https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/home daily 1.0 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1614883579882-0OIMEIVGM0L54STE9PA4/BLA+Portfolio+Page+1.jpg Home - Our Mission Striving to create contextually relevant designs that draw out the ecological history and culture of a site while creating vibrant engaging environment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1614883771332-G5E6N5VHXNTYFIBR0DLS/BLA+Portfolio+Page+3.jpg Home - Our Philosophy BLA thrives on a collaborative design process between designers, the public, and other stakeholders. We work closely with our clients to understand the site and address the goals of the project. Our experience stretches across a wide variety of project scales and project types and we believe this diversity makes us agile and unique. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/about daily 0.75 2022-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1614882174877-U7JHKGNJ02CVJLE6KBPG/Steve.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1630675408801-KAFJFNNUJ08PN02LTCG2/XC560-54579886.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial daily 0.75 2021-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1618770944010-IBQQO92IQWIN73L2DQYN/20130373_02_N95_large.jpg Commercial https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/school daily 0.75 2021-03-04 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-07-10 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/home-page daily 0.75 2021-06-02 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/experiential daily 0.75 2021-06-02 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/residential-design daily 0.75 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1622673069292-3L2G66PCMNWOABC38M2F/2.jpg Residential - Sandy Springs Residence Contemporary retreat: This project was completed in conjunction with the homeowner, who was also the architect of the residence. The landscape design consists of a random series of large concrete slabs that help identify pathways and outdoor patio space. Native and adaptive ornamental grasses were utilized to create a sense of movement throughout the spaces. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/contact-2 daily 0.75 2021-09-03 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/process daily 0.75 2021-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1622673986493-6X94Y0BEKT6L2L8ES61B/Glendridge+landscape+concept+1a.jpg Process https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/community daily 0.75 2021-07-09 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/residential-design-1 daily 0.75 2021-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1622673069292-3L2G66PCMNWOABC38M2F/2.jpg Residential (Copy) - Sandy Springs Residence Contemporary retreat: This project was completed in conjunction with the homeowner, who was also the architect of the residence. The landscape design consists of a random series of large concrete slabs that help identify pathways and outdoor patio space. Native and adaptive ornamental grasses were utilized to create a sense of movement throughout the spaces. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design daily 0.75 2021-08-26 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design/state-farm-headquarters-phase-1 monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/7892a00b-bf62-4663-a0e3-0ba11353c8ff/landscape+forms_bench.jpg Public Space - State Farm Headquarters Phase 1 - State Farm Headquarters Phase 1 Work completed at Cooper Carry. Situated adjacent to an existing MARTA Station (Dunwoody Station) the State Farm corporate campus will become an important opportunity to establish successful transit oriented development in the metropolitan Atlanta area. The Story…A new plaza, reminiscent of great plazas found throughout Europe, creates a flexible space for alternate programming and an iconic entry. Alternating bands of native Georgia granite cobble, reminiscent of streets found throughout Atlanta before the turn of the 20th century, aligned in a contemporary fashion with concrete bands encompass the site. This landscape and hardscape framework is carried throughout the site, from the triangle park to the entry court and the site throughout. While the site has been cleared of any existing features, buried boulders are being salvaged as site elements to acknowledge the sites existing geology. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design/state-farm-headquarters-phase-2 monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1630675408801-KAFJFNNUJ08PN02LTCG2/XC560-54579886.jpg Public Space - State Farm Headquarters Phase 2 - State Farm Headquarters Phase 2 Work completed at Cooper Carry. Situated adjacent to the newly completed State Farm building 1 that is linked to the Dunwoody MARTA Station, the State Farm corporate campus will expand with the addition of two more buildings, a central park space and ground floor retail space. The idea of a Shared Space has been utilized within the central part of the park to create the most flexible use of space possible. The central boulevard can be closed off to create space for outdoor events and gatherings creating a clean curb-less plaza. The Story…The design language has been carried over from phase 1 development and enhanced. New lighting, covered shade areas, and sinuous paths make for a highly active circulation network that meanders through the park and plaza space, increasing the sense that the space is a refuge from the rational ordering of the architecture itself and acknowledges the natural topography of the Atlanta region. A tightly planted display of adaptive and native plants are utilized and planned in a form that echo’s the hardscape path layout and reinforces the concept of mimicking the topography and form of the surrounding natural environment. A challenge for the site has been coordinating with structural engineers as the entire plaza greenspace sits atop a parking deck garage. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design/intergraph-headquarters monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1624463318949-SSWVNBGO0EW7XFBP3RIT/site+concept+copy.jpg Public Space - Intergraph Headquarters - Intergraph Headquarters Work completed at Cooper Carry. Intergraph, a high-tech software company in Huntsville, Alabama, needed a new headquarters facility to reflect its smaller size, increasingly collaborative culture, and cutting-edge technology. The Story…The impetus of the design started with the site. While clear of most vegetation and only containing a lake and flag poles these elements have the one tying element of movement and fluidity. This is where the design started. From the moment one enters the new headquarters the landscape engages you immediately. Envisioned as a painting, large swaths of plant material from ornamental grasses, flowering perennials, and shrubs to constructed mounds and hills the site visually ebbs and flows through the landscape. With over 6,000 individual shrubs and ground covers on site along with over 450 trees of all scales the site will be transformed from an open field to a botanical garden of new plantings. Throughout the site the planting plan is seen as an impressionist painting of material unbound by formalism although at the front entry the planting plan turns modest in form. A central allee greets pedestrians from the parking lot leading one to the front door. The entry court has alternating and fading bands of pavers and is raised for a smooth transitional space. The lakeside is where the planting plan really comes to life as a landscape “painting”. Wide swaths of plant material offer a range of visual wonder throughout the year while over 90 native Fringe Tree tie the spaces together as a whole. With extra soil on site we were able to develop topography that did not originally exist creating a dynamic system of pedestrian walks around the lake and site. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design/broadwest monthly 0.5 2021-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1627586578478-F0GC1530XFYX290828OG/site+plan.jpg Public Space - Broadwest Work completed at Cooper Carry. The Story…Broadwest, located in Nashville Tennessee, the project is envisioned to become a destination for not only hotel and residences but office as well. The project focuses on creating a flexible space where, if closed off for an event, becomes a large open plaza reminiscent of the pedestrian piazza’s if Italy. A predominantly native planting plan was used throughout as well as utilizing native stone found on site to utilize as focal points and informal seating areas. The central green offers an area for small gatherings, yoga, or any other activity that would like to utilize a softer space. The arbor, which will offer an opportunities for vines to grow and create shade, also acts as an allée with each pillar lining with the adjacent Ginkgo tree’s. The surrounding plants embrace the green creating a calm, relaxing functional space that allows for a multitude of uses. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design/st-davids-episcopal-church monthly 0.5 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1627590627801-FBVSPJ1TDZMUQFS8QEBI/landscape.jpg Public Space - St. David's Episcopal Church - St David’s Episcopal Church, located in Roswell Ga, current landscape was in need of an update. Lacking easy handicap accessibility, acknowledgment of interment areas and general cohesiveness BLA was commissioned to create pedestrian walkways, reflective interment areas, and an outdoor pulpit with seating zone. The environments are planned to connect parking to the new landscape with a richly planted landscape that defines spaces for a multitude of uses. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design/project-two-nmf43 monthly 0.5 2021-08-27 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design/project-two-tjtxh monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1624466016702-A5OJIC0TPPZWXUDPRXMX/ocescan6572.jpg Public Space - Multi Modal Passenger Terminal Multi Modal Passenger Terminal Work completed at Cooper Carry Awards: Tri State ASLA Award of Excellence, 2014 The billion-dollar Georgia Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal (MMPT) design will connect Atlanta’s MARTA heavy rail system, passenger rail, light-rail, streetcars, buses, bicycle paths and pedestrians. The Georgia MMPT features an innovative elevated park which uses the large scale footprint inherent in transit infrastructure to connect existing open spaces with a new city-scaled space that creates a dramatic verdant destination for the people of Atlanta. In addition to linking existing green spaces, the new park helps manage stormwater, provides a unique perspective on the city, and provides the integrating link between the city’s famous suburban tree canopy and its downtown skyline. The Story…Predominantly covered by parking lots and garages, the current site is almost entirely devoid of trees, planted material, or a natural environment of any kind. The existing streets on raised viaducts have the effect of creating a hole in the urban fabric of Atlanta. The Georgia MMPT rooftop park will help heal this break in the urban fabric with active and passive spaces and landscaped vegetation that provides color, shade, and fresh air. The rooftop park and upper level rooftop green roof will also help reduce the heat island effect created by the vast areas of paving in urban areas like this part of downtown Atlanta. The park is accessed from integrated ramps at the east and west end of the Georgia MMPT, as well as via seven elevators, stairs, and escalators throughout the station complex. The relatively low 55’-65’ height of the park above street level means that it can be accessed via gently sloping, wheelchair- and bicycle- friendly ramps. From within the station, the park is directly accessible from the upper bus level, which serves the long-distance buses. As the passengers from these buses are more likely to have longer transit times, this provides an opportunity for them to access the park while they wait. A series of cafés and restaurants line the edge of the park, serving both the station interior and providing shaded dining terraces along the park. The design allows the Georgia MMPT to establish the feel and experience of activated ground level frontage at this upper level. The park will play an active role in the development’s water management strategy. A “river” runs along the park as a connecting feature, uniting the different eco-regions of the park. This river feature will reuse stormwater, providing bio-filtration, and act as a highly visible and enjoyable symbol of sustainable water management practices. The park’s forms draw inspiration from the site’s history and curved lines of the existing train lines. The landscape plan acknowledges that the site is not a “tabula rasa,” but contains an entrenched history that cannot be ignored or returned to a “natural state.” The design reasserts the importance of the natural environment by integrating plant material and park uses and making them operational at the scale of the city. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design/alpharetta-library monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1622670770464-P7Y8RCCIG7LHTQ8956UR/site+plan+copy.jpg Public Space - Alpharetta Library Alpharetta Library Work completed at Cooper Carry The new Alpharetta Library is part of a larger 22 acre redevelopment of the Alpharetta Town Center. The new town center’s landscape design (designed by others) is of a very strong beaux arts tradition in design. With a direct connection to this landscape the landscape design of the new library is inspired by the modernist movement to create a dialogue and juxtaposition in form with the landscape to it north. The beaux arts landscape, while beautiful, is not a native centric landscape. The library reacts to this by demonstrating a botanical garden of native landscape plants to contrast its neighboring design and bring awareness of native plant material to the public. Sustainability and the natural environment are the vanguard of the landscape design at the new Alpharetta Library. All avenues have been exhausted to preserve existing trees on site and sustainable stormwater practices are utilized. The plan is intended to be a naturalized landscape that can be utilized by the library patrons as an alternative space of reflection, as well as creating an educational outdoor classroom through the creation of a mound that will act as seating and small amphitheater space. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/commercial-design/cherokee-county-aquatic-center monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1624465845741-DXT9JPOCXUIP5O4EGKBX/concpet%2Bsketch.jpg Public Space - Cherokee County Aquatic Center Cherokee County Aquatic Center Work completed at Cooper Carry The Cherokee County Aquatic Center (CCAC) is a 46,298 square foot indoor aquatic facility with an additional 18,000 square foot outdoor leisure pool and deck area. This facility will serve Cherokee County families and provide an asset to the immediate surrounding community and Cherokee County as a whole. The center will add a new dimension of recreation opportunities; providing a full range of aquatic programming including competitive and recreational swimming opportunities, learn to swim programs, aqua therapy, aquatic exercise classes and more. The landscape design was inspired by water and movement. Sinuous lines define the different spaces and acknowledge the sense of movement created by the motion of water. A predominantly native landscape pallet was used throughout. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/education-design daily 0.75 2021-08-26 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/education-design/north-atlanta-high-school monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1622668192254-6JNL6VTAW46FG6AO6ODF/north+atlanta+high+school+rendering.jpg Education - North Atlanta High School - North Atlanta High School Work completed at Cooper Carry. Awards: 2014 GA ASLA Merit Award Sustainability was at the forefront of the design process through adaptive reuse and reverence to the natural environment and its processes. The new North Atlanta High School is designed to accommodate 2,350 students in what previously had been a 56-acre corporate campus. The adaptive re-use design includes an 11-story concrete-framed office tower that spans over a scenic lake, an assembly building, and a 942-car parking deck. Existing impervious parking lots for the corporate campus have been transformed into quad space, outdoor teaching rooms, and gardens as well as sports facilities such as football, baseball, softball and tennis. Removing much of the surface parking has allowed the design team to reintroduce natural systems that have been missing for decades. The Story…During the construction process there were many obstacles. Substantially more underground rock was found than expected. This became a design and teaching opportunity for the site. Boulders, instead of being crushed and used for infill on site, were brought to the surface and featured in the design for space making, seating and acknowledging the diverse geology of the area. Water, being highly visible on site, has also been featured in an educational way through the use of a stormwater garden at the bus turnaround. Children will see, quantitatively, how water is moved through an ecosystem before entering the lake and stream biology. A primary allee walk divides the stormwater garden and acts as a central gathering space and classroom for students. Exceptional woodland and lake views are a focal point at the central walk to the school. Informal seating arrangements offer opportunities to sit alone and study, or small learning groups, while surrounded by the large forest. A large amphitheater extends down into the forest creating an outdoor classroom or performance stage, for larger groups while also offering an opportunity to explore the landscape directly. Plant material is central to all these spaces, from River Birch punctuating the bioswales to Tulip Poplars defining the edge of quad and woodland and acknowledging the early successional forest after disturbing the land. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/education-design/bunche-middle-school monthly 0.5 2021-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1622668547026-2OBPEIODZDZHZ1L6MH77/doc002.jpg Education - Bunche Middle School - Bunche Middle School Work completed at Cooper Carry The original 100,000 s.f. Bunche Middle School was designed in 1977 with triangular classrooms that had minimal natural light. Important spaces such as the Media Center were located in windowless environments and spaces such as the auditorium and cafeteria were grossly undersized. The new school design will address all these issues to create a new environment for children and teachers. The site will be revised to accommodate a new track, football field and softball field. With these new programmed spaces many trees were removed from the site necessitating the replacement, on site, of over 3,500 caliper inches of trees per code. The concept of how to accommodate all these trees was two fold. First, the trees have been placed on a grid, reacting to the architecture of the building, with single species of trees at each line of the grid. This is used as an educational tool, as each row amplifies the latent qualities of each tree type through its juxtaposition against the rows on either side. Second is the parabola. Each row becomes a progressively smaller species until the row hits a low point with species such as Dogwood and Redbud, then continues back to the larger tree types such a White Oak or Tulip Poplar. With this design concept we were able to place all the needed caliper inches on site. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/education-design/elite-scholars-academy monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1624465653717-QHAQS4KP39FCQTIRIMTU/middle+school+plaza.jpg Education - Elite Scholars Academy - Elite Scholars Academy Work completed at Cooper Carry This project for the Clayton County Public Schools consists of a new 125,000 sf school building accommodating 700 students. In addition to classroom space, the scope includes two gymnasiums, media center, cafeteria, and kitchen. The design intent is to prepare the students for a life in higher education, with various collegiate banners displayed throughout the campus. The Story…The landscape design builds on these principles while engaging the students with the landscape and creating outdoor learning environments. Outdoor “quads” are created by framing spaces with not only the architecture but by utilizing plant material as well. A predominately native plant pallet was used throughout the site. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/education-design/university-of-north-georgia monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1622669717336-LTCPXWZ8PBOTZOTC0UA0/20140385_02_N105.jpg Education - University of North Georgia - University of North Georgia Work completed at Cooper Carry. The buildings are situated on a hillside at the intersection of West Main Street & Walker Drive. Across the street to the east is the dining facility as well as the majority of the campus. The buildings are located to take best advantage of the existing topography and extraordinary views to the eastern mountains and the rest of campus. The extremely steep site, the need to connect two new building entrance points at multiple elevations, and the challenge of coordinating service, parking, a central student drop off zone, infrastructural, academic, and social uses, have resulted in a new type of landscape for the University of North Georgia that includes a predominately native planting experience with a sinuous network connecting paths that create visual “points of discovery” at every turn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1622669781408-S7EDJZL1KT7JPRAVQGRE/2015_05_05+site+plan+rendering+update.jpg Education - University of North Georgia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/education-design/the-aviation-training-center monthly 0.5 2021-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1624385813786-QBXZKZG4BUAPMD7B7O4N/05.jpg Education - The Aviation Training Center - The Aviation Training Center Work completed at Cooper Carry. This is a high school technical academy dedicated to the education of students who are heading into a career in the aviation industry. The architecture and landscape architecture share a design language driven by the idea of movement, flow and aeronautics. The landscape, bound by the architecture into a plaza, will allow for flexibility of use. Outdoor dining, spaces for drones to fly and an amphitheater are programmed into the space. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/education-design/st-davids-episcopal-church monthly 0.5 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1627589127553-39KAZU212ZWAU1D9J2VN/landscape.jpg Education - St. David's Episcopal Church - Make it stand out. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/municipal-design daily 0.75 2021-08-26 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/municipal-design/alpharetta-library monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1622670770464-P7Y8RCCIG7LHTQ8956UR/site+plan+copy.jpg Municipal - Alpharetta Library - Alpharetta Library Work completed at Cooper Carry The new Alpharetta Library is part of a larger 22 acre redevelopment of the Alpharetta Town Center. The new town center’s landscape design (designed by others) is of a very strong beaux arts tradition in design. With a direct connection to this landscape the landscape design of the new library is inspired by the modernist movement to create a dialogue and juxtaposition in form with the landscape to it north. The beaux arts landscape, while beautiful, is not a native centric landscape. The library reacts to this by demonstrating a botanical garden of native landscape plants to contrast its neighboring design and bring awareness of native plant material to the public. Sustainability and the natural environment are the vanguard of the landscape design at the new Alpharetta Library. All avenues have been exhausted to preserve existing trees on site and sustainable stormwater practices are utilized. The plan is intended to be a naturalized landscape that can be utilized by the library patrons as an alternative space of reflection, as well as creating an educational outdoor classroom through the creation of a mound that will act as seating and small amphitheater space. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/municipal-design/cherokee-county-aquatic-center monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1624465845741-DXT9JPOCXUIP5O4EGKBX/concpet+sketch.jpg Municipal - Cherokee County Aquatic Center - Cherokee County Aquatic Center Work completed at Cooper Carry The Cherokee County Aquatic Center (CCAC) is a 46,298 square foot indoor aquatic facility with an additional 18,000 square foot outdoor leisure pool and deck area. This facility will serve Cherokee County families and provide an asset to the immediate surrounding community and Cherokee County as a whole. The center will add a new dimension of recreation opportunities; providing a full range of aquatic programming including competitive and recreational swimming opportunities, learn to swim programs, aqua therapy, aquatic exercise classes and more. The landscape design was inspired by water and movement. Sinuous lines define the different spaces and acknowledge the sense of movement created by the motion of water. A predominantly native landscape pallet was used throughout. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/municipal-design/multi-modal-passenger-terminal monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1624465928512-R49F04PN8XM8KK0OXWII/cfinal+rendering.jpg Municipal - Multi Modal Passenger Terminal - Multi Modal Passenger Terminal Work completed at Cooper Carry Awards: Tri State ASLA Award of Excellence, 2014 The billion-dollar Georgia Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal (MMPT) design will connect Atlanta’s MARTA heavy rail system, passenger rail, light-rail, streetcars, buses, bicycle paths and pedestrians. The Georgia MMPT features an innovative elevated park which uses the large scale footprint inherent in transit infrastructure to connect existing open spaces with a new city-scaled space that creates a dramatic verdant destination for the people of Atlanta. In addition to linking existing green spaces, the new park helps manage stormwater, provides a unique perspective on the city, and provides the integrating link between the city’s famous suburban tree canopy and its downtown skyline. The Story…Predominantly covered by parking lots and garages, the current site is almost entirely devoid of trees, planted material, or a natural environment of any kind. The existing streets on raised viaducts have the effect of creating a hole in the urban fabric of Atlanta. The Georgia MMPT rooftop park will help heal this break in the urban fabric with active and passive spaces and landscaped vegetation that provides color, shade, and fresh air. The rooftop park and upper level rooftop green roof will also help reduce the heat island effect created by the vast areas of paving in urban areas like this part of downtown Atlanta. The park is accessed from integrated ramps at the east and west end of the Georgia MMPT, as well as via seven elevators, stairs, and escalators throughout the station complex. The relatively low 55’-65’ height of the park above street level means that it can be accessed via gently sloping, wheelchair- and bicycle- friendly ramps. From within the station, the park is directly accessible from the upper bus level, which serves the long-distance buses. As the passengers from these buses are more likely to have longer transit times, this provides an opportunity for them to access the park while they wait. A series of cafés and restaurants line the edge of the park, serving both the station interior and providing shaded dining terraces along the park. The design allows the Georgia MMPT to establish the feel and experience of activated ground level frontage at this upper level. The park will play an active role in the development’s water management strategy. A “river” runs along the park as a connecting feature, uniting the different eco-regions of the park. This river feature will reuse stormwater, providing bio-filtration, and act as a highly visible and enjoyable symbol of sustainable water management practices. The park’s forms draw inspiration from the site’s history and curved lines of the existing train lines. The landscape plan acknowledges that the site is not a “tabula rasa,” but contains an entrenched history that cannot be ignored or returned to a “natural state.” The design reasserts the importance of the natural environment by integrating plant material and park uses and making them operational at the scale of the city. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/residential daily 0.75 2021-08-31 https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/residential/project-two-lpst6 monthly 0.5 2021-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1630268993565-YC52XSVM9DIVEVKK1AMQ/PDF2567-01.jpg Residential - Decatur Residence - Decatur Residence . https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/residential/residence-1 monthly 0.5 2021-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/1624481529711-T78Q7X7RDYBK103313B4/l-1.jpg Residential - Sandy Springs Residence - Contemporary Retreat The Story…Contemporary retreat: This project was completed in conjunction with the homeowner, who was also the architect of the residence. The landscape design consists of a random series of large concrete slabs that help identify pathways and outdoor patio space. Native and adaptive ornamental grasses were utilized to create a sense of movement throughout the spaces. https://www.buschlandscapearchitecture.com/residential/mid-century-modern monthly 0.5 2022-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6032c03a4a2da747346ba26a/81d9e151-2372-451f-841a-e912dcf2cba6/Athanassiades+concept+plan.jpg Residential - Mid Century Modern Conceptual landscape layout plan