Inwood Waterfront Parks Proposal BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE WATER Our team vision for the creation of two new waterfront parks, Academy Street Waterfront and North Cove Shoreline, will anchor the rezoning efforts to revitalize this industrial neighborhood and bring the Inwood community together to celebrate, to discover, and to respect their local waterfront. PARK EXPERIENCES…
Dumbo Beach 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 that were…
Water Street – Pop Up Beach 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 beach with sand…
Pop-Up Garden and Screen Tisch Courtyard NYU LMC 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 forest, an inspiration for the…
Bronxchester Competition 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 of varying…
The John Street Competition 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 pass overhead. The…
Wuhan Garden Expo Design Expo Being happy brings us feelings of pleasure and contentment, untroubled by personal or worldly problems, a universal goal for all. We propose to delight the garden’s visitors by letting them experience the joys and happiness of childhood, if only for a short time. Monumental letters set on a raised platform,…
