1984 ASLA AWARDS

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PAESIDENTlAl. AWAlfIJ OF EXCEU.ENCEAnne _on Spim

RanOOIph T. Heste<. Jr.Johnson. Johnson & Aoy~nc.

EDAW inc.SChmidl Copeland end Assoc:laIesMalanlzzo Design. Inc.~ AIen Sinl<osky loomisBell. CdIins & Assoc:l8IesSasaki AssociaIes. Inc.Michael R Vanv~PaU F. Anderson

Sasaki A9oocialss. Inc.KeIy CamIs, PraIession8l

SeMces. SMMNRAThe SoNA GroupTllR)' C. Slider. ASlA,

lJl¥I M.. Bond. FASlAlake Qulty Rlrest "'- 0isIriclJ. ADIand Ueber.

Raymond L lJecM'. Jr.Dean J. PeI8r.lan.

George C. LynchThe SWA GroupHannaIOI01 lid.Carol R Johnson & As!Ioc:l8Ies. Inc.Michael PlWlter & Associa\esOept of PhyslcaI FadIities,

Ohio Slate Univer.lityRudy J. Favretti and Assoc:laIesllewrly M.. BrownRon Wig{;nlonCorush Latoucque SUndIlItand

MecNeughllln & PartnenI lid.Carter van Oyt<eH'oggins AssocieIes. Inc.Roger TrancikRogers & GIedwlnGary L ttgt1IShoeNancy M.. HlwdeslylJtt>an Trees Design GroupArW1 L MarsIonPalrickA._

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HONOR AWA1fD/SManteo Community Design "*'. .... .. ...... ... ............. .. 56Akron RMwwayIGoodyeer Technical C8n1er. . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . • . .. .. 58Memorial to lhe 56 S9lllfS 01 lhe DedaraIion of I"depeildeilce . . . • .. 60AI PeopIe's Trail 62Lake House and Boet Doc:k . .. . .. . . • .. .. .. 64RddIer's Gnlen~ 66Mauna LanI Resort Golf Course • . . • .. • • . . . .. • • • • • • • • • .. • • . . • •• 66DaIas Arts llislria l.\'ben Design Master Plan .. .. • . • .. .. .. • • • .... 70BUll I..andoalI>M: Ext1ibillon and eataIog ••••...••. _. • • • • • • • • •• 72National Survey 01 Design and PIaId1g wilh ComIlut... 74

IERIT AWA1fD/ST_--"" 76F<ar*In Canyon Ranc:tI. . • . .. • . • . • . • .. • . .. . • . • • .. • • . • • • • • • 77

Cambridge CenI.- GInge RooI Garden 78Oregon Dlnls Owertlok ..•• .. .. • • • . • . .. • . • • •• • .. • • . •• . •• • • • 79

Old SchocI Rlrest "'- •. III__ Cammon "'- lor s.me Cabado 8\

Cohen Aetidence . 82

Rlverway ... .. • • • • • • .. . .. .. .. .. • • .. • . • .. • • .. • .. . • .. • • • • • •. 83ARCO Chen*:aI Co. AeseM:h and~ Cente< . . • . . . • • . • •• 84MessachuseIIs NalIon8l cemetely asHen"""," County GoYemment Cente< 86Jesse o-.s MemoIIaI Plaza .. • • • • • .. .. .. . . . .. • • • .. . . .. .. .. •• 87

Rec:reetion of~·s Garden at MonIiceIo 88SeiJfish Point Dune A4M1getatlon Proje<:I " 89Starwalt. .. . .. .. • • .. • • . • .. • .. .. . • .. . . . • • .. .. • .. .. .. • .. . • .. 90Mitage: An Urtlen Sc:uIpnn ....... .. .. . . . . • . .. . . .. .. .. . • • .. •. 91

Joinl Mur*ipaI CornptehensMl Plan.~ Region • • . • • •. . ••. 92PeIersIug~ Rec:reaIlon and Open Spece "*' 93Harr*Is of lhe Adirondedcs 94-.oy and eva-. of _ Saguaros _ 9S_ T lor Urt.n and IVaI Americ:a 96PorlIlIaV~ Rln:h _ _.. . .. .. .. 97SlJeeI Tree PIen lor 0eIdand 98Rod< Oel* NalIn cer-: Reseerd1 Noles ••• 99CarnpImIiwl SIudy of BI.M Ra6lg Pnx:sdure and Dinwdicns ••••••• 100

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THE GRANITE GARDEN:URBAN NATURE AND HUMAN DESIGN

PRESIDENT'S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE! Communication Landscape Architect Anne Whiston Spim

JURY COMMENTS

The jury fonunate 10 h:l_e pub­lication of lh' qualiry. originality and

Ignificanc:e 10 whICh 10 respond. 1MGronil~ Gardm is unique in offeringa broad udience some f!he \Ii }

landscape architeeture can creativelyappI i I and ICdmi 10

improve !he quality 0 urban life..The aulhor placed !he in

con wilh earlier efli by Halpnnand 1 Harg wllhin our pro ion.Beyond !hal. \I a conuibuuooto naoonaJ design dialogue along '\h!he ....orks of Jane J and LewisMumford. Anne Spim briohonor 10 !he pro~ . and !heprof, ion is Ilonon:d to counl her asone of us.

NorwTilrwcirt is roUt andm; nuhing$(JUN/ of MNkr­ground riw-nburied in .sJpmI

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UrlJun "ilds rrpreJDtI m ondtdic abtr­naffl'l!' 10 fonttol pcutkwt 0IId l1li~­nit)" 10 provitk _ ptuts Off mIut:ed

maimf!1fQ1Ke~ 11te~ &dn'I!'I­ormlnlf Audtority Jwu ..~ IN tin"Jrmtaining naIluu1 areas. This s:twJ:I itJD,,;.Jkd 2,(XXJ QCJ't;J if lUbarr >oiJdJ, -n,~~ i.fw city'J 1aIId, as naturoIaTMJ WOI1h.\' of~

THE PROJECT

This is a book about nalurc in citiesand what the city C'OUId be like ifdesigned in conc:eo with naturalpnx:cssc:s. rlIlher than in ignorance ofthem or in outrighl: opposition. Itreviews lOihpid....nsive stralegies forsweeping change most readily imple­mented in rapidly growing citjcs, aswdJ as iJrrcmcnla.l solutions moreappropriaD: to the gradual redesign ofexisting cores. It fixuscs on It.... lookand shape of the city, cspeciaIly theopen space in which buiWlings ~ set.

The basic: philosophy thai underliesthe book is that the cily is a put ofnarurc, I1llher than antithetical to it,This idea has profound implicationsfor how the ciry is designed, buill.and mainlaincd for- the health. safetyand welfare of every city residei'll.The book surveys what is currendyknown aboul the nalural cnvironmcnlof the city: its air qualiry and c1imlde.its geology and soil. its waIerdynanUcs and quality. its plant andanimal CtIllIUunities. and the pr0­cesses of the urban ecosystem. Thebook describes the consequences ofdisregarding naNrc in urban designalld ofTen potc:nliaJ soIurioos.

1M Gmnilt' Gunkn swrmarizcswhat we know about urban nal\Ire anddemonsIntes how this knowkdge can

be applied to the desigJI of parks,plazas, buildings, lilreetS and high­ways, and other public: works. There~ olhcr book.~ aboul nature in thecily, but this is the: first book by asingle author that. provides a compre·hensive overview of the subjoct. If wearc to addrc:ss the problem of thc. cityin any meaningful way. we I1lIJSl look.beyond narrow soI.U1Klns 10 short-teonproblems and suikc at lhe heart of theproblem with long-term, comprehen.sive strategies.

The n:wards for designing cities inconcert with nature apply to all citiesacross the globe. old and new. I~and small. Opportunities fey changeare most sweeping in new settlements,but even old and dense cities are lOIl­

suntly being redesigned and rebuilt.The inVCSlllleI'll required to upgradethe infrastructure of older cities willn:quin: billiom of dollars in NorthAmerica alone. The opportunities fora fresh approach 10 resources andwas&e an: enormous. but !he potcntiaIfor oostly blunders is vast. This bookoutlines how cities in gencrnl and1andscapc anililCCtS in particular cantake advantage of Ibis effort to designctics thai are safer. healthier. moreClOCIOl'tlical to build and maintain.more beautiful. and more memorable.

Prologue

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ANNE WHISTON SPIRNInspired by lhc ",'Oft; and writings ofFlederick Law 0I1nSlt:d. Charles Eliotand Ian McHarg. 1M GrrvUl~ Gartknis lhc prodl>Cl of Anne WhistonSpiro's education and career as a\andscape architect. ''Th' book aroseout of my frustnuioo in failing to linda ingle volume !hal summarized lhcwealth of knowledge about urbannature and ilS application to urbandesign:' And because she wanted tocreate somelhing of value 10 practi.tioner.>. the book conlains su=sfuJcase studies drawn from landscapearchileClS and her own work as wcIJ.On such a foundation. the bookevolved with a growing appreciationof the cruciaJ role that those oulSidethe design and planning professions

play in molding the city's fomL Ayear's fellowship at the Bunting Insli·lUIe gave Spim the opportunity to dothe original research. Today. AnneSpiro defines hers as a "differentIdnd of practice." More academicallybased, ber practice focuses on appliedresearch-identifying problems in thefield and going after funding to sup­port and apply her studies. Two cur­rent projects are putting The Gra"il~

Gard~n into practice. A.~ consultant 10

lhe City of Boston. Spim is studyinghow urban form affects air circulationand developing guidelines to promotebetrer venrilalion and circulation."Exploiting lhe Open Space Potentialof Urban Vacant Land," funded bythe arional Endowmcrn for the Arts.

is a project that views urban vacantland an opponunity 10 reshapeAmerican cities. Six cities will beused 10 tes! the SlIIdy's findings: Oak·land. Denver. Dayton. Cincinnati.

ew York' South Bronx and Boston.She will be assembling a handbook ofsuitability crileria and design pnxo­rypes for different rypes of open spaceu for vacant land uch as recrea-lion. storm drainage, forestry. agricul­lure, mineral conservation-fifteentypes in all. A registered landscapearchitect. Anne Spim is AssociateProfessor of Landscape Architecture,Graduate School of Design. HarvardUniver.>ity. She earned her MLA atThe Univer.>ity of Pennsylvania andBA in Fine ArtS at Radcliffe College.