UN Memorial Competition | New York USA | Christopher Counts Studio with Artist Joseph Norman

UN Memorial Competition | New York USA | Christopher Counts Studio with Artist Joseph Norman

Christopher Counts Studio with Artist Joseph Norman proposal for UNESCO’s Permanent Memorial for the Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade was created to blend an innovative 21st century design based on a ribbon form with a powerful interpretation of the Middle Passage. The concept for this proposal measures approximately 180 feet by 80 feet. However, this design concept is amorphous in its scope, scale and shape relative to the selected site.

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The CityDeck Phase 2 | Green Bay USA | Stoss

CityDeck Phase 2 | Green Bay USA | Stoss
The CityDeck in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA, is a new connective infrastructure along the city’s downtown riverfront. It was designed as a series of folding wood planes that establish large-scale connections between the river and a newly renovated city fabric. The folded surfaces were rendered as benches, chaise lounges, and sunbathing platforms at the scale of the human body; and as collective gathering spaces, river overlooks, ramps and steps along and over the river.

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Tiburon Bay House | Tiburon USA | Shades of Green Landscape Architecture

Intent: The client wanted a garden with different outdoor spaces so there would be places to enjoy the view, but also have areas that were shielded from the wind. The lot is steep and fairly large, so large areas were to be natural and low maintenance.  We also wanted to reuse the materials on the site; to minimize and reuse water; and to keep surfaces permeable while creating a natural and modern garden.

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Hunts Point Landing Opens | South Bronx USA | Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects

Hunts Point Landing Opens | South Bronx USA | Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects
Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, announces the opening of Hunts Point Landing. Hunts Point Landing is part of the South Bronx Greenway Master Plan which creates sustainable connections between the waterfront and the residential and business communities in the Hunts Point peninsula.The plan is designed to address needs of the South Bronx’s businesses and residents through a process of community-building design and collaborative planning. The new park is one of just eight projects to achieve certification in the prestigious pilot SITES (Sustainable Sites Initiative)program, selected from among 150 considered.
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Snake Run | Camp Woodward USA | California Skateparks

The artistic skate/ BMX path at Woodward East was the original brain child of Gary Ream. Gary had a vision to create the path of the future. This would be a walking path and cart path that was comprised of a number of artistic elements that could be used in many different ways. Along with California Skateparks, Bill Minadeo and Nate Wessel designed the initial 600 lineal feet part of the path last year comprising of concrete sculptural elements.

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