http://www.urbanculturedesign.com/project daily 0.75 2017-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1453614659347-B8NNGF4J87XGT89OV4EF/1a-VH-Entry_2.jpg Projects - Hotel Valley Ho Scottsdale, AZ | 2006 Photography: Andrew Pielage and Tiffany Halperin Firm of Record: Tiffany Halperin, design lead while at e group inc. Architect: Allen+Philp Project Recognition: AIA Western Mountain Region Design Award | Historic Hotels of America, National Trust for Historic Preservation Award | Details Magazine Most Stylish Destinations | Arizona Business and Arizona Real Estate Magazine Hospitality Project of the Year | PCBC Gold Nugget Award, Best Rehab Commercial/Industrial Project | PCBC Gold Nugget Award, Best Specialty Project This award winning mixed-use project was guided by principles of preservation, reuse, and celebration for both the landscape architecture and architectural expression of historic Hotel Valley Ho. The 14-acre resort is listed on National Trust for Historic Preservation and serves as a hotel with a seven story residential tower located above the lobby. A stand-alone restaurant/event space also occupies the property. The landscape design boasts a water efficient and modern interpretation of the historic property including pool renovation, new entry experience, downtown streetscapes, two revisioned citrus-lined courtyards and event lawn. The landscape design respects and highlights the historic importance of the site at the same time as it breathes fresh life into the use of its outdoor spaces. Multiple species of citrus were planted on the property for use in its restaurant. Situated in an urban context, the site posed the challenge of enabling access from the surrounding neighborhood residents while maintaining its level of service as an urban resort and retreat.   Highlights: Historic Landscape | Urban Resort | Renovation | Mixed-use | Placemaking | Pedestrian Connectivity | Streetscape Design | Sustainable Development Strategies | Water Reduction | Low Water Use Plant Palette | Edible Landscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1431211180915-86I3ICJ8LKO3L85D8O0K/Position-1_-20mod.jpg Projects - W.P. Carey School of Business Plaza at Arizona State University Tempe, AZ | 2014 Photography: Andrew Pielage Landscape Architect of Record: Tiffany Halperin, design lead Chosen by the Office of the University Architect (OUA) to work closely with the W.P. Carey School of Business to renovate an existing “dead” open space off this urban campus’ main pedestrian spine, Cady Mall, the landscape architect was presented with the challenge to breathe new life into an existing sunken courtyard with a spirit that complimented two plazas built in previous phases. By redesigning an open space that was once a sunken below the mall and building, a plaza was created flush with the mall and a ceremonial circular reception area was created that doubles as a ramped approach to the building entry resulting in ADA compliance for the plaza’s circulation. The new plaza now offers new opportunities for outdoor gathering at the W.P. Carey School of Business including reception space for intimate gatherings, shaded seating, and bicycle parking while doubling as a pedestrian plaza for the rest of the urban campus. Located along the path of the University’s marching band, the custom light feature not only provides a focal point for the plaza, but expresses school spirit during games. Project collaboration included the OUA and Wright Engineering. In a successful partnership with the University and contractor, the landscape architect saw the project through from design concept phase through construction completion in summer of 2014.   Highlights: High Pedestrian Use Design | Collaborative Contextual Design | Bicycle Garden | Small Event/Reception Space | Sculptural Light Feature | Renovation | Low Water Use Plant Palette | Pedestrian Connectivity | University Campus Design | Historic Context https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1431070485452-ZM961215PEBLJSFUWB4G/1-08-141-06-Sitting-Area.jpg Projects - Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University Tempe, AZ | 2008 Photography: Andrew Pielage, Mark Boisclair, Tiffany Halperin Firm of Record: Tiffany Halperin, design lead while at Norris Design Architects: Gould Evans and Lord Aeck & Sargent Architects Project Recognition: Environmental Design + Construction Magazine, Seventh Annual Excellence in Design Award – Educational category With LEED® Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in mind, a new home for Arizona State University Global Institute of Sustainability and transdisciplinary School of Sustainability in Tempe, was formed with the transformation of a 1960s nursing school. The renovation is anticipated to save 50.3 percent on water use compared with the original building’s baseline use. The building boasts new fenestration and sunscreens, and vegetative screens to combat solar heat gain. The building and site also make use of a wide variety of water-saving strategies and recycled content products. Creating new opportunities for outdoor use, the landscape designer included a new outdoor reception patio at the main office with a small and compact garden, new stair landing, and planting for green screens located at the building’s open breezeways. Sustainable design features include a permeable paving system, water efficient plant selection, and potted vines in breezeways to provide vertical shade to mitigate solar gain and the urban heat island effect.   Highlights: LEED Silver Certified | Renovation | University Campus Design | Placemaking | Historic Landscape | Pedestrian Connectivity | Sustainable Development Strategies | Urban Heat Mitigation | Water Reduction | Low Water Use Plant Palette | Permeable Paving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1433908558977-QVNGZ1ECCRFJDEWXIU6K/01-TucsonNationalHIGH_Andrew-Pielage-19MOD.jpg Projects - Omni Tucson National Resort and Spa Tucson, AZ | 2008 Photography: Andrew Pielage and Tiffany Halperin Firm of Record: Tiffany Halperin, design lead while at e group inc. Positioned on a hillside with sweeping views of the Catalina Mountains, Tucson National Resort and Spa was identified by Omni Hotels for a major re-positioning effort as an accessible retreat for urban dwellers. The landscape architectural scope of work included master planning and site programming, theme and brand, and site design services for phased development. Careful to acknowledge and incorporate existing conditions and site elements, observational exercises and data gather visits to the resort were the foundation sources of the project’s design inspiration and concept: rejuvenation. The concepts developed, images and text written, and concept sketches drawn were incorporated into the current promotional brochure “Escape and Restore Your Senses”. Additionally, a master plan program and site design were approved featuring a terraced hill-side water harvesting garden, function court for ceremonies and events, over eight outdoor sensory spaces, one new pool area, one pool redesign, parking courtyards a new patio for Legends Restaurant at hole 18 and a native botanical garden. Phase one redesigned the pool and its surrounding area, created outdoor dining at Hole 18, connected gathering spaces through an allee of date palms, and solved grade issues between building clusters with outdoor rooms incorporating fire and sensory elements.   Highlights: Historic Landscape | Renovation | Hillside Resort | Master Planning | Placemaking | Resort Theming + Branding | Sustainable Development Strategies | Water Reduction | Low Water Use Plant Palette | 404 Waterway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1453608401773-MYWKK0P3GAR5GJN5TN8W/001-La-Mesita-HIGH_Andrew-3modcrop.jpg Projects - La Mesita Family Homeless Shelter Mesa, Arizona Photography: Andrew Pielage Landscape Architect of Record: Tiffany Halperin, design lead Architect: Architectural Resources Team Project Recognition: 2015 Brian Mickelsen Housing Hero Award - Exemplary Urban Multifamily Project La Mesita Family Homeless Shelter is the first transit-oriented project along Mesa’s light rail. It provides 16 units for homeless families with minor aged children and services to help them become self-reliant. The site has been transformed from an old motel to a state-of-the-art campus addressing a long-term solution for homelessness. Its courtyard provides an intimate scale for the entry experience of residents into their individual apartments while doubling as a community gathering space. Drought tolerant plant material blooms throughout the year providing color while the decorative rock pattern adds texture to the ground plane.   Highlights: Urban multi-family | Homeless Shelter | Transit Oriented Development | Low Water Use Plant Palette | Urban Heat Mitigation | Streetscape Design | Campus Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1431719703422-MUDT96AIOY40PL4M44XL/1-path-day.jpg Projects - Rio Salado Pathway (South Bank) Mesa, AZ | 2015 Landscape Architect of Record: Tiffany Halperin, design lead This project is the first segment in the City of Mesa’s section of a regional corridor that when complete, creates pedestrian and bicycle connection between the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale and Mesa. Located on the south bank top of the levee of the Salt River channel and adjacent to the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Loop 101/202 interchange it utilizes the unimproved levee as a maintenance drive and a shared-use path with safety railing, lighting, habitat observation overlooks, and landscape enhancements. It transforms a multi-jurisdictional zone into a commuter route without impeding the capacity of the Salt River channel. The landscape architect teamed with T.Y. LIN for this segment and the project is on-going.   Highlights: Multi-Use Path | Bicycle/Ped. Commuter Route | Urban Design | Placemaking | Pedestrian Connectivity | 404 Waterway | Riparian Habitat Restoration | MAG Design Assistance Program | Utility/Infrastructure Challenges | Many Agencies/Stakeholders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1453618289267-37QWYGCSI11CA61NNDB3/1-_MG_4867.jpg Projects - Central Station Phoenix, AZ | 2010 Photography: Andrew Pielage, Ed Taube, and Tiffany Halperin Firm of Record: Tiffany Halperin, design lead while at A DYE Design Architect: Architectural Resources Team Project Recognition: 2013 Award of Design: Excellence Arizona Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects | 2012 Valley Forward Environmental Excellence: Crescordia (Top Honor) Multimodal Transportation & Connectivity Category A $5M American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded redevelopment of the 2.6-acre site in the heart of Downtown Phoenix, which serves thousands of bus and light rail passengers near Civic Space Park and Arizona State University’s downtown campus. This award winning project is modeled on principles of the Sustainable Site Initiative, and is LEED EBOM. To achieve LEED EBOM rating, the design incorporates drought tolerant planting, reuses materials salvaged from the site, and increased infiltration through permeable paving by capturing the first flush of rainfall. Other sustainable features include structural soil for healthy tree growth, design for heat mitigation with vegetation and vertical elements, reclaimed concrete benches, LED lighting, adaptive reuse of City bus shelters, and incorporation of solar panels. User amenities include bike lockers, bicycle gardens, both permanent and moveable site furnishings designed to complement each other’s forms, paver lights to assist in wayfinding, and a variety of shade experiences to provide user comfort especially in the hot southwest climate. The paving materials alternate between plank pavers and permeable concrete to create a pattern and rhythm between “bands of motion” and “bands of rest” in order to provide interest and comfort while moving through an otherwise large open space. Two separate plazas provide shaded seating and gathering opportunities for not only commuters, but also residents and downtown visitors resulting in one of the few truly public plazas in Downtown Phoenix today.   Highlights: LEED Certified | Urban Public Space/Plaza | Renovation | Transit Center | Streetscape Design | Urban Design | Placemaking | Pedestrian Connectivity | Sustainable Development Strategies | Permeable Paving | Water Reduction | Utility/Infrastructure Challenges | Large Collaborative Design Team | Many Agencies | Urban Heat Mitigation | Transit Oriented Development | LEED EBOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1471821479818-10M8RRJ8NV6PHBTHHGQC/M3-Circle-Grid-Uploadmod.jpg Projects - Collins Court Phoenix, AZ | 2012 Photography: Andrew Pielage and Tiffany Halperin Landscape Architect of Record: Tiffany Halperin, design lead Project Recognition: Selected for the Innovative Program of the Year for Community Development Award by the Arizona Housing Authority Directors Association (AHADA) and the Arizona Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) March 2012 Collins Court is a renovation of an existing multi-family site into low-income housing for adults of all ages allowing formerly homeless individuals and families to rebuild their lives within a supportive community. The site design achieves two goals: shade the exposed building from the hot Arizona sun and create an outdoor space that residence can occupy and staff can program. Features include a tree lined perimeter, with a garden courtyard in the center of the complex which replaced a drainage basin and defunct pool. The courtyard is a whimsical pattern of overlapping circles which create up to four independent areas for events. Tensile shade structures help to protect residence from direct summer sun while assisting the tree canopy and garden plants in creating a cooler interior space micro-climate. Blooming shade tolerant trees add depth to the garden and visual interest for the residents on the second floor. Locations for bar-b-ques were set, seat-walls designed, and ADA accessible planters for resident vegetable gardens were created. Architectural Resource Team served as the building architect. Highlights: Renovation | Streetscape Enhancement | Placemaking | Solutions for the Homeless | Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies | Water Reduction | Edible Landscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1485329334682-22QW2FBPSMF3JRBQ1K30/TSC-UDGU-v5.jpg Projects - 2016 Tempe Streetcar Urban Design Guidelines Tempe, AZ | 2016 Urban Design: Tiffany Halperin, planning lead and design lead Urban Culture Design was brought on by the HDR team for Valley Metro in 2016 to create 2016 Urban Design Guidelines for Tempe’s Urban Streetcar Starter Route. The starter route is a 3-mile loop around downtown and Arizona State University with an expected budget of $177 million dollars. It will extend west from Rio Salado Parkway starting near the Marina Heights complex, looping around Ash Avenue and Mill, then extending south on Mill to Apache Boulevard, where it will link to the Dorsey Lane light-rail stop. Highlights: Urban Design | Placemaking | Pedestrian Connectivity | Utility/Infrastructure Challenges | Many Agencies/Stakeholders | High Pedestrian Use Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1432064229992-AU646D88YHIEG7WLLFLL/SIP-Position-7_-1.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1436316901742-H4Y571DHXZZY9KO0JG51/Stationary_SIP-Position-1_-24.jpg Projects http://www.urbanculturedesign.com/studies daily 0.75 2017-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554aee23e4b022bdc70d0e3d/1472756102809-A45KP9NGPS33TO8UO56J/002-Rio-Salado-Pathway-2-1.jpg Studies - Rio Salado Southbank Tempe to Mesa Connection Tempe and Mesa, AZ | 2010 Firm of Record: Tiffany Halperin, project lead and lead designer while at A Dye Design Funded by the Maricopa Association of Governments Design Assistance Program, the City of Tempe and City of Mesa informed a feasibility study analyzing how to link the two cities along the south bank of the Rio Salado under Arizona Department of Transportation’s Loop 101/202 interchange. A critical missing link in the regional network of trails, this connection was identified as critical in creating a pedestrian and bicycle connection between the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale and Mesa. The purpose of the study was to discover if this multi-jurisdictional zone could be converted into a commuter route without impeding the capacity of the Salt River channel. The design and planning team lead both the stakeholder effort as well as the technical effort. Highlights: Multi-Use Path | Bicycle/Ped. 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