Cornell Plantations, Ithaca NY
Landscape Master Plan
Welcome Center, including green roof and bioswale
Botanical Garden Collections Planning
.
At the Nevin Welcome Center, visitors find a place to begin their exploration of Cornell Plantations and to return for exhibits, classes, and demonstrations.
The Welcome Center and its landscape completed the work envisioned in the 2002 Master Plan, enriching the visitor experience; giving the Botanical Garden’s historic structures and collections new prominence; and consolidating a central car-free space where future collections can grow. A new bioswale greets visitors as they arrive and demonstrates the role of plants in treating stormwater runoff.
.
The magazine Canadian Architect gave the Welcome Center its 2010 Award of Excellence. More information is about the Welcome Center and bioswale is available at the Cornell Plantations website and in GreenSource Magazine.
.
.
2002 Master Plan:
Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc.
Tobias Wolf, project manager and designer
Welcome Center, bioswale, and green roof:
Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc.
Tobias Wolf, Project Manager and Designer
with:
Baird Sampson Neuert, architects
T. G. Miller, civil engineers
Stearns and Wheler, wetlands consultants
.
Consulting for final Botanical Garden build-out:
Wolf Landscape Architecture
Photos, top to bottom:
by Chris Kitchen, © 2012 Chris Kitchen
by Tobias Wolf, © 2012 Wolf Landscape Architecture
by Irene Lekstutis, © 2011 Cornell University
