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Initially this project was a 210 unit market rate apartments situated on approximately 7 acres in the Orenco Station light rail community. The landscape elements that we were responsible for included pocket parks, a mitigated wetland, a swimming pool and pool deck design and all the landscaping in the open spaces between the units. Later the project was converted to a condominium community and we were then asked to add the privacy fences between the units and the neighborhood connectivity walkways.

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Eastlake Village was a 56 unit affordable housing project for Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority (CORHA) situated on 5 acres in Bend, Oregon. We provided the irrigation, landscape and play area design for this project.

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Arbor Village is a community located in Banks, Oregon just west of Portland.

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Humboldt Gardens was a Hope VI, affordable housing project for the Housing Authority of Portland, which included a mixed use building that achieved LEED Silver certification from the USGBC.

As Landscape Architect we collaborated with the Civil Engineer to develop an award winning approach to a Green Street treatment for stormwater.  The plantings for the Green Street used water tolerant plants and swale seed mix in the swales  with more residential plant selections by the walkways leading into the units. The combination of the lawn and swale grass  panels as they move through the front yard and shrub beds allows easy maintenance by mowing both.

The project’s sustainable design elements including permeable paving, soft stormwater swales, a green street, a community pocket park and garden seating courtyards.  The landscaping approach throughout the project was child tough, low maintenance and complementary to a residential neighborhood.

Humboldt Gardens was recognized by the 2009 City of Portland BEST Awards as the winner of the Green Building for New construction/Major renovation.

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This 48 acre community development master plan included the planning and design of over a ¼ mile of greenway trails to serve as important passive recreation and pedestrian access throughout the community.  The trails provide a connective loop to the childrens play areas both large and small and access to a eight acre neighborhood park.  Internal to the park is an existing wetland that will be preserved and revegetated as mitigation for other wetland encroachment.  Viewing platforms and information boards will serve as a sustainable education component for visitors as they travel around the wetland.

In the northwestern corner of the park a open air community shelter is planned with large and small children play areas and picnic tables nearby.  Parking for the Community events is located across the wetland via a new pile system elevated bridge.  We have prepared all the planning, design and construction documents for this project which will be constructed during the summer of 2009.

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This 2 Acre Neighborhood Park will provide play areas for young and older kids, a picnic shelter and plaza overlooking green space next to a nature preserve.  Our design encompasses the sustainable community development and environmental stewardship visions set forth by the City of Hillsboro.

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Creekstone is a 217 acre Planned Unit Development in Kennewick, WA. Our planning involvement addressed the treatment of all the project entrances, open space, easement areas, right of way landscaping and Parks. We encouraged sustainable storm water treatment solutions for the runoff by proposing simulated creek beds, as opposed to conventional piping solutions.

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As part of a 68-acre development, we designed two community parks, and the open space areas.  The landscape features include a park shelter with arbors, a pavilion with an interactive water feature, green spaces with native plants, and bicycle trails.  This Craftsmen Style neighborhood enlisted Neo-Traditional design elements like alley fed garages that encourages pedestrian friendly streets and sidewalks and bike trails that are heavily used for recreation.