Within its greenfield context, the UNT Frisco campus preserves the site’s natural assets while heightening the landscape experience with outdoor amenities that frame views of the expansive nature beyond to establish the character of the campus and set the course for campus growth. With the knowledge gained from SWA’s involvement in the master plan phase of the project, building and outdoor spaces in Phase 1 are oriented for optimal benefits working with the natural landscape. The main entry drive sweeps through the wooded wetland preservation zone, over the ravine and nature trail, to the main entry plaza, providing a glimpse of the Ridge Mall promenades and Tower Plaza on the west side of the building. A collection of spaces along the Ridge Mall transitions from outdoor classrooms to collaboration and informal hangout spaces reinforcing student life. These spaces culminate at an amphitheater overlooking the meadow at the southern tip of the campus.
Tarrant County College
To meet the growing needs of the downtown and North Main communities in Fort Worth, Texas, SWA provided the master plan and landscape design for a new college campus to add to the Tarrant County College District. Designed to be constructed in a series of phases, the project aims to provide a stimulating and rewarding environment for students and the local comm...
Stanford Branner Hall
Branner Hall is a three-story undergraduate dormitory built in 1924 by Bakewell and Brown, prominent architects of the time who were also responsible for San Francisco’s City Hall. The renovation design creates two significant courtyards: an entrance courtyard flanked with four-decades-old magnolia trees shading a seating area and an interior courtyard with a ...
Medgar Evers College
This new quad provides a unifying pedestrian connection between Bedford and Franklin Avenues and between existing and new campus buildings, finally providing the campus with a cohesive identity and sense of place. With the dramatic transformation of a parking lot into more campus green space comes the opportunity to integrate a series of sustainability strateg...
Scripps College Residence
The landscape design for the new residence hall builds on the Scripps College campus tradition of landscaped courtyards formed by buildings and circulation corridors. In doing so, the design helps to establish a new east-west axis connecting the main campus to future recreation facilities to the east. The project also improves interrelationships and connection...