LONGHORN VILLAGE INDEPENDENT LIVING EXPANSION

MESA Design Group

DESIGN UNREALIZED | COMMERCIAL

The Longhorn Village Independent Living Expansion serves an unfilled market demand for luxurious Independent Senior Living in Austin, Texas with an expansion that blends modern amenities with sustainable design practices. The current cohort of retirees are Baby Boomers, and they are looking for resort style amenities juxtaposed with scenic views and native landscapes. The site’s existing geology and impervious surface restrictions in the Austin, Texas, Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) requires a design that supports the existing environment at Longhorn Village and the Edwards Plateau eco-region. The Landscape Architect proposed a unique design that creatively balances modern amenity spaces with the rugged geology and regional landscape typology that is native Central Texas Hill Country. The design for Longhorn Village aspires to be a sustainable campus that is highly desirable for existing and future residents as well as their extended families.

Anderson Park

SWA Group

DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

Anderson Park, a 7.1-acre existing but underutilized park west of Houston’s booming Galleria, presents the opportunity to implement current best practices in park design. As the only greenspace in a 975-acre special district, the redesign must anticipate and accommodate the community’s needs as the neighborhood develops and demographics shift. Currently the site of a city-wide baseball field that draws users from the broader Houston region, the park will be refocused to accommodate local residents, walkability, and programming that is more responsive to the neighborhood’s evolving needs, and incorporate enhanced greenspace with native plantings, flood mitigation features, an inclusive playground, and activities responding to a broad range of ages and abilities.

Canyon Falls Park

MESA Design Group

DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

The Eastern Cross Timbers ecoregion of Texas, often distinguished by its rugged terrain, sandy soils, and dense Post Oak woodlands will soon contain the Town of Flower Mound’s newest community park. Canyon Falls Park attempts to prudently incorporate a variety of accessible recreational amenities on a ten-acre site containing significant grade change and canopy coverage typical of the ecoregion. Through a compilation of mapping, surveying, and on-site observational data, the Landscape Architect utilized an evidence-based approach to develop a master plan design responsive to the site’s natural features. The result is an unpretentious community park that delivers exceptional recreational and experiential value by preserving the physical attributes that make the site so special.

Woodlake Pond And Trail Improvements

MESA Design Group

DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

The Woodlake Pond and Trail Improvements project seeks to create accessibility and usability at an urban greenbelt site in Carrolton, TX. The site is dominated by a 15-acre shallow lake with dense shoreline vegetation obscuring views to the open water and blocking access along most of the shoreline. This condition supports a diverse ecosystem of waterfowl, fish, and other urban wildlife making the site a popular venue for local walkers, cyclists, and kayakers. The Landscape Architect proposed unique design solutions creatively balancing the valley storage capacity of the pond basin and providing needed access to the water’s edge. The final design improves the visual quality of the site, enhances usability and access, improves safety, and establishes the site as a regional destination.