Penn South MRH Organic Lawn Conversion As a part of the ongoing Maintenance Oversight at the Penn South Mutual Redevelopment Houses JPLA has sought out new was of improving the sustainability and ecological functionality of the campus landscape. Overall goals include creating a productive landscape that supports pollinators, contributes to the local food web, and…
Fleck Courtyard NYU Langone Medical Center NYU Langone Medical Center is the home to the 5,500sf Fleck Courtyard that serves doctors, staff, patients and visitors of the hospital and its new cafe. JPLA transformed an underused, inhospitable courtyard into an active and beloved gathering space. It is a calm respit featuring a raised central lawn with…
Hudson River Park Parkwide Landscape Architecture Term Contract JPLA is in its third year of a three-year Repair Design Contract with Hudson River Park Trust for the restoration of several areas within this 550 acre waterfront park. As Prime Consultants, JPLA interfaces directly with the Hudson River Park Trust to manage repair design projects. The…
NYCHA PACT ABM Audubon Houses, Bethune Gardens + Marshall Plaza Washington Heights, New York NYCHA PACT is a program that frees funding to allow for comprehensive repairs and renovations of public housing developments, while preserving tenant rights and ensuring permanently affordability. In this project, NYCHA PACT ABM, JPLA provided complete landscape design renovations for the…
CCNY Schiff House Daycare Center The restoration of a historic building on campus includes a playground, butterfly garden, and vegetable garden. JPLA’s design creates a dynamic landscape that fosters social interaction, self-directed play, physical activities, and exploration of nature. At the entrance to the building, an accessible ramp is surrounded by a butterfly garden with…
Nature Castle Playground The goal of the playground renovation at this NYC Public Elementary School was to replace the existing playground’s outdated and uninspired equipment and deteriorating safety surfacing with a dynamic and durable playground design that can be enjoyed for many years to come. Expanding the existing tree pits into continuous planting areas serves…
East Village Hospital Campus Courtyard This publicly accessible plaza in the East Village of Manhattan is a signature space within this hospital campuses multi-year master plan. Canted stone walls with planting anchor the plaza on the corner of this busy intersection and create a verdant foreground to the hospital building. The landscape provides dynamic views…
Hudson River Park Pier 84 Dog Run JPLA designed the renovation of Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 Dog Run. Working closely with the Hudson River Park Trust to determine the scope of the renovation, JPLA developed a playful design that enlivens and enriches the Dog Run, while preserving, refining, and repairing key elements in the…
Smith Residence The design parti for this garden was a pair of nested forms. Directly adjacent to the house, a central paved area made of hand-ground exterior terrazzo is used as a flexible space for dining and playing. Framing this space is a large, grassy mound. The mound is planted with soft, undulating evergreen shrubs…
Kaufman Residence The design of this 1,200 sf private garden near Gramercy Park is structured around a curved pre-cast concrete retaining wall. The wall serves regulatory, aesthetic and structural purposes. It was placed to satisfy the required level-yard setback from the ground floor living space. It creates a beautiful enclosure to the space and its form is echoed in stainless steel rings set into the paving.…
