reducing wilter quality_ A map shows a cross the water is pumped through the build-
water concerns had to beaddressecl. The Big section of a potentiometric SlJrface and flowing ing, ir returns to rhe surrounding sire, sup-
Darby Accord \'qatershed Plan provides a wells of the Lower Dakota Aquifer, below, plying (he nearby weclands and ponds.
comprehensive long-term land-use plan for During summer monrhs the warer is
protecting 55,000 acres of the Big Darby drological modeling was used to evaluate piped to an adjacent ··spmy zone," where it
\'qatershed in Franklin Coumy, which is the potential impacts of proposed land-use is collected and used for irrigation at an
JUSt west of rheciry of Columbus. The Ac- changes on natuml resources. adjacem golf course.
cord P lan mkes a proactive approach to The James Clarkson Environmental One of rhe more dmmaric examples of
managing development and ensuring the Discovery Center, another MSI projecr, is the need for understanding groundwater
protection and improvement of water qual- part of a 90-acre site locared within resources is the Gilbert and Mosley project
ity and aquatic habitat in the watershed. Huron- Clinton Metropolitan Authority"s in Wichita, Kansas. Designers and plan-
MSI developed rhree altemarive plans ror the 2,215-acre Ind ian Springs Metropark in ners wirh the city took an innovative al>-
arf'J., and rhese were analyzed to determine Southeast Michigan. The Discovery Cen- prooch to addressing groundwater contam-
which was best at balancing human needs ter focuses on the explorJ.tion and celebrJ.- ination. '!lle contamination was discovered
with the environmental requirements. Hy- tion of the natural environment. The during rourine resting of the g roundwarer
in the downtown area, and a
six-square-mile area was found
Rechatlt'l Arn Nonllowing WeHln to be toxic.
Level 0 1 Wtliin '- Uncont'loed
POIIflIic)melric: Aqultlt......... The Environmental Prorec-
Flowing Well Sur11<:1t 01 Cont'loed Confined
Aquifer "' tion Agency considered placing
in COtlliold Aquifer
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"",.."",,, the site on its Superfund l ist
until the city of\'qichira agreed
to accept responsibility. The
r ----G'YltI0 1 Unconfined impact upon public health,
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economy would have bee n
Unc_.-.q....
A ....... fI/*k _ _ devastating ifSuperfund status
had been assigned. Much of
downtown Wichita would have
turned into a ghost town.
To start the process of clean-
ing up the groundwater, the
city constructed the \'{1ichita

•
Are.! Tre.!tmem, Education, and Remedi- The Lower Dakota Aquifer is a miljor source Early on, recogn1zing that it was nor
ation Cemer, wh ich serves as boeh a treae- of water for western Iowa, The map, above fe-J.Sible co rescore t he aq uifer co drinking
ment system and an environmeneal educa- right, shows the elevation of the aquifer. water standards in a eimely manner, the
tion ceneer for the community. 111e project Hydrological data is collected from wells city decided to focus on coma1ning the
cose approximately $22.6 million co com- in the area and entered into a statewide concam ination ae higher leve1sand imple-
p lete . Ie included a 3,OOO-square-fooc database that is used to model changes to meneing more obcainable remediation
g roundwaeer ereaemene building and a the aquifer, The Lower Dakota Aquifer's goals. Extensive groundwaeer modeling
6,300-square-fooe environmencal educa- capacity is measured in gallons per minute was conducted co deeerm ine where co in-
tion ceneer. per foot, above left, seal! extraction wells and develop (he mose
~UCUST 20 09 Landscape Architecture 145

meanders through the site before run-
TECHNOLOGY ning into the Arkansas River.
Protecting the Resources

efficient pumping system to pull water In recent years we have developed an un-
from the aqujfer. derstanding that groundwater and sur-
Since the groundwater treatment sys- face water are fundamentally intercon-
tem began opemting in December 2002, nected and are integml components of
ir cie-dns on avemge approximately 1.2 the hyd rologic cycle. In spite of that,
millIOn gallons of contaminated water most laws govern ing groundwater issues
e-dch day. Although this may sound as if are based on ellIS norion that groundwa-
a lot of water is being tre-Med, experts es- ter and surfiu:e water have noth ing (0 do
rimate thar ar this mte it could rake up to with each other. In most pans of the
50 years to cie-dn up rhe contaminated country, surface water is governed by
grOlmdwater. doctrines of riparian law or prior appro-
The site improvements were incorpo- priation. Groundwater has traditionally
mted into an existing (Xlrk- Herman Hill been treated as acommon resource, with
Park- and an emphasis was placed on aes- virtually no restrictions on accessing the
thetics and environmental sustainabil iry. wafer. If you can afford to pay someone to
\'\fater from the fish observation area drill a well and you happen to hit water,
overflows into a constructed creek fhat you can do whatever YOll want with it.
Modeling Tools groundwater recharge and discharge, while

ANY Of THE DIGITAL TOOLS USED to model STRMDEPl08 is used to calculate stream-flow
M groundwater ha,e been developed o,er depletion from wells.
the years by the United States Geological The Department of Defense's Groundwa·
Suney [uSGsl. Most of the modules for ter Modeling System [GMsl is one of the
groundwater modeling can be downloaded most sophisticated groundwater modeling
free of charge, but many of these programs programs a,ailable. GMS is a comprehensive
were written in the fORTRAN computer lan- software package for developing computer
guage and are not all that user friendly. For- simulations of groundwater problems. It pro-
tunatel)' man)' of the newer programs hawe vides tools for ewe.., phase of a groundwater
graphic interfaces that make the modeling simulation including site characterization,
programs much easier to use. model development, post·processing, cali·
MODfLOW, de,eloped b)' the USGS, is cur- bration, and visualization. The current ver·
rently the most widel)' used numerical model sion of GMS provides an interface for popular
for analyzing groundwater flow problems in programs such as MODflOW, MODPATH, MT3D,
SELUX offers 0 range of technolog- the country. Flow from wells, recharge RT3D, fEMWATER, and SEEP2D.
ically odvonced, architecturally zones, evapotranspiration, drains, and The GMS interface is separated into seYer-
riverbeds and creeks can be simulated. al modules; these modules contain tools that
designed, high quality luminaires
MODFLOW-200S is a current wersion that can allow manipulation and model creation from
including Dark Sky compliant, LED
be used to address such issues as water different data types. Of these, the Map mod·
and solar powered lighting systems. awailability and SI!Stainability, interaction of ule provides a suite of tools that are proba·
groundwater and surface water, seawater in· bly of most interest to landscape architects.
trusion, and remediation of contaminated The Risk Analysis Wizard is another tool that
groundwater. ModelMuse is a graphical in- should be beneficial to landscape architects.
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WhAEM 2000 is a groundwater flow model
designed to delineate zones and map pro-
It is used to quantify the risk of a contami-
nant exceeding critical levels in groundwater
or the risk of a capture zone. Man), ground-
light. Ideas. Syste ms. tection areas. The program was developed water models are starting to incorporate GIS
by the EPA and is used to support many of data since the technology helps create more
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\VJe have gotten to a point where eas tern part of the state are no
the unregulated pumping of ground- longer recharged at the same rate as
water is no longer a viable option. In in the past.
many partS of the COlllltry, g round-
water is being withdmwn at mtes Data at the Local Level
that are not sustainable, and the re- Gn:xmdwater management decisions
sult is a degradation of water quali - are made at the state level, not at the
ty and quantity. The water level in federal level. State and local agencies
aquifers is being lowered, and be- manage water resources and collect
cause we keep digging dc'Cper and and analyze local data. Each scate
det:per wells to access the water, the prOOuces a report abom g roundwa-
water quantity is furth er depleted. ter within its borders. For landscape
In coastal areas, intensive pumping architects, the best source of ground-
of fresh g roundwater has caused water information is from the state,
saltwater to seep into freshwater counties, or reg ional water districts.
aquifers. Groundwater is also critical Many states are using interactive
for the environmental healchofrivers, maps for sharing groundwater in-
wetlands, and estuaries throughout formation. r or example, the Ken-
the country. Groundwater with-
drawals can result in reduced flows ------
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tucky Geolog ical Survey (KGS) fn-
teractive Groundwater-Q uality
to Stredms and alter wetland hydrol-
og y. Changes in stream flow have
important implications for water
-- ~-
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Data Map displays grollndwater-
qua!ity dam for Kentucky. Users
can choose from a list of 32 layers co
and flood management, irrig ation, The King County (Washington} Groundwater Protection Pro- display incl uding geology, water-
and planning. gram defines five groundwater mana gement areas, above. Is- shed boundaries, roods, orthopho-
There are hundreds of examples saquah Creek Valley, beww, which is located east of down- cography, and sinkholes. T here are
across the country where groundwa- town Seattle, is one of the groundwater mana gement area s seven types of information abouc
ter is threatened. TheCalifornia De- defined in the King County Groundwater Protection Program. groundwater, including water well
partment of Health Services reporc- This map shows the susce ptibility of areas within the manage- and spring record search , water well
ed tWO years ago that more than 300 ment area to groundwater contamination. Areas with a high and spring location map servi ce ,
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public supply sources and an equal- susceptibility need iI greate r level of protectio n. g roundwater-quality data search ,
ly large number of private home graphi cal groundwater-quality
..
owner wells were contaminated and
should not be used. In portions of
the Southwest, Northeast, and Mid-
west , arsenic occurs natumlly in
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comparison service, groundwater-
quality data map service, karst po-
temial index map service, and the
KGS water research home page.
groundwater at levels that exceed
drinking waterscandards, and many
municipalities are now debating
whether co build treatment plams
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Counties across the country are also
implementing their own groundwa-
ter policies. For example, in 2001 ,
the King County Council in Wash-
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or reservoirs. Either will cost hun-
dreds of millionsof dollars. Accord-
ing to the Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality, approxi-
--- ington state created the Groundwa-
ter Protection Progrdm to provide
management, policy, and technical
expertise co help protect the quality
mately one-third of Arizona water and quantity of the groundwater
systems exceed the level set for ar-
semc polsonmg.
One long-term impact of the
1988 droug ht in the Midwest is
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resources in thecounty. Oneobjeccive
of the program is co help local com-
munities identify groundwater
protection needs and to integrate
that many aquifers were over- groundwater issues with other local
pumped by farmers seeking to save
their crops and their way of life .
Arkansas residents use groundwater
to meet approximately 9 3 percent
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planning ef1Orrs, such as growth man-
agement plans. King County uses an
interdctive map that enables visitors
co select and query groundwater in-
of their water needs. That is a major formation through web-based maps
problem because aquifers in the and geographically based sorrware.
Aucun lOot LiindscapeArchihclun 147

TECHNOLOGY Louisiana Aquifer
Recharge Potential
Data at the
National Level
Dma about groundwater has
been (ollened in the United •
States for decades. One respon-
sibi [icy of the USGS is to a5S("SS the Rccharge I)otcntial
quantity and quality of the na-
None
Low
tion"s water supplies.
Modcnllc
111c USGS National Water In- H;gh
formation System (NWIS)comains
wacerdata for the nation. USGS has
offices around rhe country, and these
offices collect local data and condua
studic'"S in a particular are" as part of
NW IS. The g roundwater database
contains records from about 850,000
wells, and data has been collected for
more chan 100 yens. Measurements are
commonly recorded at five - [Q 60-
minute intervals and transmitted to the
NW[Sdacabaseevery one ro four hours. The The aquifer recharge potential of each area in the state is defined as none, low, moderate,
Grouncl-\'\facer Database includes mOTe or high. Ideill", denser development would occur within the areilS with the lowest recharge
than 850,000 records of wells, springs, resc potential. AreilS with high rec harge potential should implement best management practices such
holes, tunnels, drains, and excavations. Each as low-density development, rain gardens, pervious material, and 0 percent stormwater runoff.
well location includes informacion such as
latitude and longitude, well depth , and on aquifers and ocher water resources for use mcxleling [0 know what these mooels show
aquifer. This infom1ation is available online with GIS programs. The GIS data includes and how we should use the information.
through USGS's t\1WIS Web Interf.lce. information on aquifers, dams, groundwater A groundwater model is intended co
TIle Regional Aquifer-System Analysis cl imate response network, hydrologic units, represem a simplified version of the
Program was initiated in 197 7 as a re- surface water sampling sites, streamflow processes and char.!cterist ics of a ground-
sponse to droughts during that year, Com- stations, warer use, and geneml hydrogm- water system . Ie is on ly wirhin recem
puter models were used wdevelop estimates phy dara. Groundwater maps, which are of- decades rhat scienrists have developed
of current and future water availability for ten prepared by state water departments or mooeling techniques for estimating the
aquifers and provide a baseline for fuwre by the USGS at a national level, show sever- amount of groundwater scored unde r-
swdies. The National \'V'ater-Q ualiry As- al types of data, including the expecred ground. Groundwater mooels can be used
sessment Progmm was developed by the yield of a particular drilled well; well depdl; throughout all phases of the design and
USGS in 1991 w detennine the condition of aquifer type; depth to bedrock; naturally oc- planning process.
our nation's streams, rivers, and groundwater. curring, inorganic chemicals; and ground- The first step in the modeling process
T he GrOlllld \Vater At/as of the UIl;ted water geology. Groundwater maps are pri- is [0 construct a conceptual model that de-
Stater, developed by the USGS, includes the marily defined using geologic contacts and scribes the groundwater system. A concep-
location and the hydrologic and geologic hydrogeologic divides. Groundwater maps tual groundwater model can be used co
characreristics of rhe principal aquifers typically use USGS wpographic maps as a understand the extent of a groundwater
throughom the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and base, and they include significant natural system. The next step is co rake this de-
the U.S. Virgin Islands. It consists ofan intra- and man-made features such as roads, scription and express it in a mathematical
ducwry d lapter and 13 descriptive chapters, streams and rivers, lakes, and build ings. model. 'nle tWO models comain rhe same
each covering a multistate region of the TIlese maps are generated from well log and information, but the mathematical model
country. The arias provides basic informa- drilling reports, bedrock information, and expresses the information as a set of equa-
t ion that is useful for larger planning proj- geologic and hydrogeologic data. tions. T he abi lity to mt".lSure specific pa-
ects but should not be used for site-specific rameters of a groundwater system via
design projects. 11le data is simply too gen- Groundwater Modeling mathematical mooels mt".!ns you can cal-
eml for detailed si te design. L ll1dscape architects need [0 understand culate changes that occur.
TIle USGS also has geospatial information the basic fundame ntals of groundwater Analytic.!1 models can be used toevalu-

ate the physical charaereristics ofa ground- lake. Wle still aren·t sure if we are design- • KentuckyGeologicaJ Survey Interactive
water system. bndscape architects can use ing one of the prettiest lakes in Mississip- Groundwater-Quality [}J.ta Map, kgmUlp.
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An island off the Washington coast is the setting for a

woodland garden. By Clair Enlow • api St ub
ROM A BAYSIDE OJFF ne-J.f [he foot of when discovered after a walk in the woods. seclusion and the scenery and wanced to
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Lopez Island, the low screech ofan eagle The sire has its own story, and the closeness enjoy it and share It with guests. They
and rhe lapping ofsmall \V.lvesare often of trees and memories provides the forest brought Broadhurst, who had designed the
the only sounds. lopez is one of the San yin to the yang of the cliff and water scenery. landscape for their previous home in Semcie,
Juans, a constellation of islands inside Broodhurst points to one of the larger to review the site from the air.
\'{1ashington state's marine waters. \Vhite evergreens on the site, where a large winch Broodhurst's work began with a plan
pe-.lks of the Olympics in the dismnce and is embedded in thebark-a tribute, he says, that includes a rebuilt and expanded main
the passage of [he occasional orca whale or to the ingenuity of the furmer owners, who house, a gamge, and a g uest cottage. The
kaY.lk complete dle scene. "Illis vastness is hauled their provisions up from the water. geology of the shore limits development
the final destination for the landscape se- Still reachable only by ferry, Lopez has long in a very nacural way. Because the bedrock
quence at the San Juan House, which sits been a refuge for artists and independent- comes so near the surhlCe around the bay,
very neu the land's edge above a small beach. minded setders such as the two women who septic systems are not easy to site and lim-
Paul Broadhurst, ASlA, of Paul R. Broad- had made a life for themselves here. The ited in cdpacity. \'V'ells must nO[ be over-
hurst + Associates, has based his design for new owners, who divide their time between drawn, or Se'dwater begins to srep in. 111ere
the site on the understanding that this re- lopez and the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, are other limits to development, includ-
ward should nO[ be rushed. In faCt , it is best were dmwn to the place by the peaceful ing a very aggressively enforced shoreline
Plantings at San Juan House blend in seamlessly with the breathtaking natural landscape and island scenery in Washington state.
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ordinance and a narure conservancy as far as [he

eye can see on one side of the b.'lY.
Respecrin!l rhese conditions, care was taken
to make use of rhe exisring house and garden
footprint and to lle'.I1 the foresr floorou tside (he
building and walkway parameters. 11le sepric
field is loc.lted under a "meadow" that lies in-
side the edges of the compound .
T he site narrarive be!lins with rile enclosu re
in theroresr and ends with release on rheshore.
TIle looped driveway appnxu:h to the sire is up-
i
The plan fOf the IandsCilpe, right, brings the forest I
understory and midstory through the compound at the
b;u:k of the house, while the waterside is designed to
K commod at e furnishings and gatherings, top.
Natiye plants and roc k work ed ge the SPll, abore.
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Ornamentals are largely confined to the gardens
that lie inside two fenced enciosnres, spilling
out onl,. slightly for spare seasonal color.
closed garden above before joining the ex-

pansive waterside patio and its various courts.
Either choice-into the front door and the
Iight-floo::led interior Of around to the oth-
er side of the house--Ieads to a sudden en-
counter with water, sky, and shore. The ex-
perience ofbwdking through to a clearing
in the woods is augmented by the sensation
of arriving at the edge of a precipice.
As a designer, Broadhurst is obsessed
with the margins between built and un-
buil t, structure and chaos. T his shows in
his handl ing of the concrete steps and
pathways through the forest. The large,
erched pavers are molded ro order in four
forms-flat, edge, right and left corners-
and placed over poured concrete founda-
land and co one side of rhe compound. A foresr floor, descending lightly into rhe rion wirh reveals so rhar rhey seem ro floor
sma!! paved arbor courr Hands beside the newly constructed wOCJdland and rheenrry above rhe chaos of rhe ground.
gamge, providing an arrival poi nt and !>et- to the house. Broadhurst has done more than he-d! the
ring up rhe entry sequence. From rhere, Before reaching rhe door, a foorparh de- ground nexr rorhe buildings, where die for-
srepped pavers seem poised jusr above [he parrs co go around rhe walls, passing rheen- esr parh leads down to che house. Soil was
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On the upland side of th e house as shown in the plan, be/o. right, where
the slopt between dri.tw,. ,nd front door is trnerstd, pned steps
stem to float abo.e the forut floor, right, and the nati.e plantings,
top right, blend with th e island en,ironment. The landscape is intimately
connedtd to th e foru t surroundings, prtSenring mid story plards 1,
and pro.iding , network of paths through the site, abore. ;
imported and built up co cre-.ue a spe<:ial intimacy between fOr- I

est floor and architecture. From rhe interior of rhe house,
the result of this land sculpting is to heighten contmst
benvttn the cool embmce of the foresr on one side
and the bright, open view on rhe ocher.
B~ldhurst also paid respeCl to [he legacy
of "the ladies," as he calls the original owners,
enclosing a vegetable and curring garden in
a more permanenr S(Qlle wall precisely where WOOOl..o\Jo'O
their deer-proof wire fence and garden had been. The "Al.K
pebble mosaic squares of rheir patio now pave rhe
landing on [he steep path to the beach.
J.;-;":;
11lt traditional gardening areas desired b y rhe
owners (including the original owners' reinwnted
wgttablegan:Je.n)arewniledofffromrheresr ofdl('
landscape. In this way, the built environment is
rightly controlled so that the woodland areas can be
more clearly at one with til(' nati\'e surroundings. v
Wl i
Go.
Broadhurst , who mme to the Pacific Norrh- ~ "ii,",,"" I

west from his narive England on a fellowship and
smyed co srudy and design upscale residential gar-
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dens in the &,mle area, has never lost his
hlscination with the natural environment
of the moumains, the Columbia Gorge,
and the coast. He has made a special study
of the Non:hwest plam palene, adapting
it [Ocomplement the decidedly modernist
lines of his pathways and hardscapes.
To make a poim that applies perfectly
[0 the &10 Juan House, he likes [0 quote
Gertrude Jekyll: 'This is hardly the place

for bearded irises!" As influences, he coums
Thomas Church, Luis Barragan- and Al-
ice Waters. When he dined at her famous
restauram in Berkeley, California, Chez
Panisse, "The menu communicated [0 me
where I was and the time of yt'J.r."
Broadhurst finds that native plants are
perfect communicators. Having cormlled
specialized are-as for growing cutting flow-
ers and vegetables, he gave the rest of the
site at the San Juan House over [0 native
plams. Some-the tall Douglas firs, sinewy
madronas, and mmpant sabl, for instance---
were alre-Jdy established and had only to be-
come pan: of the composition. But he spec-
ified more than 25 native species in (he
design. The exceptions are a stmtegic scat-
tering of gemnium, allium, and milkweed
that drifts OUt from the enclosures and along
level paths as if volumeering among the na-
tive plams.
These choices- a common thread in
Broadhurst's pmctice-are based on sci-
ence as well as aesthetics. "\'X'hat are the
niches (ecologically) we are creating in our
built landscapes?" he asks, rhetorically.
"\'X'hat plams ('dn best fill these spaces?"
He might have chosen any available
epimedium for the forese floor. Instead,
"Vancollveria (hexalldra) fills exactly r he
same ecological niche."
By deliberately drawing connections be-
tween popular commercial plams and
species that are native to the Pacific North-
west, Broadhurst shows how a native plant
palene can be applied to a design frame-
work of drifting g round cover, softly
mounding midstory plams, and low trees
- all under the iconic evergreens.
Cldir Elllmv is a freeldllce writer ill SMule.
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USTAlNABlLITY. 111e other day, I re-
S
alized that despircourconsmm use of
the [crm wdescribe best practices, we
designers seldom think about how
sustainability applies to the contin-
ued eXistence of our fi fms. Yee we've devot-
ed so much energy and timeroestablishing
these businesses, most of us motivated by
more than JUSt profit. W/e long ago accept-
ed the responsibility of maintaining a Staff,
raking on rhe burden of "mouchs [Q feed,"
\'{Thy is it so difficult to take the next seep?
It is particularly difficult co chink about
the futu re now, when rimes are rough
everywhere and JUSt rhe thought of next
month's payroll can seem overwhelming
for business owners. Consider (his: \'{lhac
if next month comes and you aTen'r there
to sign the checks?
\'{fill [he life of your firm end when you
die or recire, or will another generation of
partners chare a course for ehe future?
Of course, you may decide nor to keep
your name on ehe door, to lee your legacy
live on in memory on ly. As individual de-
signers, A. E. Bye and Dan Kiley contin-
ue to inspire, even though no offices exise YU UJl FJ J1JyJ
to maintain their influence directl y. And
large firms like WRT and l: DAW moved One owner lays
. out the steps for ensurinuu that
forward briskly aher the founding partners
wichdrew from active practice. your practice will continue after you retire.
I have always enjoyed the business side
of the profession, but even I d idn't stare By James A. van Sweden, FASLA
thinking about succession planning until
I reached che age of 60. By chat cime my and \'V'o!fgJ.ng at che helm has beneficed vance protects you and your business from
partner, \'V'o!fgang O ehme, FASLA, was my firm, my partners, and me. having to make reactive decisions.
nearly 65. Despite having reac hed an age I've admitted that even I came late to
where most people are alre-J.dy looking for- Proactive or Reactive? che game in terms of p lanning for the fu-
ward to retirement, we were FJ.r from slow- TIle ultimate benefic ofsuccession planning ture. A concrete fact drew my attention to
ing down. Fortunately, boch of us wefe in is maximizing return on your investment. che marcer. Many years ago, \'V'olfgang and
good health and loved our wOfk. Planning isn·t just a matter of retirement. I had taken out wha t are called ·'key man"
More than 35 years ago, \'V'olfg,mg and Whac would happen to your business if you insumnce policies. T hese policies insure a
I based our firm on a signature style. \'V'e became disabled, if your partner died or de- firm's continued operJtion should some-
decided 10 Ye'J.rs ago that we wanted our cided to pursue a different career? Succes- thing happen to the partne rs. A lways
legacy, the New American Garden Style, sion planning includes prepamt ion for aware of the bottom line, I not iced that
to live on within the firm we cre'J.ted. My unexpected evems. A comprehensive suc- eventually the premiums would reach an
own experience demons tmtes tha t the ef- cession plan would explore and address all of unsustainable level. So Wolfgang and I
fort of planning for a fu ture without me these concerns. Preparing for them in ad- agreed thac each of us would re tire at age
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77 (which is three yt"'drs away fOf me) and

consult with the firm thereafter. That de-
cision set ofT a lengthy process of deciding
how the firm would continue arrer we were
no longer ar the helm.
The only rhing Wolfgang and I ever ar-
gued about was plam names, and I recog-
nize rhat rhis made planning fur rhe rurnre
of Oehme, van Sweden & Associates easier.
Difficult decisions had co be made aoom
who would rake on Ibu:lership roles, how
those roles weredefinecl, and when the tmns-
fer would occur. And purring these decisions
0« wouldn't have made rhe process msier.
An Office Project Uke Any Other

Consider succession planning an office
project like any other. The first step is to as-
semble a te'dm of people who have rheskills
and knowledge to make it happen. Realize
that meetings are part of the process and
revisions will occur JUSt as they do during
the design process. A good setoflegal doc-
uments is as valuable to the success ion
planning process as well -prepared con-
struction documents are to a build our.
Your partners and prospective partners
are obviously indispensable in-house team
members. I have long said that \'qolfgang
and I are not geniuses individually, but to-
gether we balanced each other in terms of
both skills and personality. Ideally, partners
should oolance each ()[her; however, we were
aware that the second generntion of partners
would strike adi«erent equilibrium.
We selected several candidates for
partnership-all equally qualified, each
one an excellent designer who had proven
again and again, over 10 to 15 years of
working with us, that he or she could get
a job done right.
Here, I must resOrt to another analogy:
marriage. The period in which your
prospective partners are considering a
long-term alliance with you is an engage-
ment of sorts. l ike planning a wedding,
the very process of planning for succession
f<.""VeaIs differences of opinion, perception,
and expectation. For example, you will dis-
close financial demils you have never shared
with employees before. And the process of
committing arrangements to writing and

clarifying relationships reve-dls differences
in perception. Encourage candidates to
hire their own attorneys and to think for
themselves.
Don't be offended when you are not per-
ceived as a knight in shining armor by
(""Very employee you approach. Some may
reject your partnership offer. Remember,
it isn't personal; it's business.
O utside consultants are critically impor-
ram to the te-.un. A good attorney with expe-
rience in succession planning is essential. An
estate planner IS a wise addition to the team.
Talk with other CEOs

who have gone through
the process and llse your
team of advisers to help
in defining the ownership
transition plan.
Together, these advisers can explain the suc-
cession planning process and can help assure
that your plan legally, profitably, and afford-
ably considers your needs and objectives.
At OvS our team included partners and
pruspective partners, attorneys, taX advisers,
and our chief financial officer, whose back-
ground and training included succession
planning and estate management. She
helped us understand that we needed bmh
a plan and a strategy. We discussed different
exit strategies, roles, evolution of the firm,
and the timetable of the transfer of control.
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options best met our gools.
Ownership Transition:
What's in It for You?
Owner compensation depends on the finan-
cial health of your firm and your retirement
preferences. For example, do you want to
retire com pletely or tmnsition to an advi-
sory role? Do you wish to retain a percent-
age of the firm's ownership? \Xlhat are the
tax and estate planning implications of a
one-time payout versus compensat ion
throughout your lifetime ? Your options
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PRACTICE relaxes in a folly at
weekend getAway.
,
will be dicrared by a combination of \
the role you w ish to play in the firm's
future and the overall financial pic-
ture of your business.
111c beSt advice is co talk with oth-
I,
er CEOs who have gone through rhe
process, gather lots of information
from reliable sources, and use YOUT
tt'dm of advisers co help you navIgate
the following in defining the owner-
ship transition plan:
- Assist currell( leaders in [he devel-
opment of personal transition plans
that will meet thei r financial and re-
tirement objectives.
- Conduct a w.luation of [he fi rm to
determine the current market value and - Developexit stmtegies that correspond slXJken with lately, are experiencing a down-
stock price. wich che firm's overall scracegic plan. rurn in your business, don'c use chac as an ex-
- Evaluate seveml options for financing - Define an implementation schedule cuse not to plan. As a general rule, forecasc
the transition over a period of time. (timeline) for the ownership and Ie-Jder- and plan three to five ye-Jrs out. \'V'hen you
- Create buy/sell and stockholders' ship cransicions. reach chac milestone you can decide whecher
agreements. If you, like every orher firm owner I've or nor ic makes sense co implemenc the plan.
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Occasionally you wdl revise your plan. Working side by side approach a junior Staff memberabour ideas
Just as you might perform a IXlsroccupan- and prospects they won 't d are ask you
cy evaluation, you should periodically re- wilh your employees about. Assign writing tasks to more junior
visit and updaee your decisions in light of Staff, and encourage them to accept invita-
unexpened developments. Needs change in the office is not tions to speak on their own. Not everyone
over time. As designers we know that a has to be goodateveryrhing; however, it is
good plan accommodaees change. adequate lTaining. imporcam to idemify the areas in which
people excel and to encoumge them to fur-
Cultivating SuccessCHs: ther develop those talents.
leadership Transi tion valuable experience in speaking and pres- While professional education require-
Ie is importane to note the succession plan- emation. Everyone benefi rs as a result. ments have increased over the years, don't
ning process involves both ownership tran- Le-JJ"ning what works and what doesn't and miss the opportunity to play a role in culti-
sition and leadership e('.lOsition. O wnership 1e-J.rning how to talk before large and small \~J,ting staff members' knowledge and caste.
eransition address("S the legal and financial groups are valuable skills. In addition, com- Encoumge them to travel and co take pho-
issues, wh ile leadership tmnsicion address- mitting scaff to presentations recognizes tographs of what they see. Invite other land-
es how a firm conducts ics business and their design calenes and contributions. scape architens and designers imo the office
manages its operaeion after the founding Working side by side with your em- to present their work and to calk about their
principals step back from a managerial role. ployees in the office is not adequate tmin- design philosophy. AtOvS, we have learned
Scarr grooming your employees C"J.r1y on. ing. Take chern with you when you leave from professionals as disparate as Penelope
Long before I ceamed with Wolfgang, I the office. At OvS we have a tmdition of HobhoLiSC and Martha Schwarrz, ASLA.
learned the many benefits of putting even bringing staff into ehe field for plaming, Not every landscape architect has ehe
junior scaff members directly before the and these are days everyone looks forward persomllicy, che capacity, or the desire to
d iem, allowing them co present their own co and learns from. Invice associates co ac- lead a firm. \'{1hether hiring from oucside
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spirit- and by that I me-,\n their desire to

extend their creativity beyond the re-aIm of
design and into the business itself. T heabil-
ity to identify potential areas of expansion
and growth, an enthusiasm for marketing
and promorion, and an Instinctive net-
working ability are key characteristics of
potential fi rm biders. Designers with an
Developing leaders
for fu ture generations
is far more complex
than developing
an ownership plan.
entrepreneurial oudook will rake as much
inrerest in building the business as eheydo
in building a project.
In mose offices, partnership poeential is
displayed over years of successful project
management. In essence, every projece is a
microcosm of ehe business ieself. A projea
manager has to monitor budget, scheduling,
and time while de-..Iling successfully with the
cliene, the archieece, and other members of
ehe design ee-..Im. \'Vhen the project is com-
plete and profitable, a potentialle-..Ider will
be eager to spread the word aoout the proj-
ectand sustain ehe relationships established
over the course of the work.
Using one project as a springboard to
ehe next is the way business is buile and
maintained. A beamiful design delivered
on time and within budget is a significant
achievement, and employees who deliver
or coneribure to thae outcome are essen-
tial. What sets the entrepreneurial em-
ployee apart is his or her ability to use one
project to gee another either by promoting
a similar project toa newcliem Of by win-
ning a new job with the same client, archi-
tect, or engineer.
Developing leaders for future genera-
tions is r..lr mOfe complex than developing
an ownership plan. Thinking aoout mak-
ing today's employee tomorrow's partner

me-.ms actively pursuing change. Perhaps
this is why so many owners put off think-
ing about the future of their firm. It means
forging allmnces across generations whose
experiences and omlook are necessarily dif-
ferent from your own. Ultimately, it means
giving up control.
Considering the future leadership of the
next gencration includes identifying who
takes the helm. Lisa E. Delplace, ASLA, was
selected by her fellow principals, including
Sheila Brady, FASLA; Eric Groft, ASLA; m y-
self; and Wolfgang, for the role and respon-
sibility of chief executive officer. When
making this selection, we considered who
best understood rhe culrureof rhe firm and
who could balance our long-term goals and
objectives with our legacy of susrainable de-
velopment while crearing value for our cus-
tomers, investors, and employees.
Your Legacy, Your Way

Considering how late in the game we be-
gan, we were fortunate to have completed
the projecr well before Wolfgang or J
ne-J.red rerirement. \'Vhen J needed surgery
in 2003, J could focus on my recovery with-
Out worrying unduly abouc rhe office, safe
in (he knowledge chat wharever happened
we had a plan for it. Ac the same cime, the
work of the finn went on smoothly, and our
cliencs didn'r suffer due to our failure to
confront rhe future in a timely manner.
Succession planning takes cime but is
well worch t he effort. Our process rook
years and is srill evolving. Recently, we be-
came a woman-owned enterprise. This of-
fice project took us just a few months. Our
effort was screamlined by the fJ.cr rhat our
team was in place-partners, attorney, and
chi ef financial officer. \'Ve had already
ironed Out many of rhe issues involved.
The benefits are felt throughout ( he
ranks. \'Vhen employees know chat a suc-
cession plan is in place, it quells anxiety.
Many of the most frightening "whar if"
scenarios have already been considered and
are no longer the stuff of coffee break spec-
ulacion. Valuable sraff members are more
likely to scay and more likely to consider
a future at a firm chat is thinking about
its future.
jamfJ A. IIdIl Sweden, FASLA. is a follllding

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GREEN ROOFS
HIGH-MAINTENANCE
SUPERSTAR
The greell roof on tile
Califorll ia Academy of
Sciences is a stuIll1ing
feal of design.
What does it take to
keep this lIew ico]]
ready for its close-up ?
By Linda Mcintyre
i-IECAUR)RNIA AcademycfSciences'
T
new Renzo Piano-designed home in
Golden Gate Park is crowned by
what mUSt be the world's most fa-
mous green roof. h 's certainly (he
most fashionable, having won seemingly
unanimous rave reviews from critics (in-
cluding the 2009 ASLA Awards jury) as
well as props from rhe public. I['s one of
the mOSt visible, with rolling tOlXlgrnphy
that makes jt eye-popping even to viewers
at gmde. And it's beautiful, as wewimessed
during a visit in April----deeply and thick-
ly green, dotted with blossoms, buzzing
with ins('Ctsund birds,asliceof narure [hat
fits perfectly inco rhe surrounding land-
scape yet exudes an ocherworldliness wor-
thy of rhe next S(arTrek movie.
As wirh any celebriry, though, the srun-
ning images of this lush, undularing roof
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GREEN ROOFS
don't reveal what's behind the

scenes to prOOuce the seemingly
effortless gorgeousness. The diffi- ,-0
(ulty wasn 't only lifnng up a
piece of the Golden Gate Park
landscape and sliding the Academy under-
nt-dth it. Keeping this Icon of landscape com plex was raze--d in 2004). The Acade- HE ROOt: with irs domes echoing the
srarchirectut'e pnxlucing oohs and aaahs,
day in and day out, is a full-time job.
Of course, designing it was no small fe-J.t
my's board commissioned six architects w
pruposedesigns for a new building on the
site. Piano's ethereal wavy line drawing
T seven hills on which the city was builr
and reflecting rhe exhibirion spaces be-
low, was a structural challenge in itself.
either. T he process began In 1999, a and vision of a build ing deeply connected How were the layers of rhe green roof as-
decade after (he origina l Academy, a [Q chesurrounding landscape-ie's unusu- sembly, including [he g ranular growing
hodgepodge of a dozen buildings built al ly open and transparent fora museurn- medium, going to Stay in place?
over a span of85 years, was severely dam- carried rhe day over ambitious models by Usually, in a low-profile assembly such
aged in the Lorna Prieta earchquake (rhe other firms. as {his six-inch-deep one (as opposed to a
Ren20 Piano's squiggles, top,

captured the imagination of the
Academy's board. The original
Academy, right, comprised a
cluster of neoclassical buildings,
while the new building, abore,
sits more comfortably in
Golden Gate Part and its
surrounding landscape.

complicated roof garden with deep soil Hatches on the hills and the atrium, abo~e, An approach developed by SWA feacur-
that can sustain shrubs and trees), plugs or open automatically, complicating the irrigation ing drain intercepts in concentric circles
curcings of hardy succulem plams are schedule. The green roof is visible to visitors at was nixed by Piano as aesthet ically unac-
plamed in coarse growing medium spread grade, below, and the building's facade empha- ceptable. So SWA devised a network of 24-
like wpsoil over a Fairly Aat roof. As they size s both transparency and reuse lin th e form foot-square narrow linear gabions filled
grow and cheir root syscems develop, the of a panel from the original compound I. with black basalt scone co hold the medi-
plams "knit" the assembly wgether, con- um, drainage boards, and filter fabric in
tributing to its physical stability and water- scape architects were concerned that coo place while allowing water from rain and
processing function. In some situations, much water might accumulate at the bot- irrigation to drain through the system. In-
such as when high winds are an issue, rom of the slopes. Further compliclcing tersections and sloped areas were bolstered
biodegradable mats or horticultural glue matters was che need w preserve the in- with rebar, and polyester cord strap "sus-
helps w hold the system in place wh ile che tegrity of the waterproofing membr.lI1e, penders,·' the same material used to secure
plams grow in. which, according wJohn Loomis, ASLA, a containers on ships, help to hold the struc-
These domes, however, made stability principal at SWA Group in Sausalito, did cure in place. T he gabions, which extend
more problematic. They also presented an not allow for connections, pins, curbs, or over the Aat areas of the roof as well as the
extra challenge with regard w drainage, cleats to help give the assembly above the domes, also serve as ad hoc footpaths for
always an issue on a green roof- the land - membrane purchase. maintenance crews and researchers.
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decision that made the design more challenging. A grid of gabions,
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and helps keep the assembly in place. Synthetic straps, right, provide
additional stability. Design details, below, had to accommodate the
complex roof strudure. Filter fabric, bottom right, keeps fine particles 1 -.!Y
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their performance. A layer of growing medium was spread in the
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worked as a means to instal!
plams on the domes in a stable
fdShion, but the black plastic grid
look that characterizes many of
these green roof appl ications was
complerely at odds with this
high-style project. So Palll Kep-
han:, a restOf'J.rion ecologist whose
firm helped to develop a native
plam palette fOf the roof, and a
group of researchers developed a
biodegradable green roof module.
111tse 17 -inch-square trays are made of co- Plams were pregrown in about 50,000 The green roof has been edremel,. popular
conut fiber, a waste product from coconut of the trays at Kephart's Raila Creek N urs- with visitors, even rating a mention in the
cultivation in the Philippines, held togeth- ery before being transported to the roof, gossip column of a local newspaper.
er with natur.. llatex. They hold three inch- where an additional, shallower network of
es of growi ng medium, treated with my- gabions was constructed to hold the medi- the modules did not bre-J.k down before
corrhizal fungi co jump-scare root growth, um and crays in place on the steepest being placed on the roof.
and sit on three add itional inches of med i- slopes, about 60 degrees. T he biodegrad- \'<'hile the outlines of the trays were vis-
um spread OUt in the large squares deline-J.t- ability, however, made it important to ible during our visit, they were clearly
ed by the gabions. keep to the construction schedule so that breaking down . Indeed, says Loomis,a few
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months after installation a small leak re- (with nonpotable water). The Rain Mas- degt"f"C days with a big wind, we can't wa-
quired that a few trays be removed for re- rer irrigation system is designed with pop- ter until afrer nine at night because there
pair. The bottom of the trays had virtually up heads and rotary nozzles, automated via is an automatic lock on the sprinkler sys-
disaplJe'dfed and the plants had developed software that controls the amount of water tem," says Good. "Maybe we could have
six-inch rout systems. based on we-Jther conditions (a we-Jther laid a subsurhICe irrihoation system in those
station is part of the system) that influence areas. \X/e're using rotators on the rest of
Low Maintenance? Not Quite evapotmnspiration. Pelletized organic fe r- the roof; they work fine in the flat areas but
The true test of a design comes after the ti lizer is occasionally broadcast by hand. they're nor good in the wind." Good wish-
glamour shots and awards ceremonies. The The roof's complex design makes grow- es that these variations had been addressed
ongoing demands of this roufare, and will ing plams lip there much more difficult. in the design of the irrigation system; try-
continue to be, especially high because of "TIle modeling of the domes, aoo how they ing to remedy the situation after the m.ct
its complicated terrain, high visibility, and interact with the wind, is a new problem,"' has Ix."en difficult (see "Advice for Design-
constant sU'C'"m of visitors with high ex- says Good. "J'm dealing with desiccation, ers of Green Roofs," page 72).
IX""Ctations. Most of the responsibility for which affects plants and establishment, Good's mncern about the plams is un-
maintaining the roofs star power F"lls to which then affects erosion." Microclimates derstandable since a unifOrm cover is a big
Alan Good , the Academy's landscape ex- are always an important factor on green parr of the design program- Piano's sus-
hibits supervisor. He and a colle-Jgue over- roofS, perhaps the most imrxmant element tainability objectives did not include those
see the two and a half acres of planted roof, that determines which plants will g row two fJCtS ofhorciculrut'Jllife, succession and
along with about five acres of grounds. A where. For example, areas around ehe air- seasonality, and visitors come prepared to
commercial landscape crew helps with handling systems afe dry, making it diffi- be wowed by the roof. l1leir expectations
weeding (weeds afe hand pulled, not cult to keep plants alive. can be pretry specific: A movie in the plan-
zapped with chemicals) and geneml mow- The domes over ehe min forest and plan- etarium shows im;lges of the roof shot after
and-blow-related tasks ehree eimes a week, etarium exhibit spaces are fieted wieh cir- a big seeding of California poppies, but
and a volunteer corps is being tmined in cular skylights that open by sensors during since the other plams have established the
weed identification to provide additional che day to release moisture and lee fresh air poppies can't self-seed in ehe dense cover. So
help. The roof gees frequene irrigation in. "Jf we have one of these crazy hundred- Good plugged about 1,500 poppies from

stubs, hoping to add color and di\'ersiry and to look good- an early mock-up fright- The hills have made for a challenging horticul·
give visitors what they came roset. ened the architect with its unkempt ap- tural environment; some microclimates hne
Keeping ehe plane paletre diverse, in pearance,says Loomis. Four perennials and proven more hospitable than others.
keeping wieh the Academy's habitat ob- five annual wildflowers made rhe Cut (see
jenives, has been tough. A lot of care went "Plant List,'· page 75). that was not consistent with Rana Creek's
in(O choosing the plants t hae comprise Aoout a yC"'Jr and a half after {he planrs specification and was the result of a substi-
most of the roof's cover (an exhibition gar- were installed on the roof, however, rheir turion by a contractor. Such glitches are
den around the observation deck was plant- distribution was hardly equivalent. One of common on green roofS-since few stan-
ed wieh a broader array of naeive species (0 the perennials, Prttllella VIIIgaris, had taken dards exist, most media are nor reseed, and
give visitors a trC"'Jr and take advantage of over about 70 percene of rhe roof. Armeria not all installers understand rhe parricular
a protecred microclimate). Frank Almeda, maritima and Sedlil/l spdthlllifolilll/l were ch;II'Jcrerisrics of growing medium as op-
a senior botanist at the Academy, and barely in evidence. posed to soil.
Kephart tested about 30 species on the To some exrenr {his kind of variability The decision (0 use natives raised the
roof of {he old ACldemy before demoli- is {he norm on green roofs. In rhis case, rhe bar on mainrenance. Because native planes
tion, looking for California natives that growing medium might have played a at grade have been billed by many adv()-
could stand up (0 the harsh condirions on role: The urea content in (he growing cates as low orno maintenance, some mis-
the roof and provide habitat. T hey also had medium was very high. Kephart told us takenly think [hey offer an C"'J.Sy solurion
W
E ASKED ALAN GOOD, the landscape exhibits supenisor at the wind effed on the hills, and some thennal modeling on what happens
California Academ)" of Sciences, what advice he has for de· with the wind on a sunn)" dar. The constant wind on the southern and
signers about thinking long·tenn; while some is specific to western ends of this roof Is creating completely different water needs
this unique place, much of it applies to green roofs in certain zones, and those water needs were not ad·
across the board and, indeed, landscapes in general. dressed In the way the lirrigation s)"stem wasllaid out.
Consider Maintenance in the Design ADVICE FOR I'm looking at products like Hydrasorb and different
"One thing that's a constant when )"ou talk with opera· polymers to mix in with the soil. There are environmen·
tions and maintenance staff on any architedural project DESIGNERS OF tal concerns about what happens if those get into the
is, where do I plug in my drill, where do I get water- water s)"stem, and how to apply it after the fad and so
these very basic: simple daily infrastructure needs that GREEN ROOFS on. I'm trying to address these issues with fine tuning,
escape the big·picture designers' thinking. That is ex· but these are clumsy tools."
actly where I would start if I had input at the beginning of a projed. I Th ink About Com po sting th e Trimm i ngs
have pallets of organic fertilizer sitting on a loading dock that's four Because biomass doesn't break down quickl)" in green roof growing
floors awa)" from me, and I have to get it up here by hand. That's a medium, trimmings of pruned or dormant plants have to be taken off
huge maintenance cost. If we had a full·size freight elevator that the roof by hand and thrown awa)". "What I'd like to do if I had the
came rigllt up to the roof, we could be much more ambitious." time and the space is to set up a composting operation on the ground
Anticipate Microclimate Effects on the Design floor so we could cart the waste offtheroof,compost it,and bring it
"The designer should have done a wire·framed computer model of the back up," sa)"s Good.
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GREEN ROOFS
on green roofs. [n most cases,

nothing could be farther from the
truth- using natives immensely
complicates the task of establish-
ing a stable plant community un
a roof and the quick cover essen-
tial co Stop weeds frum colonizing
exposed areas.
\'1hilc some rough analogues co
a rooftop situation exist in nature
in some regions, careful science-
based analysis (such as the research
and testing that were carried out
on this project) is required to
choose an appropriate plant
palcne, and the mature roof will
almost certainly need irrigation
and frequent irnervenrion (as on this roof). esmblishmenc period, don't need a loc of goocl looks means chat the irrigation and
Simple, thin green roofS planted primari - maintenance after the first year or two. O n ferri lization will continue into the foresee-
ly With hardy succulents, while nor no this roof, although [he plants were select- able fmure.
maintenance, usuallydon'c need irrigation ed for relatively low water ;md nutrient re- "'My operating principle is that the irri-
and, if weeded and monitored during che quirements, the demand for 24/7/365 gation is going to have to be constant,"
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says Good. "Theamount of water is going
to determine the number ofspecies we get
Plant List addition to the education provided to the
visiting public through tours and inter-
and the amount ofcoloL lfyou let it go for
two days, even in April, there will be a lot
T "ESE PLlNTS were selected to comprise
the main plant palette, based on toler-
ance of har1ih rooftop conditions, low nutri-
pretive signs, the comings and goings of
flora and fauna are closely monitored. Stu-
of dieback; the le-dves will shrivel up. So if dents from San Francisco State University
ent and water requirements, ground· hugging
we want to (tweak the irrigation to) get height, habitat value for local animals and
are taking momhly samples of insect life,
rid of some of the moss, and let some of insects, and year-round visual interesL The and high school and college interns are
the Prill/ella die back in the hot summer list was winnowed from a bigger group of working with the Academy's botanist to
months, It'S tricky. People will ask, about 30 speciH tested on the roof of the monitor an empty test plot on the roof's
'What's wrong with the rooP'" Good and old Academy before it wa1i demolished. west side to t!".lCk what plant species show
others at the Academy hope to educate the upon the roof without intervention. Even-
public about the true nature of the Califor- Perennials tually Academy rese-drchers hope to intro-
nia landscape and gradually move away Armeriil rmlfitima ssp. cil/ifo",;cil duce the threatened San Bruno elfin and
from the year-round lush green impera- - California 5eapink Bay checkerspot butterflies to the habitat
tive, but that's a long-term plan. Frayria tbiloensis - Beach strawberry on the roof; the exhibition garden was de-
None of this is to say that native plams Prunell. yulgaris ssp. hookeri - Selfheal signed with a lot of larval host planes such
should never be used on a green nxl. But Set/um spathulifol;um as Asclepias jascimlaris, bm they take a cou-
they should be chosen with care and used - Broadleaf stonurop ple of years to mature before they become
with the knowledge (hac additional main- useful to the butterflies.
tenance will be requi['(--d. Thi s approach Annuals
seems to work best when the plant palette Eschuholz;a ca/;(o",;ca - California poppy So How Green Is that Roof?
serves a well-defined set of objectives mther Lasthenia ca/i(om;ca - California goldfields Piano has talked at lengch ;Ibout his nature-
than a hazy desire fur ecological correctness. LiI,ia platyglossa - Coastal tid)'tips based inspirations for the Academy building
At the Academy, the roof and its land- Lup;nus bkolor - Miniature lupine - the "spider web" glass-and-metal ceil-
scape of native plants ser\'e the insti{Ucion's Plantilgo erect. - Dotseed plantain ing of the atrium, the ··le-dflike" quality of
dual mission of education and research. In the solar panels chat limn the edge of the

GREEN ROOFS
roof- and the importance of its sustainable

ff"J.tures, including the use of a lot of recy-
cled materials in construcrion and the re-
l)rcling of must of (hedemoli(ion material.
And, of course, (here's (hat nxl.
111e roof makes a significant contribution
(0 the building's ecological bona fides. I(·s
certainly the mose obvious and lite ral

"gr«:n" element. I( gave a big boost (0 (he
project team·s successful effort (0 secure
LEED Pla(inum certificarion,eaming points
for srormwater management (ehe roof was
designed co retain almost all of (he min that
FJ.l!s on the building; any runoff is din:"(red
co infiltmtion beds); water efficiency (the
plants are irrigaced by an efficienr system
with non potable water); energy savings ([he
green roof is estimated co keep che incerior
about 10 degrees cooler than a convention-
al roof would); sound anenuarion ([he roofis
estimated ro deflect high-frequency sound
and reduce low-frequency sound by 40 deci-
bels); reduction in urban heac island effect;
and habitat.
Environmenralists might raise ques-
tions like these:
- How green can new construction, led by
a designer jetcing in from Italy, possibly be?
- Does it maHer if materials are recycled
and biodegmdable, like the coconut fiber
in the modUles, if they have ro be shipped
halfway around the world ?
- Wil l one roof's worth of native plants
make a meaningful contribution to wild-
life habitat?
- \"X1ouldn'ca flat, chin green roof, planted
with drought-resistant succulems, be more
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ecologically virtuous than a starchi cectur-
ai, plam-stressing domescape plamed with
relatively fragile, thirsty natives?
And arguments can be mooeon che och-
er side. TIlis was noc a greenfield project,
for example-the building's footprint is
smaller chan that of its p redecessor (at
400,000 square feet, ic's 20 percent bigger
but much of it is underground, so the site
has an additional acre of parkland).
And /Orall of the outsize claims aoom the
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CHI, E!" HOOF
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LOCATION: San Francisco
INSTALLED: Autumn 2007
SIZE: 2.5 acres planted out of 4.5 acres
total roof space
DEPTH: Silr inches of growing medium
!three inches loose laid, three inches
in planting trays)
PLANTS: About SO,OOO trays; four
perennials and five annual wildflowers
METHOD: Three·inch·deep, i7·inch-square,
pregrown biodegradable trays
COST: 528 per square foot including the
membrane and root barrier
IRRIGATION: Yes, with nonpotable water
MAXIMUM SLOPE: 60 degrees
MAINTENANCE: Constant, by Academy
staff and landscape contractor; organic
fertilizer and hand pulling of weeds
have been built for the millions spem on

chis project. Mosc people, however, are noc
chere yec, as a lor of re5e'J.rch and writing
about g reen roofs has made cle-J.T to me,
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This green roof has captured che imag i-
nacions of many people, and for all ics star
qualicy, ie is a funceionallandscape . Ie's noe
a consumer product or a marketing scheme.
If ehis one-of-a-kind projecc convinces a
few more people co accepc, even ag itaee for,
green roofs on a mass scale, it was well
worch che cose.
Riprapeditor and fonller landscape Architec-

cure JfajJwnfer Linda Mclntyre hal dli abiding
illterest ill both bealltiflll and homely greC1l roofs.
PROJECT CREDITS: Client California Acade-

myofSciences, San Fmncisco. Projectmanager/
owner representative: DR Young Associates,
San Rafael, California. Architecture: Renzo
Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy;
Staneec, San Fmncisco. Structural, HVAC, and
u:m consultant: Arup, San Fmncisco. Land-
scape architecture: SWA Group, Sausal ito,
California. Civil engineering: Rutherford &
Chekene, San Francisco. Ecology consultant:
Rana Creek, Carmel Valley, California. lITi-
gation consultant: Martin Dickson, Palo Ce-
dro, California. General contractor: \'V'ebcor
Builders, San Mateo, California. landscape
contractor: Jfnsen Corporation, San JOSf, •.0."11044
C.1Iifornia.
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PROFESSIONAL
AWARDS JURY
considered
nearly 600 entries-the largest number in ASLA history-from
around the world, and seleded 49 projects for recognition in
General Design, Analysis and Planning, Residential Design,
Communications, and Research. The awards ceremony will take
place at the ASLA Annual Meeting in Chicago on September 21.
The panel was chaired by Mark Rios, FASLA, of Rios Clementi Hale
Studios in Los Angeles, and composed of Vladimir Djurovic, Inter-
national ASLA, of Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture in
Broumana, Lebanon; Sam Grawe of Dwell magazine in San Fran-
cisco; Linda Jewell, FASLA, of the University of California at Berkeley;
Mario Nievera, ASLA, of Mario Nievera Design Inc. in Palm Beach,
Florida; Peter Lindsay Schaudt, FASLA, of Hoerr Schaudt Landscape
Architects in Chicago; Sunny Scully, FASLA, of Lewis Scully Gionet
Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth "Boo"
Thomas, AStA, of the Center for Planning Excellence in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana; and Peter Walker, FASLA, of Peter Walker and Partners
LandKape Architedure in Herbley, California. William H. Tishler,
FASLA, of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, joined the panel to
select the Landmark Award-PepsiCo World Headquarters-which
will be featured in a future article in Landscape Architecture.
(Ner the coming year, Landscape Architecture will feature 2009 award
winners that have not already been covered by the magazine. The
following pages include brief descriptions of the award winners. Go to
page 119 to see products that were used in theaward-winning projeds.
General Design Category phere that contrasts with the abundant green plantings along the
bayou. Commissioned artwork frames each park IXlrtai, giving visi-
tors a symbolic link between the city's arts district and its his(Oric
GENERAL DESIGN, Award of Excellence
channel. "By capturing open space under a labyrinth of highways,
RUFFALO RAYO U PRO~fE NAD E, "Q~'Q" the landscape architect has made the intimidating unintimidating,"
S\VA Grolll), H OWl/QII rhe JUrors said. "It sends a great message for rhe furureof parks."
T I IE B UFFALO BAYOU PROMENADE

[Own COfe co a river
connects H ouswn's down-
park through what was once a neglected and
near-impossible mess of freeways and bridges. The landscape archi-
GENERAL DESIGN, Honor Award
TEARDROP PARK, New York []
tect for this project converted a trash-soaked eyesore into 3,000 lin- Michael Vall Valkenhur;"..h Associate~ [nc" New YO/·k
ear feet of urban park, adding 23 acres of parkland to the inner city
and providing a prominent gateway to downtown Houston. Exten~ HE CLIENT FOR TEARDROP PARK, a L.8~acre pllblic park in
sive regrading of the site enabled the team to lay back slopes, there~
by improving views into tile park while also reducing the impact of
T Lower Manhattan's Battery Park City, wanted a lmique natural
play environment to build upon nearby recreational opportunities,
erosion and impruving f1<XX1waterwnveyance. A system uf Stair~and contribute to a family~friendly neighoorh<XXI idemity, and meet stri ct
ramp-connoct ing points at each rood way crossing provides safe, con~ susrainability guidelines. T he landscape architoct served as the prime
veniem, and frequent access opporrunities. LED lights incorporated consultant for this multidisciplinary effort, which features the
imo stairway railings wash the ground plane, olTering an urban atmos~ "'Marsh," steeply sloped planted areas, groves of trees, the "Water
8. I
Play" rocks, and the stone "Reading Circle." The parks green creden-
tials include fully organic manufactured soils and maintenance
regimes as well as using treated graywater from the adjacent LEED
Gold-rated Solaire Building and capturing storm water runoff to sup-
ply all of the park's irrigation needs. Additionally, swne used through-
out the park, including the 27-foot-high, I 68-foot-long stacked blue-
scone "lce-Warer Wall," was quarried within a SOO-mile radius. A
largely native plam palene creates excellem habitat for migrating
birds and effectively jump-stans natural cxologies on a sire composed
of biologically inert fill. "A true urban oasis," said the jurors. 'The
landscape architect has made a very bold gesture on an almost imjX>S-
sible site." (See "Abstract Realism," LAM, February 2007 .)

MACALLF:N Run.. 01NG, SOUlh 80S/Oil
Lallflworks Studiu 1m;., 8os/QlI
T ilE LEED GOLD-CERTIFIED MACAll.E N BUILDING demonstrates

the seamless blendHlg of cutting-edge urban archltecturel
landscape architecture and a razor-sharp environmental agenda. Sit-
uated between South Boston and an expansive field of infrastructure,
the 12-story residential condominium with ground-level retail devel-
opment and its landscape are entirely new construction on a lA-acre
site that previously was an asphalt parking lot. The landscape scope,
which blankets the site, is three tiered. Fi rst, at the ground-level en-
try, a public court replete with rree plaming, new lighti ng , and a
composition of paving materials connects the Macallen Bui lding w
its nearest neighbor. The second tier, arop rhe parking garage, holds
an occupiable garden and pool landscape (or the residents. A radical-
ly sloping, 60-foot by 24o-foot green-roof landscape of drought-
tolerant sedums and native grasses makes up the third tier. Chief
among the client's objectives for this infill project was to achit've the
highest levels of sustainabiliry, a principle that each landscape layer
addresses in its own way. "This project takes hwnble materials and
makes them sing," the jurors said.

CHANGT AIRPORT TERl\lJNAL 3
INTERIOR LANDSCAPE, SillSttporc
lien'a Design (S) Pte Ltd., Sillg(!porc
T HE LANDSCA PE ARCHITECf introduced a large-scale vertical

planting evoking a Southeast Asian equatorial rain forest into
Singapore's Changi Terminal 3 interior [Q soften an otherwise cav-
ernous indusuial building. In plan, this woven tapestry of 10,000
living plantS divides the megabuilding imo land-side/air-side sec-
tions. T he 10-srory interior space centers four functionalleve1s on a
huge, skylighted atrium, the base of which is the arrival hall. The
wall spans 1,000 feet of the I ,300-foot-long building, and its SO-foot
height helps scale down the tall interior space. The structure for the
green tapestry is a system of cantilevered I-beams and stainless steel
cable with planting troughs at every 10 feet. Perpendicular to the
tapestry on the arrival-level floor are wide planters with a variety of
massed ground covers and majestic LIVlstOlld chll/cmlj (Chinese fan
palms). Four 6O-foot-tall by 20-foot-wide water ft:atures, made from
shredded glass panels lam mated to stai nless steel plates, comple-
ment the wall of green.
'The plant selections are differem and wonderful," nOted the jurors.
GENERAL DESIGN , Honor Award
said. "Graphic design at a city scale." (See "Ulterior Exterior," LAM,
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART November 2005.)
ROOF GARDEN, New York GENERAL DESIGN, Honor Award
Ken Smith Larnlscape Ar'chitect, New York
OBSERVATION BALLOON PREVIEW PARK rn
IGHLY VISIBLE FROM MIDTOWN MANHATIAN on high, this ORAJ'I"CE COUNTY GREAT PARK, Irvi,,~. C(I /ijo rlliu
H new viewing roof garden atOp the Taniguchi Hurlding at the
Museum of Modern Art marks a contemporary addition to the mu-
\'f ORKSHOPWEST Ken Smith Lalldsl:ape Ar(;hik(;t,
l\bv Yorl.· w ul irvim), C" /ifomil!
seum's landscape spaces. In addition to a relatively modest construc-
tion budget, the landscape design commission came with an existing
roof strucw re with a 25-pound-per-sguare-foor live load. Addition-
ally, the museum requested that rhe landscape architect incorporate
T HE GREAT PARK PROJ ECT encompasses 1,347 acres that will
become the heart of fuwre districts for livi ng, commerce, and
lifelong learning on the former EI Toro Marine AirStation in O range
black-and-white gravel that it had already purchased. The design- County, California. Part of the development plan is a 27 -acre Preview
ers used the notions of simulated nature and camouflage theories to Park, which serves as a visitor center and prototyping area for the
generate the roof garden forms, which were born from the pattern of Great Park. Anchored byan orange, 30-person observation balloon
a skateboarder's camouflage pants. The material palette includes nat- that rises 500 feet for a commanding view, the Preview Park intro-
ural crushed stone, recycled glass, and recycled rubber mulch, as duces several prototypes for the orange groves, stonework, and plant-
wtll as fiberglass grating, artificial boxwood plants, foam ht:aders, ings that will evtntually fill tht entire park. Tht Preview Park also
and artificial rocks. T he design, which also draws inspiration from is actively programmed wi[h concerts, dances, workshops, and oth-
Japanese dry Zen gardens, is both rooted in tradition and contem- er special events [Q build regional suppon and to give neighbors a
porary in spirit and form. "We love the painted grates," the jurors voice in the park's design process. T he master plan emphasizes long-
term sustainability via energy production and conservation, recy-
cling, native and xeric plantings, neighborhood connections, com-
munity gardens, park-<lnce-spend-the-day transit, and education
programs. "Adopting the graphic language of an airfield in a fresh,
contemporary way is absolutely the most dramatic thing that could
be done," said rhe JUrors.
GENERAL DESIGN, Honat' Award

CHONCAE CANAL SOURCE POINT PARK [;l
SUNKEN STONE CARDEN, Scol/I, Korea
i'tIikyoung Killl Design, Brooklillc, Muss(lcfm selfs
T HE CHONGAE CANAL PROJECT forms a part of the city of Seoul's

ambitious waterway redevelopmll1t t:lton to restore a highly pol-
lured, covered warerway. To meet rhe charge of an international de-
sign competition (Ocrtate a symbolic represenration of rhe future re-
unification of Noreh and South Korea, the landscape architect
designed twO urban superblocks in Seoul"s Central Business Dimict,
the main source point of the ChonGae Canal. Other blocks were de-
"This is a landmark
project with great
promise for the future."
signed by local landscape architeClS and the Army Corps of Engi-
neers, and the cumulative outcome is a seven-mile-Iong, pedesrrian-
focused green corridor [hat brings people ro the hisroric ChonGae
waterway. The ChonGae Canal Project defines the nine provinces
through use of local materials and nine sources of water. Regional
stone quarried from each of the nine areas, nine source points of wa-
ter, and fiber-<lptic Iigl1tS highlight this collaoorative effort. "Spectac-
ular. This is a landmark project with great promise for the fmure,"
said the jurors.
GENERAL DESIGN, Honat' Award

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, III
5 (//1 fnmcisco
S\VA Crooul), 5UUstllito, Culifol"lliu
T HE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES has earned LEED

Platinum certification through an ambitious vision for sustain-
able design. Landscape architecture played a major role in the real-
ization of the design team's concept of "lifting up a piece of the
park and puning a building under it," resulting in a two-and-a-
half-acre living roof. T he roof's contours conform ro t he exhibit
spaces and facilities below and romamically echo San Francisco's
seven major hills. A 3,500-square-foot observation deck provides
access co the living roof while providing magnificent views. T he
new building reduces the former fac ility's physical footprim by one
and a half acres, creating space for the new gardens that transition
to adjacent mature parkland. In addition to the living roof, com-
posed of half a million native California p lants, the landscape archi-
tt:Ct dt:Signcd the new t:ntries and the sidt: gardens I:reaccd by the
new building's more compact footprint. "Ingenious," said the JU-
rors. "A technical masterpiece-so clever and creative." (See article
on page 64.)
MUSEO DE I, ACERO HORN0 3, MQUICrre)~McxicQ I'J
Slwface.:1esib'll luc .+ I-Ia ran al'tluite cto8, SUI! f 'nmciscQ
TEAM OF INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS collaborated co trans-

A form adecommissioned blast furnace and its 3.7 -acre brownfield
site into a modern history museum dedicated to the region's rich
history of steel production . The project's innovative landscape design
emphasizes the physical profile of the 230-foot-long furnace struc-
ture while complementing the modern design of the new structures.
Principles of sustainabiliry are at the core of the landscape design and
include extensive and intensive use of green roofs over the museum.
Additionally, all of the stOrm water runoff within the site's boundaries
is treated in a series of on-site treatment runnels. Aqllatic plants and
wetland macrophytes bioremediare and treat stOrm water before it
enters an underground cistern, where it is srored for dry-season irri-
gation. Two water features- a stepped canal composed of repur-
posed steel-processing partS over which wate r cascades and a mist-
ing fountain-offe r a pleasant surprise for visitOrs. "This work
represents a medley of g reat design inspirations that are applied so
well throughout;' said the jurors.

POLY IN'fERNATIONAL PLAZA, GU(lIIg;;;/WU , Cilil!(l rn
S\lIA Gr oup, 8wI F'ra u d.<;(;Q
OCATED IN G UANGZHOU, CHINA, the 140-acre Poly Interna-

L tional Plaza site houses almost two million square feet of office and
exhibition space in the city's new exhibition and trade district. Situat-
ed between the Pearl River and the historic Pazhou Temple Park, the
site's agricultural history, the tropical climate, and the U.S. design
team's aspiration to be innovative, sustainable, and modern have all
converged to influence the landscape design. Consisting of (WO slen-
der north/south-facing [Owers coupled with low-rise p;>dium build-
ings, the architecture is diagonally offset around a large central garden
court. As part of a broad architectural plinth, the entire garden coun
is elevated five feet [0 enhance the effectS of cooling breezes, which
alsoareengaged by stmregically placed water features. One-rhird of the
site landscape is developed as roof gardens, and in response to the
client's wishes, the central garden reveals acontemporary sensibility [0-
ward classical Chinese gardens. "Crazy beautiful," praised the jurors.
"It's refined, with exquisite demiling."

ZOBON CITY SCULPTURE GARDEN ,
f' w lrmg SlulIIg lw i, Ch ill"
S\lIA Group, Lo!utllgd,~.~
I !!SSCUlPTURE GARDEN lies at the center ofa ),OOO-unit multi-
T family residential infill development in the Pudong district of
Shanghai, China. The design objective was to integrate art, land-
scape, and architecture in ways that make dense, urban living more
sustainable. O n a mere acre-and-a-half site, the landscape design at-
tem pts to reinterpret the urban phenomena central to the Pudong
Shanghai envIronment by creating three distinCt environments.
First, the abstraCtion garden mimics the rearly flooding from the riv-
er with an eight-foot-rall, stacked glass cascading founrain surround-
ed by informal seating on a public plaza. T he Cognitive Garden, in-
fused wirh colorful planting, whire sound from a simple fountain, The North Forest Park is designed as a natural reserve, while (he Sourh
and raked gravel, otTers residents a place of respire. Finally, rhe sky Forest Park creares new ecologies and is a place for public leisure, cul-
garden, complerely surrounded on rhree sides by rail cowers, uses an cure, and education. T he project also otTers rhe opportunity [Q regen-
ell iptical reflocring pond co make rhe most of its slice of the sky. T he erate endangered habitats, prorect local wildlife, and support plant
jurors pronounced (his "a gorgeous projea. Bealltifully craf(ed, down biodiversity. And, for the first time in China, reclaimed water consti-
(0 the very las( detaiL" mtt'S the main source oflandscape water for an urban park. The park's
more than 90 buildings serve as procotypes forenergy-s.wing and reuse
ideas, technologies, and materials. "This will transform Beijing as Cen-
tral Park did New York City:' the jurors predicted. (See "O lympic
BEIJING OLYMPIC FOREST PARK, Ikijiug, Chill(' rn Hopeful," LAM. March 2008.)
Beijing T8ingima l)rl,an Planning 3.11(1 Desigll h 18lihlle ,
B,'iji/lt;
T I IE 16-ACRE BEIJING OLYMPIC FOREST PARK, the organic com-
ponentof rhe BeijingOlymplCGreen, is designed [Q make a rran-
si(ion from a severe urban contex( [Q a new ecosystem planned accord-
PANHANDLE BANDS HELL, SUlI Fnll/cisco
Cil1G Landscape AJ"chitectlll"C, Scm Fnmcisco
IJ
ing [Q principles of sustainable development. Constructed for (he 2008
event, i(s long-(erm (arger is [Q form a sustainable environment and a
multifunctional public park. The site is divided in two by a super-
T HIS BAND SHELL PROJECT is a full-scale performance srage and
modular landscape constructed entirely out of reclaimed materi-
als. The temporary project, sponsored by the Black Rock Arts Foun-
highway that cuts it from east to west and creates two distinct zones. dation as part of its ScrapEden SF program, offers a great example of
how artistic collaboration and civic engagemem in proj-
ecrs with a modest budget and scale can have a signill-
cant and far-reaching impact. T he project uses rhe icon -
IC form and program of traditional band shells and was
oriented to avoid acoustic impacts to rhe adjacent neigh-
bors. H undredsof community volunteers showed up to
help, and virtually all the labor and services required to
design and bu ild the project were donated or volun-
teered. From the delivery of prefabricated components
to the completion of the structure and its three-month
occupation of the site, the band shell reoriented and re-
programmed the movement, use, and social interaction
wirhin the park. 'This exemplifies how a temporary
project of modest budget and scale can rransform an ex-
isting urban landscape," rhe Jurors said.
Iss
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN C1-illRCH !J
FF:LLOWSHIP COURTYARD AN D ME MORIA L
CHLUMBARI1JM, MillllCuI'Qlis
Coe n + l"arlllt)1'S lll(;., M ilUlCufJolis
HIS PROJECT OFFERS a columbarium and fellowship courtyard
T as spaces of quiet beauty rhar embrace the urban comext and en-
courage a shift in public thought aoour death and rhe burial ritual.
The 7 ,200-square-foor courtyard and columbarium spaces are imme-
diately adjacent to the city sidewalk in MinnealXllis's Central Busi-
ness District. T he key design element is a perforated copper fence
t!lat abstracts church iconography while acting as a permeable mem-
brane between the private and public realms. The design of the cus-
tom limestone columbarium recalls the character of the historic stone
church, but it is detailed and eXffuted in a contemfXlrary manner.
T he courtyard, accessed by stairs, consists of day-brick paving, lin-
ear gardens of honey locust trees and creeping thyme, and a series of
cusrom ipe wood and stainless steel benches. A narrow, stainless steel
wate r rill parallels the street and extends the linear form of the
columbarium wall into the courtyard. "T here isn't a move roadd or
take away,'· the jurors nored.

SPAOfNA \'(TAVF:O ECK, '1("1"011 10 rn
"(lest 8 + DTAH, noltcn/wlt, TIll! l\'elllCr/w !(J~, Im d TOI"OII lo
CROSS BETWEEN a bridge and a boardwalk, the Spadina
A Wavedeck is parr of a series of timber struCtures [hat build a co-
herent identity across the Toronto Central Waterfront. With play-
ful undulating geometry, this 6,8oo-sguare-foot wood structure of-
fers a new, flexible public place that formerly lacked public access at
a heavily used part of the shoreline. The undulating wooden deck
with carefully detailed finishes had ro be structurally designed ro
withstand the strong wave force of the lake and any ice sh ifting, gi v-
ing it a robust quality befitting its dockland site. The invisible parts
of the design are equally important: The project also indudes the de-
sign of new aquatic habitat in the lake bed, where river scone shoals,
tree logs, and embankments were installed ro provide shelter for
lake fish. T his importam sustainable feature is subtly highlighted by
night by an underwater display of24 LED lights. "Very poetic," the
jurors said. "The moves are so simple, yet accompl ished.·· (See "Re-
shaping Toronro·s Waterfront,'· LAM. December 2008.)

THE R100 ES IGN INSTITUTE AT ARIZONA rn
STATE UNIVERSITY, T" /IIIH!, Ad:mw
Tell Eyck Latl(l8(~aIM! AN~hiteds hll;. , /'IUH'IIU:
J IERE PAR KJ NG LOTS and a sterile retention basin once exist-
W ed, this project unites the four-acre site of a new research fa-
cility for t he Biodesign Institute and creates a green gateway along
a major arterial ro Arizona State University. T he gardens and archi-
tenure do more than just exist together: T he buildings su p ply the
desert gardens with collected rainwater and condensate, and the
landscape provides comfortable outdoor gathering spaces that can
help bring the work of the Biodesign Institu te outdoors. The build-
ing is complementoo by che sunken garden chac showcases both the
elevated architecture and a riparian garden below. Biology students
can study the wildlife habitat of creatures attraCted ro the native
drought-rolerant urban landscape. T he design also meers multi-
modal transpormtion needs of pedesuians, cyclists, and autos, as well den on the seventh 1100r. Offering speoacular views, these land-
as future bus and light-rail users. Hardscape is used sparingly, and scapes, both over struCture, are inspired by the De Stijl movement.
it is permeable where possible. These sig nificam and innovative sus- The client's passion for modern art inspired the landscape architect
minable strategies helped the project achieve Arizona·s first LEED ro develop a landscape resemblinga Mondrian painting. T he design
Platimlm-certified status. ·The vemaClilar planting palette and reuse program of the landscape at st reet level called for a publicly accessi-
of water are raised to a more poetic level,'· the jurors said. ble park adjacent to the Embarcadero, while the garden serves as an
outdoor extension of the employee dining room that extends 360 de-
grees around the rower, with several entrance points. The garden·s
plant palette is divided into five sections represeming the microcli-
CORPORATE HEADQ UARTERS, 5(1 11 J.' n/UcisCQ rn mates of the United States and was selected to ensure a continuous
OLlN , l'hilwle/"hiti bloom cycle from spring through autumn . Over a former industri-
HIS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, opposite Rincon Park in San
T Francisco, provides twO unique outdoor social spaces: a half-acre
public park and streerscape at grade and an acre of employee roof gar-
al site, [he gardens assist in managing srormwarer runoff and miti-
gating the urban heat island effect. The jurors called this project "a
beautiful tapeStry of color and texture."
GENERAL DESIGN , Honor Award GENERAL DESIGN, Honor Award
lITO , l oro/lw [l THEDELLATTHE UNTVERSITYOF
Jmlet RO§enbe q~ + A~ci:tte" (JRA), Toron/o; VIRGINIA, C fw r/ollesville, l'irgil' ;u
G a ude Cormier AJ"chitectes PaysHgi;;t e~, MOil/ r eal; Ne lsolt Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, C fwr!ollesuille,
Ilarin POlltmi lli Architects, TorOlllO Vi'b>iuit,
HIS URBAN BEACH along Toronto's waterfront carves out a sea~
T sunally adaptive public spa<:e when: people can relax by the water
away from downtown. Transfonned from an abandoned indusrriai
T HE DELL IS AN II-ACRE stream valley on the grounds of the
University of Virginia, through which the headwaters of a major
regional watershed flow. This multifaceted collaborative project con-
site, rhe site draws people to the water, enticing them with a unique 'lens a neglected and overgrown low area intO a beautiful retention
yet flexible design for passive and aCtive uses along Lake Ontario. pond surrounded by meandering walks and contemplative sitting
The park consists of a boardwalk along rhe edge, a sand beach with places. It also creates a botanical garden of native Virginia plantS
rail yellow umbrellas, and sodded berms amid paved paths. Visicors representative of three physiographic provinces, rescores a 1,200-
go uphill through the green berms as they enter the park and then de- linear-foot section of piped stream to a more naturalized profile, and
scend toward the beacl1 and the lake. creating the sense that the city provides an innovative and elegant storm water management system
is left behind. C1pping leaves the contaminated soils undisturbed; for new projects downstream. The landscape architects created a
all the water that is used for irrigation is lake water. To revive some tlm'e-quarter-acre. 12-foot-deep pond and sediment forebay at the
of the natllral ecologies in the lake, fish habitats were built along the Dell capable of managing stormwater for several downstream proj-
tuge of the park and in the slip, using rti:yded concrete from the site ects. The newly daylighted Stream cascades into this precisely <:al i-
and riprap. ''The landscape architect has helped Toronto reclaim its bruted srormwater pond. Since its opening, the new Dell park at-
lakefront with strong, bold graphic moves," said the jurors. (See "Re- tracts many wildlife species, as well as people from the surrounding
shaping Toronto's Waterfront," LAM, December 2008.) university and community neighborhood. "'8rava! In an era of envI-
ronmental cliches, this project is truly original," said the jurors. (See
"Making Hydrology Visible," LAM, August 2008.)
Analysis and Planning Category
ANALYSIS AND PLANNING, Award of Excellence

SCOUT ISLAND STRATEGI C PLAN, N,""O"~"'.' III
Ml lSSop+.iUichads, New Or/l":{' US
COUT ISLAND, A 62-ACRESITE located within City Park in the
S heart of New Orleans, traditionally has been a bird-watChing
and wilderness preserve within the park. After Hurricane Katrina
devastated the island's forest in 2005. destroying much of the
ground-level vegetation and displacing many animal species, recov-
ery efforts exposed the site to a massive invasion of exotic species.
This project focuses on the establishment of a series of resilient in-
frastructures and highlights the need for reestablishing the ecolog-
ical systems-as well as the educational, recreational, and cultural
systems-of a site in the aftermath of a natural disaster. As part of
the strategic framework for the park's renewal, the team is working
tOward the long-term goal of removing {he invasive species and re-
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establishing native tcosystt:ms that will onu: again offer rich habi- terfront, passes underneath two major bridges, and includes a series
catS for birds and wildlife. T he Jurors admired the "amazing site or mammoth indusuial piers. A broad seleuion or water-oriented
analysis and program providing a connenion between eif)' and park." programs, mcluding fishing piers, water taxi access, a marina, and a
They said, "T he solutions are so beautiful and simple." beach, has been proposed. T he first phase in the design team's com-
mission [Q plan, design, derail, and build the park, the master plan
recommends preser.,ing and reusing as much or theexisting marine
ANALYSIS AND PLANNING, Honor Award
structure as possible, as well as introducing natural habi tats. The ju-
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK , Brook/)'II , New Yorl.· rn rors called the plan ··inventive, amazingly clear, and concise:·
i'tUcimei VlUn Vnlkenhurgh Aseociatel§ llle., New YO/'/.:
HE 2005 MASTER PLAN for Brooklyn Bridge Park isa landscape Firmly grounded in an
T architect-ltd drart that setS forth an integrated design method-
ology for rransfonning a derelict industrial waterfront into a social- understanding of the site's
ly and ecologically active urban park. Firmly grounded in an under-
standing of the site's challenges (comaminat ion, SHuc (Urai challenges, the master plan lays
jimicarions, isolation, ext reme noise pollution, harsh winds, and blis-
tering sun), the master plan lays the groundwork [Q create a new
the groundwork to create a new
civic space on an 85-acre site that occupies l. 3 miles orBrooklyn wa- civic space on an as-acre site.
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[Unities, develop community planning frameworks based on the riv-
LOS ANGELES RIVER REVITALIZATION [l er, and create a river managemem framework. The effort represems a
MASTER PLAN, Los Angc/es 25- co 50-year blueprint for implemencing comprehensive improve-
!\lia L..elu-cr' + i\ssociateJCivitas Inc.!\Venk A~ciates, Los ments that would make the river one of the city's most treasured
Angeles landmarks and a catalyst for a sustainable environment. "The land-
T HE LOS ANGELES RIVER Revital ization Master Plan represents

more than 10 years of river revital ization activism, bringing to--
gether public agencies and stakeholders to shape a IxJld vision for
scape architect did a wonderful job of pulling the river back and cre-
ating a compelling open space,"' the jurors said.
rransfonning a 32-mile-long, canaljzed tlood-control conveyance into

a significant recreational and ecological resource. With input from
all sectors of the public, 20 "Community Op(XIITunity Areas" along CELEBRATING THE CULTURAL
[he fiver wefe selected co illustrate what might be feasible. The mas- LANDSCAPE HERITAGE OF MILLS
tef plan developed (he following goals: revitalIze the river and make COLLEGE, Ouklfllld, Culifonlill
it accessible, gret'n the ne ighborhoods, capture community OPlXlf- RoI.lel1 Sahl.ll.ltini, ASL\ , Km"en Fielle, mm \'01111 Mm-ie May,
Scm fnmcisco
The e~~ort represents a INCE 1868. MIUS COlliGE leaders have shaped the campus
25- to SO-year blueprint

S with picruresque-era exotic and native plantings and distin-
guished architeaure. In 2006, the college sought guidance on how
that would make the ro best preserve, enhance, and further develop this unique campus
5ening. Funded by the Gerry Foundation and the college, this land-
river a catalyst ~or a scape heritage srudy distills [he values of rhe college founders and
sustainable environment. how these were expressed by nationally recognized landscape archi-
90 I
rects and archireccs over 140 years. The project singles out iconic
resources and llXummends how ro balance futuredevelopmem with
historic preservacion. It included historical research, analysis, and
planning and culminated in design solutions for two key campus
prt.'Cincts. A public lecrure series, integration of t he study into co[-
lege courses, and publication of a book increased awareness and ex-
citement about this study's findings and recommendations. 'This is
a really special plact" that means a lor to many, many people," the ju-
rors nored. '"The study's illusrrations are captivating and the con-
clusions are trul y degant."

ROADSIDE CULTURAL RESOURCES [11
PRESE RVATION, A GUIDE TO ASSESSfNG
THE EFFECTS OF ROADSIDE SAFETY
fMPLEMl~ NTAT I ON PROJECTS ON THE
BLUE HIDC E PARK\VAY, Nort" ClIrmhlfl flIull'i rgillifl
'111c J lU!gl!r emll ila ny, G(/i/U'.~vill,,, Georg y.
T illS PROJECt· FOCUSED ON defining a method for mainraining

the historic imegriry of cultural resources associated with historic
roadways while idencifying creative ways to implement additional
safery features. TI1C resulting guidebook oudines a process for evalu-
ating proposed changes and their impacts on National Park Service
(NPS) park roads and parkways. The project landscape architect faci[-
itated the creation of this process, and the NPS and Fedeml Hig hways
Adminiumtion (FIIWII) have since adopred it fordClerm ining when
current design aocl safety guidelines will be implemented on their
projectS. TIle guidebook's methods willcominue to bee\'ll.luated and
refined by NPS and FIIWII as roadway improvement projects are un-
dertaken on rhe l3loe Ridge Parkway. The landscape architect also de-
veloped rhe guidebook's presemation of the Blue Ridge Parl""'ll.yand
irs origin.1.I design inrent so that users can understand the cultural re·
sources chat may be affected by change. TIle jurors called tile project
"a !:>tauriful[y crafted srudy that deals wi th safery issues and sti[[ pre-
serves wl1.1t has always been there."

BRAYS BAYOU GREENWAY rn
FRAMEWORK , l/olI.IIOII
S' ''A GI't)ll II, 1I0m/ou
T H[S PROJECT TRIINSFORMS flood-prevention strategies for a

Texas b.lyOU imoan cnvironmentally and culturally regenerative
design and implementation strategy for a dynamic uroon greenway.
This visionary framework presents mul t ifaceted solutions that si-
multaneously restOre the surrounding habicut and otTer urban recre-
ation and education. It also idemifies concurrent improvements
planned by other entities in the bayou corridor that, as a whole, will
elevate the area to national status as a large-scale, economically sus-
tainable, open-spacedestination. The project evolved from a publicI
privare flood prevencion projecf. It leverages the significant federa l
money available for recreational development asacompanion to rhe
flood-damage protection improvements. Thi rry-one m iles of the
bayou channel were carefully inventoried. and man-made and nat-
ural systems were borh documented in a mapped and linked data-
base using G[S. Public workshops were held from one end of the cor-
ridor to the other to discuss and draw a "vision" and to prioritize
community interest for a range of improvements. The jurors called
this "a monumental project that otTers a beautiful so[ution."
tractive, walkable, and transit-suPlXlrtive urban environment. A key
component of the study is exploring the potential to generate iden-
URBAN CORRIDOR PLANNING- IJ tifiable "places" within the city of HollstOll. "Really significant work,"
CTTY OF' HOUSTON, Hous/ou the jurors said. ''The analysis is excellent and the illustrations are
l11e Planning l'aI"llle rshi •• Limitetl , Toron /o strong and understandable."'
T HIS STUDY OFFERS A STRATEGY to guide land-use and develop-

ment decisions along six corridors in Housron where light-mil
transit is co be expanded. It defines opponuniries for community
STABTAE ARCHAEOLOGICAl" PARK, rn
building, [fansir-Qrienred developmem, and urban placemaking. It Btly of N(JI'/"'~' [/(' /y
breaks the mold for [he city by suggesting [hat the public realm is key Tom uadc l' Shldio, I1crkcley, Cu/iforui(.
to generating the livable city and presents a comprehensive strategy TABIAE WAS AN ANOENT R OMAN RESORT TOWN perclled on
for achieving it. Informed by an extensive stakeholder and commu-
nity consultation process, the study details implementation ofTran-
S a seaside bluff that was destroyed in the 79 AD eruption of
Mount Vesuvius. Excavating the ancient villas reveals a rich well of
sit O riented Development, a form of development that is higherdffi- information, but exposure to the elements and to tourism threatens
sity, based on high-quality design standards. and scaled to the the site. T he landscape architect conceived of a single, linear park to
pedestrian. It supports a mix of uses with active uses at grade, places organize access and provide visitOr amenities while maintaining the
emphasis on a high-quality pedestrian realm, and results in an at- fragile ruins in situ by using scaffolds. T he park would link [he ex-
isting and future excavations along the old seacoast bluff and in-
"The analysis is excellent clude visitOr centers, trails, and open space overlooking the sea, as
well as venues for entertainment. T he scaffolding structures are ex-
and the illustrations tremely changeable and expandable, well suited to a situation like an
are strong and excavation where the final configuration may be unknown. T he proj-
ect team resisted the urge for mini museums, relying instead on
understandable .•• more provisional, informal tent sites for pursuit of the academic ex-
perience of archaeology. "A knockout!" rhe jurors declared. "A bmnd
new idea and rhe kind of in novation we need to set' more of.·'
ANALYSIS AND PLANNING , Honor Award

GREENSBURG SUSTAINABLE 13
COM"PH EKENSTVE PlAN, Grl..V:IIslmr,g, KmL'llJ$
BNUI, Kf/I/S(/.~ CiIY. A/iSM)!lri
I N 2007. AI-TER AN EF· 5 (Enhanced Fu jira scale) (Omado struck

Greensburg. Kansas, and desnoyed more than 90 percem of (he
(Owns buildings and S(nKtures, the lOwnspeople knew that to pre-
serve (he future of (he town, rhey needed (Ocreate a long-tenn \'ision
for rebuilding. That vision came in rhe form of acomprehensive mas-
ter planning process. They seized rhe opporrunity to repair the de-
struction with a tripIe-bonom-line planning approach- to become
socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable. The master
plan documememerged directly from the communiryand represents
the planning tearn's recommendations, the city's opemrional require-
mems, and input from many stakeholder groups. Due to the imme-
diate needs of the community, the process for completing rhe plan was
compressed inco twO phases lasting six months. Phase I presentS rhe
bones of (he plan, while Phase 2 will deal with ongoing energy dis-
cussions, an economic development plan, and the implementation
plan. '"They've creatC(] standards that are pragmatic, modest, and
achievable," rhe jurors said.
ANALYSIS AND PLANNING , Honor Award

GEOS NET ZERO ENERGY rn
NETGHRORHOOO, Am.d(f . C%mdo
Oa\'MI Kahn 51Udi(l, Eldorndo S,)rillgs. Colorado;
Michael Tlt\'d Archilects, lknL"Cr
EOS W IU BE TI-IELARGEST net-ze ro energy, urlxm mixed-lise
G neighborhood in the United States. Eanh and sun power will
, symbiotically and completely sustain the commun ity's energy needs

and replace all fossil fuels. The 2S-acre neighborhood supports 282
i dwelling units and is intertwined with natural sysrems. stormwarer-
fed landscapes, and civic places. Rain and snowmelr feed street-tree
II min gardens, percolation parks, plazas, and commun ity gardens. Ur-
ban density is optimized for passive solar access, and a third of the
i site will be parks and open space. Energy isgenemred from ground-
~ source heat networks and photovoltaics systems on every rooftop.
The arc hitecrure uses high- pe rformance building envelopes and
~ super-efficiem mechanical systems. The overall town plan aims to
foster biocivic relationships with natural processes, neighborhood
l
• ecology, and ('flvironmemal stewardship. Geos recei\'ed final deve!-
i opmem approval from the city of Arvada, Colorado, and was slated
• to beg in const ruction in summer 2009. The jurors noted this is "'the
;
,,
! first project that looks at solar in such a strong way and works with
\VlltCf collection. Great collaboration between the landscape architect
and other designers."
;
!
1 Earth and sun power
,• will symbiotically and
!, completely sustain the
! community's energy
i needs and replace all
,
~ f'ossil f'uels.
ways, redevelopment projects of various scales, needs for improved
ROCKEFELLER PARK STRATEGIC IJ lighting, better access, and the search for culmrally appropriate means
MA STEH PLAN, Clc l'c/(m d to improve the health ofDoan Brook. M itigating flood problems and
Sih~works, Clw r/VI/csvilk , Virgi"j(l envisioning better approaches to regional stormwater management
for Cleveland's R ockefeller
T HIS STRAT EGIC PLANNING EI' FO RT
Par k introduces a layered system of design strategies that simul-
taneously address issues of regenerating ecological functio nality, sus-
also fonn core elements of the plan. Each des ign approach is developed
to provide benefirs at a variety of scales t hat serve both the park and
the larger region. ·T his shows people how ro dream on a larger scale,·'
(he jurors said.
"This shoW's people hoW' to
dreaRi on a larger scale."
A CIVlC \~SION AND ACTION PLAN FOR III
raining cultural health, and reestablishing community vibrancy. Its TIlE CENTRAL DELAWARE RIVER, I'ili/tl dc/pilil!
pllrpose was to reimagine University Circle, the park's heart, as a new \'(Tallal;f~ Rohe rls & T(K)d LLC, Phihulcll)hiu
gateway in rheform of a healing garden set inan oak grove. T he new-
ly fonned ri parian garden will be marked by thedayl ightingofDoan
Brook and the reconnection co its hiswric scone culvert walls. T he
B UILT FRO M A T RULY COLLECfIVE PROCESS, (his plan advances
a powerful civic vis ion and dearly outlines implementation
strategies focusing on seven m iles of the Delaware R iver along
plan addresses aging physical park infraqruaure. airer:u;on of road- Philadelphia. More than 4,000 citizens helped ro determi ne the
plan's goals through a yearlong, large-scale, open and transparent
process led by rhe University of Pennsylvania's Project for Civic En-
gagement. T he plan seeks to ensure environmental funct ion and
public access through t he creation of 11 new parks and a ri verfrom
8Tt.'enway of more than 300 acres, ecological resrorarioo of the river-
bank where habiral creatioo is viable, a multiuse [rail, and an exten-
sive, pedestrian-friendly network of sneers that includes transit and
a grand civic boulevard. T hese improvemems provide a deyelop-
ment framework for more than 500 acres, for which design and im-
plementation g uidelines are provided ro extend the urban fabric ro
the river. The jurors called the plan "very believable and effective. [It
has] I()[s of small solutions presented in a very d irect way-it's full
of possibilities."

THE fLOYDS FORK GREENWAY iii iii
1\tASTEH Pl.AN, /..oIli.'Vil/". K'~lIIucky
\Vall:u:l! HHh~! I·t;!; & Tudd LLC, l'hilmid/,lIi"
•
T IllS MASTER PLAN ESTABLISI IES the general desig n direction for
"the Fork," more than 3.200 acres of pennanently protected park-
land stretched O\'er 19 miles on the eastern edge of Louisville. Ken-
tucky. The plan defines a blueprint ro increase biocliversity through
habitat preservation and enhancement, improve water quality
through innovative srormwater management, preserve agricultural
land, and measure the regional susrainabiliry costs and benefits of
plan proposals implementoo over time. T he sheer size of the Fork-
plus its magnificent views, natural beaUty, and unique hisrory-
places it among the mOSt import:l.nt urban park development proj-
ects in the region. if not the whole l1)!,JI1tr)', today. T he general public
panicipated in an IS-mooth collaborative planning process to frame
a lcog-term visico and lay the glUllndwork for this masrer plan. In the
near renn, rhe basic framework of community parks, rrails, and oth-
eramenitieswill bebuilt,and.over timeasotherpanners join lheef-
forr , many orher fearures and recreational ameniries will be designed
into the Fork . "Now is (he time to get th is stuff right. and here is a
great example." the jurors said.

TRINITY \lIVER CORRIDOR DESIGN rn
GUlDE LlNES , {)nl/m
Wllllm:e HHI)I!liS & T()(M lLC, Dol/as
HESE GUIDELI NES will establish the character and measure of sus-
T fainabiliey fora nine-mile urban park. flooJway, and transporta-
tion impro\'emenc project that will anchor the transfOrmation of cen-
tral Dallas into mixed-use and rransit-oriemed neighborhoods. The
contexfof this project is a ri\'er channel coursing throug h 2,300 acres
ci mostly inaccessible floodway sep1mted from the city by 35-foor-rall
eanhen levet:S. 111e guidelines call for 80 percent of the park area to
be reserved for low-maintenance landSOlpes, soch as recreational lakes
and a for-profir parkway, rhat ('.In narumJly wi[hscand flood events.
111e remaining 20 percent of the park---abour 4BO acres-is devot-
ed ro more intensively used trails and promenades, amphitheaters,
play areas, and athleric fields. 'The combination has been calibrated to
safely convey a Srnndard Project Flood, the equivalent of an BOO-year
; flood e\'Cnt. The design tl'am currently is working on the detailed
• documenration for a $300 m illion first phase of park: development to
!
•
be completed in 20 14. The jurors liked the project's beautiful forms
and light-handed approach. "We really hope this is implemented ,"
they said .
Residential Design Category areconnecred by crushed srone paths made of stone from the site. The
land immediately surrounding the buildings and theelevated lap pool
was planted with a naturalistic garden that was carefully designed not
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN, Honor Award
to look designed at all. Island plantings spaced with grasses that areel](
LEE LANDSCA PE, Culislogn, Cu/ijorJIiu [1 back during fire season decrease chances for the spread of fire, while a
Blasen Landsl:a pc Arehile dlll't:!, SOli AII.'><'/"''-', Colifomill small area oflawn adjacent co the house actS as an additional potential
fire buffer. The jurors called this project Ban effortless, Zen solution cre-
T HE APPROACH TO TI-IlS NAPA VAllEY hillmp propen:y was ro
have (he lightest much on the 30 acres of land as possible. The
landscape architects took special care to collect native seeds from [he
ating a strong sense of place."
sitt prior ro construction, as [he risk of fire prompted them co remove

dying pine trees and replant rhe site. The weekeod house consists of
four small structures that total 2,500 square feet of indoor space and STONE EDGE FARM, 50/lmml, C(I/iforlli(l rn
ArKh'ea Coch n Ul La ndlOca pe Architectm'e , 5(111 fnll/cisco
HIS PROJECT, DESIGNED AS A RETREAT for thec1ients on a site ad-
The jurors called this
project "an ef'f'ortless,
T jacent ro their primary residence, is composed of elegantly bal-
anced and linked elementS within a serene, uncluttered landscape. The
farm itself serves as the primary residence for the owners, who built it
Zen solution creating a up over the past decade co include a commercial vineyard, an olive or-
strong sense of' place." chard, and an organic garden that supplies sevemllocaJ resraumnts. In
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This project is COin posed
of' elegantly balanced and
linked elelnents within a
serene, uncluttered
landscape.
200 I, che owners bought an additional adjacent three and a half acres
that had been a ramshackle commune. To meet the owners' desirefor
a simple and modern retreat, a carefully si ted trilogy of stmctures-a
celestial observatory, a spa, and a stone pyramid-are grounded by
linear forms, including a reflecting pool, a raised SO-foot lap pool, and
bars ofolivt' trees. The composition floats within meadows of drought-
wleram grasses, and a nearby creek prompted careful consideration of
a grading plan that would absorb potemial flooding. "Captivating,"
rhe jurors pronounced. 'Theenvironmenml efforrs areguierly done and
done well."
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN, HonOl' Award

POOL PAVILION FOREST, N(ljKI Fol/ey, Cu /iforniu [;1
Tom LeadeJ' Studio, Ikrkdc)', Cu/ijol"lli(l
T HIS PROjEcr IS A REMODEUNG of an existing 16-acredomestic

and vineyard landscape for a wt>t:kt:nd house. Tht landst<lpe archi-
tect created one precinct for the vernacular farmhouse with its sur-
rounding butterfly garden and a moreabstra(t precinct for the pool and
an experience. The fundamental strucrure is a cube-shaped underwa-
ter gronospace in the pool, which appears ro tloaton the water but ac-
tually sirs on srainless steel columns. An eight-foot-square oculus in the
grouo's ceiling is uplighted with programmable LED lights designed
by a lighting artist. Facing the JXlOI is a pavilion with an alum inum-
clad "box" set to one side cootaining changing rooms and a serving
ki tchen. Between the pavilion and the base of the forested slope, a pair
of seat-height concrete walls frames a 30-root-wide, 200-foot-long
lavender garden designed for strolling. A central Stone path leads to the
OOseof the forested slope and reaches the ponal of a large cave that was
excavated for use as an an gallery. ··Everything works, from the over-
all site plan to the line of the pool," said the Jurors.
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN, HonOf' Award

SPECKMAl'< HOUSE LAND SCAPE ,
St . i'uu/, Mi/!/ICSQW
Cuen + Pal1nel~ I.ne. , Mi/!/lCul'o/is
HIS PROJECT ENVEWPS an exis£ing, L950s modem single-tamily
T house on a generous site with considerable tOpographic change
from nonh to south. It is a complete redesign of the entire [.3-acre
propeny. with its beautiful oak forest left untouched. The design pro-
gram includes integration of a saltwater swimming pool and spa, mul-
tiple d ining and lounging areas, and mitigation of rhe slope in rhe
rear yard to create usable space. The landscape archite<:t employed a
high percentage of recycled material; for instance, the site is ground-
ed by a circulation system of 12-inch by 24-incl1 white concrete pavers
with recycled glass and high tly-ash content. Concrete walls, two in the
from yard and two in the backyard, join a I05-f()()(-long Cor-Ten steel
wall to ddint spaces. The planting plan tI irninates invasives and em-
ploys native material that now regularly attraCts wildlife to the prop-
eny's revegerated southern slope. ··Fearless through all seasons," is how
the jurors categorized this project.
rhe house appears modest in size but in actuality is considerably
(arSer, because rhe studio is tucked beneath this level. T he landscape
HTLLTOP RESID ENCE, SC(lftic r.J architect engaged rhe architecture in more meaningfiL1 dialogue by
I'aul R. BI~m~lhUl~ 1 + A~It:iah!'" Scullk giving coherency to the hardscape and landscape and expanding
I-liS PROJECT'S SLEEK, midcenrury modern residence rests on th~ terTace area SO that it now reads as an extension of adjacent in-
I the ground lightly and i[wires an earthy counterbalance from irs
landscape rtdesign. Facilitating privacy at (heenery and maximiz-
terior space. Two moods were emphasized: the shady introspection
of the entry and the sunlit expansiveness of the social ,'iew area.
ing mountain views from rhe living spaces, (he slope of rhe build- T lu: jurors called this project '·[he real deal, wi th little invemi'·e
ing's shed roof is lowest at rhe carp::1rt and expands ro create rhe surprises and moves.·'
tallest ceiling heights at rhe view windows. With sensitive siting.
Two moods were emphasized:
the shady Introspection o'f TI.J E CRA CK CAJtDEN, Stili frllllcisco Ii!
Ci\lG LUlHls~: n l)t! Ar~:hit cdlln!. Smr ,.' rllllci3co
the entry and the sunlit HE CONCEPTIJAl B...SISci [he 800-square-fOOfCrnck Garden is to i
expansiveness of'the social I reveal the potential for beauty underlying rheconcn;re and asphalt
that are the predominant ground-plane materials of [he urban land-
I
E
view ares. scape. By eliminating portions of the existing concrete and exposing ;0
9. 1
,
the soil beneath, newoppornmities for a garden arise. Although min ~
imal in scope and budget, the Crack Garden is refined in its creatioo
of well-programmed spaces for the residents of this four-unit building.
Theedgesof the garden are well defined by existing buildings and new
ft"TXes, induding astainlt:ss steel cable trdlis that stretcheswntinuous-
Iy across the top of the fence and conrinuesacross the neighbor's garage.
A jacaranda me adds scale, helps contain the space, and otTers flltered
shade and summer color. Plantings withi n the cracks are somewhat
random, changing with rhe whims and desires of the resident garden- ,
ers, but usually include a wide range of vegetables, herbs, flowers, and
decorative weeds. "What a wonderful idea that can be used every-
where:' said the jurors.

OAK SAVANNA VINEYARDS, l.,1l.~ O/i"m, C('/ifllrllill m ••
Lu18ko A""udales, S(III f'rwl(;i.~c(> •
T HIS DESIGN INTERVENTION u ansforms a weed-choked irriga-
tion pond-a former cattle wateri ng hole--inroa favorite loca-
tion for fam ily gatherings and vineyard events on this 4 SO-acre site.
The landscape architect selected the pond site, surrounded by native
California oaks and grasses, as the focus of a transformation that rep-
resents a new relationship to the land. Two curved concrete walls re-
define the water's edge, creating an adjacent social space. A break in
the walls invites visitors onto a small intimate deck that hovers just
above the water's surface. Set back from the concrete walls are a se-
""Each gesture the

landscape architect R1ade
engages the landscape in
a pretty suave _ay."
ries oflow, local fieldstone walls, defining a larger area capable of ac-
commodating 200 guests. The low walls are connected by steps and
pathways kading guests to the house and vineyard parking area.
"Each gescure the landscape architect made engages the landscape in
a pren y suave way," the jurors remarked.

TWO RIVERS RESJD.ENCE, }c,eksOIl /{O/C, W,'omillg rn
Venlone LwuJscl.lpe Architects (VLA Inc.),
Jackso", Wyomillg
T HE INSPIRATION FOR THIS FAMILY RETREAT was taken from

the dramatic naruml beauty of its western setting and adjacent
national parks and forests and expressed in the honest simplicity of
forms and materials. T he home site, located at the confluence of cwo
rivers, is surrounded by a diverse mnge ofhabitars- wedands, for-
est, grasslands, and a pristine spring creek. The building progmm in-
corpomted materials reclaimed from old ranch buildings, including
an 1890s stone creamery that was found in Montana and moved to
the site. A pond constructed along the main entry sets the stage for
the home site, and an additional pond on the west sideof the house
provides areas for both entertaining and quiet reflection. The patio
is constructed of sand-set, regionally sourced stone, using larger
Stones as steps. \X'edands to the south of the huuse were restored to
their original condition. The jurors called [his project ··exquisite:'
saying, ··T he simplicity of the plantings and stonework sits so com-
fonably in this landscape.'"
Communications Category
VIENNA WAY RESIDENCE, Ve" ice , C(I/ijol"l,itl D
COMMUNICATIONS, Award of Excellence
!\1m"lllol Radziner & Associate;;;, LosAlIgclcs
HIS PROJECT FULLY INTEGRATES the residence within the sur~ Jol.A - JO URNA L OF I.ANIJSCAI'E rn
T rounding California native landscape. T he sitt is divided
into thirds, massing the archirenure at the outer edges and [he gar-
ARCHITECTURE
Gf:org D. W. Callwey GmlJl-t & Cu. KG, MUlliclJ
den spaces in [he middle co maximize the amount of physical and VI-
sual open space within a narrow, urban 10£. T he architecture and
landscape create a seamless rmnsirion between (he Interior and exte-
T HEjOUJ.l.NAL 01' LANDSCA PE AJ.l.CHITECTUJ.l.E U oLA) strives co
support, stimulate, and broaden scholarship in landscape architff-
cure and enhance (he imerface between academic research and pro-
rior living spaces. T he e1emem of water links a corridor of exterior fessional pruceice. This peer-reviewed journal of the European Coun-
spaces-swimming JXlOI, garden roof, riparian planting-and inter- cil of Landscape Architffture Schools (ECLAS), first published in
sects with the interior spaces at the sunken ki tchen. The front gar- 2006, fosters research methodologies specific to landscape architff-
den works as a more "mature" space with simple, monochromatic, ture and aspires to expand the runge of communication modes for re-
archireHllfai plantings, while the rear garden becomes a place for search. By welcoming articles that address any aspect of landscape ar-
children's play. The backyard planting design, wllich includes a lawn chite<:ture, the journal aims to cultivate the diverse identities of the
of buffalo grass, is more colorful, varioo, and organically artangtd. d iscipli ne. The editors are five landscape scholars from fiH~ differen t
'"The from elevation is so beautiful with the sumac against the black European countries: Denmark, Frunce, Germany, Norway, and the
plaster,"' said (he jurors. "I( represems very clear thinking about land- United Kingdom.JoLA currently is publ ished biannually in Eng-
scape architecture."' lish, with quarterly publication planned for 20 I O. In January 2009,
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an electronic version of the journal was launched, and online sub- er protessions, including planners, architects, and rhose working in
scriptions have been made available in addition to print subscrip- forestry. Part one presents the basics on soil science and how it re-
tions. ECLAS plans a web page to supplement the journal's con- lates to trees, wh ile part two explains the "process of planning and
tents. "A must-read for today's practitioner. Such an inspiring implementing landscape designs to ensure healthy trees that can
publication. A real contribution to the profession,"' said the jurors. improve the quaJiry of places where people live, work. and play."'
"Such a wonderful contribution ro the body of knowledge for the
profession. A must-have for any pranitioner," the jurors enthused.
COMMUNICATIONS, Honor Award
'"jUSt packed with grear, new information."
UP BY ROOTS, HEA tTHY TREES AND
SOILS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
J am es Urhan, I:<"'ASLA, AIlI!upoIis , MllrY/'lIId
THE MASTER LIST OF DESIGN PROJECTS
p By ROOTS IS A COMPREHENSIVE BOOK written for land- OF TH E OLMST ED FIRM 1857-1979
U scape architects on (he subjen of SO! Is and trees in the built en-
vironment. The jurors predict it will become the desk reference for
Lucy ulwlis;;;, ASLA, u.lI'oline Loughlin,
Meie r', ASLA, EcJilo~
~Uld Laure n
the profession on including trees in landscape designs. The scien-

tific knowledge of (fees and soils is disrilled to rhe most essential in-
formation and incorporared into peer-reviewed recommendarions,
from initial soil analysis and design phases through the installa[ion
THIS BOOK OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE to rhe work of the
landscape archirecture firm founded by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Searchable by project type and location and comprising more than
phase. Abundantly Illustrated , Up By Rwrs also will appeal to Oth- 6,000 jobs, rhis second edirion mcludes new research, illustrarions,
and essays thar demonstrate the imfX'rtance
The \INcr Ihl ()f of the Olmsted firm. T he book presents in-
format ion in an accessible format so that the
Design variety and geographic distribution of the
Projects work is comprehensible to diverse users. The
book was published in April 2008. follow-
Ol~~ted ing nearly two years of research, writing, ed-

iting, design, and printing by a large group
Firm of volunteer authors and edirors who con-
tributed thei r time, working wirh the staff of
the National Association for Olmsted Parks
and the Frederick Law Olmsred Narional
H isroric Site. T he aesthetic presentation of
The Mailer List was achieved by a skilled
graphic designer and through the acquisi-
tion of images of noteworthy Olmsted land-
scapes. T he jurors called this project "an im-
portant volume for all landscape architens
and urban planners to track and research
Olmsted projt""Cts in their cities."
way, provides menics for the IXltemial and observed runoff volume re-
du([ions, and explains cumulative benefirs w the larger community.
ONE DROP AT A TIME--- The web site has provided a successful communication and feedback
NEW RE SOURCEFUL PARADIGMS mechanism through e-mail inquiries, media inquiries, and req uests
AT 168 ELM AVE. for rours and speaking engagements by the landscape architect, as
de la nelli' L.L.C, Elm h urst, lIIillois well as a steady stream of visitors to the pilot project . 'T ruly mar-
velous!" the jurors exclaimed. '" Best of all, it demonstrates how things
T HIS WEB SITE DOC UMENTS a residential pilot project in

Elmhurst, Illinois, with its green roof, rain barrels, IXlrous pave~
mem, rain gardens, gravel grass, cistern, and bioswale. It clearly
will really look- not just drawings, but real phorographs through-
out the seasons."
demonsnates and explains sustainable rainwater, swrmwater, and

runoff treatments for a home owner's landscape architecrure. Helping
to fill the infonnation gap on sustainable residential projectS, it pro- MICHAEL VAN VAU(ENBURGH ASSOCIATES, IJ
vides a variety of helpful resources [hat otTer accessible, in-the-ground RECONSTRUCTING URBAN lA NDSCAPES
examples demonstrating the feasibility of and confidence in sustain- Univcl"8ily uf PfmnsylYmlia, Sehoul of De"~'ll , i'1.i11U/'''II/iio
able landscape solutions. It also shares the lessons learned along the
This web site docuonents a T HIS BOOK EXPWRES conceprual shifrs in the work of Michael
Van Valkenburgh Associates as the firm moves from a language-
driven design logic ro one that is largely operational, as required of
residential pilot project with postindustrial sites. T he eSSolys collected in this volume focus on the
intersection between the conceprual and the technological, on the ne-
its own green roo"', rain
gotiations t hat must be made between design intent and the reali-
barrels, porous paveonent, ties of the sites ro transform them into susrainable ecologies oflast-
rain gardens, and bioswale. ing social significance. The book is scholarly yet intended for a broad
audience of designers, hisrorians, ecologists, and environmentalists.
102 1
Althou,gh rooted in the methods oflandscape architenural criticism,
its writin,g seyle was careful ly craftt>d ro be accessible ro the nonspe-
cialist reader. Each chapter in the volume is devoted ro one project
and includes extensive visual documentation as well as a critical in-
Ct'rpretation of rhc work. A phoro essay of a built work- made of
four ro six full -blrtd, double-pa,ge spreads--opens each chapte r.
'Th is is much more than a mooo,grnph; it'sa real case study contain-
in,g some of the best drawings we\'e seen,~ the jurors said.

~====-
INTERACTIV E MA PPINC PROJECT. Hudllj1est e
Ujil"llny Gr'ollll, lJul/(lfleM
HOUSANDSOF TRAVELERS pass through Budapest's Nyugati $ra-

T cion t mnsit hub every day. And, as in many modem c ieies, resi-
dents of Budapest tend to Iive isolated lives surrounded by stran,gers.
T he landscape an.:hitf:'(U created the Interactive Mappin,g Project-
the winnin,g entry in a public art competition- co generate a series
of cempor:lry public art installat ions at Nyugati T ransit Station and
C\vo other locations that would break down the barriers prevencin,g in-
dividuals in an urban scrti ng from communicating with one anot h-
er. T he project consisted of a large s,'ltelJite map of Budapest coverin,g
the station floor and a series of stickers placed on nearby pillars. Par-
ticirxJnts used the stickers to label locations around theciry they found
to be noteworthy because of the location 's positi\'{' or negative attrih-
ures. Over time, the map was t ransformed from a si mpleorrhopho-
co into a multidimensional model tha r represemed how prople
viewed the c ity. "Amazing and engaging. The ultimate in commu-
nications," the jurors said.
Research Category
RESEARCH, Honor Award

RESTORATION ECOLOGY PROC ESS ES TO rn
AD VAi\lCE NAT URAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN
St C\ ' l! 1I N. lIandd, IImmrar'y ASLA, Nmv HrlJII swick ,
i\'(>U) } l'I"IiCy
R ESTORING HABITATS IN OUR URBAN CENTERS is d ifficult,

chal1efl,ged by highly degraded conditions; small, fragme nted
1)'1rceiS: and pol itical conflicts in land uses. Moreover, the potencial
for restorln,g sustainable landscapes in these degraded condi tions is
poorly understood. This project encompasses a wide series offield ex-
periments on degraded urban lands ro define ecological processes
important (0 restori ng natural habitats in stressful conditions. These
experimenrs demonstrate ways that newly restored habitats can en-
l hance ecosystem servicesofhcavily degraded urban centers and make
ii ~'ident the Stron,g interp lay between a site des ig n undergoing eco-
logical restoration and irs landscape matri x. Planning for biodiver-
, sity and mutual relationships (seed dispersers and poll inators) will
improve landscape design and ensure sustainable habitaes. And be-
,• cause urban areas are suffused with alien spet:ies in all habira ts, man-
agemen t and monitoring of native stands are still required to prevent
~ alien threars. The jurors were impressed with the project's "intrigu-
~
ing concl usions thar provide extremely useful data for rhe profes-
sion, cl iems, and the public at large,"
! SIep/JallieSlllbbs is the former managillg edilor of Architecture magazine
; alld A (Architect, the nelt's/etter ofthe Ameriraf! Imlilllte 0/ Archilecls.
She is a fIWklllrt edilor/writer in Arlingloll. Virginia.
BOOKS
21st Century Security and CPTEO: Designing for Critical Infra- offensible space (as a co\'lnterpoim to defensible space)offers unique
structure ProtecUon and Crime Prevention, by Randall l. Atlas; perspectives no t often found in books on this topic. As a book with
Boca Raton, Florida: e Re Press, 2008; 560 p ages, $89.95 . a broad -spectrum approach, 2 / Sf Cm/tlly Semrity alld CPTED cov-
ers not only security design focused on terrorist threms against
Reviewed by Leonard Hopper, FASLA
high-profile targets bur also the more common criminal activity
HIS BOOK H1G HUGJ-ITS the latest stl'dccgies and technology in that is found in our schools, housing developments, hos pitals,
T rhe evolving practice of security design. Randy Arlas, an af-

chiten and criminologist, is Joined by a number of respected
contributors who bring their varying expertise co the book's con-
commercial are'dS, and public gathering places. Often overlooked
when discussing security design, this type of criminal activity is
more likely to occur than a terrorist act, and the concepts and
tem, which in itself reinforcts the strength stt'.ltegies presented in this book can be very
of a multidisciplinary approach to security valuable to the majority of designers who
design, a recurring cherne of (he book. T he should be integrating security elements and
book is logically broken up imo four dis- concepts into these types of projects.
tincrive pans. Part ont (overs basic con- With the aurhor's background as an ar-
ceprs, planning, and understanding crime chitect, the amount of detail included on
prevention through environmemal design some aspectS of buildings and bUilding sys-
(CPTED) and its latest evolution and associ- tems may be more than would be consid-
ated liability. Parr tWO discusses assessing ered useful from a landscape architect's
threat and risk, designing to address differ- perspective. However, understanding these
ent th reats, and a variety of national stan- details is i mportam to apprecime the roles
dards and codes. Parr three addresses security and relationships of the various professionals
design responses ra very specific scenarios. in a multid isciplinary approach to security
Parr four covers me-J5uring success and con- design and how the role of {he landscape ar-
ducting a CPT'ED survey. chitect is integrated into that approach. The
2/ Sf Cellfllry Semrity alld CPTED avoids principles and strategies related to site de-
the "redundancy" pitfall that can detract sign and related are'JS typically fJ.lling under
from the effectiveness of a book with many the responsibil ity of the landscape archirect
contributors writing on a common subject. are wel l presented. TIle book fJ.lls a bit short
Instf;ld, the chapters are well coordinated
widl just enough overlap to provide a rela- The focus on everyday with the specific sire design examples pre-
sented. TIle varied palene of site elements,
tionship between sections and smooth-
flowing continuity of the subject maHer
criminal activity in natural materials, and construction derails
that landscape architects have at our dis-
throughout the book. T he text is comple-
mem ed by ample photos, sketches, plans, addition to the less likely f.X>SUl and our design expertise in how these
are app lied are not as we\! rep resented as
and diagrams that effectively illustrate the
concepts and strmegies. For those readers fJ- terrorist threat provides they could be. TIle examples provided are a
bit simplistic and lack the complexity and
miliar with Atlas's style of presemation, his
engaging humor and common-sense ap- agood balance. context that would bener illustrate the
points being conveyed.
proach can be found subtly integrated Overall, this is a good source of inform a-
throughom the book. O ne of the re'JI strengths of the book is the tion dealing with security design. In addition to the information
use of bulleted or numbered lists and surveys that clearly dis- provided in the book itself, the impressive list of references at the
seminate information in a direct and concise manner that is eas- end of each section will be helpful for those looking to 1e-J.TIl more
ily understandable. The rapic summaries at the end of each about a specific tOpic. For the landscape architect, this book
section provide helpful reinforcement of the major principles and might not be a primary resource, but it would be a valuable sec-
points covered. ondary resource. T he focus on addressing everyday threars and
A numberofspecificsubjectareas make th is book an important criminal activity in addition to the less likely terrorist threat pro-
resource. One is the stressing of a multidisciplinary approach to vides a good balance to other books written on this subject. The
site security design with all of the participants (including land- book provides some unique perspectives and an evolution offun-
scape architects) coming together early in the planning and design damental principles that provoke thought and creativity.
process. Another is the recognition dlat CPTED principles are an
underlying basis for an effective appro."lCh to security design. T he Lwnard Hopper, FASLA, is a landicape arrhitec/ from New York City
inclusion of sections on second-generation CPTED strategies and alld a past presidmt of ASLA.
l04 1 llndscape Architecture AUtUn lOU

Re-Creating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging, by PmtlineS. Abbott, Nancy
Camulfl,jack Camum, and Bob Scarfo, ASLA; Baltimore, Maryland , 2008; 304 . . THE GARDENS OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT,
pages, S38.95. by De/ek Fell; London: France s Lincoln Ltd.,
2009; 160 pages. $40.
Reviewed by Claire latane
PHOTOGRAPHER DEREK FEll'S captivati ng Images
N 2030, A MA)ORITYOF BABY I3CX)MERSwili have rt"dched retirement age, and
I
accompany discu ss ion about iconic examp le s of
24 percent of the US. population will be 65 and over. Pauline S. Abbott, Nan- Frank Lloyd Wright· s work, his garden scu lpture,
cy Carman, Jack Carman, and Bob Scarfo, ASLA, have compiled a timely and the infl uence of Jens
thougluful collaboration aiming "to initiate increased dialogue and awareness Jensen, and plants o f
among all professionals who can playa role in re-credting our neighborhoods for prairie and desert. Unfor-
the successful aging of today's and tomorrow's aging adults." Re-Crealillg Neigh- tunately, t he s implistic
borhoods for S//Cce.rsfit! Aging IS a collection of scholarly articles from academics in the text l acks sc h olarship and
fields of both public health and landsca\X' architecture. With agrowing body of re- focus, and It s credibility is
sC'Mch connecting the built environment with incrC'dSed incidence of asthma, d imini she d by numerous
eczema, hC'drt disease, and obesiry, we are at a cusp of understanding {he urban de- copyeditlng mistakes.
sign implications and possibilities ofbringing these distiner fields together. Amateurish watercolor
T his book promises to be an invaluable resource for anyone plans, absent sca le and material detail, conflict
working with or interested in issues surrounding aging, uni- wi t h the aut hor' s meti CU lous photogra ph y.
RE-CREATING versal design, and hC'dlth care. As a teacher, I would recom- Certainly this subject deserves explorat ion, b ut
NEIVt11:lOl!.tiOOO'l
".,.14UIWU ......
mend the book tostudems rur its historyoflong-term care in to be useful , all co m pon e nts shou ld be o f
the United States, its rich resources relating public health to consiste nt q u alit y.
the built environment, and its compilations of the benefIts of
urban nature. Asacommunity member I would recommend . . RESILIENT CITIES: RESPONDING TO
the book ro my cicy officials for making the connection be- PEAK OIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE,
tween public healch and the built environment and for its by Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, and Heather
look at alternatives to planned retirement communities. Asa Boyer; Washington, O.C.: Island Press, 2009;
pmcricing professional, I found the entire book infonnati\'e 166 pales, 530.
and valuable for my work with assisted living environments ;l11d an aging popu- THE TWO LEAD AUTHORS are
lation. 111e most important target audience for Re-Crealing Neighborhoods may be professor, of ,ustainabillty,
city land-use planners. 111is book is also mC'.mingful for anyone who is caring for and they brlnl that background
an aging parent or heading toward being cared for themselves. to an examination of the future
The ropic's timeliness and universal appeal suggest a potentially broad, mass- of cities. After proposing four
market audience that this book's current format may not attrJct. In fact , the possible scenarlo, -collapse,
only disappointing aspect of the book is its limiting academic journal-like pack- rurallzed, divided, and resilient
aging. So while all the authors had surp risingly concise and readable voices (no city-the authors discuss their
doubt also attributable ro strong editing), the format does not lend itself ro C'dS- vision for resilient cities with a stronl focu, on
ily accessible information. For instance, several chapters olTer illustrative pho- transportation options.
tographs and descriptive maps, but their small black-and-white format makes
them difficult to interpret. r was also surprised by the very small print given that . . RUIN : PHOTOGRAPHS OF A VANISHING
the topic is successful aging. T he baby boomers mentioned often in the book will AMERICA,
havea difficult time reading the small font. T hough this currell( edition is COSt- by Brian Vande n B,'nk; Camden, Maine :
and resource-efficient, the ropic's relevance and audience deserve developing uni- Down East Books, 2009; 144 pages, 585.
versal design publishing techn iques fo r the general population. THIS LARGE-FORMAT VOLUME faatures 120 s tun-
111e successful aging solutions this book poses will also create healthy and vi- ning color and black-and-
able places for the rest of us. In the past few yC'J.rs a tiny crack has been opened
into an entire world of potential multidisciplinary research and writing topics
RUIN white photograph s of
architectural ruins set In
connect ing human hC'illth with the built environment. \'{fith the United States's out-of-the-way, mostly
economy restructuring itself and the new administrJtion redefining development rural lands capes . As
strategies, there is no better time for disciplines ro expand their horizons and re- s uch, It celebrates the
connect with their greater communities: healthy and fragile, young and old, with- picture sque melancholy
in and outside our professional fields. T his book is an important resource in an of farmhou ses, churche s,
evolving view of landscape architects' roles in cTeating environments. factori es, military ba s es, and othe r s tructures
that were built and then abandoned. An Intro-
Claire utallipractices landscape architectllre with fPT Desigll ill PaJadena, Califorllia, duction by pr e servationist write r Howard
and teadJej a jmior design stlldio at Cal Poly Pomona. Mansfie ld is the only t e xt .
AUGHT 2001 Land , upe Arehlteehne 1 105

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g rowing from seed and g rows between
Euphorbia 'Tasmanian Tlge,' 12 and 15 Inches call and 12 inches
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With pale blue -green leaves edg ed in liage. T he bottlebrush-shaped flower
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CR Ir. AT IARr.F
Looking forward to
(COllllllllcd from
Page 120) vending booth
sold other ligh t comestibles to a queue of
e'dger customers.
the September issue of
8m the use seems in spireof the design,
rather than because of it. Certain details
seem co positively discourage use. T he
landscape Architecture,
thickly spaced rows of trttS seem waJ I-like.
[ snaked through the trunks but saw no which features
one else doing so. long, low, backless seed
benches serve as another barrier to emry.
Oddly, beyond the end of one low bench IS
WEST HARLEM PIERS PARK
This park, shmwwed by highuNIY overpasses, won a
2004 ASLA Merit Awardfor Analysis & Planning.
Accessing public space
shouldn't require
wending one's way
through an
obstacle course.
a six-inch-wide piece of paving, hard ly
wide enough to walk on. Yet there was no
ocher easy entry point. \'\fhar were {he
landscape architects thinking? THE STATE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Movable chairscou!d work well here. T he Three stars in the profession-George Hargreaves, FASIA,
museum itself could offer artist-designed
molded plastic chairs. It shouldn'r be neces- Michael Van Valkenburgh, FASL4., andJames Corner, ASL4.
sary ro have only the currently available -talk about where landscape architecture is right noUJ.
choices: benches seemingly intended to
UNIVERSAL DESIGN
cause discomfort or dam p grass.
For any building as grand as the Tate, ac- The Massachusetts state /kirks system has a program
cessing its public space shouldn't require that makes it possible for people with disabilities
wending one's way through an obstacle to use parks more extensively.
course. And what is the purp:>Se of walling
in a space with trees, when views of colorful
ALSO LOOK FOR
riverboats and breathtaking landmark
buildings like Sf. Paul"s Cadledral on the
Commentary Oil the Americ{O/ Pediatric Associlltioll's
op(X>Site bank beg for viewing? TIle adja- recommendation thllt neighborhoods be designed so
cent Millennium Bridge, moreover, is a kids can walk and bike, a residence in Missouri with
striking work of artful engineering. Its ap- a restored prairie thllt alloUJs its owners to indulge
proach from the South Bank directly in
their love of horseback riding, a look at the Rome Prize,
front of the 'Elte surely calls fur a serring that
adds to the drama, not conceals it. smart phone apl)s for Icmdscllpe architects, alld more...
The Tate, and indeed London itself, de-
serves much better. WE WELCOME your ideas and thoughts for future issues.
Mark Hi111ha/ll is the director of LIIIN Archi- Please e·mail Bill Thompson, edilor, al bthompson@as/a.org
tectJ ill Seattle alld is a freqllent collfriblltor to or Lisa Speckhardi al/speckhardt@as/a.org.
LandSGlpe Architecture.
AUC USf 20 09 lilndscape Arcbihdun 1 119

Magical on the inside, perhaps. Out-
side? Not so much. Although the city
has made commendable effortS over the
past several decades to create a river-
front walkway, the initial complex of
cultuml buildings associated with the
ballet and symphony area dreadful ex-
ample of the L960s school of architec-
ture known as British Bmtalism. 11lese
fortress like buildings have not held up
well and now look entirely worn out.
T he pubhc spaces that haphazardly
flow around them are dark, dank, and
tawdry. An all&: of {fees along the riv-
er for a few kilometers does partly
make up for this despicable civic !"e'dlm.
The Power Station might have been
enlivened by a whimsical space loaded
with colors, specimen trees, perform-
Kienast Vogt's landscape design largely fails London's ance spaces, and overlooks. fnseead,
landscape architeces Kienase Vogt of
Tate Modern Art Museum. By Mark Hinshaw Switzerland (the firm that the late Die-
ter Kienase fOunded) with Charles Funk
Associates of ehe Unieed Kingdom pro-
N THE LATE I '1-)Os, the hulking old Bankside Power Station on vided a mundane, g rassy forecourt interlaced with lines of closely
I the south edge of chI' Ri\'er Thames in London was converted

into the Tate Modern Art Museum . Designed by Swiss ;iI"(hi-
teccs Hermg &de Meuron, ehe new museum showsoffits mus-
cular industrial provenance. T he former voluminous turbine
room , stripped of irs machinery, serves co host massive-scale exhi-
bitions. The interior isa masterful exampleofadapcive reuse. Large
spaced birch trees rising OUt of exposed dirt.
So much was missed in ehe space that is obvious chat one has
to wonder whether anyone on the design team actually thoughe
aoout ie ae all. One can imagine a junior landscape archieect be-
ing instrucced, ""jUSt show a few lines of trees on ehe ground plane
and call it good enough."
steel plates with exposed rivets are counterpoints to the otherwise All the kudos found in architectllrdl reviews of the 1:1.te do not
restrained galleriesdisplaying contemporary art. "'111e new institu- even mention chis unfortunate space. Perhaps chis was an oversight
tion is a testament to another kind of power, the magic of art and bue more likely an embarrassment. The Project for Public Spaces,
architecture," reads one press release. however, has included ehe space in its Hall of Shame (llIww.pps.fJY'g1
great-IlIIblicspdmllist?typcid= 2), call-
ing it "one of the most aggmvating pub-
lic spaces we have ever been in .... "Ille
fact that people might use it could not
ha\'e been remotely considered."
Despite such criticism, the space
does actually work at times-during
the day, in goocl we-dther, at le-dSt. On an
early spring day this ye-dr, the lawn was
packed with people lounging, chat-
ting, reading , having lunch. People of
all ages, from toddlers to teenagers to
the elderly, dotted the space, while
endless streams of people strolled by.
Street musicians took rurns playing
along the outer railing. And a sausage
vendor was doing a brisk business
smack in the middle of the park. An-
other nearby (COIiI/IiIlMoli Page 119)

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CONTENTS A U G Ullil 2 00t

VOLUME t •• N U MBER '

LAND MATTERS 117

Catch ille Wave

URBAN PARKS 136

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN 150

Stepping to tJ,e Shore

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The Nexi Cencration PRODUCT PROFILES 110.

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