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Agassiz
Cooperative Pre-school, Cambridge – Landscape
improvements needed including screening, gardens, play
opportunities with the landscape. Designers Lynette
Tsiang and Alice Evans presented a design concept to the
director and teachers; parents continue to help in
maintenance.
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| Agassiz site
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Bennett
School, Leominster –
A design studio of the Landscape Institute of the Arnold Arboretum, under the direction of instructor John Furlong, developed a menu of master plans for this preschool-kindergarten located in a 19th century brick schoolhouse. A design team of students then developed the master plan for the school community to address improved circulation and better use of the available play space. The plan was installed in June 2006.
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Cabot School Community Garden, Newton, MA -- For years, this area of the schoolyard was unusable and ignored until the school community applied to the City of Newton and received Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds. The CPA funds were used to install new walks and sitting areas with the goal of providing an outdoor classroom space where students and teachers could integrate lessons with the natural world. The PTO has taken the initiative in seeking resources and expertise to complete the 7,500 sq. ft. learning garden. COG's designer and former Cabot School parent Martha Gangemi had been involved in the original planning to receive CPA funds and returned as the landscape designer to provide garden design services for this K-5 public school. The garden is available for community use as well.
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Carroll
Center for the Blind, Newton – Landscape designers Alice Evans and Janis Porter created a plan for a memorial garden with emphasis on sensory qualities. They did their design work at the school where they were able to solicit input from staff and students.
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Collicot
School, Milton - The designer, Melissa Morrisson,
worked with the PTO to create a plan using durable
plantings which would reflect the school's philosophy of
teaching love and respect for a green and growing
environment for the children and the community.
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Driscoll
School, Brookline – Landscape designer Eunice Knight
suggested plantings of native wildflowers in this entry
garden to provide the school community and the
neighborhood with a beautiful landscape and give the
teachers a powerful teaching tool. The Brookline
Community Fund provided a grant to install this garden.
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High
School Alumni Association, Arlington is planning the
renovation of an abandoned interior courtyard as their
gift to the school. Landscape designer David McCoy
developed and presented alternative designs for its
renewal.
Ivy Street School, Brookline, MA was founded in 1993 to provide comprehensive educational and treatment services to adolescent boys and girls (ages 13-22) with acquired brain injury or other challenging neurological difficulties. The school is a program of MAB Community Services, founded in 1902 to provide services to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. The program is housed in a once-grand estate in a Brookline historic neighborhood, bordering conservation land. Landscape Institute design student Sally Naish undertook a year-long study of the 2 acre property and developed a concept that would allow for group activities, gardening for the school's culinary arts program, sports, and quiet study.
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Kennedy
School, East Boston – The Friends group sought a
design for phase II of this schoolyard improvement
initiative which would address an asphalt edge of the
schoolyard. The design team of Anjali Joshi and
Tacey Luongo developed a plan for a sculptural linear park
which would connect the school and the community.
They also designed a greatly improved school entry and
gathering area. The Neighborhood of Affordable
Housing (NOAH) sponsored the project and was an active
collaborator in the design process.
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Mitchell Elementary School Courtyard, Needham –
The parent group, with enthusiastic support from the principal, successfully rallied community support to create an outdoor learning center in the school’s courtyard, which had previously been rarely used. Landscape designer Alice Evans’ plan for the courtyard included ornamental plantings emphasizing habitat and native plant material, outdoor classroom and gathering space, and many opportunities to connect with the K-5 curricula.
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| Courtyard
detail, designer’s rendering |
Courtyard amphitheatre, designer’s rendering
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Neighborhood House Charter School, Dorchester, MA -- The inner courtyard of this charter school, which provides extensive support services to families and students from 4 years old through 8th grade, is approximately 2,400 square feet. The courtyard is surrounded by 5-story-high brick walls with echoing sound and little sun. COGdesign's team of Rita Christensen, Monica Fairbairn, Nancy Phillips, and Anne Smith built models with students and developed a concept for the courtyard that would offer dynamic views from the building's interior windows, serve as a gathering place for group activities, and celebrate the values of this dynamic and innovative school.
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Roosevelt Elementary School, Hyde Park, is a public school for K-5th graders. The landscape design team of Cristina Cabrera, Susan MacMillan Kains, Sally Naish, and Kath Holland provided consultation to the School Parent Council for improving the school's overall landscape and identifying opportunities for hands-on learning in the landscape.
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Hyde
Park Bulletin article (PDF)
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Roosevelt School front views |
Schofield School Courtyard, Wellesley - The
designer, Sara Mason Levy, developed a plan which provides
more opportunities for curriculum-based use as well as
enhancing the beauty of the space.
Sparhawk School, Amesbury – The design team of
Alice Evans and Ann Townsend assessed and mapped the
six-acre site; the final product was A Site Study for the
Sparhawk School which is being used as a teaching tool for
environmental studies and as a primer for on-going site
development within the school's community.
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Warren Prescott School (Part I), Charlestown -
This public elementary school is an important community
resource to the neighborhood as well as the academic home to
a diverse population of K-5 students. An advanced design
studio of the Landscape Institute, under the direction of
instructor Todd Richardson, created master plans which
re-organized the limited outdoor space and responded to the
needs of the school and the wider community.
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| Warren
Prescott School presentations |
Warren Prescott School (Part II), Charlestown –
The design team of Christine Gavin and Amanda Sloan, working
with parents and staff, refined design concepts begun in the
design classroom. They developed a multi-function pocket
park on the school grounds and accessible to the
neighborhood. The designers constructed a model to
illustrate the design to the community and potential funders.
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