Creating meaningful and memorable environments

Founded in 2001, studioINSITE, LLC, is a national leader committed to the planning and design of meaningful and memorable campuses. We believe that the quality of the physical environment in which people live, work, study and socialize contributes significantly to their enjoyment of life.

We are passionate about creating environments that not only provide beautiful and memorable settings, but also increase the quality of life for students, faculty and staff. We are committed to providing unique solutions that are rooted in the culture of the place and express the attributes that make it home.

In a world of increasing complexity and constant change, studioINSITE’s team of landscape architects and urban designers work in partnership with clients, see problems as opportunities, and generate ideas that are translated into real, implementable solutions that work now and in the future.

University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO

studioINSITE 3457 Ringsby Court, Unit 223 Denver, Colorado 80216 303.433.7100 F 303.433.4301 studio-insite.com

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Creighton University, Omaha

Auraria Higher Education Center

Colorado College

Colorado School of Mines

Colorado State University, Ft. Collins

Colorado State University S. Campus, Ft. Collins

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction

Experience

To us, each campus—with its unique history, culture, traditions, and specific challenges—is an evolving, multidimensional community. We embrace the role of working with faculty, students, staff, and administrators to discover the opportunities and challenges inherent to each campus and to develop a planning framework that will help you achieve your vision. The following are some of the projects completed by studioINSITE’s Colorado Office:

Front Range Community College, Ft. Collins

Metropolitan State University, Denver

New Mexico Highlands University

Pikes Peak Community College

University of Colorado, Boulder

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Outdoor Areas Plan & Guidelines LaboratoryforSpaceTechnologyResearchAddition Laboratory for Atmospheric Space Physics I & II - East Campus Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy - East Campus SiteSelectionMicroMasterPlan-EastCampus

AurariaHigherEducationCenter,Denver,CO ConfluenceBuilding,CommunityCollegeofDenver Campus Master Plan Tivoli Student Union East Plaza AurariaHigherEducationCenterRecreation&SportsComplex ScienceBuildingAddition/Renovation King Performing Arts Center Site Design * Student Housing Study AdministrationBuildingMicro-MasterPlan&SiteDesign

Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO StudentRecreationCenter Marquez Hall Petroleum Engineering Building Center for Technology & Learning Media Campus Framework Master Plan

Colorado State University - Fort Collins & Pueblo, CO InstituteforTranslationalMedicine,Ft.Collins,CO Behavioral Sciences Building, Ft. Collins, CO Campus Master Plan, Pueblo, CO Campus Master Plan, Fort Collins, CO AcademicInstructionBuilding,FortCollins,CO Hughes Stadium, Fort Collins, CO

CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO Healing Quadrangle Bioethics&HumanitiesSiteDesign(FulginitiPavilion) SkaggsSchoolofPharmacyandPharmaceuticalSciences LazzaraCenterforOral/FacialHealth

DENNIS W. RUBBA, FASLA, PLA studioINSITE Partner and Founder

YEARS EXPERIENCE28 years

EDUCATIONHarvard University Master in Landscape ArchitecturewithDistinction1994Colorado State University Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture with Distinction,1986

LICENSELicensed Landscape Architect Colorado, LA-230

AFFILIATIONSAmerican Society of LandscapeArchitects(ASLA)AmericanInstituteofArchitects,AffiliateMember(AIA)AIA Denver Board Member, ProfessionalAffiliateDirectorUrbanDesignCommittee,ASLACampusPlanningCommittee,ASLADowntown Denver Partnership, Inc.

AsfounderofstudioINSITE,DennisRubba,FASLA,bringshisimaginativeapproachtoproblem-solvingtogetherwithaknackfordevelopingcreativesolutionswhenfaced with unique challenges and circumstances. Having invested nearly 30 years of enthusiasm for urban design and landscape architecture and successfully leading hisdesignfirmfor16years,Dennishasbecomeanationallyrecognizedleader,promotingthepublicrealm,andadvocatingthedesignprofession.Anaward-winningdesignerofsignificantmemorableandmeaningfuloutdoorpublicspaces,his work can be experienced on over 500 sites throughout Colorado, the country andinternationally.Oneveryproject,Dennislistenstoopinions,communicatesinanopen and transparent manner, and respects individual strengths and weaknesses. He inspires others to dream big, reach higher, risk more, and push farther.

CHRIS SUTTERFIELD, RLAAssociate Principal, Design

As senior designer and landscape architect with studioINSITE, Chris brings a passionandexcitementforthepoeticsofdesignanddiscoverybroughtaboutthroughgraphicexplorationofideas.AdiverserangeofprojectsandclientshasallowedChristoforgeauniqueprocessofdesigndiscoveryandinvention.Energeticcollaborationbetweenindividualsandthedesignteamcontinuestobehis focus and priority for success. Chris’ extensive experience at the University of Colorado Denver provides him a vast understanding of the campus standards both inapplicationandasafoundationforcreatingauniqueidentity,throughdesign,performance and quality guidelines for UCD.

YEARS EXPERIENCE25 years

EDUCATIONMaster of Landscape Architecture Kansas State University, 1994Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design University of Oklahoma, 1991

LICENSERegistered Landscape Architect in Colorado, LA-457

SELECT HONORS + AWARDSUniversity of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus Research Complex II, Aurora, CO2008 Key Colorado Projects, Colorado Construction2008 Gold Hard Hat Award, Outstanding Public Project, Colorado Construction2005 Top Colorado Project, Colorado ConstructionUniversity of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus Lazzara Center for Oral & Facial Health, Aurora, CO2005 Top Colorado Educational Facilities Projects, Colorado Construction

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO Research Quadrangle Micro-Master Plan & Site Design Healing Quadrangle Micro-Master Plan & Site Design EducationQuadrangleMicro-MasterPlan&SiteDesign Clinical Zone Micro-Master Plan Update University Physicians Inc. Micro-Master Plan & Site Design Bioethics&HumanitiesSiteDesign Research Complex II Site Design Lazzara Center for Oral & Facial Health Site Design EducationFacility1BSiteDesign EducationIISiteDesign E17thPlaceRedevelopment/“CorpusCallosum”SiteDesign E 17th Avenue Redevelopment Site Design Colfax Frontage Landscaping Concepts Site Design

Creighton University, Omaha, NE RyanAthletics&RasmussenCenter Harper Center for Student Living & Learning CCalifornia Street Pedestrian Mall Redevelopment

ColoradoMesaUniversityEngineeringBuilding,GrandJunction,CO

CoorsEvent&ConventionCenteratUniversityofColorado,Boulder,CO Colorado State University Behavioral Sciences Building, Fort Collins, CO

An expansion to the 30-year old Coors Events Center and Arena provides the CU volleyball and basketball teams with 2 practicecourtsalongwithofficespaceforathleticscoachesandstaff.Inadditiontothe development of the site and landscape outsideoftheaddition,whichincludesapatioforentertainingrecruitsandathleticdonorsandnativelandscapefeatures,theproject also replaced the stairs and plaza that lead to the original arena entry. This monumental stairway, rising 18 feet from street level to an open plaza and arena entry, was developed as an extension of the building architecture, providing an elegant arrival to the facility for visitors and opening views to the core of the campus and Flatironstothewest.

Services Micro-Master Planning, Site Design, LandscapeArchitecture,ConstructionAdministration

Client Sink Combs Dethlefs

Cost-Size $8.7Million/45,000ft2

Coors Events Center University of ColoradoBoulder, Colorado

studioINSITE was selected as part of a master developer team with Tetrad PropertyGrouptobuildseveralfacilitiesonCSU’ssouthcampus-thefirstmasterdevelopment arrangement the university hasundertaken.TheTranslationalMedicineInstituteisthefirstfacilitybeingimplemented under this agreement.

studioINSITE provided landscape architecture services to site the new facility into the context of the surrounding buildingsandtorefinethesiteprogramasnecessary. Entry plazas, amenity spaces, pedestriancirculation,andsitefurnishingswere designed, and low impact stormwater design was incorporated as appropriate to the site.

Services Landscape Architecture, Site Planning

Client Tetrad Property Group

TranslationalMedicineInstitute-ColoradoStateUniversityFt. Collins, CO

The Behavioral Sciences Building is situated adjacent to the Center Avenue Pedestrian Mall,an“academicspine”walkwaywithdirectrelationshipstoitssurroundingbuildings and spaces. The project is striving toachieveLEEDGoldcertification;therefore,key components of the landscape and site design are geared toward achieving and demonstratingthosepoints.Allproposedseatwalls will be constructed of the standard campusredandbuffflagstone.Plantedareas will be irrigated by the campus’ non-potable water source and connected to a fullyoperational,automaticundergroundirrigationsystem.Otheramenitiesincludeabundant bicycle parking and a bioswale designedtoremovesiltandpollutionfromsurfacerunoffwater.

Services Micro-Master Planning, Site Design, Landscape Architecture, ConstructionAdministration

Colorado State University Behavioral Sciences Building and Center Avenue Pedestrian MallFort Collins, Colorado

Client Colorado State University

Cost-Size $35-45Million/93,000sqft

TheConfluenceBuildingattheCommunityCollege of Denver on the Auraria Campus housestheRegistration,FinancialAidandTestingCenters.Withavarietyofenergy-efficientfeatures,the87,000sfbuildingprovides 14 classrooms and a cafe. The landscape design features black granite seatingwallsandagreenlawnwithbermsthat invite students to relax and study. The thirdfloorgreenroof’sterracehasviewsofthe Front Range.

Services Site design, landscape architecture, constructionadministration

Client Community College of Denver

Cost-Size $38M/87,000s.f.

ConfluenceBuildingCommunity College of Denver LEED Gold

Denver, Colorado

For the Marquez Hall and student classroom additionproject,studioINSITEanalyzedthecurrent campus master plan to create a uniquespacebetweenexistingandnewlyconstructed buildings. The new ¾-acre campus quad features concrete pavement andbandsoflandscapeplantingswithseatwalls and site furnishings. An elevated turf area is located on the north side of the quad reaches to the south façade of the new Marquez Hall bordered by a pedestrian access way, taking advantage of the southern exposure. This quad provides space forplay(theGreen)andspaceforcirculationandsmallgatherings(thePlaza).Campusstreetscapes on the north and east side of the building have detached sidewalks, vast tree lawn and street trees. The building was completed in the fall of 2012.

Services Concept Design, Design Development, Streetscape Design, LandscapeArchitecture,ConstructionDocumentation

Marquez Hall Petroleum Engineering Building Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado

Client Colorado School of Mines

Cost-Size $8.2Million/39,000sf(MarquezHall),$27Million(Classroom)

Services Planning, Design Guidelines, Site Design, Landscape Architec-ture

Client UniversityofColorado/UniversityHospital

Cost-Size $50 million in landscape site improvements within $3 billion ofcapitalconstructionprojects/217Acres

Awards Society of College & University Planning, American School & UniversityAssociation,AIA,ULI,APA,PacificCoastBuildersConferene,ColoradoConstructionAssociation,andtheCityofAurora

To plan and design a new medical campus of this scale was a rare opportunity. When the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center was decommissioned in 1997, 217 acres of the 577-acre military base was acquired by the University of Colorado as a new home foritsHospitalandHealthScienceCenter.studioINSITEdefinedthe landscape architectural character for this newly-imagined campustoserveasthe“glue”holdingtogetherthemonumentalarchitectureofthenewmedical,researchandeducationalfacilities.studioINSITEledtheimplementationofthecampuslandscapearchitectureframeworkincludingthe15-milecirculationnetwork,10,000 parking stalls, thousands of planted trees and over 60 acres of sustainably designed open spaces.

The master plan sited all buildings to shape three outdoor “Commons”asprincipalorganizingelementsforthephysicalcharacterofthecampus.EachCommonsreflectsadifferentprogram,characteranddesignexpression.EducationCommonsisanopen,flexiblespacedesignedtoaccommodateavarietyofdailycampusactivitiesandgatherings,includinguniversityconvocationsandpublicevents.ResearchCommonsisanundulatingprairielandscape extending over a 60,000 square foot underground laboratory,andisdesignedasasensoryexperiencereflectingColorado’snaturalenvironment.HealingCommonsisatherapeuticspace designed for privacy, beauty and healing.

studioINSITE’s role in transforming this former military base into a new medical campus is impressive. Under their planning, vision and design, the Anschutz Campus emerged over a fast-tracked, 7-year periodfrommasterplantocompletion,andnowstandsasoneofthepremierurbanmedical,research,andpatientcareuniversitiesintheworld.studioINSITEcontinuedintheimplementationofthecampusmasterplan,includingtherecentsitingofaChildren’sHospitalandaV.A.Hospital.Oftencollaboratingwithnumerousarchitecturalfirms,studioINSITEhasexecuted75projectsover17years, for $50 million in landscape site improvements within $3 billionofcapitalconstructionprojects.

Healing Commons

Healing Commons

Parking Garage

Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora, Colorado

Research Commons

Research Commons

The 2007 update to the AHEC Master PlanledbystudioINSITEreflectedalocalevolutionoftheimportanceofurbandesignand economic forces on the downtown Denver community. The planning process engagedawiderangeofeducational,civic,legislativeandbusinessleadersindevelopingastrategytomoreeffectivelycombine the intellectual and cultural assets of the campus and downtown community.

Services Planning, Design Guidelines, Programming, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture

Client AurariaHigherEducationCenter

Cost-Size $450,000/126Acres

AurariaHigherEducationCenterCampusMasterPlanDenver, Colorado

Services Sitedesign,landscapearchitecture,constructionadministration

Client Creighton University

Cost-Size $7.25Million/6CityBlocks

Awards Merit Award, Colorado Chapter of the American Society ofLandscapeArchitects,2007;LandscapeArchitectureCitationAward,ArchitecturalPortfolio,AmericanSchool&University,2005

studioINSITEledtherevitalizationofCaliforniaStreet,aformerstreetcar route in the historic core of the Creighton University campuswhichwaschallengedbyacontinuous5%slope,ironstreetcarrailsinthewalkway,anddeterioratingcobblestonepavers.Thisconditioncreatedsignificantsafetyandaccessibilitychallenges for University students traversing the campus core. Additionally,theopportunityforcampussocialgatheringsorprogrammedactivitiesintheseconditionswaslimitedbythegrading and linearity of the space.

Thedesignintentforstreetrevitalizationwastocreateauseableoutdoor space at the historic core of the campus which encouraged socialinteractionandaffordedopportunitiesforrespite.studioIN-SITE’s masterful design for the sloping, linear space was presented through a series of landscaped terraces that transformed the walkwayfromasimplemovementcorridorintoanexcitingsequence of useable social spaces. Historic reminders of the former streetcar line were incorporated by salvaging pavers from the trolleytracksandutilizingthemwithinlightbases,andthroughsymbolicrepresentationofstreetcarrailswithinthepavingpatternsand textures. Where the mall was once limited by topography and challengingmaterials,thenewspaceencouragessittingandgathering,supportsoutdoorfestivals,andservesasthesocialheartoftheinstitution.

The large-scale redevelopment of the California Street mall successfullyactivatedan8-blockspacewithintheheartofthisuniversity campus, extending the social environment of surround-ing buildings into the outdoor space. The revitalized space has been describedbythePresidentasa“UniversityinaGarden.”Theeconomic impact of studioINSITE’s design work, along with the othersignificantrecommendationsfromtheircampusmasterplan,hasspurred$625millioninpublic/privatepartnershipinvestmentsin the adjacent downtown area, as reported by Downtown Omaha, Inc.

California Street Pedestrian MallCreighton University Omaha, Nebraska

The Memorial Mall serves a profound role as the spiritual heart of campus. The vast space links the new football stadium to the business school currently under construction.studioINSITEdevelopedseveralconceptstofindconsensuswithcampusofficials.Thedesignisespeciallyimportant on game days where the space servesasthemaintailgatingareaforHuskerfans. That need must also be balanced withhowthespacewillbeutilizedoneveryother day of the year. As a legendary place relevant to all Nebraskans, the design must respectthehistoryandsignificanceofthespace while serving the needs of the campus now and into the future. The lid concept incorporates a below-grade parking garage whilecreatingamuch-neededgrandquadthatpullstheentirecampustogether.

Services Campus Planning, Conceptual Site Design, Phasing Plan

Client University of Nebraska Lincoln

Cost-Size N/A-1block

University of Nebraska Lincoln Memorial MallLincoln, Nebraska