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…
Damon Garden This 625 sf rear garden in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn is designed as a series of outside rooms furnished in exquisite natural materials. At the parlor level, an ipe wood deck creates a fluid entertainment space next to the house. Broad steps leading down from the deck allow comfortable access to a deck on the garden…
Tidal Garden This 1,200 sf garden in Brooklyn was created as a place to play. The family has three small children and the garden is a place where the ground feels organic and fluid, as it rolls and pitches around one-ton boulders into a central swale. A water source near the back of the garden…
The Chateau Garden The Chateau Garden is a historic “garden-city” co-op development built in the early 1920s in Jackson Heights, Queens. Little investment in the site’s aging paths and drains had resulted in flooding and damage to foundations. Additionally the Mature American Elms have transformed Chateau’s character from a sunny formal garden to a shady…
Baychester NYCHA Housing Portfolio Our Design approach aims to enrich the unique character and address the specific needs of the Baychester 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 new ones,…
Twin Parks NYCHA Housing Portfolio Our proposed renovation in response to the RAD RFP for this NYCHA housing development in the Bronx provides a central common plaza space that is enriching for all ages. This open space will become a dynamic core of the residential community and offers a range of ways to come together,…
Bushwick Houses NYCHA Housing Portfolio 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 activities, and the exploration of…
NYCHA Murphy 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 new ones, to gather,…
Saratoga Square NYCHA Housing Portfolio 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 open…
Radio Tower & Hotel Courtyard 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, a flexible space…
