PROJECTS / Academic
Earlham College
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