On Wednesday, April 14, SCAPE presented alongside Studio Gang and the Memphis River Parks Partnership for a public design update marking the conclusion of the design development phase for Tom Lee Park—a 30-acre waterfront park in Memphis inspired by the dynamic sediment and flow paths of the Mississippi River. At the same time, the Memphis
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This week, the Master Plan for Airline Highway Park in Baton Rouge, LA was approved by the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (BREC), setting it on a path to implementation. Learn more about the project here. SCAPE collaborated with team lead TBG Partners on landscape architecture, ecological design and
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What happened to the oyster industry in Raritan Bay? What’s the life cycle of an oyster? Why does the Living Breakwaters project have so many different kind of rocks? What is a ‘living breakwater’ to begin with? Our frequent collaborators at the Billion Oyster Project recently released a public curriculum on Living Breakwaters—a series of
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In Boston, SCAPE was selected to work with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) on the Downtown Boston Waterfront Design and Use Guidelines, drawing together community and stakeholder input to provide clear priorities and design guidance for a more welcoming, accessible and resilient public realm and watersheet. In collaboration with BPDA and a team
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This week, the Hayward Regional Shoreline Adaptation Master Plan was officially and unanimously adopted by the City Council of Hayward, CA—concluding a two-year analysis, planning and engagement process and setting the project on a path toward implementation. Visit the project website created by SCAPE and read the final master plan here. In collaboration with the
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As part of SCAPE’s stated and ongoing commitment to expanding pathways for diversity within landscape architecture – and, in particular, our office – the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) at SCAPE collaborated with the wider firm through a series of workshops and meetings to develop a workplan and set of ongoing commitments to delineate
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SCAPE and The Harborkeepers recently completed the final report for Vision Chelsea Creek — a six month visioning, planning, and stakeholder engagement process to re-imagine the abandoned railway site along the industrial shoreline of lower Chelsea Creek. The vision was developed in collaboration with Utile, Durand and Anastas Environmental Strategies, the Boston Society of Architects
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Today, the Arkansas Arts Center became the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (A/MFA)—a rebranding paired with the announcement that the capital campaign supporting the construction of a new building designed by Studio Gang and landscape by SCAPE has raised $135,944,426 to date. This surpasses the original fundraising goal, bringing the new goal to $142 million.
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Today, the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the NYC Mayor’s Office of Resiliency (MOR) launched an interactive engagement portal for the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan—part of the City’s strategy to adapt Lower Manhattan to the long-term impacts of climate change, led by a large, multidisciplinary team including Arcadis, SCAPE and
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Applications for our Summer 2021 Internship program are now open. The deadline for applications is February 16, 2021. Please view the full description of the internship and application requirements here before submitting materials. At SCAPE, interns are fully integrated into project teams, assisting in all aspects of the studio’s work, from research to design, drafting
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