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Roemer Plaza, Suffolk University

PrizeWinner in Landscape Architecture / Educational
Firm LocationBoston, United States
CompanyKlopfer Martin Design Group
Design TeamNBBJ: building architects, Roll Barresi & Associates: signage/environmental graphics, LeMessurier Consultants: structural engineers
ClientSuffolk University
Projecthttp://www.klopfermartin.com/roemer-plaza-suffolk-university

An urban university’s first campus landscape replaced a bleak civic plaza, named in honor for the person responsible for the realization of the much-decried Boston City Hall plaza, with an activated landscape that hosts large events and is comfortable for daily use by individuals. The 14-foot grade change across the site was recrafted into stepped seating with pedestrian connections between upper and lower terraces. The new landscape is a thin veneer over a parking structure & mechanical rooms, with planting pockets carefully coordinated with the structural loads to allow maximum root volume.