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Essence of Place
Designing beautiful and evocative landscapes begins with on-the-ground, deep site systems analysis and thoughtful exchanges with communities to determine their aspirations for a place. We combine this with our depth of experience gained from broad travel and knowledge of landscape history, altogether leading to profound understanding of the essence of a particular place.
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Multifunctional Landscapes
Good design is multi-functional and provides healthy, dynamic social settings, resilient natural environments, green relief in urban settings and visual and cultural interest. We find that regenerative systems, such as plantings that filter runoff to improve water quality and promote healthy habitats, also serve to re-engage people in newly complex and appealingly rich landscapes.
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"The Porch" at Arts Center Station
“The Porch” at Arts Center Station Location: Atlanta, Georgia Size: .25 acres Status: 2016 installation Collaborators Midtown Alliance in partnership with MARTA and the High Museum of Art Features Public space activation, public art installation More Projects
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Fernbank Museum WildWoods
Fernbank Museum WildWoods Location: Atlanta, Georgia Size: 16 acres Client: Fernbank Museum of Natural History Awards: 2019 ASLA Georgia President’s Award2017 ASLA Southeast Honor Award2018 AIA Georgia Merit Award Sylvatica Studio led a team of museum planners, ecologists, engineers, architects and collaborated with exhibit designers to design Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s new outdoor experiential…
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Three Alliance Center
Three Alliance Center Location: Atlanta, Georgia Size: 2.4 acres Client: Tishman Speyer Development Collaborators: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects Features: Urban plaza on structured deck, shade garden Awards: 2018 Georgia AIA Merit Award More Projects
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One Museum Place
One Museum Place Location: Atlanta, Georgia Size: 2 acres Collaborators Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects Status: Built Features: Midtown Arts District at the High Museum, Peachtree Street frontage Award: 2018 Georgia AIA Merit Award One Museum Place’s site design provides an artfully sophisticated environment for Midtown’s newest and most refined residential development. The landscape will…
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Metropolitan Library
Metropolitan Library Location: Atlanta, Georgia Size: 3 acres Client: Fulton County Collaborators: Smith Dalia Architectsai3 Architects Award: 2016 Design Honor Award, AIA South Carolina Features: Adaptive reuse, civic plaza, universal access design, Certified LEED Silver Metropolitan Library is the new home of the Stewart Lakewood Branch of the Atlanta Fulton County Library System. The 3…
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Susan Stainback Speaks at the ASLA Annual Meeting
Urban Waterfronts: Integrating Landscape Architecture and Ecology in an era of climate change. The impacts of climate change are dramatic and everywhere. For city dwellers, they are most tangible and visible within the context of our changing urban water systems. This session will explore, through a series of compelling case studies, the role ecologists and Landscape…
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Sylvatica Studio projects and Susan Stainback featured in ASLA article on collaboration between Landscape Architects and Ecologists
Landscape architecture and ecological restoration are really different disciplines, but increasingly these fields are working together in fascinating ways. In a session at the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) conference in Madison, Wisconsin, Rutgers ecologist Steven Handel organized a group of landscape architects and restoration ecologists to discuss why collaboration is vital. In a mutual…
