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Portfolio David Berarducci Landscape Architecture

David Berarducci Landscape Architecture
36 Bromfield Street, Suite 501
Boston MA 02108-5257

T 617 350 5190
F 617 350 5185
E dpb@db-la.com

www.db-la.com


DAVID BERARDUCCI LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

David Berarducci Landscape Architecture is founded on the belief that design integrity and social
relevance are paramount. We believe the creative potential is realized through sincere intent and
communication throughout the design process. Our firm provides complete professional design
services that encompass all aspects of landscape architecture. The challenge, as we see it is to unveil
the extraordinary in the environment, to create places and spaces that are unique, memorable and that
touch the Human Spirit.

Throughout our years of experience, we have participated in the planning, design and execution of
numerous complex projects throughout this country. Our firm draws upon this experience and our
individual talent and expertise, to provide our clients with innovative design solutions that are executed
in a creative, sensitive and timely manner.

The strength of David Berarducci Landscape Architecture stems from our determined pursuit of
excellence, approaching each project within the unique context of its individual culture and
environment.

Our computer aided design capabilities include proficiency in the following design, drafting and
rendering programs: AutoCAD; Adobe Photo Shop; PageMaker; Acurender and 3D Studio.

Our project experience is diverse and varied and includes site design services for student dormitories,
libraries and other campus buildings, at various universities and preparatory schools throughout the
country, with Gund Partnership, Architects, Cambridge, MA, some of these include:

• Kenyon College Student Residences Studio Arts building Art History Museum and Athletic Center
Facility Gambier, OH (All LEED’s Projects),
• Tufts University, Residence Hall, Somerville MA
• Denison University, Campus Common, Granville, OH
• Berwick Academy, Library Building, South Berwick, ME
• Horace Mann School, Library and Theater, Riverdale, NY
• Rippowam-Cisqua School, Bedford, NY
• University of New Hampshire, Dimond Library, Durham, NH
• Saint Paul’s School, Armour House Renovations, Concord, NH
• Westminster School, Dormitories Phase I, Simsbury, CT

Other Clients and Current and Past Projects Include:

• 90 Smith Street - Historic Building Adaptive Reuse, Mission Hill, Boston MA, Weston Associates,
Inc. developer (LEED’s).
• 311 Summer Street, ADD Inc. Architects Headquarters, Boston, MA, ADD Inc, Architects (LEED’s)
• William E. Carter School Sensory Garden Outdoor Classroom, Boston MA, Boston Public Schools /
Friends of The W.E. Carter School.
• Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst MA, James Cullion Architects.
• Regency Park Condominiums Courtyard and Site Improvements, Brookline MA, CBI Consulting,
Structural Engineers, Boston MA
David Berarducci • New England Holocaust Memorial, Liberators’ Monument, Boston, MA, Friends of The New
Landscape Architecture England Holocaust Memorial and Finegold Alexander + Associates, Architects
• Iron Mountain Residence for Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Kent, CT, Gund Partnership,
36 Bromfield St. Suite 501
Architects, Inc., Cambridge MA
• Avery Dennison, No. East Regional Corporate Headquarters, Master Plan, Framingham MA
T 617 350 5190 • City of Boston, Area D-4 Police Station, Harrison Avenue, Boston; City of Boston, Department of
F 617 350 5185 Neighborhood Development; Blackstone Block Architects, Boston MA
E dbla@db-la.com • 1601 Washington Street, South End Parcels RC-9, RD60, 30A, Boston MA, Schochet Associates,
W www.db-la.com Inc., Developers; Rothman Partners Inc., Architects, Boston MA
• Yale South Haven, Inc., Corporate Headquarters, South Haven MI; Spalding Tougias Architects
• Franklin Park Zoo, Predator Exhibit, Boston MA; Division of Capitol Planning and Operations, with
Graham Gund Architects


DAVID BERARDUCCI RLA, ASLA
Principal
Chair on the newly established Fort Point
Education Channel Landmark District Commission.
 The Ohio State University, Columbus,  Mr. Berarducci was appointed by the
Ohio; BS, Landscape Architecture, 1979 Mayor of Boston to serve on the Citizens’
Advisory Committee for the Copley Place
 The University of Hartford, West
Residential Tower.
Hartford, CT; Associate in Arts, 1976

Commissions / Appointments Registrations
 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1986,
 Mr. Berarducci currently serves as a
Landscape Architect, #843
Commissioner on the Boston Landmarks
Commission (BLC) and is the Chair of the  State of New York, 1997,
BLC Design Review Committee. Landscape Architect, #001600
 Mr. Berarducci was appointed by the
Mayor of Boston to serve as the Chair of Memberships
The Fort Point Channel Landmark District Mr. Berarducci holds memberships with:
Study Committee.  American Society of Landscape Architects
 Mr. Berarducci was appointed by the  Boston Society of Landscape Architects
Mayor and Boston City Council to serve as  Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

Professional Experience
Mr. Berarducci has over twenty years of experience in site design and project management. He
established his firm in 1995 and has designed and managed a wide variety of projects, throughout the
United States from schematic design through contract documents and construction administration.
The types of projects are numerous and varied and include corporate headquarters sites, urban
streetscape designs, public urban plazas, resort site design, public and private school and university site
design and urban and suburban residential design.

Mr. Berarducci has worked with numerous notable area architects on various projects. Over the past
fifteen years he has provided landscape architectural services for noted Cambridge Architect, Graham
Gund. on numerous libraries and other academic buildings at various universities and private
preparatory schools throughout New England and the Mid-West.

Mr. Berarducci was the landscape Architect for several urban projects in Boston’s historic South End
including: The 1601 Washington St. / Cumston St. development; The Area D-4 Police Station on
Harrison Ave. and Lawrence Court townhouse development at Dartmouth St. and Columbus Ave.

Prior to starting his own firm, Mr. Berarducci has worked with Boston’s largest and most prestigious
landscape architectural firms, internationally renowned for their design excellence. In his seven years
as an Associate with Sasaki Associates, Inc., Watertown, MA, he was involved with urban
streetscape master planning and design, as well as corporate headquarters’ site design. Mr. Berarducci
was also an Associate with the SWA Group, Boston, MA and The Halvorson Design Group Inc.,
Boston, MA. The following are some of the projects he was responsible for while at these firms:
David Berarducci
Landscape Architecture
• Boylston Street Improvements Master Plan Design, a ten block streetscape environment corridor in
Boston’s Back Bay from Arlington Street to The Fenway. (The Halvorson Design Group)
36 Bromfield St. Suite 501 • Court Street revitalization, Cincinnati, Ohio, a two-block urban marketplace including functional
organization, pavement design, street furniture, lighting, market stalls and a bell tower structure.
T 617 350 5190 (Sasaki Associates, Inc.)
F 617 350 5185
• CityPlace Center, Dallas TX. A 30-acre development for the Southland Corporation, with New
E dbla@db-la.com York architect Araldo Cossuta. The landscape component included an urban plaza over structure
W www.db-la.com and a ¾ mile streetscape boulevard. (Sasaki Associates, Inc.)
• Waldenbooks Corporate Headquarters, Stamford, CT, a 36-acre master plan including, vehicular and
pedestrian circulation, surface parking layout and courtyard design. (The SWA Group)

Academic Institutions

Denison University Campus Common
Granville OH

Kenyon College Fitness & Recreation Center
Kenyon College Eaton Center
Gambier OH

University of New Hampshire Dimond Library
Durham NH

Horace Mann School Library and Theatre
Riverdale NY

Hathway Brown School Expansion
Hathway Brown Athletic Fields
Shaker Heights OH

Rippowam-Cisqua School
Bedford NY

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Denison University Campus Common
Granville Ohio

Magazine Cover Story:
Landscape Architect and
Specifier News (June 2007)
Denison University’s newly created Campus Common to the west and the open north end overlooksing the
is part of a major building expansion program at the Uni- wooded hillside beyond. The Common features an open
versity. Located atop a new parking structure, this two lawn ellipse and a paved performance area at Slayter Hall.
Award: acre open space has become the hub of Denison campus The ellipse, contained by a brick walk, is framed by metal

2004 Honor Award for life. The Common is centered on the existing Slayter Hall pergolas cantilevered over seatwalls. Round seating pods
Design Excellence from
student center to the south, with the new administration adjacent to the Life Sciences Building, provide outdoor
The American Institute of
Architects, Ohio Society. building to the east and the new Life Sciences Building classroom space as well as areas for study and socializing.


Kenyon College Center for Fitness and Recreation
Gambier Ohio

Complete site design services were provided for a new an enclosed courtyard directly off of the indoor pool
state of the art Health, Recreation and Fitness Center, area. The courtyard accessible from the indoor pool, has
designed by Gund Partnership, Inc., Cambridge MA. In a granite terrace, an open lawn area with tree and shrub
addition to the grading and planting design, other program plantings. The terrace can accommodate large outdoor
objectives included layout of pedestrian and vehicular cir- functions as well as provide lounging / sunning areas. A
culation and parking areas. Pedestrian circulation is ex- new natural turf football field, encircled with a new NCAA
tensive throughout the site, connecting the parking and standard eight-lane running track is located to the west of
building entries to the existing campus pathway system. the facility. The track facility with its rubberized surface
Visiting team bus circulation is accommodated along with accommodates all of the collegiate track and field venues
a ten-bus queuing / parking area. Canopied building en- including sprinting lanes, long and triple jump pits,
tries with granite paving were designed in addition to pole vaulting and the steeple chase water jump.


Kenyon College Eaton Center
Gambier Ohio

David Berarducci Landscape Architecture performed com- views of the parking areas from the abutting neighbors
plete site design and construction observation services and from other off site locations. The planting scheme
for a complex of three connected buildings for adminis- was also designed to reflect the natural aesthetic of the
tration offices and conference center, designed by Cam- surrounding campus environment. This was achieved with
bridge Architect, Graham Gund. The wooded site with scattered informal drifts of plant material in layered gradu-
several mature oaks and maples, posed a challenge to site ated heights, using combinations of evergreen and decidu-
the buildings and locate pedestrian and vehicular circula- ous trees and shrubs, maintaining the screening effect
tion while preserving as many trees as possible. Extensive throughout the seasons. Plants were chosen that pro-
coordination with other project consultants was para- vided year round interest with colorfully contrasting foli-
mount, weaving utility trenches around the trees’ exten- age, fragrance, as well as flower displays in the spring, or
sive root systems. The planting design had to adhere to had colorful foliage during and autumn months when the
strict zoning mandated requirements for screening the majority of students were in session.


Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire
Durham New Hampshire

Wheeler Photographics, Inc.

Award: Berarducci Rutledge designed the site improvements for and landings set into the existing hillside, adjacent to the

1998 Honor Award
the new addition to the Dimond Library designed by Gra- Library addition, follow the rhythm set by the windows
From The Boston ham Gund Architects. The site design acknowledges the on the east facade of the new buildings east wing. The
Society of Architects
(Gund Partnership, Recipient) new main entrance to the Library which is framed by the new pathway connects the Library to the south campus
existing historic Thompson Hall and Murkland Hall. The area across the College Brook. The concept for planting
site treatment includes brick paving and granite stairs lead- and grading blends the pathway and stairs into the
ing to the new covered entry. A repeating series of stairs existing site and preserves the existing mature trees.


Horace Mann School Library and Theatre Building
Riverdale New York

Full site design services were provided for a new library design. An arcing path to the rear connects the student
and theatre building and renovations to the existing main entrances, linking the high school building with the new
high school building, designed by Cambridge architect Gra- library and theater wing. An inverse arc of shrubs flank-
ham Gund. The design features an entry / drop-off plaza ing the path creates a linear open space framed by a row
for the main entrance and included site grading and plant- of flowering Pear trees. In a future phase, seating pods
ing. The scope also included relocation of the existing with facing benches will be positioned between the trees.
athletic fields and over all site grading and planting This project was completed in the spring of 2002.


Hathaway Brown School
Shaker Heights Ohio

The Hathaway Brown School, a private school campus in a ceremonial vehicular arrival ellipse in it’s place. A new
Shaker Heights, Ohio, is comprised of lower, middle and central axis entry drive off North Park Boulevard, on cen-
High School levels. The expansion program designed by ter with the ellipse and Main Entry, spans a wooded ravine
Gund Partnership, Cambridge MA, included a new gymna- with a new stone arched bridge. Additional improvements
sium building and classroom addition attached to the ex- include design of the athletic fields to accommodate syn-
isting c1900’s English Tudor style building. The site pro- thetic turf and adding one additional playing field. Drain-
gram called for the removal and relocation of an existing age issues were also addressed as were locations for the
parking lot in the front of the main building, creating lower school’s play areas and wooded challenge course.


Hathaway Brown School Athletic Fields
Shaker Heights Ohio

Hathaway Brown School, in Shaker Heights Ohio, sought The program required several of the fields be in play
to replace their worn and overused natural turf athletic simultaneously. The environmental impact of utilizing a
fields, located adjacent to the school buildings. David synthetic turf system was of great concern to the School.
Berarducci Landscape Architecture evaluated and recom- We evaluated the latest research available on the factors
mended options for the turf replacement. We examined related to synthetic turf’s health and environmental im-
the programmatic needs of the school and determined pacts, as well as the systems usable life and associated
that the degree and frequency of use justified the installa- costs. With the new design and a clear understanding of
tion of synthetic turf with its higher up-front cost We the impact of utilizing a synthetic turf system, the Hathaway
designed a new layout for this tight site that would ac- Brown School has embraced the use of the most environ-
commodate a full sized soccer field, two full sized field mentally friendly and safest synthetic turf system available.
hockey fields and a womens, college level softball field. The project is currently in Design Development phase.


Rippowam Cisqua School
Bedford New York

This project creates a new private high school campus, on included siting a new gymnasium / hockey rink building,
a 115 acre site, in the Westchester County town of Bedford, twelve multi-venue athletic fields, six tennis courts, an
NY. The site, a former sand quarry, has five large ponds eight lane NCAA running track, access / circulation roads
and rutty topography, created from the mining operations. and pathways, and parking areas for faculty, staff and stu-
The ponds provide an attractive site amenity and setting dents. Other design services included the design of the
for the high school building, designed by Graham Gund site grading and planting, including the ecologically sensi-
Architects. The building is prominently sited on the high- tive bio-filter areas around the ponds. The total project
est knoll of the site overlooking the ponds, athletic fields construction cost is 17 million dollars, with 5.5 million
and the preserved wooded areas. The site plan also dollars allocated for site development.


Westminster School, Edge House Dormitory
Simsbury Connecticut

Complete site design services were provided for this considerations entailed siting the building and
private preparatory school’s new dormitory and faculty challenging grading for this flat site. The planting
residence, designed by Graham Gund Architects, Cam- design was fairly simple and in keeping with the style of
bridge, MA. The components of the design included creat- the existing campus, of large expanses of lawn
ing new internal vehicular drives and parking for the ser- interspersed with groupings of deciduous shade
vice and faculty residences; new pedestrian pathways, link- trees, ornamental flowering and evergreen trees.
ing to the existing campus path system and paved terrace David Berarducci Landscape Architecture, in association
areas adjacent to the faculty residences. The site held a with Gund Partnership received a Citation for
number of mature specimen trees that were to be pre- Dormitory Design award for this project in 1998,
served and protected during construction. Other design from the Boston Society of Architects.


Berwick Academy Library Building
Berwick, Maine

A new library building for this small private preparatory David Berarducci Landscape Architecture (DBLA) was in-
school in Berwick Maine, was designed by Graham Gund volved in determining the most appropriate location for
Architects, Inc., Cambridge MA. This the second in a se- the new library along the quadrangle as well as for future
ries of new buildings, as part of a comprehensive master buildings, refining the development of the campus quad-
plan that has as it’s centerpiece a new campus quadrangle rangle. As an adjunct to the master plan, DBLA intro-
The new quadrangle is defined with several proposed duced the concept of developing the campus as an arbore-
new buildings interspersed among some of the schools tum. As new trees are planted throughout the campus
older, most cherished existing buildings, all framing the they will be native species to the state of Maine, tagged
new oval shaped quadrangle open space. The library for identification and documented for reference. Their
building was prominently located at the center of the locations, will be carefully considered, optimizing their
quadrangle where it symbolically serves as a link between characteristics for year round interest. DBLA designed
the Academes arts and humanities and the sciences. the layout, grading and planting for the new library site.

Other Institutional Projects

Sensory Garden Outdoor Classroom
William E. Carter School, Boston MA

Grace Episcopal Church
Amherst MA

Avery Dennison N.E. Regional Corporate Hdqts.
Framingham MA

Yale-South Haven Corporate Headquarters
South Haven MI

Franklin Park Zoo Predator Exhibit
Boston MA


William E. Carter School Sensory Garden Outdoor Classroom
Boston Massachusetts

Award Winner: The Sensory Garden design is based on a conceptual de- of defined spaces with colorful, fragrant perennials and

This project was sign by Martha Tyson, author of The Healing Landscape, varring tactile experiences. An intimate woodland gar-
awarded the Therapeutic Outdoor Environments (McGraw Hill, 1998). The den provides the quieting sight, sound and feel of water.
2008 Therapeutic Garden
Design Award From The garden, for the W.E. Carter School, in Boston’s South End, An adjacent interactive gardening area provides for the
American Horticultural
Therapy Association , . serves the specialized learning needs of the profoundly tactile experience of soil and the taste of various herbs,
. . for excellence in developmentally delayed, multi-handicapped youth, through blueberries and seasonal vegetables. A pergola structure
therapeutic design and
programming to landscapes a sensory packed garden environment. The students learn that spans the path has five texture bins providing varring
designed and maintained for
therapeutic purposes. from sensory awareness, planting, watering and harvest- tactile experiences and three overhead rings that emit a
ing to visual mobility training and recreational group ac- cooling mist. Elsewhere self-activated interactive water
tivities. The design is arranged around a figure ‘8’ config- features refresh students a warm summer day and three
ured path that leads students through a progression vine covered pergolas provide outdoor classroom space.


Grace Episcopal Church
Amherst Massachusetts

A new stone masonry and glass structure connects the ering space for parishioners after services. The open
early nineteenth century stone Gothic church to the adja- lawn Garth is framed by the church facade and new clois-
cent federal style rectory and will serve as the new main ter on one side, a hillside with retaining walls and row of
entry for the church. Prominently located on the historic ornamental trees to the north and an existing function
Amherst Town Green, the connector will contain a large hall beyond. A semicircle paved terrace, three feet below
reception space and meeting rooms that will focus out the lawn grades, provides a gathering space for parishio-
onto the garth beyond. This new enclosed garth, behind ners as they exit onto the garth from a new lower level
the connector is the centerpiece to the project, providing chapel in the church’s undercroft. The terrace, edged
an outdoor area for numerous church functions and re- with a stone wall features a small fountain and serves as
ceptions and is the focus of the views from inside the the focal point for the garth. Opposite to and on axis
reception space. A random patterned bluestone terrace with the fountain is a curved vine covered pergola that
at the connector’s front entrance is designed to be a gath will provide shaded seating, focusing onto the open space.


Avery Dennison N.E. Regional Corporate Headquarters
Framingham, Massachusetts

A new master plan was created, for Avery Dennison’s The refurbished pool, outfitted with 16 radially arranged
Northeast Regional Corporate Headquarters site. The fountain jets is encircled by a core-ten steel wall and
plan required reorienting the main entrance from the street radial mounds of lawn. Other features include an 8’ high
to the rear of the building by redirecting the pedestrian serpentine core-ten steel wall along the south edge, vi-
and vehicular circulation. A new entry pavilion, designed sually screening the adjacent highway and railroad. A
by Melton-Ferré Architects, of Boston, established the triangle grove of bamboo and crushed stone bands, cre-
contemporary theme for the design. The design features a ate pattern and focus the visitor toward the entry, while
new vehicular arrival and drop-off, with a radially arranged serving to muffle sound from the trains and roadway. At
employee / visitor parking area. At the drop-off, a new the southwest corner, a new 20‘ diameter employee din-
industrial styled foot bridge spans a 40’ diameter obsolete ing terrace, a loop of additional visitor parking and
firewell pool, leading the visitor to the entry pavilion. streetscape improvements complete the master plan.


Yale-South Haven Corporate Headquarters
South Haven Michigan

The bold forms of the design, for this corporate head- groundcovered islands with fastigiate Ginko trees. The
quarters renovation project respond to the building’s half circle plane, tilted up 4 feet at the highest point, slopes
unique architectural forms, while providing a snow drift toward the new canopied walkway, providing a feeling of
buffer for the front of the building. The design consists of enclosure for this new main entrance approach. The tilted
a water feature between the walkway and building, with plane is supported by a curved, 27’ radius wall of 1/2” cor-
five curving jets emerging from a bed of black riverstones; ten steel, set within an askew ‘carpet‘ of groundcover. A
two curvilinear hedge bands of purple leafed Berberis, 12 foot diameter seasonal flower bed is cut out of the
punctuated with columnar Junipers and two mounded, tilted plane, centered on the lobby entrance.


Predator Exhibit, Franklin Park Zoo
Boston, Massachusetts

A new habitat for lions, located within historic Franklin landscape environment. Along the winding pathway sur-
Park will return this predator to one of the Northeast’s rounding the one acre predator containment area, are a
oldest zoos. David Berarducci Landscape Architecture, in series of viewing stations designed to reflect a safari theme.
collaboration with Graham Gund Architects, created a These viewing stations bring the visitor into the contain-
habitat designed to emulate the arid landscape environment area protected by sixteen foot high walls of glass.
ment of the Serengeti Plains of Africa. Sheer cliffs, a six- The viewing stations also focus on close-up views of the
teen foot deep dry moat, a waterfall, and dry riverbeds are lions and contain educational information and exhibits on
all part of the visitors experience of this created the lives and natural habitat of the lions.

Urban Projects

Cumston Street Townhouses and South End
Community Garden, Boston MA

Regency Park Condominiums Courtyard
Brookline MA

Basilica Court Adaptive Reuse
Boston MA

311 Summer Street
Boston MA

Liberators’ Monument at The New England
Holocaust Memorial, Boston MA

Boylston Street Master Plan
Boston MA


Cumston Street Townhouses / South End Community Garden

Complete site design services were performed for this residential neighborhood that once existed on this site.
project from schematic design through construction ob- This development also included a new Community Gar-
servation, including the public permitting process. A mixed den along Rutland Street that features a significant arched
use development along Washington Street, includes a six metal entry structure, located at the centerline terminus
story building along Washington St. housing the new loca- of Cumston St. The form and materials of the structure
tion for the South End Community Health Center, forty recall the former Washington St. elevated Orange Line.
residential condominiums and a first floor retail compo- The new townhouses’ stair railings echo the traditional
nent. Seventeen single family townhouses were con- South End cast-iron scroll design. The garden was funded
structed along Cumston St., recreating the historical in part by a grant from the Edward Ingersol Browne Fund.


Regency Park Condominiums, Roof Deck Courtyard
Brookline Massachusetts

This enclosed courtyard for the Regency Park Condo- of the midday sun. At the far end of the courtyard, is an
miniums in Brookline, Massachusetts, is located atop the elliptical shaped garden room, accessed from the indoor
parking garage and provides the residents with multifunc- lounge, serves as outdoor function space with the infor-
tional spaces. The center piece of the courtyard is a curv- mal placement of tables with umbrellas and chairs. The
ing cedar pergola containing six wood benches for shaded ellipse encircled by multi-stemmed River Birches, fea-
seating. The benches focus on a foreground, crescent tures a circular planter focal point for seasonal flower
shaped planter of colorful perennials with views to the displays. Plant material throughout the courtyard were
pool house beyond. Spring blooming Honeysuckle and selected for their multi-seasonal characteristics with col-
autumn blooming Clematis vines will cover the pergola orful and fragrant flowers and fall foliage color. At night
and provide a fragrant, shady respite. A lounging area in the pergola columns are glazed with soft ambient light
front of the pergola and pool house, takes advantage from low-voltage fixtures concealed in the structure,


Basilica Court, Mission Hill Housing

The Mission Church Complex was considered one of the pedestrians from the street into the courtyard and build-
last remaining examples of an intact campus of church buildings’ entrances. At the main entry to the school building,
ings of its kind. Due to deterioration from neglect the a landscaped peninsula features a circular seating area
convent and performance hall buildings could not be saved within an open gazebo that serves as the focal point for
and will be replaced by two new residential buildings. The the space. Within the parking court, shaded seating areas
remaining historic school building will be framed by the feature displays of salvaged architectural elements from
new buildings and readapted for housing. A surface park- the convent and performance hall buildings. Salvaged gran-
ing court to the rear is designed to feel more as a court- ite masonry will be reused for paving surfaces. Ornate
yard through the use of decorative paving, surrounding it granite lintels and sills used as seating elements, curbing
with landscaped edges and incorporating seating areas and and low planter walls. Other architectural features such
other special features into the space. The concrete paving as arched terra-cotta doorway tympanums will be fea-
has a decorative scoring pattern designed to create pat- tured as sculptural elements within the landscape and a
tern and texture and define the parking bays. A linear, salvaged granite pedestal will display a bronze plaque
tree lined corridor between the two buildings will draw documenting the historical significance of the complex.


311 Summer Street, Streetscape and Plaza
Fort Point Channel Landmark District
Boston MA

A Street Plaza Before Improvements

The Fort Point Channel district of South Boston was building, originally built for a former coffee processing
officially designated an Historic Landmark District in Feb- company, meticulously restored it and relocated their of-
ruary of 2009. With this designation, all future changes fices to. This LEED Platinum project features an urban
and development within the District will be managed and space seating grove along A-Street with a pervious
reviewed by a newly formed Landmark District Commis- stonedust surface and indigenous plant material that will
sion. Specific standards and criteria for development were recharge the groundwater and eliminate the need for irri-
created that are designed to manage change and develop- gation. This publicly accessible urban space features large
ment, preserve the character defining features of the dis- granite blocks, salvaged from a former seawall, that are
2009 Preservation
Achievement Award trict while allowing for contemporary architectural ex- informally placed throughout the space and used for seat-
From The Boston
Preservation Alliance pression. ADD Inc. Architects purchased this c1880’s ing. They are interplanted with multi-stem River Birch.


New England Holocaust Memorial, Liberators’ Monument

The Friend’s of The New England Holocaust Memorial, dedi- A 40-foot high lighted flagpole displaying the
cated this monument that honors the WW II American American Flag is featured on one side and on the other
Soldiers who were among the first of the Allied forces an inscribed quote from then General, Dwight D.
that entered the Nazi concentration camps, to liberate the Eisenhower. The granite tablets, match the details found
interned Jews. David Berarducci Landscape Architecture in the Memorial itself and contain inspirational quotes
(DBLA) developed the design for the monument from a from The American Association of Jewish Holocaust Sur-
conceptual design by architects Finegold Alexander + As- vivors of Greater Boston and from Stephen Ross, a Ho-
sociates, Boston. The monument, located along Boston’s locaust Survivor and local resident. In addition to the
Freedom Trail and adjacent to the existing Memorial site, Liberators’ Monument, DBLA addressed a series of func-
consists of grids of black granite pavement with open grass tional problems within of the existing Memorial site, de-
joints. The grid arrangements flank the central walkway, veloped a series of recommendations addressing them
each side containing raised inscribed granite tablets. and implemented solutions for their improvement.
This project was funded in part by a grant from the Edward Ingersol Browne Fund


Boylston Street Improvements, Master Plan Design

The master plan study includes Boylston Street from Ar- streetscape elements from the primary pedestrian circu-
lington Street to The Fenway. The master plan, created lation articulated with the pavement pattern. The im-
through the direction of the City of Boston, Public Works provements include large scale granite pavers, new
Department and Fay, Spofford and Thorndike, civil engi- pedestrian scaled lighting, double staggered rows of
neers, acknowledges the prominence of this gateway re- rhythmically spaced trees, unifying graphics and other
tail corridor through the unification and improvement of functional streetscape details along the thoroughfare.
the streetscape features. The improvements include, or- David Berarducci was the landscape architect designer for this project

ganizing the sidewalk through the separation of the while with Halvorson Design Partnership.

Residential Projects

Clark Street Residence
Belmont MA

Freidman Residence
Newburg IN

Bellevue Street Residence
Newton MA

Herring Cove Village
Provincetown MA

Cape Cod Residence
Provincetown MA

Iron Mountain Residence
Kent CT


Smith Residence
Belmont Massachusetts

An initial master plan was produced, from which the three ing the kitchen entrance. This pea gravel and granite, cobble
phase project was implemented. The project included com- edged drive, required a zoning variance from the town,
plete site design services from conceptual design to Con- which was part of the site design services. The front of
struction observation. The slopping site provided oppor- the house involved rebuilding the existing front porch
tunities for creative use of field stone walls and large boul- and creating three stair runs with fieldstone walls and
ders set into the slope to retain the grades. French doors bluestone terraced platforms providing a more welcom-
were installed in the great room of the house, opening out ing connection between the driveway and front entrance.
to the new bluestone terrace overlook. Stepped walls The series of stairs and platforms, are framed horizon-
and granite slab treads, appear to cascade down the slope tally with evergreen hedges. The horizontal expression
to the open lawn below. Other components of the design of terraces, set into the slope, creates plinth like bases,
include the creation of a circular vehicular drop-off, serv- upon which the house now appears to comfortably rest.


Friedman Residence
Newburgh Indiana

An exclusive golf course community, with homes surround- A berm at the corner high point provides an overlook,with
ing an existing lake, is part of the new Victoria National sweeping lake views. An open lawn ellipse leads to ter-
golf course development, in Newburgh Indiana, A promi- raced lawn panels, stepping down the slope to a lake edge
nent double lot, located on a corner and at the head of the stone promontory. A stream of recirculating lake water,
lake is the site of the new summer residence for the golf originates at a small source pool and fountain off the main
course developer. The house is situated to optimize the terrace. The stream, with a series of falls and shallow
lake views and align the great room with the 9th fareway pools, flows down across the slope, under a stone slab
directly across the lake. A series of outdoor rooms is foot bridge at the promontory, and spills into the lake. A
featured in the design, starting with bluestone terraces foot path parallels the stream, providing areas to sit and
and boardering perennial beds off the main living spaces. experience the falls, the hillside plantings and water sounds.


Bellevue Street Residence
Newton Massachusetts

The project involved two components, a drive court for and granite mansion. a Perimeter stonedust path defines
the new two car garage and the creation of a new formal the ellipse form and cross axis, framing formal lawn pan-
ellipse garden. The pea gravel drive court is retained by els. A three tiered, cast iron, fountain is the focal point of
field stone walls with perimeter perennial beds. The el- the ellipse. At one end of the cross axis is a lattice en-
lipse garden is located on an existing terraced area along closed rose arbor containing a bench which focuses on
the sloping hillside. The garden is accessed from the main the fountain and across to a stairway, leading down to the
house by a series of stairs and landings leading down the lower lawn terrace. The plantings, arranged radially around
hillside to a round bluestone terrace with open sod joints, the ellipse, reinforce it’s form with colorfully textured
located at the head of the ellipse. The ellipse, with its axial bands of evergreen hedges, flowering shrubs, roses and
symmetry, is in the traditional Italian Garden style, respond- perennials. The plantings provide structure for the gar-
ing to the classical styling of the mid-19th century, brick den as well as multi-seasonal color, fragrance and texture,


Herring Cove Village
Provincetown MA

Pre-Construction Computer Generated Renderings

Herring Cove Village is a new luxury residential develop- The low impact development features pervious pavements
ment located at the tip of Cape Cod, in the West End of and indigenous plant material that minimizes the need for
Provincetown. The market rate condominium homes fea- supplemental irrigation. Each home features a private front
ture 360 degree views of the picturesque Moors salt marsh, garden enclosed by a low picket-fence typical of
the primary and secondary dunes of Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown and the Cape. The fence, draped with ram-
the Bay and Provincetown Harbor and Pilgrim Monument. bling roses contains a traditional Cottage Garden of col-
The landscape theme for the development combines Cape orful, multi-seasonal, perennials. Beyond the garden the
Cod traditional with the naturalistic character of the grassy landscape echoes the rustic Secondary dunes in full view
Moors’ salt marsh and the unique landscape of the pri- beyond, with a blend of native ornamental grasses, sedges,
mary and secondary dunes of Herring Cove Beach. perennials and groundcover typical of that environment.


Cape Cod Residence
Provincetown Massachusetts

The narrow rear yard of this summer residence was trans- the existing concrete retaining wall along the back edge
formed into a casual garden oasis for lounging and enter- of the property was removed, in its place large boulders
taining. A mahogany deck, located off the kitchen and din- were set into the slope to retain the grades. Planting
ing entry, appears to cantilever over the Koi stocked pond. pockets between the boulders are planted with a variety
The layered decks over water is evocative of boat docks in of native shoreline plants and perennials. A craftsman
this seaside resort town. The pond, fed by a flowing wa- styled mahogany pavilion is the centerpiece of the gar-
terfall recirculating from above, provides soothing, cool- den. The open structure, built over a bluestone terrace,
ing sounds of cascading water. A six foot diameter open- provides a shady, intimate space for summer dining. The
ing in the deck accommodates a redwood hot tub. The pavilions design echoes the craftsmen detailing on the
four foot deep tub, set flush with the deck is depressed house. Lighting is concealed within the upper portion of
below grade within a concrete well. A major portion of the columns, softly illuminating the garden at night.


Iron Mountain Residence
Kent Connecticut

A 250 acre farm in Kent, CT is the site of a new weekend master plan that is responsive to modern day life-style
and future retirement home for a Manhattan couple. The needs. A serpentine drive winds down the slope provid-
house, designed by Cambridge Architect Graham Gund, ing a variety of visual experiences. It curves around an old
is sited on the wooded upper elevations of the site with apple orchard, along side historic New England farmers’
commanding views over a foreground lake and beyond to walls and natural rock outcropping, revealing a brief dis-
the distant hills of northwestern Connecticut. The view tant view of the house. The drive terminates at a vehicular
corridors through existing pastures and selectively cleared arrival court within a new apple tree grove, repeating the
openings, are framed by sculpted wooded edges. The experience at the entry. Large fieldstone slab paving stones
effect is a site plan that reflects the principles of the 18th lead through a covered passage to an entry courtyard.
century English Landscape School in the tradition of English The courtyard is sculpted by descending rock outcrop-
Landscape Designer Lancelot (Capability) Brown. These ping terraces with overlooks that are interplanted with
historic design principals are incorporated into a lush, seasonally colorful trees, shrubs and perennials.


Natick Village Condominiums
Natick Massachusetts

Site improvements enhance the safety, security and “curb the intersection. The bituminous pavement in the inter-
appeal” for this 816 unit condominium development, com- sections is replaced with a pattern of concrete pavers that
pleted in the fall of 2000. The development lacked a co- articulate the gateways, convey a sense of arrival and slow
hesive unity that would convey any sense of community. vehicular traffic to improve pedestrian safety. The circular
The site improvements provided a welcoming new main form of the gateways is reinforced with flowering trees,
entry gateway with a curved fieldstone wall, identifying shrubs and pedestrian scaled decorative lighting. Other
the development, conveying a new up-scale image. In or- development improvements are achieved with new con-
der to provide a better sense of community and to break crete paths, improving access to the ‘T’ station and shops
down its large scale, the development was subdivided into across the street. Along the entry roadway earth berms
three distinct ‘villages’. Distinct identity thresholds at the with new plantings screen parking areas from view. The
entries to each of the villages were created through curved existing wooded edge along the entry road were cleaned-
fieldstone walls that flank the entry and encircle up and pulled back, opening views and improving site lines.

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