DLANDstudio

05/20/2022

We recently joined our colleagues from Sasaki at Greenacre Park in Manhattan to celebrate our new partnership. This lush vest-pocket park was designed by the firm’s founder, Hideo Sasaki, in 1971. We're thrilled to be joining forces with the Sasaki team to tackle 21st century design challenges.

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05/02/2022

We've got news — DLANDstudio is joining Sasaki to deepen our bench and tackle the complex social, ecological, and climatic challenges of the 21st century.

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11/10/2020

Principal Susannah Drake is participating in November 18th's 2020 Fall Residency, 'To Be or Not To BQE: A Post-Moses Community Vision' with final Fellow presentations and a panel discussion from 6-8PM.

Other panelists include Harriet Harriss, Dean, Pratt Institute; Moses Gates, RPA; Danny Harris, Transportation Alternatives; Nina Rappaport, Vertical Urban Factory; Mark Gardner, Architect; Michael King, Traffic Calmer; and Fred Harris, Mission Title Agency.

This is the final public panel for the IPA Fall Residency. This Fall, the IPA challenges Fellows to research and envision what might replace the BQE along a portion of this anachronistic piece of Moses infrastructure, engaging community stakeholders through which their chosen BQE portion passes.

Fourteen Fellows in five teams are working on proposals related to transportation and neighborhood access to public space, affordable housing, and the effects of development on communities.

Don't miss this exciting discussion which will be held as a Zoom Webinar.

Join us for the final Fellow Team presentations of the Fall Residency.

10/29/2020

Our vision: "The proposed design radically re-imagines the land of the Tidal Basin area in form and function, as a phased response to the sweeping, inevitable wave of climate change-driven transformation."

A bridge to the White House and man-made islands are among the conceptual proposals five architecture studios have developed for preserving Washington DC's Tidal Basin reservoir and the National Mall.

10/26/2020

"Five landscape architects unveiled proposals Wednesday to save the sinking Tidal Basin on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The plans run the gamut from a conservative approach to radical reimaginings.

The Tidal Basin connects centuries of American history and includes memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. Some 1.5 million people walk along the basin's rim during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival each spring. But with increased car and foot traffic, the ground underneath is dipping. As sea levels rise, the walkways flood daily."

With increased car and foot traffic, the ground underneath the Tidal Basin — home to memorials to Thomas Jefferson, FDR and MLK Jr. — is sinking. As sea levels rise, the walkways flood daily.

10/26/2020

Due to rising sea levels and increased foot traffic (some 1.5 million people walk the area during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival alone), the Tidal Basin of Washington, DC’s National Mall …

10/23/2020

Join Principal Susannah Drake on Thursday, October 29 at 3pm to discuss The Big Idea of the Tidal Basin Ideas Lab at the annual National Trust for Historic Preservation conference, PastForward Online 2020.

With more than 30 educational sessions focused on the themes “Resilience and Relevance,” you can take part in the discussions about the challenges we currently face, and how we can work together to meet these challenges head-on as a movement. Registration rates start at $75, with several events available for free, including the National Preservation Awards Ceremony. Learn more at SavingPlaces.org/conference.

PastForward, the National Preservation Conference, is the premier educational and networking event for those in the business of saving places. The 2020 conference will be offered online Oct 27-30, 2020.

10/23/2020

"DLANDstudio proposes new physical and visual connections that will reorient the flow of visitors and create new pathways through the basin."