A landscape plan for three commercial office buildings beside Valley River Center in Eugene, Oregon, using native plants to shape connected outdoor spaces.
The plan featured three-story shade trees planted 20 feet on center to define outdoor spaces between the buildings as they matured into a connected canopy.
Single-species tree groupings created a consistent texture, pattern, light, and shade, emphasizing their collective experience. By following a grid aligned with the building floor plans, the plantings also created spatial continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces.
SITE PLAN
PLANTING PLAN CONCEPT
GRID AND SPATIAL CONTAINMENT CONCEPTS
Responsibilities
Developed in collaboration with designer William R. Higginson.
As project designer and delineator, responsibilities included site analysis and landscape design.