Ingersoll Senior Housing INGERSOLL SENIOR HOUSING Brooklyn, NY Set within NYCHA Ingersoll Houses in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, an affordable senior housing development for seniors includes three rooftop spaces and two groundfloor entrance gardens. The roof terraces are amenities for residents, with lush planting and dining areas. The entrances have verdant gardens that welcome residents and…
E22nd St Residential Roof Terrace E 22nd St Residential Roof Terrace New York, NY The renovation of an existing residential building for staff at NYU Langone Medical Center. JPLA has designed a multi-use Rooftop Terrace space. CLIENT: NYU Langone Medical Center COLLABORATORS: Rosenberg Kolb Architects
North Shore University Hospital – LIJ Manhasset, NY LEED Silver Rated This project includes four main spaces; the South Garden, the Upper Garden, the Interior Courtyard and the Entry/Drop-off Area. The landscape design for the Entry and Drop-off Area is simple: a repetition of materials and forms that promote clear and safe circulation. The South Garden,…
Private: Brooklyn Condominium Development BROOKLYN CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT Brooklyn, NY This mixed use project includes a retrofit of an existing historic building as a community amenity and the addition of new affordable and market rate housing. The landscape spaces include two rooftop terraces, two courtyard spaces, both on structure, as well as entrance gardens at street…
Private: Wyckoff Street Brooklyn, NY A custom ipe wood fence creates a secluded enclosure around this front entry garden in the city. A simple, quiet space is enhanced through the use of sumptuous materials and textures. The pathway and walls are made of exterior terrazzo with hand-casted white marble aggregate. An edible garden is planted with kale, nasturtiums, artichokes and sage around a…
Park Place Residence Brooklyn, NY This rear townhouse garden was designed for a textile artist using a soothing palette of soft grey tones. A concrete deck off the parlor level leads down to the garden with wide, shallow steel steps that allow for a journey into this long, narrow space. A two-foot tall clover mound rises to meet…
Bronxchester Competition Bronx, NY The Bronxchester Urban Redevelopment Concept Plan included four LEED certified buildings for a mix of low-income housing, commercial, and community facilities in the South Bronx. Large housing developments need a variety of flexible outdoor spaces to serve a diverse community and its many needs. We created spaces that appeal to residents…
State of Being NoVo Foundation Headquarters. Brooklyn, NY LEED Silver Certification The landscape design for the new headquarters of this global organization was guided by one of its central tenets, to “live in balance with one another, and the ecosystems that sustain us”. By re-using and re-purposing many parts of the former YMCA trade school building and site, and the addition…
State of Being Hauppauge, NY The renovation of HBO’s Communications Center includes both interior and exterior landscapes for the employees and visitors of this satellite broadcasting facility. The indoor atria serves as a dining room and communal gathering space, where two double-height green walls define the edges of the sunny interior garden. In the lower lounge below,…
The John Street Competition Brooklyn, NY, USA Summit Garden 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…
