Project: Academic

IUPUI has been a client of Landstory’s for over 15 years and been responsible for a broad range of projects. 

IUPUI has been a client of Landstory’s for over 15 years and been responsible for a broad range of projects.  Responsibilities have include:                 

Schematic Design & Master Planning

• Hardscape Design
• Landscape Design
• Construction Document preparation
• Bidding Evaluation
• Cost Estimation
• Construction Observation

Projects include:

• Cavanaugh Hall, Taylor Hall, Magnolia Courtyard and Business SPEA Breezeway
• University Library
• Lockefield Gardens Basketball and Volleyball Park
• Parking Lot 58 & 80

Special attention was paid to incorporating sustainable solutions, a standard practice on every Landstory project…..LED lighting, stormwater collection, bioswales, native plantings, tree selection and placement to maximize solar impacts and reduce heat gain and  traditional turf alternatives to name just a few.  

Indiana University East’s renovated central space, The Quadrangle, serves as the heart of campus connecting Whitewater, Tom Raper, Hayes and Springwood Halls. The newly renovated quad area is a gathering place for students and faculty to meet with friends and colleagues. It offers a separate, quiet, outdoor area to study or a space for small group gatherings.

Indiana University East’s renovated central space, The Quadrangle, serves as the heart of campus connecting the existing student buildings. The renovated quadrangle was designed for students and faculty to meet with friends and colleagues. It offers a separate, quiet, outdoor area to study or a space for small group gatherings.

Landstory’s design incorporated a custom steel shade structure, site furnishings, decorative concrete paving, lawn steps, accessible pedestrian access and low maintenance native plantings. Shade trees and accent lighting added character and a sense of scale. Pedestals for public art were placed to maximize views and provide flexibility to change each piece out as necessary. Rain gardens were incorporated for stormwater collection, to reduce the need for an engineered, underground system and provide mitigation.

For this project, a conceptual landscape design was provided for the Earlham College Heart, the area located in the open green space.. The overall design approach involved improving ADA accessibility and pedestrian circulation to Earlham Hall, adding outdoor seating opportunities and event space, and defines the front porch at Earlham Hall. Featured amenities include custom bench walls, decorative unit paving and pedestrian lighting. The landscape design recommendations include use of native perennials, ornamental grasses and other low maintenance plantings.

Campus Programming & Improvement Study

• Project involved the study and development of a campus wide entry and wayfinding system, based upon a foundation of Earlham’s principles: Respect for Persons, Integrity, Peace and Justice, Simplicity, Community & Sustainability
• Concept highlights the student education process: Natural Forms to Refined Minds
• Concept calls for use of native grass plantings in natural sweeping forms intermixed with structural elements incorporating a combination of raw and refined Indiana limestone veneer
• Reinforcement of the importance of “place-making” to clearly direct and highlight the main sequence on US 40

Campus Entry Drive

• Project included new entry drive on US 40 with a wide center median, decorative unit-paving crosswalk and pedestrian plazas, site amenities, monument signage, lighting, sidewalks, and landscape enhancements
• Landscape enhancements included replacing the existing traditional landscape with an aesthetic, native landscape palette to reduce maintenance costs

Conceptual Design for the College Heart

• Overall design improves ADA accessibility and pedestrian circulation to Earlham Hall, provides outdoor seating opportunities and event space, and establishes an inviting front porch at Earlham Hall
• Amenities include custom bench walls, decorative unit paving and pedestrian lighting
• Landscape design is elegant but simplified through use of native perennials, ornamental grasses, and other low maintenance plant material

The overall design for the Robert G. Bottoms Alumni and Development Center improves ADA accessibility to the building, provides outdoor seating opportunities, outdoor event space and a Georgian inspired garden.

The overall design for the Robert G. Bottoms Alumni and Development Center improves ADA accessibility to the building, provides outdoor seating opportunities, outdoor event space and a Georgian inspired garden. The center features amenities including masonry walls, decorative unit paving and relocated Alumni architectural columns. The Georgian style landscape design is elegant but simplified through use of native perennials, ornamental grasses and other low maintenance plant material.