On September 30th, Yale University celebrated the groundbreaking of its new Physical Sciences and Engineering Building (PSEB), the centerpiece of the Upper Science Hill Development (USHD), which spans 16 acres and 611,000 square feet.
The complex will serve as a hub for quantum science, engineering, and materials initiatives. It embraces the topography of New Haven’s urban and landscape context, and integrates the campus with the surrounding neighborhood. The USHD is one of Yale’s largest and most complex buildings to date, and it embodies the client and the design team's commitment to excellence, sustainability, and community-oriented design.
This groundbreaking commences Phase 1 of 2, with construction completion projected for 2030.
On Tuesday, July 16 Associate Principal Johanna Phelps with Rockefeller University's George Candler led a tour for Metro Hort of MNLA's design of the 1.4 acre Stavros Niarchos Foundation David Rockefeller River Campus landscape.
On Friday June 14th, NJ ASLA, MNLA, and MBC hosted a unique walking tour of two prominent Jersey City Waterfront Public spaces: Newport Green and Pier, and Exchange Place Memorial Plaza. Insights into the respective spaces were shared, including their connection to the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway and their significance to the surrounding communities. This event offered 2 CEUs for LLA's.
Associate Principal Dan Yannaccone will visit his alma mater Rutgers University for a landscape architecture student portfolio review on Saturday, April 27th from 12-3pm. Held in Blake Hall at the New Brunswick campus, the review is scheduled in conjunction with Rutgers Day and organized by the Rutgers Landscape Architecture Grad Club.