Lower Schuylkill Master Plan adopted by the Planning Commission

05.23.13

 

 

LRSLAstudio was the landscape architectural consultant on the multi-disciplinary team responsible for developing a master plan for the Schuylkill River corridor in southwest Philadelphia, one of the City's largest and last tracts of land yet to be redeveloped. Our scope of work involved spearheading a plan for the area's multi-functional green stormwater infrastructure, trails and open spaces. The goal of the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan is to create a new identity for the area as an industrial hub, attracting jobs and economic activity in an environmentally sustainable way. Philadelphia City Planning Commission adopted the plan earlier this week.

 

The Porch at 30th Street Station: ASLA Award Recipient

03.27.13

 

 

LRSLAstudio is happy to share the news that our project, The Porch at 30th Street Station, received a Merit Award from the Pennsylvania–Delaware Chapter of the ASLA, in the 2013 Professional Awards Program. Our design improves the civic open space surrounding Philadelphia's Amtrak 30th Street Station. Thousands of people live, work, and commute in and around The Porch every day. The design, site improvements, and event programming of the site has transformed this previously underutilized area into a attractive, safe, accessible, comfortable, and welcoming gateway filled with plants and cheerful site amenities. Thanks and congratulations to all those involved with the actualization of this project.

 

ENCORE: CURATED CULTURE / A New Vision for South Broad Street

11.14.12

 

 

LRSLAstudio was one of four finalists chosen for "A New Vision for South Broad Street", a competition sponsored by the Avenue of the Arts, Inc. to envision South Broad Street from City Hall to Washington Avenue, as one of Philadelphia's most important destinations, as well as a vital gateway to the front door for much of the city's artistic, commercial and residential life. Our proposal, ENCORE: CURATED CULTURE links South Broad Street with the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, creating a continuous arts and culture promenade, extending from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to a new Kunsthalle Philadelphia at Washington Avenue. For additional information check out the following:

Philadelphia Inquirer

Plan Philly

 

Design Philadelphia: Reframing the View

10.11.12

 

 

LRSLAstudio's Design Philadelphia interactive event for 2012 featured interventions to change the 1500 block of Latimer Street in Center City. Specially loaded View-Masters presented a series of subtle, strategic, and practical interventions to transform a mundane, ordinary street into a functional, sustainable, fantastical environment. For additional information check out the following:

Design Philadelphia

 

Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up

09.17.12

 

 

 

LRSLAstudio is participating in the Community Design Collaborative's Infill Philadelphia:Soak It Up Exhibition.

 

Dive into an exhibition of great green designs that soak up stormwater and create engaging, beautiful, and fun places to be in the city. Co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Water Department, US Environmental Protection Agency, and Community Design Collaborative, this juried national exhibition aims to inspire a new wave of local projects that support Philadelphia’s innovative stormwater management plan, Green City, Clean Waters.

Free and open to the public. September 17 through October 19.

Center for Architecture

1218 Arch st.
Philadelphia, PA 19107

 

For additional information check out the following:

Soak It Up

 

 

 

Park(ing) Day 2012

09.21.12

 

 

LRSLAstudio's annual Park(ing) Day installation is located on South Broad Street between Walnut and Locust Streets. Join us on Friday, September 21st as we reclaim and repurpose a little piece of the urban street!