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Redesigning Possibilities: How Butterfield ...

Possibilities Playground at Butterfield Crossing Park is a bold rethinking of what inclusive play can be. Designed as a sensory-rich, fully accessible space shaped by community input, it invites children and caregivers of all abilities to connect, explore, and belong, together.

Redesigning Possibilities: How Butterfield Crossing Park Became a New Benchmark for Inclusive Play
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Pickleball Court Design: Maximizing Fun and ...

Pickleball is one of the hottest trends in recreation right now, and for good reason. It’s a welcoming sport that offers an abundance of fun. It’s known as a ‘game for everyone.’ Pickleball encourages physical activity to improve people’s fitness and wellness. As park designers, we see pickleball on the agenda for most of the park projects we work on.

Pickleball Court Design: Maximizing Fun and Functionality
Erik Spring
Erie Community Park: Third and Final Phase

This summer we celebrated the grand opening of the third and final phase of Erie Community Park. 12 acres of features were added to this park extending its value to the community. The park is consistently filled with people enjoying all it has to offer, and we could be more excited to see that enthusiasm.

Erie Community Park: Third and Final Phase
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Outdoor Classrooms: Now More Than Ever

This past year, schools all over the country were forced to allow fewer students inside and keep classes physically separate from each other, making their outside spaces a hot commodity. In many cases schools had to scramble to figure out ways to make this happen with little time to plan. We propose that to better equip schools for the future, more time, funding, and attention is needed to design these outdoor learning environments in ways students, teachers and the neighboring community can enjoy throughout the year.

Outdoor Classrooms: Now More Than Ever
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Two Hunters Park: A Tribute to Mark Martinez ...

Parks all around the world are known for igniting emotions of hope, peace, and optimism. Two Hunters Park, a commemorative park honoring the lives of Mark Martinez and Joey Irwin of Firestone, CO is no exception.

Two Hunters Park: A Tribute to Mark Martinez and Joey Irwin

ARAPAHOE: FROM THE FIELD VIDEO 5

The earthwork phase of construction has begun, and there is a lot of activity at the site. Landform is a major component of the park design, and it's very exciting to see it taking shape.  R.E. Monks is busy moving large amount of dirt across the site to sculpt the land. 

Our latest video shows you the site as it undergoes a face lift. 

Erik with Design Concepts, a Landscape Architecture firm in Lafayette Colorado, takes you behind the scenes of a construction park project at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds. http://www.dcla.net.


Arapahoe: From The Field Video 4

We have another Update From The Field ready for the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds project. This episode looks more at the well construction process and analyzing the well profile. Drilling is complete and they now begin profiling the well and working on water development. 

Erik with Design Concepts, a Landscape Architecture firm in Lafayette Colorado, takes you behind the scenes of a construction park project at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds. http://www.dcla.net. Drilling is complete. The well hole is being analyzed and a casing is being designed and installed for the well.

Rob is working on a parklet Kickstarter in Raleigh, NC

Rob has been busy back in Raleigh, NC. His latest adventure is a parklet initiated by some of his friends and students in Landscape Architecture at NCSU. Their Kickstarter project met the goal with the help of a local businesses and community support. They're going for a stretch goal now, and you can help!

This project is helping to spark and change the character of one of downtown Raleigh's man thoroughfares.

Learn more at the project's website. 
 

Arapahoe: From The Field Video 3

We have launched a new video series taking you behind the scenes on a large construction project for the Arapahoe County Fairground Park. There are a lot of interesting components to this park and lots to share. Join us as we learn more about the construction process and what's involved in building a park of this nature. Be sure to click Subscribe on our YouTube page so you don't miss out on a new video. We posted the first two videos at the bottom of this post to get you up to speed. We hope you enjoy!

Erik with Design Concepts, a Landscape Architecture firm in Lafayette Colorado, takes you behind the scenes of a construction park project at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds. http://www.dcla.net. The drilling contractor is on site and is preparing for the well construction. Erik chats with the foreman and learns a lot about what it takes to drill a deep water well.

Design Concepts is an M/WBE, SBE Landscape Architecture design firm with the City and County of Denver and a DBE under the US Department of Transportation’s Colorado Unified Certification Program (UCP).