The New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects is pleased to present the 2014 Professional Awards. The awards program is intended to help broaden the boundaries of our profession; increase public awareness of the role of landscape architects; raise the standards of our discipline; and bring recognition to organizations and individuals who demonstrate superior skill in the practice and study of landscape architecture. A jury of distinguished landscape architects reviewed twenty-one submissions and selected win- ners in fi ve categories. We invite you to view the winning projects throughout the conference on our continuously-running video presentation located on the conference fl oor. The winners will also be featured in upcoming newsletters, our website and other events which promote our profes- sion throughout the state during the course of the year. Thank you for attending this year’s presentation. We hope you enjoy this year’s ceremonies and strongly encourage you to consider submitting your work for next year’s program. Eric Mattes Denise Mattes HONORINGour past 2014 AWARDS JURY EMBRACING Dr. Wolfram Hoefer, Rutgers University our future Wolfram is an Associate Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and serves as Undergraduate Program Director for the department. He also serves as Co-Director of the #NJASLA50 Rutgers Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability. In 1992 he earned a Diploma in Landscape Architecture from the Technische Universität Berlin and received a doctoral degree from Technische Universtät München in 2000. He is a licensed Landscape Architect in the state of Bavaria, Germany. His research and teaching focus is the cultural interpretati on of brownfi elds as potenti al elements of the public realm. NJASLA 2014 Nancy Prince RLA, ASLA annual meeti ng & Nancy is the Deputy Chief for Design at New York City Parks. In this role she guides the design aestheti c and vision for all 50th anniversary park projects completed in the fi ve boroughs. Nancy began her career at Parks in 1985; prior to becoming Deputy Chief for Design, Nancy held the roles of the senior designer for Queens and Manhatt an parks and served as lead designer on numerous award winning projects. Her work has been recognized with the Award for Excellence in Design from the Art Commission, JANUARY 26-28 the Big Apple Brownfi eld Open Space award, the Silver Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, and New York Magazine’s trump taj mahal casino & resort Best Outdoor Playground. In additi on, a number of her projects atlantic city . new jersey . 08401 have been featured in prominent nati onal landscape architecture magazines. Nancy holds a Masters Degree in Urban Design from the City University Graduate Center and a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Massachusett s. Katy Weidel, FASLA, LLA PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Ms. Weidel is the senior Landscape Architect and Supervisor of Park Planning for The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC), where she has worked for the past 28 years. Her work involves transforming derelict sites into compelling desti nati ons for recreati on, eco-tourism and environmental educati on opportuniti es. Her projects deal with the reclamati on of sanitary THE NEW JERSEY CHAPTER OF THE landfi lls, disturbed wetlands, and mis-managed uplands into AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ecologically producti ve and diverse habitats for wildlife and 414 River View Plaza • Trenton, NJ • 08611 habitat diversity. During her tenure with the Agency, the Landscape Architecture Group has amassed (28) design awards Phone: 609-393-7500 • Fax: 609.393.7891 for its contributi on to the transformati on of this urban estuary into the “meadowlands miracle”, including (13 ASLA awards from both Nati onal and the NJ Chapter. Most recently, she received the www.njasla.org NJASLA 2013 Chapter Award for a new meadowlands public park, boati ng & paddle center. Ms. Weidel received her BSLA from Rutgers University and her MLA from Cornell University. She served in adjunct roles at the University of Minnesota and CCNY, in additi on to her fi eld experiences in several landscape architecture fi rms in the NY metro area. CHAPTER AWARD: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNICATION HONOR AWARD: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-SITE DESIGN MERIT AWARD: ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT LAYER – Landscape Architecture Year in Review – Rutgers University Phase I Beachfront Restorati on Project, NYC Matt hews Nielsen Landscape Architects for Waterfront South Rain Garden Park- Camden, NJ Kate Higgins with Students: Alexandra Duro & Han Yan for Rutgers University Client NYC Dept. of Design & Constructi on, NYC Dept. of Parks & Recreati on Rutgers Cooperati ve Extension Water Resources Program for Client www.landarch.rutgers.edu www.mnlandscape.com Camden County Municipal Uti liti es Authority www.water.rutgers.edu The Landscape Architecture Following Hurricane Year End Review [LAYER] Sandy in 2012, NYC had The Waterfront South Rain Garden highlights a selecti on of just a few months before Park project has transformed work by students and faculty Memorial Day 2013 an eyesore and contaminated within the Graduate and to open and address site in the Waterfront South Undergraduate programs the 14 miles of beach Neighborhood of Camden City in the Department of maintained by the NYC to a true community amenity. Landscape Architecture Parks Department. The Through a community-driven inclusive of the fall 2012 and Phase 1 Beachfront design process the team realized spring 2013 semesters. The Restorati on Project the full potenti al of the site to not catalogue’s goal is three- was created to provide only serve as a Gateway into the fold: to record the unique emergency access and neighborhood, but to also provide process and products of faciliti es. The Landscape a criti cal functi on in helping to the LA design studios; to Architect took a lead role reduce stormwater runoff volume support the mission of the in the overall strategy in to Camden City’s combined sewer Department; and to promote the site design of these system which frequently creates outreach to the academic emergency access nodes. fl ooding and sewer backups in the and professional landscape neighborhood. architecture community as well as non-landscape architecture groups. MERIT AWARD: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN – PLANTING DESIGN Ambler Boiler House- Ambler, PA MERIT AWARD: THE UNBUILT PROJECT Langan Engineering & Environmental Services for Client The Children’s Garden at the State Botanical Garden, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Summit Realty Advisors, LLC, Ambler, PA MKW+Associates, LLC for Client University of Georgia www.langan.com HONOR AWARD: ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT www.mkwla.com 74TH-75TH STREET — DUNE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT Avalon, NJ The towering Boiler House smoke Situated on 2 acres of the stack is an icon to the residents of Hess Landscape Architects, Inc. for Client Borough of Avalon, NJ Ambler Borough and to passengers www.hessla.com State Botanical Garden at the University of Georgia traveling on the adjacent rail The criti cal role ocean-front in Athens, GA, the line. The site architectural and dunes play in the survival of new Children’s Garden landscape design theme for this coastal communiti es remains occupies the site and project provided att racti ve and more important than ever. surroundings of a former sti mulati ng outdoor spaces while This parti cular site on 74th parking lot. Guiding acknowledging the industrial past and 75th Street was selected principles that were of the Boiler House. The sheer scale as a Borough Pilot Project/ followed throughout the and orientati on of the building model and was designed to design process include: yielded disti nct sun and shade provide a soluti on to restore nature as teacher; patt erns, necessitati ng careful and re-vegetate the dunes connecti ng with nature selecti on of plants that would be with proper, sustainable plant through arts, science eff ecti ve and sustainable while material. and literacy educati on; providing consistency of the plant and healthy foods, body, palett e across the site. Plant species communiti es, earth. were selected from pioneer and early successional species typically inhabiti ng posti ndustrial sites. HONOR AWARD – STUDENT: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN – SITE DESIGN Planti ng Design for Green Infrastructure – Various Locati ons HONOR AWARD: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-SITE DESIGN MERIT AWARD: LANDSCAPE PLANNING AND ANALYSIS Rebecca Cook, Rutgers University Stonebridge @ Montgomery-Social Spaces Landscape Masterplan – Skillman, NJ htt p://issuu.com/rebeccacook8 Gil Hodges Carroll Street Stormwater Garden - Brooklyn, NY Holly Grace Nelson, Landscape Architect for Client Stonebridge @ Montgomery, Skillman, NJ Stantec Consulti ng Services, Inc. for Client New York Restorati on Project Planti ng Design for Green www.stantec.com Stonebridge of Infrastructure is a project that Montgomery is a encompasses two naturalized The consultant assisted 250-resident assisted detenti on basins, one at a country the New York Restorati on living complex where club and one at an offi ce building Partnership in developing the median resident complex, and two rain gardens a redevelopment plan for age is 85. A sustainable near schools in Camden County, this site to meet the goals landscape was created New Jersey, each site with unique of the NYCDEP’s Green to provide an on-going challenges. The importance of Infrastructure Plan to reduce environment that is educati ng the community about outf low from this private healthy for the landscape the process of creati ng successful property by incorporati ng, and the people who live rain gardens, due to conti nually bioretenti on swales, blue there. The social spaces growing urban conditi ons, was an roofs, green roofs, infi ltrati on landscape masterplan evident key factor in this submission. bioswales, permeable pavers, marries sustainability For the Riverton Country Club and and rain barrels in the design objecti ves with the the Mack-Cali Offi ce building basic to reduce stormwater fl ow creati on of new social unique parameters included concern from the site and adjacent spaces.