2023 Professional Awards
of the Potomac Chapter ASLA
University of Pennsylvania Gutmann
College House
Michael
Vergason Landscape ArchitectsCollege House is the University’s newest residential college. The 3-acre site’s U-shaped composition frames a central courtyard and embraces a public lawn forecourt that meets the primary pedestrian path across the campus.
Merit Award in Design-Built
Through the landscape architect’s efforts, the mature London Plane trees lining the adjacent path were preserved, providing shade and ecological benefits. The team studied the architectural massing to integrate the 450-bed residence hall into the campus context.
Details and materials interpret the clean-lined campus language of red brick and granite, delineating places of gathering, activity, and respite. Intertwined within the design is a multi-tiered stormwater approach, with nearly all rainfall passing through a series of green roofs, permeable paving, and rain gardens.
Layered plantings weave through the site, from streetscape to forecourt, with layered views, and the preservation of the central lawn offers gathering space for both students and the community.
Credits
Client:
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Architects:
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Civil
Engineer: Meliora Design
Site
Structural Engineer: CVM
Site
MEP Engineer: Vanderweil
Engineers
Irrigation:
Lynch & Associates
Signage:
Cloud Gehshan
Landscape
Contractor: Mayfield Site Contractors, Inc.
General
Contractor: Intech
Photo Credit
Photos by Jeffery Totaro
Congratulations to Michael Vergason Landscape Architects.
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