Project: Academic

University of Indianapolis Residence Hall

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The project involved siting of a new dormitory facility. New site elements designed by Landstory included outdoor sitting areas, drop-off areas and parking, low-maintenance native planting area, miscellaneous signage and lighting. Retention areas and bioswales as part of a large, new parking lot were designed to mitigate storm run-off and minimize need for a subsurface drainage system.

PROJECTS / ACADEMIC

University of Indianapolis Residence Hall

The project involved siting of a new dormitory facility. New site elements designed by Landstory included: outdoor sitting areas, drop-off areas and parking, low-maintenance native planting area, miscellaneous signage, and lighting. Retention areas and bioswales as part of a large, new parking lot were designed to mitigate storm run-off and minimize need for a subsurface drainage system.

Mt. Vernon West Elementary Rain Gardens

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For this project, Landstory designed a 1.5 acre rain garden associated with a large, local drainage improvement project. The raingarden retains and absorbs 37,000 cubic feet of storm water runoff, on the property of the elementary school. Landstory involved the students in the design process and they helped identify planting preferences. Solar LED bollard lights enhance adjacent walks. Future project phases include provisions for outdoor classrooms and boardwalks.

PROJECTS / ACADEMICS

Mt. Vernon West Elementary Rain Gardens

For this project, Landstory designed a 1.5 acre rain garden associated with a large, local drainage improvement project. The raingarden retains and absorbs 37,000 cubic feet of storm water runoff on the property of the elementary school. Landstory involved the students in the design process by helping to identify planting preferences. Solar LED bollard lights enhance adjacent walks. Future project phases include provisions for outdoor classrooms and boardwalks.

IU East Quadrangle

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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 quiet area to study or a place to just relax.

PROJECTS / ACADEMICS

IU East Quadrangle

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 quiet area to study or a place to just relax.

Landstory’s design incorporates a custom steel shade structure, site furnishings, decorative concrete paving, public art pedestals, lawn steps, accessible pedestrian access and low maintenance native plantings. New shade trees and accent lighting add character and a sense of scale. Rain gardens were incorporated to mitigate surface storm drainage.

Earlham College Master Plan / Phase 1

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Development of a new campus entry and way-finding system was the focus of this project, based upon Earlham’s principles of Respect for Persons, Integrity, Peace and Justice, Simplicity and Community and Sustainability. Native grass plantings in natural sweeping forms are intermixed with walls and pillars made of raw and refined veneer of Indiana limestone and unit masonry.

PROJECTS / SITEDESIGN

Earlham College Master Plan / Phase 1

Development of a new campus entry and way-finding system was the focus of this project, based upon Earlham’s principles of Respect for Persons, Integrity, Peace and Justice, Simplicity and Community and Sustainability. Native grass plantings in natural sweeping forms are intermixed with walls and pillars made of raw and refined veneer of Indiana limestone and unit masonry. The importance of “place-making” to clearly direct is reinforced and highlights the campus entry sequence.

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