Conceptual Landscape Design
Some Philadelphia's schoolyards look more
like parking lots than play spaces—and Paul Vallas,
CEO of the School District of Philadelphia, wants to change
that. In 2002, Vallas inaugurated the Campus Parks Initiative
to fund improvements to schoolyards in Philadelphia.
The Community Design Collaborative has
been helping schools and communities illustrate their ideas
for outdoor learning environments and play spaces. The renderings
and site plans produced by Collaborative volunteers will be
used to raise funding for the Initiative's landscape improvement
projects.
At Leidy Elementary School in East Parkside,
the Collaborative's volunteers created a conceptual landscape
design by observing the children at play and working with
a community task force. The Leidy project was done in partnership
with the Architecture in Education Program, which brings practicing
architects into the classroom.
Volunteers: Jayne Spector, Registered Landscape Architect; Susan Edens,
Landscape Architectural Designer; Michael Spain, Intern Architect;
Betsy Caesar, Playground Consultant; and Michael Funk, Cost
Estimator.
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| Value of
Services: $17,880 |
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