design studio
HG Design Studio, formerly H&G Landscape Architects and Higgins & Gerstenmaier, is the oldest regional landscape architectural firm in Virginia. Dave Gerstenmaier’s relationship with the Developer community is far-reaching, and grounded in his awareness of how things get built. Furthermore, our staff of landscape architects and land planners have infiltrated virtually every corner of the developer market. We understand land.
Theory is important...but so is execution. HG has enhanced our comprehension of the “post-Great Recession” markets and Highwood Properties cost-control challenges. • Mitigating the new stormwater regulations creatively, without breaking the bank. • The best and most practical sustainable practices that will attract Millennials. • Alzheimer’s gardens, meditative healing gardens, senior living playgrounds, and other amenities for age specific communities. • Planning compact, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods as an alternative to low-density, automobile-oriented, single-use development. • Understanding your fiscal margins by building better neighborhoods, clustering uses and conserving land.
3D Graphics Lab
Common Spaces
Representative Project List (partial) Mixed Use/Neighborhood/Retail/Multi-Family Abbey Village Ashbury Barrington BelCrest Belmont Apartments Bentley Blueberry Hill Brandy Oaks Cary Court/Carytown CentrePointe Charleston Ridge Charter Colony Creekside Village Crimson Crest Cross Ridge Edgehill Ellington Woods Founders Bridge Four Season’s at New Kent Gardenbrook Grace Hill Gray Oaks Hancock Village Harper’s Mill Harrison Crossing Heron Point Heron’s Landing Hill’s Quarter Hills Quarter Hunton Park Apartments Iron Mill King’s Reach King’s Charter Lake Chesdin Magnolia Green (upgrade) Martin’s Grant Monument Park Monument Park New Town New Market Village New Town Oak Park Park at Salisbury Patrick Henry Marketplace Pouncey Place
Port Warwick Preserve at South Creek Raleigh River Pines River’s Bend Rivergate Riverview Green Riverwatch Rutland Master Plan Saddlecreek Farms Shores of York Short Pump Station Spring Hill Farm Spring Rock Green Stonebridge Gardens Stonehouse Glen Tarrington Terraces at Swift Creek The Park at Salisbury The Preserve at Deerfield The Villages at Quarterpath Tillman Farm Tonsler Park Townes at Pouncey Place Townes at Wistar Glen Tree Hill Farm Trellis Crossing Twin Hickory Villas at Gloucester Villas at Hunton Villas of Innsbrooke Virginia Center Commons Waterford Square Waterview Wellesley West Broad Village West Creek Master Plan Westchester Village Westhampton Glen Williamsburg Park Apartments Willouby Beach Condominiums Willow Place Willow Run Woodside Wrexham Woods Apartments
Age Specific and Medical Office Parks Autumn Run Beth Sholom Lifecare Community Blair Manor Bon Secours Hampton Roads Medical Office Bon Secours Laburnum Medical Chesterfield County Lucy Corr Nursing Home Chippenham Johnston Willis Medical Office Chippenham Medical Office Depaul Medical Office Goochland Earl Thompson Property Halifax Regional Medical Office Harbour Pointe Medical Office Harvest Glen Henrico Doctor’s Hospital Medical Office Hiaok II Medical Office Building Ironbridge Medical Office Landscape Upgrades John Rolfe Square Lynchburg - Centra Medical Office Magnolia Lakes Memorial Regional Medical Center Bereavement Garden Memorial Regional Medical Center Healing Garden Memorial Regional Medical Center Memory Garden Memorial Regional Medical Center Medical Office III Expansion Midlothian Woods Norwood Pond Opaca Property Petersburg Tabernacle Senior Housing Reams Road Reynolds Crossing Medical Office Park #2 Saddle Creek Farm Short Pump Medical Office Preliminary Site Study Sitter Barfoot Alzheimer’s Garden St. Anthony Healing Garden St. Anthony’s Senior Housing and Healing Garden St. Francis Child Care/Medical Office St. Francis Contemplative Garden & Labyrinth St. Francis Medical Office II St. Francis Watkins Center Medical Office St. Mary’s Behavioral Medical Office St. Mary’s Chapel Garden St. Mary’s Medical Office West Trellis Crossing Watkins Center Medical Office Westhampton Woodrow Wilson Rehab
PRE CONSTRUCTION: -3D graphics lab -site planning -land planning -Sustainable Sites Initiative -site analysis -feasibility study -master planning -re-zoning/entitlement process -zoning case illustrative exhibit prep -subdivision lot layout/enhancement -team member to help with civil enhancement of engineered plans -open space planning -sustainability approach and design -irrigation design -street light design -landscape design -landscape maintenance manual -creative storm water management design -model and individual home landscape plans -common area landscape design -covenant booklet/architectural review process/guideline development AMENITY DESIGN: -project entry feature design -pocket park/playground design -community pool design -athletic field design -wetland enhancement design -lake and waterway enhancement -sustainable design IMPLEMENTATION & CONSTRUCTION: -construction documents for hardscape and landscape elements -construction detailing -interface with civil engineer to detail all site aesthetics
-bidding and negotiation -project management -construction management
POST PROJECT COMPLETION: -landscape maintenance specifications, RFIs, oversight -existing landscape assessment, including irrigation, arbor and lighting -existing pool and associated facility assessment -drainage and storm water erosion assessment
HG Design Studio 5701 grove avenue richmond virginia 23226 804.740.7500Â Â www.1hg.net