Landscape Architecture + Ecological Planning by Andropogon Associates, Ltd

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGICAL PLANNING NOVEMBER 2016

an–dro–POH–gone \ 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 landscapes of humans and nature for the benefit of both.”

1 Fully Certified Living

Building Challenge Project

3 Living Building Challenge Projects in Design

9 AIA COTE Top Green Building

Projects

8 LEED Platinum Certified Projects

2 SITES Certified Projects

FIRM PROFILE

Founded forty years ago, Andropogon

is an MBE-certified landscape architecture and ecological design firm committed to the principle of “designing with nature,” creating beautiful and evocative landscapes inspired by the careful observation of natural processes and informed by environmental research. This approach involves a commitment to harmonizing people and place in a way that promotes the well-being of both the environment and the community With every project we embody our mission... “to weave together

the landscapes of man and nature for the benefit of both.” We measure the success of our work through the elegance and economy of natural form and process, as well as the long-term performance of our landscapes. We strive to move

beyond sustainability by designing fundamentally regenerative sites.

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.

Andropogon brings an integrated systems design approach to master planning. This is a fundamentally collaborative

process, where we develop a suite of design strategies that address the multiple challenges of the site while leveraging the existing natural, cultural, and social assets of the site to create a memorable landscape experience.

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/SITES/LBC 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

2016 ASLA HONOR AWARD in Research for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania

2016 AIA COTE TOP TEN AWARD from AIA Committee on the Environment for the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, with The Design Alliance

2016 AIA COTE TOP TEN AWARD from the AIA Committee on the Environment for the J. Craig Venter Institute, with ZGF Architects

2016 MERIT AWARD for Excellence in Planning for an Existing Campus from the Society for College and University Planning for the Temple University Health Sciences Campus Framework Plan, with Payette

2016 LAND ETHICS AWARD OF MERIT from Bowmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hill Wildflower Preserve for the green roof at the SUNY ESF Gateway Center, with Architerra, Inc.

2015 GROUNDBREAKER AWARD FINALIST from the Delaware Valley Green Building Council for Lower Venice Island Recreation Center, with Buell Kratzer Powell

2015 MERIT AWARD for Excellence in Architecture for Building Additions from the Society for College and University Planning for Kline Fitness and Squash Center at Dickinson College with Cannon Design

2015 PRESERVATION AWARD from the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office for Duke Farms, with VITETTA

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.

RECENT DESIGN AWARDS

2014 MERIT AWARD in General Design from

ASLA NY for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center Green Roof, with Architerra

2014 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT

for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center, with Architerra, Inc.

2014 HONOR AWARD in General Design from the Tri-State ASLA for the Clemson University ICAR Technology Neighborhood 1 Plaza, with Seamon Whiteside

2014 MERIT AWARD for Excellence in Landscape

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 PennsylvaniaDelaware Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, with MGA Partners

2013 MERIT AWARD in Analysis & Planning

Architecture-General Design from the Society for College and University Planning for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania

from the Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the St. Elizabeth’s West Campus Landscape Integration Plan

2013 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARD from

2012 DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD from the

the Boston Society of Architects for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center, with Architerra

2013 SPEAS AIRPORT AWARD from the

Pennsylvania Chapter of the AIA for the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, with MGA Partners

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for innovative stormwater management at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, with ARCADIS

2012 COMMUNITY AWARD from the US Green

2013 STORMWATER BMP AWARD from the

2012 DESIGN-BUILD MERIT AWARD from

Temple-Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative for Stroud Water Research Center, Shoemaker Green, and the Kroc Corps Community Center

Building Council New Jersey Chapter for Duke Farms LEED Improvements, Reuse and Renovation

the Design-Build Institute of America for the United States Military Academy Preparatory School Site Design in West Point, New York, with EwingCole

Architect of the Capitol Architerra ARUP Atkin Olshin Schade Architects Ayers Saint Gross Biohabitats BNIM Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Bruner/Cott Cannon Design Central Park Conservancy, NYC Chatham University Chestnut Hill College City of Alexandria VA City of Allentown PA City of Chattanooga TN City of Lewes DE City of Philadelphia PA Clemson University COOKFOX Cooper, Robertson & Partners Cornell University Croxton Collaborative Architects Deborah Berke Partners

Design Alliance Architects Dickinson College Digsau Drexel University Duke Farms Foundation Ellenzweig Ennead Architects EwingCole EYP Architecture & Engineering Frederic Schwartz Architects FXFOWLE GBBN General Services Administration Gensler Georgia Tech Goody Clancy granum a/i Grimshaw Architects Gund Partnership Hanbury, Evans, Wright, Vlattas & Co HOK Jacobs (formerly KlingStubbins) Kennedy & Violich Architecture KieranTimberlake

SELECTED CLIENTS + PARTNERS

Kruek + Sexton Lake/Flato Architects, Inc. Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture LS3P Associates, Ltd. M2 Architecture Maclay Architects Manayunk Development Corporation Maya Lin Studio Meliora Environmental Design MGA Partners Michael Graves & Associates Moore Ruble Yudell Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania National Defense University Overland Partners Payette Pelli Clarke Pelli Pennsylvania State University Perkins + Will Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority Princeton University Re:Vision Architecture

Robert A.M. Stern Architects Rogers Partners Rothschild Doyno Collaborative Rowan University Sidwell Friends School SmithGroupJJR Solomon Cordwell Buenz SOM Thomas Jefferson University Tishman Speyer Properties Tsoi Kobus & Associates, Inc. University City District University of Pennsylvania University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Vines Architecture Voith & Mactavish Architects VSBA Wellesley College William McDonough + Partners Yale University Zeidler Partnership ZGF Architects

AVALON PARK STONY BROOK HARBOR, NEW YORK

AVALON PARK

STONY BROOK HARBOR, NEW YORK

Conceived and designed as a private park and memorial garden open to the public, Avalon Park is a model for ecological design within one of the most populous regions of the United States. Located in a historic village on the north shore of Long Island, redesigning this 7-acre abandoned site involved dramatic habitat recreation and restoration of local plant communities, and the design of a contemplative journey through a diverse sequence of native landscapes. Threatened by the surrounding homogeneous suburbia, Avalon Park protects and enhances the cultural and environmental integrity of the regional landscape. For Avalon Park, Andropogon created a community garden as rich sequence of journeys and destinations. Using the latest and best ecological science to give the visitor an experience of representative plant communities in Northern long Island, Andropogon was able to create beauty through biodiversity. The seven acres of Avalon Park was entirely overrun by invasive exotic plants. The restored journey begins at the existing mill pond and takes the visitor on a boardwalk through a series of restored wetlands, a forested pond, and culminating in a clearing at the high point of the site, where a Labyrinth Garden is located. The open field discovered in the midst of the forest, coupled with a sculpture, makes this a special place for reflection and celebration.

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meadow in 2016

meadow seeding

meadow after 1 year

meadow after 3 years

GARDEN IN THE WOODS FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

Since 1900, The New England Wild Flower Society has been one of the most vocal and active leaders in promoting native plants in the United States. In recent years, the Society has refined its focus to promote the health and biological diversity of its own ecological backyard, the New England ecoregion, which reaches from the Coastal Areas of Connecticut to the Acadian Plains and Hills of Vermont. The Society’s mission is to utilize the New England landscape as a canvas for conservation and education with horticulture and beauty as its paint brush. The Society has partnered with Andropogon to pursue a transformative master plan for its headquarters at Garden in the Woods. The Garden has the largest landscaped collection of wildflowers in the Northeast and is historically significant as a cultural landscape created by a forefather of native plant propagation, the landscape architect Will Curtis. In the face of aging infrastructure and increased environmental pressures, the master plan for the Garden strives to unite conservation, horticulture, and education, in addition to embedding operational, ecological, and financial resiliency, with the carrying capacity of the site. The master plan recommends improvements to the physical plan and the collections policy through a phased strategy, and serves as a model to New England residents of sustainable land planning. As a catalyst for improving the ecological health of the Garden, the plan will guide the long-term development of the site to support the Society’s mission to conserve and promote the region’s native plants, inspiring all to appreciate the unique beauty and wealth New England landscapes offer.

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Pitch Pine Barren

Beech Grove Transitional Terrace

Hop Brook

Transitional Slopes

Pine Hill

Trial Garden

White Pine - Oak Forest

The Hemlock Cove

Kettle Hole Bog Lost Pond Ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-Slipper Woods

Laurel Bend Successional Swamp Dry Oak Forest

Plateau Garden Curtis Woodland Garden

Lily Pond + Atlantic White Cedar Bog

Most Management/ Horticultural

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Least Management/ Natural

Dense buffers Woodlands Glades

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Kettle Hole Bog Plant Palette upland swamp

Trees Species Acer rubrum Betula alleghaniensis Nyssa sylvatica

Shrub Species Vaccinium corymbosum Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron canadense Chamaedaphne calyculata Ledum groenlandicum

Herbaceous Species Sarracenia purpurea Drosera rotundifolia Maianthemum trifolium

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DUKE FARMS HILLSBOROUGH, NEW JERSEY

DUKE FARMS

HILLSBOROUGH, NEW JERSEY

Duke Farms, Doris Duke’s 2,700-acre private estate, opened to the public in 2003 for the first time in 75 years. Duke Farms was the vision of J.B. Duke, one of the country’s most successful entrepreneurs at the turn of the twentieth century. His estate now comprises one of New Jersey’s largest remaining privately owned open space, which includes 9 excavated lakes, some 45 buildings, nearly 2 ½ miles of stone walls, and more than 18 miles of roadway. The Duke Farms Foundation has implemented the master plan for the preservation and adaptive reuse of Duke Farms. Andropogon, with Vitetta Group Architects, was asked to provide site analysis, capital improvement strategies, and phased project implementation. Andropogon developed insights into the ecological and experiential aspects of the property for the main loop of the self-directed access portion of the property, including the Farm Barn, Hay Barn, Orchid Range, Great Lawn, and Old Foundation. In addition, Andropogon was involved with the development of landscape management guidelines, as well as the phased implementation of projects that demonstrated model sustainable design strategies. Working with scientists from Duke Farms and Rutgers University, Andropogon developed protocols for restoring and maintaining meadowlands, including custom seed mixes depending on soil and shading and controlled burns.

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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 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.

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

forest after controlled burning

forest in the fall 2016

forest during controlled burning

forest before construction

ST. ELIZABETHS WEST CAMPUS WASHINGTON, D.C.

The proposed redevelopment of St. Elizabeths West Campus, under the guidance of the General Services Administration (GSA), involves the rehabilitation of the historic campus to house new offices for various federal agencies in southeast Washington, D.C. Providing redevelopment guidance of the campus, from master planning to construction administration phases, is the Landscape Integration Plan by Andropogon Associates which is part of a three volume set, the Landscape Preservation and Management Plan (LPMP) which was completed in partnership with Heritage Landscapes. As part of the campus development, new landscape interventions and features are intended to fulfill multiple roles, including historic rehabilitation and green infrastructure to support the upgraded campus. As part of the Landscape Integration Plan, a soil and stormwater management plan was prepared in collaboration with civil engineers, historic preservationists, soil scientists, geotechnical engineers and hydrogeologists. In the midst of the stringent local and federal stormwater regulatory context, the soil and stormwater management plan presents an appropriate range of soil and stormwater management strategies and desirable locations for individual Best Management Practices (BMPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) within the historical campus.

FAIRMOUNT PARK PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

FAIRMOUNT PARK

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

Andropogon developed five trail master plans for the urban watershed parks that comprise the Fairmount Park System, the largest urban park system in the nation. The strategy was to plan for sustainable public environments â&#x20AC;&#x201D; parks that safeguard historical resources and support vegetation, wildlife, and natural systems â&#x20AC;&#x201D; while providing for diverse recreation uses and universal access. Each master plan reflects significant community input. Implemention of these plans will dramatically improve trail conditions and create and enhance important linkages to surrounding communities and transportation networks. Pennypack Park is one of the most successful of these parks because it has been in the forefront of trail management and user participation. The goal of the Master Plan was to upgrade Pennypackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trail management to serve as a model for other parks. The Plan recommends that over nine miles of unpaved trails in Pennypack be rehabilitated to standards that can accommodate the use of cyclists, equestrians and hikers. Complete trail naming, trailhead signage and a security locator access system should be initiated here, as well as a computerized maintenance and management system. More than eleven miles of rogue trails are recommended for closure as other trails in the Park are sufficiently upgraded.

ANS WOODEND NATURE SANCTUARY CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND

Andropogon is working with the Audubon Naturalist Society in Maryland to renew the Woodend Sanctuary and, together, revive this socially and ecologically-rich place for the benefit of the community. The master plan, which is ongoing, will not only strengthen the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s habitat and improve the visitor experience, but will also tackle the external and internal forces affecting the sanctuary, which will lead to restorative, regenerative, and transformational strategies. Addressing dynamic issues such as climate change, air pollution, canopy changes, shifts in hydrological processes, landscape succession, and habitat evolution, for example, will be integral to our master planning approach.

SOUTHERN EDGE // TYPICAL PLAN

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MORRIS ARBORETUM PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

MORRIS ARBORETUM

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA / PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA In the mid-1970s the 166-acre Morris Arboretum was faced with a backlog of deferred maintenance, deteriorated infrastructure, circulation problems, and inadequate facilities for visitors. Responding to these issues, Andropogon’s Master Plan created a vision to preserve and restore the historic resources of the Arboretum while accommodating the demands of its contemporary mission. Andropogon began the master planning process by assessing the Arboretum’s unique resources in their historical, botanical, and regional contexts. A new circulation and path system was a key element of the master plan. Andropogon designed a network of paved paths and roads, outdoor plazas, and seating areas to accommodate all types of visitation, from individuals to large group events. The system also facilitates the needs of Arboretum staff and outdoor programs associated with the education department. Since then, Andropogon has been involved with every aspect of the Arboretum’s master planning and phased project implementation, including: •

developing a natural and cultural inventory

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renovating historical landscape features

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creating an overall circulation system that transformed the visitor experience with new pedestrian paths, a new entrance road, and parking lot

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designing new landscapes & restoring habitat

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renovating and designing educational, maintenance, and research facilities, including the Horticultural Center at Bloomfield Farm

LOUISVILLE BANNER PROJECT OLMSTED TITLE PARKS LOCATION CITY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY STATE

LOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

Andropogon Associates led a planning team that developed a master plan for one of Olmsted’s last major works—Louisville’s 1,500-acre park system of three interconnected parks and parkways. The master plan clarified and restored the original intent of Olmsted’s 1891 designs, adapting the plans to restore, protect, and diversify park landscapes while making them accessible to a variety of contemporary uses. The renewal effort restored historical open spaces and vistas, refurbished and developed new trails, developed new sports areas and support facilities, and restored woodlands and hilltop savannas. Olmsted designed Cherokee Park “to preserve a beautiful sample of the celebrated ‘bluegrass country’ of Kentucky.” The park is Olmsted’s most purely scenic design. The view from Barringer Hill was a great Olmstedian vista before a devastating tornado in 1974 felled more than two thousand trees. For the next twenty years unmanaged understory growth resulted in a dense thicket of vegetation blocking the original vista. Based on recommendations in Andropogon’s Master Plan, the first phase of renewal of Cherokee Park focused on rehabilitating this great vista. Invasive vines and trees were replaced with woodlands and savannahs, and enriched with native grasses, wildflowers, ferns, and more than 485 trees and shrubs. A new multi-use path provides access to interior parklands with rustic bridges over creeks and springs. Olmsted designed Iroquois Park to dramatize a landscape of forested hillsides, breathtaking views, and an unusual, 45-acre hilltop prairie and oak savanna known as Burnt Knob. Over time the summit gradually

declined to a large expanse of poorly established turf and compacted soil. With stormwater no longer infiltrating these areas, runoff severely eroded slopes in the woodlands below the Knob. Off-trail trampling by visitors and invasive exotic vegetation aggravated the severe erosion, threatening the overall health of the forest. Andropogon recommended the first phase of renewal focus on infiltrating stormwater on Burnt Knob. Nine small infiltration basins were designed as wetlands and planted with native plants. The team’s ecologist harvested and relocated frog, toad, and salamander eggs from the park’s lowland wetlands for the new ponds. In the woodland edges, eroded gullies were stabilized and check dams installed. To further enrich and stabilize the hilltop landscape, two distinct prairie landscapes were planted—a greensward of short native grasses and a taller oak savanna with prairie wildflowers. Mowed paths through the greensward lead to a rustic picnic pavilion overlooking the wetlands and provide access for park visitors and schoolchildren. Shawnee Park in Louisville was once renowned for its great sporting traditions and landscape of expansive open space with grand river views. Over time, Olmsted’s vision for the park was obscured. Andropogon’s Master Plan for renewal recommended that the first phase focus on relocating deteriorated sports facilities from the Great Lawn to a new recreation complex. This would allow the Great Lawn to be restored as open space for picnics, parades, and large events, with magnificent views of the Ohio River.

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