SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC

Save the date! Resilience Principal Pippa Brashear will speak about Living Breakwaters this Thursday, 8/15, at 12:30pm EST as part of the Network for Engineering With Nature's Knowledge Series. 🔗 Register at the following link: https://bit.ly/3gR9ADL

SCAPE has been selected to collaborate with McAdams on the master plan for Carr's Elktonia Heritage Park in Annapolis, Maryland! "We are so honored to be part of this amazing team and will work hard to repair and revive the historic shoreline at Carr’s Beach so that coastal stories can be told and memories shared long into the future." — Kate Orff 🔗 Read more about the project at the link below.

All smiles for two days spent in good company at our retreat last week! SCAPErs from our New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans offices headed to Bear Mountain, NY, for team bonding, growth, and fun.   On Wednesday, SCAPErs had a pool day, painted plein air watercolors and played games by the lake. The team enjoyed a happy hour and a bonfire, and even tried our hands at improv, led by UCB Theatre NY.   Thursday featured share-outs from our 2x10 Seed Research Program winners—Associates Andrew Wright and Kirk Gordon, and Senior Designer Ciara Stein—and thoughtful discussion in breakout groups about our practice. Senior Designers Alyson Demskie and Danny Rose led a cyanotype workshop using local plants, while another group completed a tough hike to summit Bear Mountain, led by Designer Chris Ingui.   The retreat was also bounded by several site visits to New York projects for our visiting colleagues. Thank you to our admin team—Will Klassen, Meghann Dubie, Amelia Medved, and Madison Cardillo—for their efforts in organizing the week’s activities.   Click to the end for a surprise guest at our project open house!

SCAPE is designing the master plan for the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail, a linear park and trail network along the Hudson River. Spanning 7.5 miles from Cold Spring to Beacon, NY, the trail aims to provide safe access and reduce ecological stress to some of the Hudson Valley’s most popular hiking destinations. Kate Orff was interviewed for a recent documentary on the project by Insignia Films. 🎥 The full video is on Vimeo here: https://lnkd.in/e2QAihCw 🔗 For more information on the project, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/gUexJqku

"SCAPE Landscape Architecture’s five-acre China Basin Park on the San Francisco Bay is designed to create a place out of a throughway. Its location across a cove from Oracle Park, home of Major League Baseball franchise the San Francisco Giants, makes it a passage between parking lots and the stadium during game days. And its position along the well-used San Francisco Bay Trail guarantees an audience of bikers and runners the rest of the time. But a wealth of spaces shaped for rest, recreation, and views are designed to draw people off these paths." Catch the latest coverage of China Basin Park from Clare Jacobson in Architectural Record, with interviews from Founding Principal Kate Orff and Associate John Rabago.

Big news! In recognition of their professional excellence and continued contributions to the firm, we’re pleased to announce a number of promotions and changes to leadership at SCAPE. First, we are thrilled to welcome five new Principals to our leadership team: Lee Altman, AIA, LEED AP, Chris Barnes, RLA, Martin Harwood, Brad Howe, and Laura Marett, RLA. In their time at SCAPE, each individual has demonstrated exceptional dedication, creativity, and leadership in their work. With their elevation to Principal, we recognize their immense contributions to SCAPE’s practice and look forward to their pivotal role in shaping our future. We are also pleased to appoint Grace Dials to Director of Design Management, Despo Thoma to Director of Resilience, and William Tietje, RLA to Technical Director. They each bring years of experience leading large, complex design and planning projects to fruition. Additionally, Julia Howe is promoted to Senior Associate, and Daniel Berdichevsky and Andrew Wright, RLA are promoted to Associate. Join us in congratulating each of them for their unique and exceptional roles in building SCAPE’s culture and practice. Read more on our website. https://lnkd.in/g4szRtaf

For decades, Bruce Beach in Pensacola, Florida, has been a key site for coastal recreation, with a rich history of use by the city’s Black community. As part of Bruce Beach's redesign, SCAPE developed a series of five double-sided signs, collaborating with local historians and community advisors to identify priorities and curate content for the signs.   The interpretive signage details the site's marshy beginnings, its industrial history, its evolution as a recreational hub, and its reopening today. The signs also explore the origin and lasting significance of Bruce Beach for Black, Indigenous, and Creole members of the Pensacola community. The signage lines the park's main promenade, inviting visitors to engage with the history of the site as they approach the water's edge.   Congratulations to the team, our client, and collaborators for wrapping Phase 1 of Bruce Beach construction!   🔗Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e6Zddx9t   —   Client: City of Pensacola, Florida   Collaborators: University of West Florida Historic Trust: Dr. Jamin Wells, Joe Vinson Community Advisory Group: Councilwoman Teniadé Broughton, Pastor C. Marcel Davis, Michelle Lowe, Tony McCray, Jr., Robin Reshard, Marilyn Wiggins, Dr. Marion Williams HDR

SCAPE is currently seeking a Landscape Designer and an Associate Landscape Architect to join us in our New York office. Landscape Designer: https://lnkd.in/eRd94ZKs We’re seeking a well-rounded junior Landscape Designer or Landscape Architect. Ideal candidates will have 1-3 three years of experience in the landscape architecture field, with an emphasis on technical documentation. Associate Landscape Architect: https://lnkd.in/eYzqSc42 We’re seeking a mid- to senior-level Landscape Architect/Project Manager. Ideal candidates should have 7-10 years of experience in the landscape architecture field with an emphasis on project management, technical documentation, landscape construction, and ecological design. ⏰ Applications are due by July 26, 2024.

Earlier this summer, Bruce Beach—a new 11-acre park in Pensacola, Florida—opened to the public! The Bruce Beach site has a rich history of use by Pensacola's Black community, home to the city's only Black beach during segregation. Through community activism during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s, a safer swimming facility was built to serve Black Pensacolans. Opening in 1957, Bruce Pool was "the place to be" in the summers until its closure in 1975. In 2018, SCAPE created a framework plan for the downtown waterfront of Pensacola, including design concepts for two catalytic projects that reconnect Pensacolans with the water's edge. Bruce Beach is the first of these projects to be implemented, where waterfront access is particularly important because of the community's longstanding advocacy for a publicly accessible waterfront. SCAPE developed the concept design for the park, shown here, facilitated community engagement, and provided design review of the final project. Local partner HDR led the park design through construction. Phase 1 of Bruce Beach is now open for public use with Phase 2 completion expected in fall of 2024. Congratulations to Mayor Reeves for bringing the public back to Bruce Beach! 🔗Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gUWJJUZv 📷: Ribbon cutting photos via City of Pensacola Government — Bruce Beach Client: City of Pensacola, Florida Collaborators: HDR, Angela Kyle, James Lima Planning + Development Pensacola Waterfront Framework Plan Client: Quint and Rushy Studer, City of Pensacola, Florida Collaborators: James Lima Planning + Development