NYCHA Bushwick NYCHA RAD Proposal BUSHWICK Housing Campus Brooklyn, NY The proposed renovation of buildings and open spaces in this NYCHA housing development aims to support community vitality, sustainability and active living for the residents and the greater Bushwick neighborhood. Our design proposal creates a dynamic campus landscape that fosters social interaction, self-directed play, physical…
NYCHA Murphy NYCHA Housing Murphy Bronx, NY Our Design approach aims to enrich the unique character and address the specific needs of the Murphy residential property. The residents living in this Bronx housing development have created strong bonds of community. The landscape design will give these communities a place to celebrate these bonds and to form…
Saratoga Square NYCHA HOUSING PORTFOLIO Brooklyn, NY The Saratoga Square landscape serves the residents of its 251 apartments as well as the Community Senior Center located on the ground floor. In the redesign for this public housing site, JPLA had two main strategies: to remove existing physical and visual barriers to access, and to create an…
Radio Tower & Hotel Courtyard New York, NY JPLA designed this 8,000 sf courtyard at the heart of a new hotel as part of a 22 story mixed use development in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. The courtyard landscape encompasses a variety of gathering spaces including an outdoor dining area for the hotel’s restaurant,…
Milbank Frawley NYCHA HOUSING PORTFOLIO New York, NY The landscape for Millbank Frawley serves the residents of its 80 apartment units. The primary design goals were to open up the space and enrich the quality of the exterior landscape. JPLA achieved this by removing fences and walls that limited circulation, giving way to a central pathway…
East Harlem Charter School EAST HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL East Harlem, NY The ground floor entry plaza and roof terrace for the new building of the East Harlem Tutorial Program’s Scholar’s Academy High School offer amenity spaces that enrich the student experience and enhance the surrounding neighborhood. Anchoring the corner of 1st Avenue and 104th Street,…
Penn South Maintenance Oversight JPLA provides maintenance oversight operations for the campus of this 36-acre residential cooperative on the west side of Manhattan. JPLA works closely with Penn South’s Property Management and Landscape Maintenance teams to streamline landscape maintenance practices to sustain a beautiful and healthy landscape. Regular work includes monthly walk-throughs, meeting with…
Dumbo Beach Brooklyn, NY JPLA designed DUMBO Beach as pop-up park at the terminus of Jay Street. This project was especially meaningful to us, as it was located in our neighborhood, right down the street from our office, and was a collaboration with DUMBO Business Improvement District and other local businesses. JPLA designed wood slab benches…
Water Street – Pop Up Beach New York, NY At the corner of Water street and Whitehall street, the urban beach design was part of the Game On!, a pop-up installation series that transformed and activated downtown public spaces during the summer months of 2014. The design called for 60 tons of sand to create a…
Pop-Up Garden and Screen Tisch Courtyard NYU LMC New York, NY This temporary installation is a beautification of a construction fence and temporary planting which can be seen from the lobby of NYU Langone Medical Center. This has been used throughout the courtyard and phase of the project begin and are completed. The super-graphic image of a birch…
