WELLNESS BROCHURE

WINTER 2015

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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.”

For almost forty years, Andropogon’s mission has been “to weave together the landscapes of man and nature for the benefit of both.” Our landscape architecture and ecological design firm is committed to the principle of “designing with nature,” creating beautiful and evocative landscapes inspired by the careful observation of natural processes. 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.

Our integrative environmental research approach embeds evidence-based design into every project. We measure the success of our work through the elegance and economy of natural form and process, as well as the long-term high performance of our landscapes. We strive to move beyond sustainability and design fundamentally regenerative sites.

As a certified minority business enterprise (MBE), Andropogon is committed to diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace. Our multi-cultural staff is dedicated to the successful maturing of each project, from initial concept designs to construction review and long-term landscape management. 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.

Thank you for your interest in our work!

The Andropogon Team

OUR LEADERSPrincipalsJosé AlmiñanaYaki MiodovnikThomas Amoroso

Associate PrincipalsMartin Troutman

Prinicpals EmeritiCarol Franklin Colin Franklin

OUR OFFICES:Philadelphia10 Shurs LanePhiladelphia, PA 19127Tel. (215) 487-0700

Raleigh706 Mountford AvenueRaleigh, NC 27603Tel. (919) 800-0523

www.andropogon.com

COMMITTMENT TO WELLNESS

ECONOMY OF INTERVENTION

We protect the integrity of ecological and social systems through non-invasive and carefully targeted solutions; maximum impact with minimal invasion.

HEAL ECOSYSTEMS

Our core approach is to build dynamic, holistic systems and establish a healthy web of relationships.

BEAUTY IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP

Our landscapes are not only artistic and aesthetically beautiful; they create evocative experiences with lasting impressions while serving as essential organizing elements of a site.

HARMONIZE PEOPLE AND PLACE

Our designs find opportunities for a dynamic and relevant future in the fundamentals of the place and the aspirations of the community.

CREATING HIGH-PERFORMANCE / MULTI-FUNCTIONING LANDSCAPES

Creative problem-solving shapes our landscapes making them interactive. We are committed to synergistic designs where roles are inter-dependent and mutually supporting.

PLACE FIRST

Our goal is to understand and express the essential character of a place. We tell the story of a site by learning what it was, understanding what it is, and realizing what it can become.

DESIGN PRINCIPLES

SERVICESLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Site AnalysisSite & Landscape DesignLandscape ManagementPermit and Regulatory PreparationConstruction Documentation & ObservationHistoric Preservation and Adaptive Reuse

REGIONAL PLANNINGEnvironmental & Land Use PlanningEnvironmental AssessmentFeasibility StudiesNatural Resource ManagementOpen Space and Trail SystemsCommunity Planning and Facilitation

LEED STRATEGIESSite SelectionEnvironmental AssessmentSite Planning & DesignStormwater ManagementBrownfield Redevelopment

MASTER PLANNINGProgram Analysis and DevelopmentMixed-use & Residential DevelopmentInstitutional Visioning and DevelopmentStormwater ManagementEcological RestorationBrownfield RedevelopmentFunding Strategies

RESEARCHPost Occupcany Evaluations and Case StudiesEnvironmental Monitoring Soil Biology AnalysisSocial Monitoring Experimental Design Monitoring ProtocolsAdaptive Landscape Management ProgramsPublic Outreach and PresentationsGrant Writing and Technical WritingSITES Documentation

RECENT AWARDS

2014 HONOR AWARD from the AIA NY Committee on the Environment for the Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall, with Robert A.M. Stern Architects

2014 HONOR AWARD from AIA Philadelphia for the Karabots Pavilion at the Franklin Institute, with SaylorGregg Architects, now a Studo of JacobsWyper

2014 ASLA HONOR AWARD in the General Design Category for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania

2014 GROUNDBREAKER AWARD FINALIST from the Delaware Valley Green Building Council for Shoemaker Green at the University of Pennsylvania

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 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

2014 MERIT AWARD in General Design from ASLA NY for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center Green Roof, with Architerra

2013 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARD from the Boston Society of Architects for the SUNY ESF Gateway Center, with Architerra

2013 SPEAS AIRPORT AWARD from the 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

2013 HONOR AWARD in General Design and People’s Choice Award from the Pennsylvania-Delaware 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 Pennsylvania Chapter of the AIA for the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, with MGA Partners

green roof at SUNY ESF Gateway Center (photo by SUNY ESF)

RECENT AWARDS

2012 COMMUNITY AWARD from the US Green Building Council New Jersey Chapter for Duke Farms LEED Improvements, Reuse and Renovation

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

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 HONOR AWARD in Excellence in Planning for an Existing Campus from Society for College and University Planning for Drexel University Campus Master Plan, with Goody Clancy

2011 AIA DELAWARE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD for the Lewes Canalfront Park in Lewes, Delaware

2011 HONOR AWARD from the American Society of Landscape Architects in Communications for the publication; Metropolitan Paradise, The Struggle for Nature in the City: Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley, 1620-2020

2009 PRESERVATION ACHIEVEMENT GRAND JURY AWARD from the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia for the Historic Smithville Streetscape Renovation, with Vitetta

2008 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT for the Center for Art & Science at Cambridge School of Weston, with Architerra, Inc.

2008 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT for the Sculpture Building at Yale University, with KieranTimberlake

2007 STORMWATER BMP AWARD from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council & Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for Valley Green Environmental Restoration Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2007 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT for Sidwell Friends Middle School, Washington, D.C., with KieranTimberlake

2006 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT for the Philadelphia Forensic Science Center, with Croxton Collaborative

2006 STORMWATER BMP AWARD from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council & Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for Thomas Jefferson University Plaza in Philadelphia

2005 REGIONAL MERIT AWARD from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects for King’s College Circle Precinct at the University of Toronto.

2005 TORONTO ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN AWARD, Honorable Mention for King’s College Circle Precinct at the University of Toronto

lubert plaza, thomas jefferson university

“GREEN” PROJECTS & AWARDS

AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECTSSelected by The American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Environment. Gateway CenterSUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NYAIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2014, with Architerra, Inc.Garthwaite Center for Science & ArtCambridge School of Weston, Weston, MAAIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2008, with Architerra, Inc.Sculpture Building and GalleryYale University, New Haven, CTAIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2008, with KieranTimberlakeSidwell Friends Middle SchoolWashington, DCAIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2007, with KieranTimberlake Philadelphia Forensic Science CenterPhiladelphia, PAAIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2006, with Croxton Collaborative ArchitectsCusano Environmental Education CenterJohn Heinz National Wildlife RefugePhiladelphia, PAAIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2003, with SMP ArchitectsAdam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental StudiesOberlin College, Oberlin, OHAIA COTE Top Ten Green Building 2002, with John Lyle and William McDonough + Partners

OTHER “GREEN” AWARDSRecognition from state and national organizationsKohler Environmental Center, Choate Rosemary Hall-2014 Honor Award from AIANY Committee on the Environment, with Robert A.M. Stern Architects

SUNY ESF Gateway Center-2013 Sustainable Design Award from the Boston Society of Architects, with Architerra, Inc.

Stroud Water Research Center, Shoemaker Green, and Kroc Corps Community Center - 2013 Best Stormwater Control Measure Projects from the Temple-Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative

Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT - 2013 Award of Honor from the Connecticut Green Building Council with Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Duke Farms, Hillsborough, NJ - 2012 Community Award from the US Green Building Council New Jersey Chapter with VITETTA Architects

Lewes Canalfront Park, Lewes, DE - 2011 AIA Delaware Sustainability Award

New Science Center at Brooks School, Andover, MA - Citation for Sustainable Design from AIA Boston with Architerra, Inc.

Valley Green Environmental Restoration Program Philadelphia, PA - 2007 American Water Resources Assocation, Pennsylvania

Environmental Council, Philadelphia Water Department etal. Stormwater Best Management Practices Award

Thomas Jefferson University Plaza, Philadelphia, PAAmerican Water Resources Association, Pennsylvania - 2006 Environmental Council, Philadelphia Water Department etal. Stormwater Best Management Practices Award

Finalist in the Environmental Design category - 2004 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award

shoemaker green, university of pennsylvania

“GREEN” PROJECTS & AWARDS

LEED PROJECTSLeadership in Energy & Environmental Design,U.S. Green Building CouncilGateway Center at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syruacuse, NYLEED Platinum, with ArchiterraMoorhead Environmental Comples at the Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PALEED Platinum, with m2 architectureCampus Center at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, NJLEED Gold, with KSS Architects Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CTLEED Platinum, with Robert A.M. Stern ArchitectsJ. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CADesigned to exceed LEED Platinum, with ZGF ArchitectsGateway Building, SUNY School of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NYDesigned to meet LEED Platinum, with Architerra, Inc. Morris Arboretum Horticulture Center, Philadelphia, PAAwarded LEED Platinum, with Overland PartnersMcCormack Post Office & Court House, Boston, MA Awarded LEED Gold, with Goody ClancySculpture Building and Gallery Yale University, New Haven, CTAwarded LEED Platinum, with KieranTimberlakeJohnson Hall of Science, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NYAwarded LEED Gold, with Croxton Collaborative and KlingStubbins Sidwell Friends Middle School, Washington, DC Awarded LEED Platinum, with KieranTimberlakeThis is the first Platinum-rated K-12 school in the world and the first Platinum building in Washington, DC

Student Residential Learning Complex, University of Vermont, Burlington, VTAwarded LEED Gold, with Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + CompanyWest Residential Campus Initiative, Cornell University, Ithaca, NYLEED certified, with KieranTimberlake

LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE PROJECTSCertification by the International Living Future Insitute™ Phipps Conservatory, Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Pittsburgh, PADesigned to meet The Living Building Challenge Standard, with The Design AlliancePotomac Watershed Study Center, Alice Ferguson Foundation, Accokeek, MDDesigned to meet The Living Building Challenge Standard, with Re:Vision Architects

SUSTAINABLE SITES INITIATIVE™ PROJECTSVoluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction ,and maintenance practicesPhipps Conservatory, Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Pittsburgh, PA - Four-star rated certification with The Design AllianceBartholdi Park, United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC - Pilot Project, with EwingColeShoemaker Green, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - Two-star rated certification

student residential learning complex, university of vermont

D E S I G N I N G F O R H E A L T H C A R E

D E S I G N I N G F O R H E A L T H C A R E

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURIWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERST. LOUIS, MISSOURIWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

The Washington University Medical Center is inaugurating its Campus Renewal Project with the expansion of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital and the construction of a new medical tower for the Barnes Jewish Hospital. The new healthcare facility is designed with patients and families in mind with the goal of providing a holistic approach to patient care. The half-billion dollar project, led by program construction manager Jacobs and executive architect HOK, is being executed using an Integrated Project Delivery development system.The Campus Renewal Project includes the design of therapeutic landscapes to provide restorative green spaces for patients, their care-givers, and families. Andropogon lead the design of four therapeutic green roofs for both hospitals. Each therapeutic green roof was designed for a specific patient group including: • A place for bone marrow transplant and other

cancer patients;• A private, unoccupied green roof exclusively for

active labor and delivery;• A garden for new mothers and their immediate

families, as part of the maternity floor; and• A children’s garden for patients, family, and friends.Each green roof carefully balances the rare and enlivening experience of the outdoors with medical and physical sensitivities, such as allergens, light exposure, and skin and bone frailties.

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIAPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL

Located in the heart of Pittsburg’s Oakland neighborhood, UPMC is reshaping its urban campus with the renovation of its Presbyterian Hospital property. This ambitious project involves the partial demolition of the existing south tower building, construction of a new addition, and the creation of a new green space. The project also offered an opportunity to create new amenities for hospital staff, patients, and the surrounding community. Andropogon, in collaboration with GBBN Architects, is designing this new open space to enhance the overall arrival experience, provide a sequence of outdoor rooms for staff, patients, and community members, to reenvision pedestrian and vehicular connections, and to accommodate future expansions outlined in the hospital master plan.

PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITALPITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIATHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALPHILADELPHIA, PA

Lubert Plaza is the urban plaza of the Dorrance H. Hamilton Building, the campus center of Thomas Jefferson University. Designed in coordination with architects Burt Hill/Stantec, the 60,000 sf plaza was part of a $60 million expansion-and-renovation project that also included a new facility and 215-space underground parking garage.

Andropogon’s expansive green plaza transformed the 14-acre urban campus by providing a new “heart of campus” where formerly two parking garages consumed half a city block and overshadowed the functions and identity of the University.

2006 Stormwater BMP Award from the City of Philadelphia Water Department

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIASHOEMAKER GREEN

SHOEMAKER GREENPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

Shoemaker Green is a 2.75 acre site located immediately east of 33rd Street between Walnut and Spruce Streets, and is a major component of the east-west connection between the central campus and Penn Park, serving as a new continuation of the Locust Walk / Smith Walk corridor. The site is surrounded by two of the University’s most iconic athletic facilities – the Palestra and Franklin Field, and serves as the “front doors” to these historic structures. Shoemaker Green’s program is mainly passive recreation, but the site has the ability to adapt for multiple events and activities with a wide range of scales, from secluded areas to eat lunch all the way up to staging areas for the Penn Relays and graduation. By way of carrying over the essence of College Green, while still retaining a character all its own, the site is the heart of Penn’s eastward expansion.Shoemaker Green is a model for sustainable campus design. Through the innovative use of a variety of strategies and technologies, the design of Shoemaker Green has been optimized to capture and control stormwater from the site and surrounding rooftops, provide viable native plant and animal habitats, minimize transportation of materials to and from the site, and serve as a starting point for the development of a sustainable maintenance strategy for the University at large. Certified Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES™) Project, earning a two star rating.

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIACENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES

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 Education-Research-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.Photography credits: Paul G. Wiegman

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIAKROC CORPS COMMUNITY CENTER

RAY AND JOAN KROC CORPS COMMUNITY CENTERPHILADELPHIA, 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

RAIL BALLAST375 CY

12,495 CUBIC YARDS OF ON-SITE MATERIALS KEPT:

CONCRETE2,406 CY

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ASPHALT2,692 CY

AGGREGATE STONE7,022 CY

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REVISITING ECOLOGY

*MULTIVALENT LANDSCAPE: THE SALVATION ARMY KROC COMMUNITY CENTER CASE STUDY // MARY MYERS

INCREASED ECOLOGICAL QUALITY BY 34X THAT OF FORMER SITE

ECOLOGICAL VALUE

*AS MEASURED BY THE PLANT STEWARDSHIP INDEX: MULTIVALENT LANDSCAPE: THE SALVATION ARMY KROC COMMUNITY CENTER CASE STUDY // MARY MYERS

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STONY BROOK HARBOR, NEW YORKAVALON PARK

AVALON PARKSTONY 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 trhough biodiversity.

The seven acres of Avalon Park was entirely overrun by in-vasive exotic plants. The restored journey begins at the ex-isting mill pond and takes the visitor on a boardwalk through a series of restored wetlands, a forested pond, and culmi-nating 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.

WASHINGTON, D.C.SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL

SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOLWASHINGTON, D.C.

Andropogon collaborated with architects Kieran Timberlake Associates to develop a Master Plan for articulating the campus landscape within the larger urban grid, while creating intimate environments for individualized learning. Andropogon’s Landscape Master Plan & Site Design included new play areas, native plantings to provide screening for neighbors, a green roof on the new building addition, and a central courtyard with a constructed wetland designed to utilize storm and wastewater for both ecological and educational purposes. Andropogon’s plan integrated water management solutions into the landscape, inextricably linking the building to its site. The wetland becomes a “working landscape”; using biological processes to clean water while providing students with a vivid example of how such systems work in nature.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIAMORRIS ARBORETUM

In the mid-1970s the 166-acre Morris Arboretum was faced with a backlog of deferred maintenance, deteriorated infrastructure, circulation problems, and inadequate facilities for visitors. Responding to these issues, Andropogon’s Master Plan created a vision to preserve and restore the historic resources of the Arboretum while accommodating the demands of its contemporary mission. Andropogon began the master planning process by assessing the Arboretum’s unique resources in their historical, botanical, and regional contexts. A new circulation and path system was a key element of the master plan. Andropogon designed a network of paved paths and roads, outdoor plazas, and seating areas to accommodate all types of visitation, from individuals to large group events. The system also facilitates the needs of Arboretum staff and outdoor programs associated with the education department. Since then, Andropogon has been involved with every aspect of the Arboretum’s master planning and phased project implementation, including: • developing a natural and cultural inventory• renovating historical landscape features• creating an overall circulation system that

transformed the visitor experience with new pedestrian paths, a new entrance road, and parking lot

• designing new landscapes & restoring habitat• renovating and designing educational,

maintenance, and research facilities, including the Horticultural Center at Bloomfield Farm

MORRIS ARBORETUMUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA / PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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SYRACUSE, NEW YORKSUNY ESF GATEWAY CENTER

SUNY ESF GATEWAY CENTERSYRACUSE, NEW YORK

As one of the nation’s leading environmental education and research institutions, The State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) has experienced substantial growth over the past decade. In response, SUNY ESF, in conjunction with the State University Construction Fund, commissioned the design and construction of a new, LEED Platinum Gateway Center. In an effort to exploit the limited site footprint and maximize available campus open space, the project team incorporated a fully-accessible, 9,400-square-foot, intensive green roof, which stretches along the entire western façade of the building. Virtually every aspect of the green roof is influenced by the contents and context of two rare plant communities native to the Alvar and Lake Ontario Dune regions of New York. 2014 AIA COTE TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT2014 MERIT AWARD from ASLA NY2014 HONOR AWARD from SCUP/AIA2014 HONOR AWARD from Boston Society of Architects

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSMCCORMACK BUILDING

MCCORMACK POST OFFICE & COURT HOUSE BUILDINGBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Andropogon collaborated with Goody Clancy and Elevated Landscape Technology to design a green roof system for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The design serves as a model to be replicated at other locations in New England. The green roof gardens, located on the 4th & 5th floor rooftops of the McCormack Post Office and Court House Building, are a living example of an important aspect of the EPA’s mission. The design balances an informal planting aesthetic with the prominent architecture. The roof gardens serve as an amenity for employees to walk through and sit in, and as a pleasing building feature to look at from above. Sustainable functions of the green roof include “urban heat island” mitigation, storm water management, reuse of building materials, and water harvesting from building systems to passively irrigate plantings.

WASHINGTON, D.CU.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS

U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERSWASHINGTON, D.C

As a member of the master planning & site development team led by architects Perkins+Will, Andropogon served as the landscape architect and ecological planner for the new United States Coast Guard Headquarters Facility.

The Headquarters Facility sits within the historic 182-acre St. Elizabeths campus, a National Historic Landmark located 2.5 miles from the U.S. Capital. This 1.2 million square foot building, with the second largest green roof in the United States, was designed to integrate within its 37-acre site. The landscape, informed by detailed site analysis, sustainable design principals, and stormwater Best Management Practices, creates a functional landscape with exceptional performance and beauty.

The sustainable directives for the project included achievement of Silver LEED™ certification.

“to weave together the landscape of man and nature for the benefit of both.”

“to weave together the landscape of man and nature for the benefit of both.”