SELECTED PROJECTS JANUARY 2015
AN–DRO–PO–GON \ N: a common field grass, is one of nature’s remarkable adaptations to stress and change in the landscape. Wherever the landscape has been disturbed, andropogon is one of the first field grasses to colonize the ground, providing a self-sustaining cover for the gradual return of our native forests. The economy and elegance with which these grassy meadows heal the wounded landscape aptly describes Andropogon’s goal in ecological planning and design, “to weave together the landscape of man and nature for the benefit of both.”
ANDROPOGON OPENS RALEIGH OFFICE
downtown raleigh, north carolina (photograph by lift aerial marketing)
We are starting 2015 with a new office in Raleigh, North Carolina, the “City of Oaks.� The new office is headed by associate, Emily McCoy, and is already the base for our work at Duke University. With her academic and horticultural training in North Carolina, Emily brings a deep understanding of the local eco-regions and environmental challenges of the area. We look forward to the opportunities that a southeast regional office will bring.
ANDROPOGON - RALEIGH 706 Mountford Avenue Raleigh, NC 27603 phone: 919.800.0523 email: mccoye@andropogon.com www.andropogon.com
FIRM INTRODUCTION
FIRM PROFILE
Founded more than thirty years ago, Andropogon is committed to the principle of “designing with nature,” creating beautiful and evocative landscapes inspired by the careful observation of natural processes and informed by the best environmental science. The elegance and economy of natural form and process continues to be the benchmark by which we measure the success of our work—from the smallest construction detail to the multi-layered patterns of regional sites. As a certified minority business enterprise (MBE), Andropogon is committed to diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace. Our multi-cultural staff is dedicated to the successful maturing of each project, from initial concept designs to construction review and long-term landscape management. Our body of national and international work includes early examples of innovative green strategies that have withstood the test of time as well as a broad range of landscape, site planning, environmental projects, ecological restoration and innovative stormwater management techniques. Our clients often tell us that we combine integrated design with a depth of ecological understanding in synergistic ways. With every project we embody our mission... “to weave together the landscapes of man and nature for the benefit of both.” FIRM PRINCIPALS José Almiñana Yaki Miodovnik Thomas Amoroso ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS Martin Troutman PRINCIPALS EMERITI Carol Franklin Colin Franklin
SERVICES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Site Analysis Site & Landscape Design Landscape Management Permit and Regulatory Preparation Construction Documentation & Observation Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse REGIONAL PLANNING Environmental & Land Use Planning Environmental Assessment Feasibility Studies Natural Resource Management Open Space and Trail Systems Community Planning and Facilitation LEED STRATEGIES Site Selection Environmental Assessment Site Planning & Design Stormwater Management Brownfield Redevelopment MASTER PLANNING Program Analysis and Development Mixed-use & Residential Development Institutional Visioning and Development Stormwater Management Ecological Restoration Brownfield Redevelopment Funding Strategies
RESEARCH Post Occupcany Evaluations and Case Studies Environmental Monitoring Soil Biology Analysis Social Monitoring Experimental Design Monitoring Protocols Adaptive Landscape Management Programs Public Outreach and Presentations Grant Writing and Technical Writing SITES Documentation
INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH All too often, ecological design is claimed, but rarely academically rigorous and reflective. In keeping with our passion and commitment to sustainable landscape design, Andropogon launched the Integrative Research Division in 2012, which guides the succession of the firm into its 4th decade. Although evidence-based design and embedding the best, most recent scientific knowledge into our landscape practice has always been a critical step in our design process, this complementary division enables us to rigorously review our past and present landscape interventions to inform future projects and the overall design community. Research is deeply embedded in our design process in every project. In some cases, the Integrative Research Division engages in more in-depth research projects, which usually occur before or after the design process. Recent examples of such research projects include:
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Kresge Foundation Complex: Post-Occupancy Evaluation. Troy, MI.
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Ecosystem Services Performance of Shoemaker Green. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
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Loantaka Brook Preserve Gas Pipeline Biodiversity Study: A Look Back After 28 Years. Morris County, NJ.
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Feasibility of Native Species and Natural Communities on Green Roofs- SUNY ESF Gateway Building Green Roof. Syracuse, NY.
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Chattanooga Runoff Reduction Standards Public Outreach- Compost Tea Workshop. Chattanooga, TN.
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Drexel Perelmen Quad Behavior Mapping. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
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Soil Amendment and Test-Plot Studies for Various Seed Mixes. Moon Township, PA.
SELECTED CLIENTS
morris arboretum
Adkins Arboretum MD Avalon Park and Preserve NY Atlanta Botanical Garden GA Bartlett Arboretum CT Brooklyn Botanic Gardens NY Bronx Art Center NY Bryn Mawr College PA Center City District, Philadelphia PA Central Park Conservancy NYC Chatham University PA Chestnut Hill College PA City of Alexandria, VA City of Allentown PA City of Cleveland OH City of Lewes DE City of Philadelphia Clemson University SC Cornell University NY Crosby Arboretum MI Cuyahoga Planning Commission OH The Dallas Arboretum TX Dickinson College PA Dover, Kohl & Partners FL Duke Farms Foundation NJ E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. DE Fairmount Park Commission PA Franklin Institute in Philadelphia Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens TX General Services Administration Grey Towers National Historic Landmark PA Grasso Holdings PA Haverford College PA
Hoffmann LaRoche Inc NJ Schuylkill Center for Environmental Holden Arboretum OH Education PA Howard Hughes Medical Research Scott Horticultural Foundation of Foundation VA Swarthmore College Lehigh Valley Hospital PA Sidwell Friends School DC Longwood Gardens DE Skidmore College NY The Louisville Olmsted Parks Smithville Park NJ Conservancy KY SmithKline Beecham PA Manitoga, Man and Nature Center NY Stapleton Redevelopment Foundation Manayunk Development Corporation PACO Merck Sharp & Dohme PA The Pennsylvania State University PA Middlebury College VT Thomas Jefferson University PA Millbrook School CT Tishman Speyer Properties Moravian Academy PA Trinity College CT Morris Arboretum of the University of Tyler Arboretum PA Pennsylvania University of Michigan Morris County Park Commission NJ University of North Carolina National Park Service University of Pennsylvania National Defense University D.C. University of the Sciences in National Storytelling Center TN Philadelphia Nikko Kirifuri Resort, Japan University of Toronto, Ontario Oberlin College OH University of Vermont The Perot Group TX University of Virginia Phipps Conservatory and Botanical U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gardens, PA U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment U.S. Coast Guard DC Authority PA Villanova University PA Princeton University NJ Washington National Cathedral DC Prospect Park NY Western Pennsylvania Conservancy PA Riverlife Task Force PA The World Bank, Vanuatu and Sri Rochester Psychiatric Center NY Lanka Ross School NY Yale University CT Salvation Army PA
SELECTED PARTNERS “When it comes to innovative site technology and design aesthetics, Andropogon is unsurpassed.” Robert Venturi Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates
quadrangle, university of pennsylvania
Andropogon has a long and successful history of collaborating with renowned and distinguished planners, architects, engineers and artists on planning and design projects. In our experience, the most successful collaborations occur when the landscape architect is a full participant in the planning and design process from the very beginning of a project. This allows for a more sustainable and integrated approach to planning and design. Recent collaborators include: Architecture + Architerra ARUP Atkin Olshin Schade Architects Ayers Saint Gross Ballinger BNIM Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Bowie Gridley Architects Burt Hill (now Stantec) BWA archtiecture + planning Cannon Design CBT Architects Cesar Pelli & Associates Cook + Fox Cooper, Robertson & Partners Croxton Collaborative Architects Digsau Dober, Lidsky, Craig & Associates Dover, Kohl & Partners Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Ellerbe Becket (now AECOM) Ennead Architects EwingCole EYP Architecture & Engineering FXFOWLE Gannett Fleming Inc.
Gensler Goody Clancy Gund Partnership Hanbury, Evans, Wright, Vlattas & Company HNTB H2L2 HOK IKM, Inc. Kieran Timberlake Associates, LLP KlingStubbins Koetter, Kim & Associates KSS Architects Kruek + Sexton Lake/Flato Architects, Inc. LS3P Associates, Ltd. Maya Lin Studio Meliora Environmental Design MGA Partners Michael Graves & Associates Modjeski and Masters Moore Ruble Yudell Overland Partners Patkau Architects Payette Perkins & Will Rafael Viñoly Architects
RMJM Hillier Robert A.M. Stern Architects Rothschild Doyno Collaborative SaylorGregg Architects Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens Seamon Whiteside Skidmore Owings & Merrill SmithGroup SMP Architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz SOM Spillman Farmer Architects The Design Alliance Architects The Lawrence Group Tsoi Kobus & Associates, Inc. Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates Vitetta Group Voith & Mactavish Architects William McDonough + Partners Zeidler Partnership Zimmer Gunsul Frasca
RECENT AWARDS
green roof at SUNY ESF Gateway Center (photo by SUNY ESF)
2014 HONOR AWARD from the AIA NY Committee on the Environment for the Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall, with Robert A.M. Stern Architects 2014 HONOR AWARD from AIA Philadelphia for the Karabots Pavilion at the Franklin Institute, with SaylorGregg Architects, now a Studo of JacobsWyper 2014 ASLA HONOR AWARD in the General Design Category for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania 2014 GROUNDBREAKER AWARD FINALIST from the Delaware Valley Green Building Council for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania 2014 AIA NYS AWARDS including a Design Award Citation and an Excelsior Award for Public Architecture for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center, with Architerra, Inc. 2014 HONOR AWARD for Excellence in Architecture for a New Building rom the Society for College and University Planning/AIA-CAE for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center, with Architerra, Inc. 2014 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center, with Architerra, Inc.
2014 MERIT AWARD in General Design from ASLA NY for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center Green Roof, with Architerra 2013 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARD from the Boston Society of Architects for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center, with Architerra 2013 SPEAS AIRPORT AWARD from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for innovative stormwater management at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, with ARCADIS 2013 STORMWATER BMP AWARD from the TempleVillanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative for Stroud Water Research Center, Shoemaker Green, and the Kroc Corps Community Center 2013 AWARD OF HONOR from the Connecticut Green Building Council for the Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall, with Robert A.M. Stern Architects 2013 HONOR AWARD in General Design and People’s Choice Award from the Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, with MGA Partners
2014 HONOR AWARD in General Design from the TriState ASLA for the Clemson University ICAR Technology Neighborhood 1 Plaza, with Seamon Whiteside
2013 MERIT AWARD in Analysis & Planning from the Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the St. Elizabeth’s West Campus Landscape Integration Plan
2014 MERIT AWARD for Excellence in Landscape Architecture-General Design from the Society for College and University Planning for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania
2012 DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the AIA for the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, with MGA Partners
RECENT AWARDS
lubert plaza, thomas jefferson university
2012 COMMUNITY AWARD from the US Green Building Council New Jersey Chapter for Duke Farms LEED Improvements, Reuse and Renovation
2008 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT for the Center for Art & Science at Cambridge School of Weston, with Architerra, Inc.
2012 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD from the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design for the Horticultural Center at the Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Overland Partners
2008 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT for the Sculpture Building at Yale University, with KieranTimberlake
2012 DESIGN-BUILD MERIT AWARD from the DesignBuild Institute of America for the United States Military Academy Preparatory School Site Design in West Point, New York, with EwingCole 2012 HONOR AWARD in Excellence in Planning for an Existing Campus from Society for College and University Planning for Drexel University Campus Master Plan, with Goody Clancy 2011 AIA DELAWARE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD for the Lewes Canalfront Park in Lewes, Delaware 2011 HONOR AWARD from the American Society of Landscape Architects in Communications for the publication; Metropolitan Paradise, The Struggle for Nature in the City: Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley, 1620-2020 2009 PRESERVATION ACHIEVEMENT GRAND JURY AWARD from the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia for the Historic Smithville Streetscape Renovation, with Vitetta
2007 STORMWATER BMP AWARD from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council & Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for Valley Green Environmental Restoration Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2007 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT for Sidwell Friends Middle School, Washington, D.C., with KieranTimberlake 2006 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT for the Philadelphia Forensic Science Center, with Croxton Collaborative 2006 STORMWATER BMP AWARD from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council & Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for Thomas Jefferson University Plaza in Philadelphia 2005 REGIONAL MERIT AWARD from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects for King’s College Circle Precinct at the University of Toronto. 2005 TORONTO ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN AWARD, Honorable Mention for King’s College Circle Precinct at the University of Toronto
“GREEN” PROJECTS & AWARDS
shoemaker green, university of pennsylvania
AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECTS
Selected by The American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Environment.
Gateway Center SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2014, with Architerra, Inc. Garthwaite Center for Science & Art Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2008, with Architerra, Inc. Sculpture Building and Gallery Yale University, New Haven, CT AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2008, with KieranTimberlake Sidwell Friends Middle School Washington, DC AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2007, with KieranTimberlake Philadelphia Forensic Science Center Philadelphia, PA AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2006, with Croxton Collaborative Architects Cusano Environmental Education Center John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge Philadelphia, PA AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2003, with SMP Architects Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2002, with John Lyle and William McDonough + Partners
OTHER “GREEN” AWARDS
Recognition from state and national organizations
Kohler Environmental Center, Choate Rosemary Hall-2014 Honor Award from AIANY Committee on the Environment, with Robert A.M. Stern Architects SUNY ESF Gateway Center-2013 Sustainable Design Award from the Boston Society of Architects, with Architerra, Inc. Stroud Water Research Center, Shoemaker Green, and Kroc Corps Community Center - 2013 Best Stormwater Control Measure Projects from the Temple-Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT - 2013 Award of Honor from the Connecticut Green Building Council with Robert A.M. Stern Architects Duke Farms, Hillsborough, NJ - 2012 Community Award from the US Green Building Council New Jersey Chapter with VITETTA Architects Lewes Canalfront Park, Lewes, DE - 2011 AIA Delaware Sustainability Award New Science Center at Brooks School, Andover, MA - Citation for Sustainable Design from AIA Boston with Architerra, Inc. Valley Green Environmental Restoration Program Philadelphia, PA 2007 American Water Resources Assocation, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Philadelphia Water Department etal. Stormwater Best Management Practices Award Thomas Jefferson University Plaza, Philadelphia, PA American Water Resources Association, Pennsylvania - 2006 Environmental Council, Philadelphia Water Department etal. Stormwater Best Management Practices Award Finalist in the Environmental Design category - 2004 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award
“GREEN” PROJECTS & AWARDS
student residential learning complex, university of vermont
LEED PROJECTS
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, U.S. Green Building Council
Gateway Center at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syruacuse, NY LEED Platinum, with Architerra Moorhead Environmental Comples at the Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA LEED Platinum, with m2 architecture Campus Center at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, NJ LEED Gold, with KSS Architects Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT LEED Platinum, with Robert A.M. Stern Architects J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA Designed to exceed LEED Platinum, with ZGF Architects Gateway Building, SUNY School of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY Designed to meet LEED Platinum, with Architerra, Inc. Morris Arboretum Horticulture Center, Philadelphia, PA Awarded LEED Platinum, with Overland Partners McCormack Post Office & Court House, Boston, MA Awarded LEED Gold, with Goody Clancy Sculpture Building and Gallery Yale University, New Haven, CT Awarded LEED Platinum, with KieranTimberlake Johnson Hall of Science, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY Awarded LEED Gold, with Croxton Collaborative and KlingStubbins Sidwell Friends Middle School, Washington, DC Awarded LEED Platinum, with KieranTimberlake This is the first Platinum-rated K-12 school in the world and the first Platinum building in Washington, DC
Student Residential Learning Complex, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Awarded LEED Gold, with Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company West Residential Campus Initiative, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY LEED certified, with KieranTimberlake
LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE PROJECTS
Certification by the International Living Future Insitute™
Phipps Conservatory, Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Pittsburgh, PA Designed to meet The Living Building Challenge Standard, with The Design Alliance Potomac Watershed Study Center, Alice Ferguson Foundation, Accokeek, MD Designed to meet The Living Building Challenge Standard, with Re:Vision Architects
SUSTAINABLE SITES INITIATIVE™ PROJECTS
Voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction ,and maintenance practices Phipps Conservatory, Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Pittsburgh, PA - Four-star rated certification with The Design Alliance Bartholdi Park, United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC Pilot Project, with EwingCole Shoemaker Green, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Two-star rated certification
SOUTHEAST EXPERIENCE
us coast guard headquarters, washington, dc
ALABAMA
KENTUCKY
Hudson Farm, Montgomery, AL – Master Plan
Louisville’s Olmsted Parks and Parkways, Louisville, KY – Master Plan
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC – Master Plan and Site Design St. Elizabeth’s West Campus, Washington, DC – Landscape Integration Plan Bartholdi Park, U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington, DC – Site Design of Demonstration Garden Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC - Site Design National Mall Design Competition Finalist, Washington, DC – Concept Design Marshall Hall Expansion, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, DC – Site Design Olmsted Woods, Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC – Site Design
FLORIDA Tampa Art Museum, Tampa, FL – Site Design
GEORGIA Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA – Master Plan Smithgall Arboretum, Gainesville, GA – Master Plan
LOUISIANA Claiborne Corridor Study, New Orleans, LA – Revitalization Study University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA – Site Design for Student Residential Complex
MISSISSIPPI The Crosby Arboretum, Picayune, MS - Master Plan and Site Design
NORTH CAROLINA Chapel Woods Implementation Plan, Duke University, Durham, NC – Restoration Plan and Concept Design University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC: • Stormwater Management Plan • Environmental Master Plan with Ayers Saint Gross • Rams Head Center Site Design with Ayers Saint Gross • School for Library and Information Science Site Planning with KieranTimberlake Coastal Studies Institute, East Carolina University, Manteo, NC – Site Planning with PBC + L
SOUTHEAST EXPERIENCE
crosby arboretum, picayune, mississippi
SOUTH CAROLINA Clemson University, Clemson, SC: • Sandhill Research and Education Center - Site Development Plan for Environmental Education Center • International Center for Automotive Research - Master Plan of a New 250-acre Campus with SmithGroup South Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson, SC - Site Design & Exhibits for New Conservatory
TENNESSEE City of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN: • Chattanooga Runoff Reduction Standards • Brainerd (Midtown) Community Green Infrastructure Retrofit Project National Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, TN – Site Design
VIRGINIA University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA - Strategic Plan for Water Resources Management George Mason University, Fairfax, VA - Student Residential Housing VII with Hanbury Evans Wright Valattas + Company
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA - Stormwater Master Plan with Draper Aden Associates & Hanbury Evans Wright Valattas + Company Friendswood Community, Prince William County, VA Environmental Planning Petersburg National Battlefield Park, Petersburg, VA – Restoration Plan
WEST VIRGINIA Summit Welcome Center, Boy Scouts of America, Mount Hope, WV – Concept Design Seneca Rocks Visitor Center, Seneca Rocks, WV – Master Plan and Site Design Gateway Park, Charleston Renaissance Corporation, Charleston, WV – Site Design
KEY PERSONNEL
JOSÉ M. ALMIÑANA, FASLA, PLA PRINCIPAL
José joined Andropogon in 1983 and has been a principal since 1995. Trained as both a landscape architect and architect, his collaborative work endeavors to achieve the highest possible performance with the least amount of resources. José has been instrumental in many of the firm’s complex site development projects, striving to create sensitive, ecological designs that respond directly to site conditions and incorporate innovative sustainable and regenerative design technologies. He has directed a diversity of design and planning projects, from restoring urban parks and designing corporate campuses to planning new mixed–use communities. Regardless of project scale, José distills the site’s essential resources into designs that are functional, beautiful, and environmentally responsible.
KEY PROJECTS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS SITE DESIGN FOR BUILDING PROJECTS Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA – Raymond J. Perelman Plaza Cornell University, Ithaca NY – Physical Sciences Building Cornell University, Ithaca NY – West Campus Residential Initiative Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Prospect Avenue Apartment Renovation Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA – Lubert Plaza for the Dorrance H. Hamilton Building Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA – Alumni Hall Middlebury College, Middlebury VT – Atwater Commons Residential & Dining Facilities Clemson University, Greenville, SC – Sandhill Research and Education Center The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA – Garthwaite Center for Science & Art The Haverford School, Haverford PA – Academic Buildings Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC • Lower School Groome Addition and Gymnasium • New Athletics Facility •
New Middle School Building
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY – New Music Building The Pennsylvania State University, State College PA – Centre County Visitor Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC – Rams Head Center University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA • Quadrangle College Houses •
New College House at Hill Square
EDUCATION MLA, 1983, Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania BA, 1978, Construction Review, College of Engineers Venezuela BA, 1977, Architecture, Universidad Central de Venezuela REGISTRATIONS Registered Landscape Architect: DE, FL, IN, KY, MD, ME, MO, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WV LEED™ Accredited Professional AFFILIATIONS Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects SITES Technical Core Committee for the Pilot Project Phase TEACHING University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Philadelphia, PA Harvard University Professional Summer Educational Program, Cambridge, MA Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
JOSÉ M. ALMIÑANA, FASLA, PLA PRINCIPAL
Yale University, New Haven CT – Sculpture Building & Gallery Brooks School, North Andover MA – New Science Center Cabrini College, Radnor PA – West Residence Hall SUNY Syracuse, Syracuse NY – College of Environmental Science and Forestry Gateway Building CAMPUS LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA – Shoemaker Green Master Plan & Site Design University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA – Morris Arboretum, Master Plan Implementation Projects University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA – Streetscape Improvements SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY – Landscape Design for Harriman Quad, South Campus Middlebury College, Middlebury VT – Front Campus Landscape Development Plan and Site Improvements The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville NJ – Land & Water Management Analysis Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY – Site Improvements & Landscape Design The Pennsylvania State University, State College PA – Fox Hollow Drainage Study MASTER PLANS Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA – Campus Master Plan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC – Campus Stormwater Master Plan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC – School of Information & Library Sciences Master Plan Chatham University, Pittsburgh PA – Master Plan for Eden Hall Campus Moravian Academy, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC & Bethesda, MD – Landscape Master Plan Purdue University, West Lafayette IN – Campus Wide Sustainable Stormwater Modifications Design The University of Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY – Master Plan Clemson University, Greenville SC – Sandhill Research and Education Center Cornell University, Ithaca NY – West Campus Residential Initiative Middlebury College Master Plan, Middlebury VT – Landscape Component
JOSÉ M. ALMIÑANA, FASLA, PLA PRINCIPAL
URBAN DESIGN New Orleans, LA – Claiborne Corridor Revitalization Study Panther Hollow, Pittsburgh, PA – Watershed Study City of Chattanooga, TN – City-Wide Development of Runoff Reduction Standards for Water Quality Improvement & Brainard – Airport Green Infrastructure Retrofit Almono Brownfield Redevelopment, Pittsburgh, PA – Master Plan & Phased Development Projects Philadelphia Horticultural Society & East Falls Development Corporation – East Falls Stormwater Design, Philadelphia, PA City of Easton, PA – City of Easton Waterfront Redevelopment & Improvements 40th Street Trolley Portal, Philadelphia, PA – Site Design
PUBLIC PROJECTS Yaddo Estate, Saratoga Springs, NY – Landscape Master Plan Richardson Olmsted Center Complex, Buffalo, NY •
Site Design of South Lawn
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Site Design of Core Campus Landscape
Salvation Army, Philadelphia PA – Site design for Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa FL – Site Design The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA – Landscape Design for Museum Addition
HEALTHCARE, RESEARCH, AND CORPORATE CAMPUSES Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA – Medical Center Master Plan Thomas Jefferson University/Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia PA – Ambulatory Care Center DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington DE – Master Plan & Site Plans for Natural Resource Preservation & Restoration
PUBLIC GARDENS AND CULTURAL SITES New England Wild Flower Society, Framingham, MA – Garden in the Woods Master Plan Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh PA – Education/Research/Administration building designed to meet the Living Building Challenge U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington, DC– Bartholdi Park Sustainable Site Demonstration Garden Central Park, New York NY – Restoration Plans for North Meadow
YAKI MIODOVNIK, PLA, ASLA, CSLA PRINCIPAL
Yaki joined Andropogon in 1985 and has been a principal since 1996. Inspired by his knowledge of science and technology, and a deep commitment to ecological design, Yaki frequently directs projects involving unusual or difficult environmental challenges. He has a special ability to bring together the diverse people, from client to contractor, needed to realize a complex project. Yaki’s design solutions recognize the landscape as a living system to be restored and sustained. His work frequently demonstrates new techniques that incorporate solutions in stormwater management, alternative wastewater treatment, habitat restoration, and utilization of the landscape as green infrastructure within evocative landscapes. In academic projects, he has promoted using the landscape as an extension of the traditional classroom experience, finding creating ways to infuse nature into the learning process.
EDUCATION MLA, 1985, Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania BA, 1979, Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem REGISTRATIONS Registered Landscape Architect: PA, VA, and Ontario, Canada AFFILIATIONS
KEY PROJECTS
Member, American Landscape Architects
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ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
Member, Canadian Landscape Architects
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SITE DESIGN FOR BUILDING PROJECTS Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA – University Center Addition Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS - Seaton Hall Site Design Princeton Day School Field House & Tennis Center, Princeton, NJ - Site Design Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA •
Site & Landscape Design for the Rector Biology Building
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Site & Landscape Design for the Kline Fitness & Squash Centers
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Site & Landscape Design for Stafford Greenhouse
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Site & Landscape Design for a New Residence Hall
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Site & Landscape Design for Soccer Complex
Washington University, St Louis MO •
Site & Landscape Design for the Brown School of Social Work
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Site & Landscape Design for Danforth Campus New Parking Facility
Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus, University Park, PA – Site Design for New McCoy Natatorium and Tennis Center Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA – Green Roof and Site Design for HUB and Robeson Buildings University of Vermont, Burlington, VT ¬ •
Site Design for Student Residential Learning Complex
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Aiken Center for Environmental and Natural Resources
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ - Site Design for New Library
YAKI MIODOVNIK, PLA, ASLA, CSLA PRINCIPAL
Drew University, Madison, NJ –– Site Design for Faculty Housing & Athletic Fields George Mason University, Fairfax, VA –– Site Design for Student Residential Housing VII Complex Princeton University, Princeton, NJ –– Student Union Site Design & Implementation National Defense University, Marshall Hall Expansion, Fort McNair, Washington D.C. –– Site design Trinity College, Hartford CT University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA –– Site Design for Student Residential Complex The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ –– Campus Center Site Design University of Delaware, Newark, DE –– Site Design for New Student Union & Parking Facility CAMPUS LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS Clemson University, Greenville, SC - Technology Neighborhood One Plaza, International Center for Automotive Research University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA –– Perelman Quadrangle Site Design & Implementation Ross School, East Hampton, NY––Site Design & Implementation University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada –– King’s College Circle Precinct Site Design & Implementation Immaculata University, Immaculata PA –– Planning & Feasibility Studies MASTER PLANS Washington University, St Louis, MO - East Campus Precinct Framework Plan Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ — Site Analysis & Master Plan Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA – Site Development Guidelines and Management Plan Clemson University, Greenville, SC –– Sandhill Research and Education Center Clemson University, Greenville, SC - International Center for Automotive Research Temple University, Philadelphia, PA- Health Sciences Campus Master Plan Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA –– Campus Master Plan Ross School, East Hampton, NY–– Facilities Master Plan, Site Design, & Implementation Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA –– Master Plan for Historic Campus
YAKI MIODOVNIK, PLA, ASLA, CSLA PRINCIPAL
Trinity College, Hartford, CT –– Master Plan University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA ¬¬ –– Woodland Avenue Master Plan University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT–– Long Range Development Plan Villanova University, Villanova, PA –– Landscape Master Plan Monmouth College, Monmouth, NJ –– Campus Master Plan Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg VA •
Master Plan Update
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Stormwater Master Plan
University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
PUBLIC PROJECTS GSA-St. Elizabeth’s Campus, Washington, DC––Landscape & Stormwater Master Plan & Site Design US Coast Guard Headquarters Building, GSA-SEP1, Washington, DC – Site Design
HEALTHCARE, RESEARCH, AND CORPORATE CAMPUSES Confidential Client, Pittsburgh, PA –– Site Design for 61-Acre New Corporate Campus J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California - Site Design DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE –– Master Plan & Site Design for Natural Resource Preservation & Restoration DuPont Agricultural Products, Wilmington, DE –– Site Development Plan, Stream Restoration SmithKline Beecham Headquarters, West Norriton, PA –– Site Design Tom’s of Maine, Corporate Headquarters & Production Facility, Kennebunk, ME –– Master Plan UNUM Corporate Headquarters, Portland, ME –– Master Plan & Site Design Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, NY – Site Design for Modernization Project Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, NJ – Master Plan Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Loudoun County, VA — Site Design for Janelia Farm Research Campus Sanofi Aventis, Confidential Location –– Landscape Guidelines for Campus Headquarters Redesign Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA — Landscape Master Plan and Site Design for Hospital Expansion
YAKI MIODOVNIK, PLA, ASLA, CSLA PRINCIPAL
PUBLIC GARDENS AND SITES The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, Mount Hope, WV –Master Planning & Site Design Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY – Design and Feasibility Studies Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Site, China –– Master Plan Implementation Competition Grey Towers National Historic Landmark, Milford, PA –– Master Plan, Historic Garden Restoration & Site Design Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY –– Master Plan Louisville Park System, Louisville, KY — Master Plan for Olmsted Parks & Parkways, Phased Projects Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA –– Master Plan & Site Design. Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY— Master Plan for Park Restoration Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, PA –– Site Design & Restoration of Floodplain Meadows and Stream University Park, New York City Dept. of Parks & Recreation, Bronx, NY –– Master Plan Wilmington Department of Parks & Recreation, Wilmington, DE –– Shoreline Reclamation Plan Lower Merion Township, Ardmore, PA –– Master Plan & Implementation for Streetscape & Public Plaza 26th Street Gateway to Philadelphia, PA –– Master Plan & Phased Development Projects
THOMAS AMOROSO, ASLA, PLA PRINCIPAL
A Principal at Andropogon, Tom is a landscape architect with a strong background in ecological design and construction. With more than fourteen years of professional experience, he has the ability to take a variety of projects from the early conceptual stages through construction administration services. His understanding of design and how to balance a client’s needs with what is appropriate for the site helps to guide projects through complex design issues and approval processes. His project management experience and technical capability allows him to understand and coordinate various disciplines within a project team. Since joining Andropogon in 2006, Tom has designed and managed various projects that have ranged from detailed site design to academic and corporate campus master plans.
KEY PROJECTS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA - Raymond J. Perelman Plaza and Main Quadrangle University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA •
Site Design for Shoemaker Green
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Landscape Improvements for Ringe Squash Courts
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Site Design for New College House at Hill Square
University City District - 40th Street Portal Project, Philadelphia, PA- Site Design Washington University, St. Louis, MO - Brown School of Social Work Temple University, Philadelphia, PA - Health Sciences Campus Framework Plan Yale University, New Haven, CT •
Site Design for New Sculpture Building and Parking Garage
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Site Design for East Landscape Expansion
Sidwell Friends Middle School, Washington, DC Site - Design for New Athletics Facility Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ - Site Design for New Library Sidwell Friends Lower School, Bethesda, MD - Site Design for Campus Brooks School, North Andover, MA - Site Design for New Science Building Richard Stockton College, Ponoma, NJ - Site Design for College Center Building Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY - Site Design for New Music Building Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY - Sustainability/Stormwater Guidelines for Gyrodyne Research & Development
EDUCATION Temple University, Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, 1998 REGISTRATIONS Registered Landscape Architect: PA ASSOCIATIONS Member, American Landscape Architects
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RECENT LECTURES Performance Based Landscapes: Shoemaker Green, VUSP Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Program, 2013 Performance Based Landscapes, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower PreserveLand Ethics Symposium, 2012 Landscape Performance: Tools to Estimate Benefits and Promote Sustainable Landscape Solutions, Greenbuild: International Conference and Expo, 2010 Delaware Valley Green Building Council — Best of Greenbuild 2010
THOMAS AMOROSO, ASLA, PLA PRINCIPAL
FEDERAL & CORPORATE CAMPUSES Confidential Client, Pittsburgh, PA - Site Design for 61-Acre New Corporate Campus J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California - Site Design General Service Administration, St. Elizabeth’s Campus, Washington, DC Landscape & Stormwater Master Plan & Site Design General Service Administration, United States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, Washington, DC - Site Design for USCG Headquarters Building
PARKS & RESORTS Lower Venice Island Master Plan, Philadelphia PA - Strategic Master Plan & Site Design for New Waterfront Park and Recreation Facility Gettysburg National Historic Battlefield Park, Gettysburg, PA - Site Design for New Visitor Center Punta Patilla Eco-Resort, Dominican Republic - Site Master Plan
COMPETITIONS United States National Mall Competition, Washington, D.C. - Finalist for the Constitutions Gardens Site
MARTIN TROUTMAN, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL & TECHNICAL MANAGER
Martin joined Andropogon in 1993, bringing to the firm a wealth of technical knowledge in design and implementation. He has managed a variety of projects, from campus master planning to construction, and has overseen construction documentation, specification preparation, and construction review for many of the firm’s most complex site development projects. As the firm’s Technical Manager, Martin develops procedures and policies regarding project quality management for all of Andropogon’s projects. He has practiced professionally for more than 40 years in the Philadelphia area. The projects listed below highlight some of the key projects that Martin has worked on with Andropogon.
EDUCATION
KEY PROJECTS
ASSOCIATIONS
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA—Raymond J. Perelman Plaza Washington University, St Louis MO—Site & Landscape Design for the Brown School of Social Work Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA: •
Site & Landscape Design for the Kline Fitness & Squash Centers
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Site & Landscape Design for a New Residence Hall
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Site & Landscape Design for the Stafford Greenhouse
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA—Site Design for Shoemaker Green University of Vermont, Burlington, VT—Site Design for Student Residential Learning Complex Cornell University West Campus Residential Initiative, Ithaca NY–—Master Plan & Site Design Middlebury College Atwater Commons, Middlebury VT—Site Design for New Residential & Dining Facilities University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA—Quadrangle College House Renovation & Streetscape Improvements University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rams Head Center, Chapel Hill NC—Site Design, Stormwater Management & Stream Daylighting Oberlin College, Oberlin OH—Site Design for Environmental Studies Center
HEALTHCARE, RESEARCH, AND CORPORATE CAMPUSES Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO—Site Design for Hospital Expansion Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA—Site Design for Hospital Expansion
Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan, 1971 Bachelor of Science, Delaware Valley College, Doylestown PA, 1968 REGISTRATIONS Registered Landscape Architect: PA LEED Accredited Professional
Member, American Landscape Architects
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BOOK REVIEWER EXPERIENCE Thompson & Sorvig, Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors, Island Press: 2000
MARTIN TROUTMAN, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL & TECHNICAL MANAGER
FEDERAL & CORPORATE CAMPUSES GSA–—St. Elizabeth’s Campus, Washington DC—Landscape & Stormwater Master Plan & Site Design Tom’s of Maine, Kennebunk ME—Master Plan for New Corporate Headquarters & Production Facility
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS & PARKS Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh PA—Education/ Research/Administration building designed to meet the Living Building Challenge Richardson Olmsted Center Complex, Buffalo, NY—Site Design of South Lawn Salvation Army Kroc Center, Philadelphia, PA—Recreation Park & Urban Agriculture Center The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, Mount Hope, WV— Planting & Site Design Pleasant Hill Park, Philadelphia PA—Site Design for Phase 1 Site Improvements Save The Bay Foundation, Providence RI—Master Plan & Site Design for Save The Bay Headquarters Olmsted Parks & Parkways, Louisville KY—Master Plan, Restoration & Phased Projects Shore Parkway Bicycle Path, Brooklyn, New York City NY Grey Towers National Historic Landmark, USDA Forest Service & National Park Service, Milford PA—Master Plan Restoration of Historic Gardens & Site Design for New Visitor Access Gettysburg National Battlefield Park, National Park Service, Gettysburg PA— Site Design for New Visitor Center Complex National Park Service, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park NY— Site Design for Library Renovation & New Visitor Center Lewes Canalfront, Park, Lewes, DE—Site Design for phased projects
URBAN DESIGN Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh PA—Landscape Improvements for Historic Burial Grounds 99th and Broadway, New York, NY—Site Design for Residential High Rise Courtyard and Roof Gardens Westbank Greenway, Philadelphia PA—New Bicycle–Pedestrian Link in Philadelphia’s bicycle network from West Philadelphia to Fairmount Park
EMILY MCCOY, PLA, ASLA
ASSOCIATE & DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH
Emily’s passions are rooted in both design and understanding of the natural world. Emily has a comprehensive background in design, ecology, and horticulture that enables her to intricately weave together art and science within the sphere of landscape architecture. She is passionate about exposing the beauty of ecological processes within the everyday lives of people with the hopes of inspiring appreciation of the processes that sustain our quality of life. As Director of Integrative Research, Emily leads a rigorous review of Andropogon’s past and present landscape interventions in order to integrate the best scientific knowledge and the most effective design solutions into future projects.
KEY PROJECTS PUBLIC GARDENS AND CULTURAL SITES New England Wild Flower Society, Garden in the Woods Master Plan, Framingham, MA Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, PA Panther Hollow Watershed Restoration, Pittsburgh, PA The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, Mount Hope, WV
PUBLIC PROJECTS Richardson Olmsted Complex South Lawn, Buffalo, NY GSA Redevelopment of St. Elizabeth’s Campus, Washington, DC PA-DE ASLA Merit Award, Analysis & Planning, 2013 United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC Environmental Assessment of Potomac Metro Station, Alexandria, VA Development of Runoff Reduction Standards for Water Quality Improvement and Community Outreach, Chattanooga, TN
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS Carnegie Mellon University Center Addition, Pittsburgh, PA Shoemaker Green, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA • Sustainable Site Design Guidelines and Management Plan • Site Improvement Projects — Stafford Greenhouse, Residence Hall The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA - HUB Student Center Addition and Renovation
HEALTHCARE, RESEARCH, AND CORPORATE CAMPUSES Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
EDUCATION MLA and GIS Certificate, 2008, North Carolina State University BS, 2002, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Appalachian State University REGISTRATIONS Registered PA, NC
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AFFILIATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS American Architects
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Society for Ecological Restoration Ecological Landscaping Association International Society of Arboriculture Ecological Society of America TEACHING Temple University, Master of Landscape Architecture Program, Public Lands Design Studio and Research Design Methods North Carolina State University, Horticulture Department, Ornamental Plant ID
EMILY MCCOY, PLA, ASLA
ASSOCIATE & DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH
RECENT LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS Ecosystem Services Performance of Shoemaker Green. 2012 - 2017. University of Pennsylvania, PA, Andropogon Associates and the University of Pennsylvania Performance-based Landscapes, 2014 Ecological Landscaping Association Conference, Springfield, MA Feasibility of Native Species and Natural Communities on Green RoofsSUNY ESF Gateway Building Green Roof. 2013. Andropogon Associates and SUNY ESF. (R)evolution: Planning for Ecological Change and Resiliency at a Public Garden, 2013 ASLA Conference, Boston, MA Fire, Water, and Pixels: Catalyzing Ecological Resilience for Cultural Landscapes, 2013 ASLA Conference, Boston, MA Performance Based Landscapes: Shoemaker Green, Pennsylvania Stormwater Symposium, Villanova, PA
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Help Wanted: A Call for Transdisciplinary Collaboration in the Urban Environment, 2013 SER World Conference, Madison, WI. Landscape Dialects, North Carolina State University, College of Design, 2012-13 Landscape Architecture Lecture Series - Sixth Annual Charles H. Burger Memorial Lecture St. Elizabeths West Campus - Landscape Preservation, Integration and Management Plan. 2010. General Services Administration. Restoring the Burnt Mill Creek Watershed Through Stormwater Management and Community Development. 2008. Watershed Education for Communities and Officials (WECO) and North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension. Investigating Parks for Active Recreation for Kids (I-PARK). 2008. Natural Learning Initiative and Laboratory for the Design of Healthy and Sustainable Communities, North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation- Active Living Research. Implementation of Low Impact Development Retrofits in a Low Income Neighborhood in Wilmington, NC. 2008. ASCE Conference Proceeding Paper, Seattle, WA. Camden County Green Industrial Park Feasibility Study. 2008. UNC Institute for the Environment and Golden LEAF Foundation. Choreographing Urban Design with Communities. 2008. Collective Intelligence, Collaborative Design. NCSU College of Design. Water Quality Impacts of Alternative Build-out Scenarios for Brunswick County, NC. 2006. Laboratory for the Design of Healthy and Sustainable Communities, North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension, and NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources.
CHRIS MENDEL, ASLA, PLA ASSOCIATE
Chris Mendel is an Associate with Andropogon Associates. He has multidisciplinary experience in natural systems design and natural resource management from rural Thailand to post-industrial North Philadelphia. His blend of skills has been applied to large urban brownfields, urban waterfront parks, city master planning, and rural campuses. He is involved in a wide array of projects including: a zero-waste brownfield redevelopment project; the renovation of an Olmsted landscape; and a comprehensive master plan for the University at Buffalo. As one of the firm’s senior project managers, Chris is most engaged in site designs for soil remediation and sustainable stormwater harvesting and re-use.
EDUCATION MLA, 2002, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2002 BA, 1996, Environmental Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996 REGISTRATIONS Registered Landscape Architect: PA AFFILIATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS
KEY PROJECTS PUBLIC GARDENS AND CULTURAL SITES Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh PA - Education/ Research/Administration building designed to meet the Living Building Challenge Richardson Olmsted Center Complex, Buffalo, NY •
Site Design of South Lawn
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Site Design of Core Campus Landscape
PUBLIC PROJECTS Salvation Army Kroc Center, Philadelphia, PA - Recreation Park & Urban Agriculture Center, Honor Award in General Design and People’s Choice Award from the Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects Lower Venice Island Master Plan, Philadelphia PA - Strategic Master Plan & Site Design for new Waterfront Park and Recreation Facility Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department - Guidelines for Sustainable Landscape Maintenance of Urban Parks Charleston Gateway Greenspace, Charleston, WV –– Municipal Park
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS Washington University, St Louis, MO - East Campus Precinct Framework Plan Washington University, Danforth Campus, St Louis MO - Site & Landscape Design for the New Parking Facility Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA – Green Roof and Site Design for HUB and Robeson Buildings Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT - Campus Master Plan, Honor Award in Campus Planning from the Boston Society of Architects
Member, American Landscape Architects
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TEACHING Adjunct Faculty at Philadelphia University, College of Architecture & the Built Environment, Philadelphia, PA
CHRIS MENDEL, ASLA, PLA ASSOCIATE
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA •
Alumni Hall
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Urban Plaza Site Design, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Stormwater Best Management Recognition Award
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Streetscape Enhancements
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Campus Master Plan
Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA – Master Plan for Eden Hall Campus University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY •
Comprehensive Master Plan, Landscape and sustainability planners for three urban and suburban campuses, Environmental Design Research Association “Great Places Award” and ASLA New York Upstate Chapter Merit Award
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Green Restoration of Harriman Quadrangle
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Soils Research and Remediation Planning
Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA - Campus Master Plan Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA –– Campus Master Plan
HEALTHCARE, RESEARCH, AND CORPORATE CAMPUSES Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO Confidential Client, Pittsburgh, PA –– Site Design for 61-Acre New Corporate Campus
RESORTS AND MIXED USE COMMUNITIES Richardson Olmsted Hotel, Buffalo, NY –– Botique Hotel Cacique del Mar, Costa Rica –– Resort and Lifestyle Community Williams Lake, Rosendale, NY –– Resort and Lifestyle Community
RECENT LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS “Planning Campus Growth with Neighborhood Collaboration,” Society for College and University Planning 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, 2011 Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance 7th Annual Symposium, 2011 “Urban Design and Stormwater Management,” Design on the Delaware, 2008 “Sustainable Urban Design,” Temple University, Department of Landscape Architecture, 2003 “Landscape Design and Brownfield Redevelopment,” Rutgers University, 2003 “Phytoremediation and Brownfield Landscape Design,” ALSA National Conference, 2002
DARREN L. DAMONE, PLA, ASLA ASSOCIATE
Darren’s passion for design and early experience as an instructor at an environmental education center in the Hudson Valley region of New York inspired him to pursue a career in ecological design, combining his strong design sensibility with his commitment to environmental concerns. During eleven years of professional practice, he has been involved in a wide range of projects varied in both scope and scale. His experience as a project manager has taught him that the most successful projects stem from an open-minded approach to a site—letting the site tell its story; and collaborative project teams that understand the important relationships between environmental responsibility, fiscal limitations, and the needs of the client and the end-user.
EDUCATION BLA (Cum Laude), 2002, State University of New York: College of Environmental Science and Forestry AS Landscape Construction,1999, State University of New York at Delhi AS Landscape Architecture, 1998, State University of New York at Delhi REGISTRATIONS Registered Landscape Architect: PA AFFILIATIONS
KEY PROJECTS
American Society Architects (ASLA)
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ - Rohrer College of Business Site Design
ASLA Annual Meeting Committee Member, 2008
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA - Haffner Residence Hall Site Design Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA •
High Street Residence Hall Green Roof & Site Design
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Rector Biology Building Site Design
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY Gateway Center Green Roof & Site Design
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Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ - Campus Master Plan & Library Site Design The United States Military Academy Preparatory School, West Point, NY New Campus Master Plan and Site Design
PUBLIC GARDENS AND CULTURAL SITES Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY - Facilities Master Plan The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA – Museum Addition Site Design Potomac Watershed Study Center, Accokeek MD - Environment Education Center Site Design Boy Scouts of America, Fayette County, WV - Ruby Welcome Center Site Design U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington, DC - Bartholdi Park Sustainable Site Demonstration Garden
INTERNATIONAL Al Jamea Tus Saifiyah New Educational Campus, Nairobi, Kenya – Master Plan & Site Design
Landscape Steering
DARREN L. DAMONE, PLA, ASLA ASSOCIATE
Eco Park, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Mixed-Use Development Master Plan Capital City District, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – City Center Master Plan
HEALTHCARE, RESEARCH, AND CORPORATE CAMPUSES St. Josepth’s Healthcare, Centre for Mountain Health Services, Hamilton, Ontario - Psychiatric Hospital Campus Master Plan
AWARDS ASLA Certificate of Honor Award, 2002
RECENT LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS Feasibility of Native Species and Natural Communities on Green Roofs, ASLA Annual Meeting, 2013 Vision, Planning, Design, and Construction of the Gateway Center, New York State Green Building Conference, 2013 Hard Bargain Farm: A Living Building Case Study, Pennsylvania/Delaware ASLA Annual Meeting, 2009 A Navy Yard Reinvented, Green Infrastructure, Linking Landscapes + Communities, ASLA Annual Meeting, 2008
SELECTED PROJECTS
CHAPEL WOODS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DUKE UNIVERSITY / DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Duke University retains large areas of woodland in the heart of its Durham campus. These wooded areas give the campus its unique character as a university in the forest. However, new development has encroached on many of these woodland areas, and remaining groves may be impacted by future development. Andropogon was asked to develop a plan for the University’s Chapel Woods, which would serve as a model for the protection and management of all of the University’s woodlands. Andropogon analyzed the ecological and experiential qualities of the Chapel Woods area in order to identify where to limit site disturbance, where to protect the exising natural landscape, and where to restore it. The main goals of the plan are to provide a restorative and inspiring environment, maintain historic significance, provide a canvas for a living laboratory, and promote an ecologically healthy woods that provides maximum performance.
sensitive slope analysis
The plan provides an analysis of the space in a series of GIS-based plans and illustrative diagrams that visualize complex, dynamic landscape issues, such as climate change, air pollution, canopy changes, shifts in hydrological processes, landscape succession, and habitat evolution. The plan also includes conceptual designs for two entry nodes to Chapel Woods. The final implementation and management plan outlines areas for protection and enhancement and offers restoration techniques and management protocols for each character zone. The implementation of this plan will provide an opportunity to enhance the experiences of the site, connect people to this special place, and embed long-term resiliency into the essential cultural and natural systems of the campus. The plan for Chapel Woods will enrich, preserve, and sustain one of the essential character-defining features of Duke University—its forest and woodlands—for present and future generations.
climate change and resiliency analysis
site protection prioritization analysis
CHAPEL WOODS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN / RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
preliminary concept design
CHAPEL WOODS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN / RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
west entry plan
CHAPEL WOODS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN / RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
east entry plan
CHAPEL WOODS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN / RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
STORMWATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER PLAN UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA / CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
At the University of Chapel Hill, formulating a long-term strategy for sustainable stormwater management was required to meet the programmatic needs and also comply with the regulatory framework of both town and state. Andropogon led a team to analyze the existing and potential impacts of development on water resources and to develop a practical management tool for the campus. The team provided the University with a Stormwater Management Plan that established design development guidelines for stormwater management and identified model projects to demonstrate Best Management Practices across the campus. Recommendations of the plan include: • Analysis of existing flood prone and damaged riparian corridors • Identification of downstream water quality impacts from UNC development • Analysis of existing impacts and potential impacts of new development • Detailed Best Management Practices for “green” stormwater management, such as for rain gardens, green roofs, bioswales
plan showing environmental constraints
In 2001, the University was planning significant new projects to accommodate a 20% increase in students to 27,000 by 2008. Additionally, UNC conceptualized becoming a model of sustainable development; recognizing that the health of its land and water resources was directly dependent upon conservation and restoration. Andropogon worked with architects Ayers Saint Gross to develop the Environmental Component of the Comprehensive Master Plan.
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The Environmental Master Plan recommended ways to protect, preserve and restore key components of natural systems as the University program of development unfolded while integrating ecological, social and economic benefits. The Environmental Master Plan also: Humanized the large scale of the southern end of the main campus by recreating the pattern of development that was so successful and beloved in the historic core – interconnected greens defined by broad, low buildings.
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Developed the required facilities in the southern end of campus while protecting preserving, and restoring critical components of environmental systems.
For the University, this meant that new structures and pavements would not be located in a stream valley or drainage channel, or on steep, forested slopes.
south campus aerial view
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN / CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
RAMS HEAD CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA / CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
Andropogon worked closely with Ayers Saint Gross Architects to design a new $80 million complex in the heart of the Chapel Hill campus that offers a dining hall with outdoor seating, recreation center, grocery store, a two-story sports cafĂŠ, and a 700-space parking garage. Rams Head, the first mixed-use project on campus, addresses a goal of the UNC Master Plan -- to more closely link the older north and newer south campuses. Rams Head is the lynch pin between the two, providing 8,000 students living on the south campus with a variety of services and amenities. Previously, students living on the south campus were separated from the rest of campus by a ravine. Rams Head is sited in the ravine and Andropogon designed the green-roof plaza level to integrate seamlessly from one side of the ravine to the other with two pedestrian bridges.
perspective view
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA / CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA / CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION / WASHINGTON, D.C
As a member of the master planning & site development team led by architects Perkins+Will, Andropogon served as the landscape architect and ecological planner for the new United States Coast Guard Headquarters Facility. The Headquarters Facility sits within the historic 182-acre St. Elizabeths campus, a National Historic Landmark located 2.5 miles from the U.S. Capital. This 1.2 million square foot building, with the second largest green roof in the United States, was designed to integrate within its 37-acre site. The landscape, informed by detailed site analysis, sustainable design principals, and stormwater Best Management Practices, creates a functional landscape with exceptional performance and beauty. The sustainable directives for the project included achievement of Silver LEED certification.
illustrative plan
The site’s high performance landscapes are designed to be integrated with the building systems; harvesting, treating, and reusing stormwater that is generated from both the site and buildings. In addition to green roofs, the storm water management system includes wet ponds, bio-swales, and step pools to handle storm water runoff from the entire campus to treat the 2-year, 15-year, 100-year storms, and beyond to accommodate future development. The overall landscape structure of the site is organized around a series of courtyards, edges and green roofs that create a “green veil” over the building and provide continuity in the landscape between the existing woodlands that surround the site and the historical campus to the east; preserving the “Green Bowl” – a series of bluffs and escarpments that surround Washington DC.
U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS / WASHINGTON, D.C
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N o r t h e r n P i e d m o n t Piedmont Uplands + Foothills
N o r t h e r n P i e d m o n t Lowlands + Outer Piedmont
S o u t h e a s t e r n P l a i n s Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain
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EPA level III + IV ecoregions of the DC-metro area
concept diagram of courtyards and corresponding ecoregion
The courtyards, as with the building, negotiate a 120 feet grade change by stepping down topographically from east to west to one of the lowest areas of the campus. The progression of terraced courtyards provides a wonderful canvas for highlighting five different ecoregions, where the physiographic regions transition from the Blue Ridge and outcrop barrens of the piedmont (entrance courtyard) to the lowlands of the coastal plain (pond). The courtyards are united by the flow of water coursing through each one, culminating in a 320,000 cubic feet wet pond that maintains its water quality with a native, vegetated edge and aquatic shelf. On grade conditions of the courtyards allowed the designers to plant larger tree species which, over time, will fill-in and allow the building to recess back into the adjacent woodland. U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS / WASHINGTON, D.C
upper courtyard
The upper courtyard features a small amphitheater that functions as a gathering space and overlooks a meadow feature below. A water feature treats stormwater from the roofs and also provides semi-private spaces for individual contemplation and small group gatherings. Water continuously circulates and, along with native plantings, creates a pleasant microclimate and retreat, especially in the warmer months. A green roof to the west of the courtyard is accessible to users.
upper courtyard rendering
U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS / WASHINGTON, D.C
main courtyard
The main courtyard takes its design cues from the outer piedmont region, lower on the piedmont plateau. Here hills are more rounded, changes in topography are less acute, and streams lose pace before they make a dramatic drop along the fall line - the geologic and ecological barrier between the piedmont and the coastal plain. Much as the land of the piedmont broadens and the streams leisurely make their way to the fall line, this courtyard is designed to be an open space that stages large events and gatherings. A large, formal water feature creates a main spine for the courtyard, separating the more formal spaces from the casual areas. This water feature treats and captures stormwater from the green roofs and enhances microclimate in the summer months.
main courtyard plan
U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS / WASHINGTON, D.C
lower courtyard
Potomac River watershed pattern
The design for the lower courtyard space draws on the misty and foggy atmosphere that Washington D.C. and its rivers commonly craft throughout the low lying area. The courtyard has a permanent pool of water at a shallow depth to maintain a moist and cool environment, but also is capable of detaining larger storm events. With elevated boardwalks, this area is meant as a space for individuals and small groups.
lower courtyard plan
U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS / WASHINGTON, D.C
aquifer regeneration
aquifer regeneration
U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS / WASHINGTON, D.C
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH CLEMSON UNIVERSITY / GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
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Andropogon Associates, in association with the SmithGroup, provided master planning and site design services for the University’s International Center for Automotive Research. The Center serves a research-driven university park incorporating major businesses – BMW Manufacturing, Microsoft, IBM and Michelin, among others. The Center provides state-of-the-technology facilities to support Clemson University’s engineering and research curriculums, and to foster collaboration and integration between the academic and business communities. The campus serves as a research park, with technology and product development laboratories, open offices, teaching centers, and secured research spaces incorporated into a 250-acre setting.
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ICAR CLEMSON UNIVERSITY / GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
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The Technology Neighborhood One (TN1) Plaza, first phase of CU-ICAR’s 250-acre master plan, creates a unique urban environment in which both students and information technology coexist. The plaza sensitively responds to a number of contextual challenges and serves as the campus’s primary unifying element. Landscaping plays a significant role in providing water efficiency and biodiversity on the site. Plant selection for the plaza includes native and adaptive species that do not require any permanent irrigation. Extensive native grass and wildflower meadows are designed to filter storm water as well as provide habitat for wildlife throughout the year.
ICAR CLEMSON UNIVERSITY / GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
SANDHILL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER CLEMSON UNIVERSITY / GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
detail of plan showing campus center and parking areas
master plan of campus showing views
Andropogon Associates, in association with the SmithGroup, provided site planning services for Clemson University’s Center for Community Development. The Center, located on a 500-acre agricultural research station in the Sandhill area of South Carolina, has a mission of teaching responsible, environmentally sensitive development to local communities. The Education Center demonstrates the potential for environmental sustainability and restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem.
CHATTANOOGA RRS
BRAINERD (MIDTOWN) COMMUNITY GI RETROFIT / CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
The City of Chattanooga needed to come into compliance with a State-mandated NPDES MS4 Permit, regulating stormwater runoff and associated pollutant loads to begin to restore health to their impacted streams. Andropogon’s expertise in integrating stormwater management systems into the larger landscape was central to Chattanoooga’s enlarged mandate; to leverage the permit requirements and use “green infrastructure to revitalize the city and provide a holistic approach to managing water quality.”
watershed extent
tributaries
drainage areas
known locations of rare species
vegetated landcover
infrastructure drainage areas
brownfield sites
headwaters identified
zoning
known open spaces
impermeable landcover
physiography sample of components for spatial analysis
CHATTANOOGA RRS/ CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
aerial perspective of site
The team, led by Arcadis, includes Meliora Environmental Design, Red Oak and Andropogon is currently developing a new stormwater management ordinance for new development and redevelopment projects including a comprehensive stormwater management manual that will encourage developers and the design professionals to meet the new requirements with green infrastructure and site specific solutions. To support the new ordinance and the manual, the team is also evaluating and harmonizing the City’s policies, codes, and ordinances, as well as the present permitting processes in order to direct future development with clear prohibitions and new incentives.
the MS4 permit requirements. The Green Infrastructure Retrofit Project provides a model for retrofitting entire city districts with innovative green infrastructure systems, while simultaneously addressing the social, cultural and economic issues and characteristics of each individual district. The development of Runoff Reduction Standards for Water Quality Improvement provides a revised Storm Water Ordinance, Guidance Manual and harmonizes related City codes. In turn, the execution of the Green Infrastructure Retrofit for the Brainerd (Midtown) Community fulfills the MS4 permit and EPA requirements for a pilot project to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Runoff Reduction Standards.
The ordinance, manual and code harmonization are based on the evolving ‘latest-best’ urban planning ideas (e.g. smart-growth and Low Impact Development, and informed The strategies set forth in the Green Infrastructure Retrofit by an intensive mapping effort lead by Andropogon, Project goes beyond meeting current permit requirements. highlighting the unique opportunities and constraints of the It anticipates the more stringent requirements of future City’s natural and built environment, social conditions and runoff standards and reframes stormwater as a resource, economic realities. These efforts are supported by public not a problem, employing it to create value-added new development opportunities. The implementation of outreach, engagement and participation. individual projects within the larger plan does not result in While separately administered and funded, the Brainerd a variety of unconnected best management plans (BMPs), (Midtown) Community Green Infrastructure Retrofit Project but rather in a stormwater management system that is fully is intended to work in conjunction with the creation of city- connected—both within an individual site and into other wide Standards for Runoff Reduction, to meet EPA and projects in the district.
CHATTANOOGA RRS/ CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
CHATTANOOGA RRS/ CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT GREEN SPACE
CHATTANOOGA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT AUTHORITY / CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
As is the case with many municipalities across the country, the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee needed to come into compliance with their NPDES Permit for discharges from the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) into receiving waters. Compliance included the creation of a stormwater design guidance manual, new stormwater ordinance and targeted code revisions, as well as a public education and outreach program. As part of this effort, the City sought to partner with private stakeholders who would be willing to create demonstration projects in exchange for design services to incorporate and highlight these changes happening throughout the municipality. The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority had recently acquired a number of properties located in a safety zone along the eastern runway. Their intent was to “clean and green” the site and potentially expand cargo area and other support services to the northeast. Located between an “impaired” but “high value” river supporting endangered species habitat, a wetland and a highly trafficked state road with flooding issues, the site became a perfect demonstration opportunity.
100 year flood plain area
Chattanooga has developed a five-part stormwater management strategy that includes: re-grading for natural flow paths, restoring cover types, amending the soil, creating bio-retention areas and performing regular maintenance. This strategy increases the overall value of the land by treating stormwater as a resource, adding diversity to the ecosystem, improving the environment, and
creating more beautiful open spaces. The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport SE Green space is a prime example of an open space amenity that performs stormwater functions and adds beauty along the banks of the South Chickamauga Creek.
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT GREEN SPACE / CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
Chattanooga Metro Airport Version 1
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT GREEN SPACE / CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
SUMMIT WELCOME CENTER
BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA / MOUNT HOPE, WEST VIRGINIA
The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve located in Mount Hope, West Virginia, illustrates Andropogon’s approach to large-scale land development on a disturbed site. The 10,600-acre former mining site is the future home of the National Scout Jamboree, the Summit High Adventure Base, and the National Center for Scouting Excellence. Andropogon’s involvement was limited to the project’s master planning phase, which focused on restoration, developing infrastructure, providing access to the area’s resources for outdoor activities, and preparing for the more than 50,000 anticipated attendees of the National Scout Jamboree. The project included developing concepts for a new Welcome Center to serve the attendees. The development of the Summit is now in progress.
SUMMIT WELCOME CENTER / MOUNT HOPE, WEST VIRGINIA
SUMMIT WELCOME CENTER / MOUNT HOPE, WEST VIRGINIA
CONSTITUTION GARDENS
COMPETITION NATIONAL MALL / WASHINGTON, DC
The new Constitution Gardens is a place of respite, regeneration and romance. Great parks form a compact between arcadia and city, leveraging and integrating the two fundamental components: nature and people. This biophilic design harnesses nature to transform Constitution Gardens into a picture of healthy water, soil, foliage, habitat and people. Framing that picture, its edges make for an engaging urban interface A healthy and vibrant lake is the heart of the new Gardens. Variegated shorelines, paths, and boardwalks offer multiple ways to experience this water centric park. The lake and surrounding landscape become an adaptable, regenerative, living system requiring zero potable water.
CONSTITUTION GARDENS / WASHINGTON, DC
view from north edge
view from steps
historical land use
CONSTITUTION GARDENS / WASHINGTON, DC
BARTHOLDI PARK
UNITED STATES BOTANIC GARDEN / WASHINGTON, D.C.
As part of the U.S. Botanic Garden, Bartholdi Park is located at the south side of the conservatory and serves as a home-landscape demonstration garden for residents and visitors. The park’s focal point is a historic 1876 fountain designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. The gardens contain deciduous trees, evergreens, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vines, ground covers, roses and bulbs. The redesign of Bartholdi Park, while continuing to demonstrate to homeowners various garden designs, types of gardens and plant selections, will be following SITES guidelines to achieve an integrated design, including local climate, vegetation, healthy soils, water management, and sustainable gardening practices. Design strategies will be used to create synergistic solutions, and to build dynamic, holistic systems to be interpreted for the urban home gardener. The goal is to share the site and sustainable strategies knowledge with each visitor.
rendered view looking towards capitol
site plan
BARTHOLDI PARK / WASHINGTON, D.C.
SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL
SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL / WASHINGTON, D.C.
Andropogon collaborated with architects Kieran Timberlake Associates to develop a Master Plan for articulating the campus landscape within the larger urban grid, while creating intimate environments for individualized learning. Andropogon’s Landscape Master Plan & Site Design included new play areas, native plantings to provide screening for neighbors, a green roof on the new building addition, and a central courtyard with a constructed wetland designed to utilize storm and wastewater for both ecological and educational purposes. Andropogon’s plan integrated water management solutions into the landscape, inextricably linking the building to its site. The wetland becomes a “working landscape”; using biological processes to clean water while providing students with a vivid example of how such systems work in nature.
SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL / WASHINGTON, D.C.
SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL / WASHINGTON, D.C.
SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL / WASHINGTON, D.C.
SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL / WASHINGTON, D.C.
HUDSON FARMS
HUDSON LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY / MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Hudson Farms comprises approximately 2,145 contiguous acres located in Eastern Montgomery, Alabama. With growth in Eastern Montgomery at its doorstep, the Hudson family wants to develop the farm in a way that preserves the family legacy, preserves the natural and cultural landscape, and establishes a role model for responsible and sustainable development. With few exceptions, development within East Montgomery has proceeded in a suburban sprawl manner. The scale and execution of the Hudson Farm community presents an opportunity to establish a new model for development practices in Montgomery—an unprecedented fusion of ecological design and new urbanist town planning.
site plan
The plan responds to two great systems—the black land prairie and its drainage network and the mile square grid. The proposed site plan expresses the dynamic tension between these two strong patterns, tying the plan to place and giving it a uniquely American character. The location of the town on high ground, and its compact layout within the “landscape rooms” of the old farm fields, embodies a logical stormwater management plan and allows the restoration of the natural drainage system. Cotton farming depleted the countryside, removing the topsoil and exposing an obdurate sublayer. The plan integrates restoration of the soil with the re-establishment of neighborhood food production—Community Based Agriculture. Restoring the soil also reinforces the project goals to return both human and natural communities to health and vitality.
HUDSON FARMS / MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
THE CROSBY ARBORETUM
THE CROSBY ARBORETUM / PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI
This master plan was developed for the country’s first ecological arboretum—a living museum where plants are studied, protected, and displayed outdoors in their native habitats. Originally an abandoned strawberry field, the site was initially uniform and undistinguished. Andropogon designed the arboretum’s new Piney Woods Lake to bring life to the site to foster the arboretum’s habitat exhibits. Design goals focused on synthesizing art (drama, beauty, and expression) and science (correct relationships between plant and plant, and plant and place). All master planning for the arboretum—the site plan, interpretive paths, plant displays, architecture, and site management techniques—revealed the natural processes of the Piney Woods and expressed their evocative qualities.
THE CROSBY ARBORETUM / PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI
The Piney Woods Lake, although not originally on-site, was created to make a uniform lowland more dramatic and interesting to the public. The new lake evokes a southern, rain-fed swamp under a canopy of trees with a foreground of rushes, sedges, and aquatic wildflowers. A rich array of native plant communities of the region is presented to visitors. The long-term monitoring and management of the recreated plant communities has provided invaluable information for habitat restoration.
crosby arboretum site before
piney woods lake during construction
piney woods lake after
THE CROSBY ARBORETUM / PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI
The habitat restoration plan for the Crosby Arboretum restored a derelict 64-acre farm to a rich variety of native plant communities and habitats, using landscape management techniques such as prescribed burning. Andropogon mapped potential plant communities and developed a gradient depicting successional change over time as well as a moisture gradient to locate potential habitat exhibits.
1991 HONOR AWARD IN MASTER PLANNING & LANDSCAPE DESIGN from the American Society of Landscape Architecture. “It is ecological design at its best, a model for other practitioners to emulate.” 2000 CENTENNIAL MEDALLION “recognizing significant works of landscape architecture,” from the American Society of Landscape Architects
The restored habitats range from southern swamp, slough, and associated wetlands (including a pitcher plant bog) to wet grasslands, wet woodlands, dry savanna, and dry woodlands.
THE CROSBY ARBORETUM / PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI
forest before, during, and after fire restoration
THE CROSBY ARBORETUM / PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI
INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING CENTER
INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING CENTER / JONESBOROUGH, TENNESSEE
park entrance
The International Storytelling Center celebrates the power of storytelling each year by showcasing the world’s storytellers and storytelling traditions at the highly acclaimed National Storytelling Festival. Today the nation’s premier storytelling event attracts up to 12,000 people each October. In 1998, the festival did not have a home and Storytelling Foundation International asked Andropogon to create a permanent new park in the center of in Jonesborough, Tennessee’s classic historic town, as the setting for the annual festival. Andropogon created a lush, 3-acre park where vistas, paths, terraces, hilltops, groves, woodlands and structures create an interpretive framework that unifies the different aspects of storytelling.
entrance steps
entrance to the park
In the park, the visitor can wander along the “Trail of Tales� and see iconic elements of storytelling, such as a well, a grotto, a pool, tree groves, a bridge, and overlooks. During the festival, individual storytellers practice their art in the Swapping Ground. From its source in a spring, water flows through the park in a series of swales and is utilized for passive irrigation. Near buildings, water is treated more formally, with elegant stone channels and a fountain on the main plaza that visitors can step down into.
view to the interpretive center
INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING CENTER / JONESBOROUGH, TENNESSEE
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redesigned stream
INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING CENTER / JONESBOROUGH, TENNESSEE
UVA WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA / CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
the dell implementation project (photograph by uva magazine 2007)
Faced with environmental issues common to many urbanizing watersheds, the University of Virginia asked Andropogon Associates to recommend a new approach to stormwater management for its 1,300acre campus. The campus drainage network and natural hydrological system had been greatly altered by development. Increased amounts of impervious areas –– such as parking lots and buildings—had reduced the local recharge of groundwater, resulting in dry streams and flash floods on campus and downstream. Equally important, much of the original beauty of the campus had been lost by burying natural streams and eliminating wetlands. Andropogon, with environmental engineers Cahill Associates, developed a Strategic Plan for Water Resource Management and recommended specific projects to help the University manage water resources as its campus continues to develop.
The Plan uses a “water balance” model which treats stormwater as a conservable and reusable resource. The model measures the differences between the past and present distribution of water within the hydrologic cycle (as precipitation, runoff, streams, or water slowly soaking into the ground). The data produced by the model quantitatively demonstrated that impervious surfaces, such as paving and rooftops, and the drainage infrastructure of hard engineering—pipes, inlets, and detention basins—alter the natural water balance and dramatically increase stormwater runoff.
lower meadow watershed plan
before and after rendering of proposed implementation
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA / CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
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