The John Street Competition John Street is a design competition for a new residential building located on the East River in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Our proposal is a rooftop garden, composed of mounded alpine meadows and wind-swept pines. It is a place for families, friends and individuals to sit, relax and watch the clouds pass overhead.…
Tres Puentes Tres Puentes is a new 118 unit building serving low-income seniors, located at 285 East 138th Street, Bronx NY. The project includes the West building, with 56 units and East building that includes a new Community Senior Center. The new building and landscapes fulfill the guidelines of Enterprise Green Communities and NYC Active Design, with a sustainable design that promotes active…
Campos Plaza The Campos Plaza landscape serves the residents of its 269 apartments and acts as a public park, playground and playing field for the surrounding neighborhood in the Lower Far East Side of Manhattan. JPLA developed the site plan and design for a central plaza, building entries, and perimeter streetscape including paving, planting, seating, a…
NYU LMC Alumni Courtyard The Alumni Courtyard is the center of the academic wing of the NYU Langone Medical Center campus. JPLA designed this courtyard as a plaza that is open and flexible, accommodating events, lectures, work sessions, casual dining and everyday campus life. The courtyard will serve the student cafe in Smilow, the newly renovated library…
NYU LMC Science Building New York, NY LEED Platinum Rated The Science Building is a LEED Platinum research facility located on the NYU Langone Medical Center Campus in Manhattan. The project utilizes the 14,000 SF roof space to restore native habitat and connect fragmented ecosystem corridors along the waterfront. The native green roof supports a…
Stuart’s Garden This 800 sf Brooklyn townhouse garden is framed by the large picture windows in the clients’ living room. The curvature of the shapes in the garden draw one’s eye into and through the space. A large paved area of exterior concrete terrazzo with hand ground aggregate forms a central gathering space. Beyond this, an…
The Arch at Bedford Union Armory ROOFTOP LANDSCAPE & VIEWING GARDENS This multi-family residential building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn features a 12,000 sf rooftop terrace on the 16th floor and two 4,000 sf viewing gardens on the ground level. The Arch includes a combination of affordable and market rate residences as part…
Henry Street This residential rear terrace and garden for a newly constructed townhouse is located in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill Historic District. JPLA’s design consists of solid quartzite garden stairs, linear benches, paving and custom grille counter. Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Project Status: Completed Client: Undisclosed Collaborators: CWB Architects
Bronxchester NYCHA HOUSING PORTFOLIO The Bronxchester landscape serves the residents of its 207 apartments as well as BronxWorks, a community-building program for all ages. JPLA’s site design strategies were to strengthen the outer perimeter, soften the spaces within the site, and to increase the variety and quality of the landscape spaces within the site. The…
Tree ID Mapping at Penn South MRH As a part of the “Community Outreach” component of the Ecological Stewardship initiative for Penn South Mutual Redevelopment Houses, JPLA has launched a tree labeling and ID initiative. Over the course of 2021-2022 every tree on campus has been identified and noted on the site’s baseplan. The updated…
