ECOLOGICAL PLANNING + DESIGN AUGUST 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 landscape of man 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 Only 4-Star Rated Project
SITES
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 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 AIA COTE TOP TEN AWARD from AIA
2014 HONOR AWARD from the AIA NY Committee
2016 AIA COTE TOP TEN AWARD from the
2014 HONOR AWARD from AIA Philadelphia
Committee on the Environment for the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, with The Design Alliance
AIA Committee on the Environment for the J. Craig Venter Institute, with ZGF Architects
2016 MERIT AWARD for Excellence in Planning
on the Environment for the Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall, with Robert A.M. Stern Architects
for the Karabots Pavilion at the Franklin Institute, with SaylorGregg Architects, now a Studo of JacobsWyper
for an Existing Campus from the Society for College and University Planning for the Temple University Health Sciences Campus Framework Plan, with Payette
2014 ASLA HONOR AWARD in the General
2016 LAND ETHICS AWARD OF MERIT from
from the Delaware Valley Green Building Council for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania
Bowman’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
Design Category for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania
2014 GROUNDBREAKER AWARD FINALIST
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 MERIT AWARD in General Design from
ASLA NY for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center Green Roof, with Architerra
RECENT DESIGN AWARDS
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
Architecture-General Design from the Society for College and University Planning for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania
2013 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARD from
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 from the Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the St. Elizabeth’s West Campus Landscape Integration Plan
2012 DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD from the
the Boston Society of Architects for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center, with Architerra
Pennsylvania Chapter of the AIA for the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, with MGA Partners
2013 SPEAS AIRPORT AWARD from the
2012 COMMUNITY AWARD from the US Green
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for innovative stormwater management at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, with ARCADIS
2013 STORMWATER BMP AWARD from the Temple-Villanova 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
Building Council New Jersey Chapter for Duke Farms LEED Improvements, Reuse and Renovation
2012 DESIGN-BUILD MERIT AWARD from the Design-Build Institute of America for the United States Military Academy Preparatory School Site Design in West Point, New York, with EwingCole
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
Architerra ARUP Atkin Olshin Schade Architects Ayers Saint Gross Ballinger BNIM Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Bowie Gridley Architects Bryn Mawr College Cannon Design Center City District, Philadelphia Central Park Conservancy, NYC Chatham University Chestnut Hill College City of Alexandria VA City of Allentown PA City of Lewes DE City of Philadelphia Clemson University COOKFOX Cooper, Robertson & Partners Cornell University Croxton Collaborative Architects Deborah Berke Partners
Dickinson College Digsau Duke Farms Foundation Ellenzweig Ennead Architects EwingCole EYP Architecture & Engineering Frederic Schwartz Architects FXFOWLE GBBN General Services Administration Gensler Goody Clancy Grasso Holdings Grimshaw Architects Gund Partnership H2L2 Hanbury, Evans, Wright, Vlattas & Co Haverford College HNTB HOK Howard Hughes Medical Research Foundation IKM, Inc. Jacobs (formerly KlingStubbins)
SELECTED CLIENTS + PARTNERS
KieranTimberlake Kruek + Sexton Lake/Flato Architects, Inc. LS3P Associates, Ltd. M2 Architecture Maclay Architects Manayunk Development Corporation Maya Lin Studio MGA Partners Michael Graves & Associates Moore Ruble Yudell Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania National Defense University Overland Partners Payette Pelli Clarke Pelli Perkins & Will Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority PMC Property Group Princeton University Rafael ViĂąoly Architects Re:Vision Architecture Robert A.M. Stern Architects Rothschild Doyno Collaborative
SaylorGregg Architects Sidwell Friends School Skidmore Owings & Merrill SmithGroupJJR Solomon Cordwell Buenz Stapleton Redevelopment Foundation CO The Design Alliance Architects The Pennsylvania State University The Perot Group Thomas Jefferson University Tishman Speyer Properties Tsoi Kobus & Associates, Inc. U.S. Coast Guard University of Pennsylvania University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Villanova University Vitetta Group Voith & Mactavish Architects VSBA 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.
pond before
pond after
pond construction
pond construction
pond planting
THE CROSBY ARBORETUM PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI
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 during controlled burning
forest before construction
ST. ELIZABETHS WEST CAMPUS WASHINGTON, D.C.
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 (BMP’s) within the historical campus.
BARTRAM’S MILE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
BARTRAM’S MILE
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Bartram’s Mile is a one mile stretch of currently vacant river frontage along the western banks of the Tidal Schuylkill between Grays Ferry Avenue and 56th Street. This section of frontage is intended to be a public trail that will eventually be part of a larger 130-mile long Schuylkill River Trail network. Once realized, the trail will take users from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, down to the confluence of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers while linking to several other trail networks, including connections to the Appalachian Trail. The trail will also connect to the planned redevelopment of industrial portions of the Lower Schuylkill, currently in the construction phase. The design the Bartram’s Mile segment encompasses multiple phases: The Concept Design and Visioning Phase, completed in December 2012, was the first step in an accelerated process to reimagine the Mile. This rapid civic engagement and public planning process brought together community representatives from the immediate neighborhoods, as well as key stakeholders from across the city and region to determine preferred design alternatives for Bartram’s Mile. The concept design, produced as a culmination of the public engagement process, included trail alignment, community connections, integration with
the Bartram’s Garden trail, site programming, and park space improvements. Design features are focused on reconnecting people to the outdoors and the Schuylkill River, while celebrating and enhancing the history and horticulture of Bartram’s Garden and connecting up to the Schuylkill Banks Trail, which currently terminates at the Grays Ferry Crescent. The Bartram’s Mile Implementation Phase 1: Design Documentation, currently underway, is further developing the Visioning Phase concept designs. This phase involves intensive work with multiple stakeholders, from oil companies to nonprofit advocates, along with site-specific challenges such as environmental remediation and historic preservation issues that provide a framework for design. Design documents and cost estimates will be produced to help prioritize implementation elements and identify permits to be obtained. Implementation Phase 2: Construction, is scheduled to begin in 2014. The development of Bartram’s Mile provides a great opportunity to convert publicly owned vacant land to public green space. Once complete, the project will provide riverfront access and recreational opportunities to an underserved neighborhood, and inform future waterfront development opportunities.
existing conditions
site rendering
existing conditions
site rendering
existing conditions
site rendering
CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
As the nation’s first teaching conservatory, the mission of the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens has evolved to position the institution at the forefront of the environmental education movement. To advance their mission, the Conservatory recently completed the last phase of its three phase expansion: the construction of an EducationResearch-Administration Building. Planned on a brownfield site, the 19,000 square foot facility showcases cutting-edge environmental technologies in order to make the building as much a part of the exhibit as the specimens within it. Designed to meet the rigorous criteria of the Living Building Challenge, one hundred percent of the building’s energy and water needs is met by on-site renewable energy, captured precipitation and reused water (Net Zero Energy and Net Zero Water). In addition, all site-related stormwater is treated on-site (Sustainable Water Discharge). The new facility completes the master plan and serves as a demonstration facility unlike any other in the world: a true living building.
KROC CORPS COMMUNITY CENTER PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
RAY AND JOAN KROC CORPS COMMUNITY CENTER PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Andropogon Associates teamed with MGA Partners to provide site development and landscape design services for the Salvation Army’s new 87,000 s.f. Community Center. The new facility is a highly diversified headquarters offering recreational facilities, job training, and educational and spiritual programs for Philadelphians from the Germantown and Nicetown neighborhoods. The project location, a 13-acre contaminated brownfield, was an industrial site and parking lot. After performing an initial site analysis and contamination review, Andropogon developed a comprehensive, sustainable landscape approach to accommodate the diverse demands of the site and facility. The project design included an urban farm, synthetic turf field, playground, and a network of rain gardens and cisterns. The site is organized around a central open space and adjoining formal garden. Intended for ceremonies and outdoor events, the formal garden was designed in sections to accommodate smaller and larger gatherings. Andropogon’s plan for the Salvation Army presents one of the most comprehensive sustainable landscape approaches in the City of Philadelphia. Through a combination of water management techniques and site waste recycling strategies, almost 100% of the first two inches of stormwater runoff from the site and building is captured, reused, and infiltrated on site using a combination of cisterns, rain gardens, porous pavements, and engineered soil mixes. 2013 ASLA PA-DE Honor Award in General Design & 2012 AIA Pennsylvania Design Excellence Award
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