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Date
9-7-2014
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The Bosque, The Battery Park, Partner-in-Charge, 2007.
Laura Starr modeled the design of the Bosque after the verdant marshes and towering forests that greeted Dutch explorers 400 years ago. The Bosque features a series of romantic garden "rooms," joined by meandering soft-surface paths, densely planted with tall native grasses and perennials, conceived by Dutch garden designer, Piet Oudolf. A granite at-grade fountain services as a sprinkler for children and a paved surface for events, elegantly incorporating air vents, utilities, and drainage, at times only one foot below the surface. Weisz+Yoes Architects crafted custom curved wooden benches and a horizontally slatted wooden snack kiosk. Tillett Lighting designed romantic "firefly" lights, tucked amidst the plantings. Through this multi-disciplinary collaboration, the Bosque has been transformed from a gritty extension of the urban environment to a luxuriant retreat with 4-acres of waterfront gardens -- a catalyst in the City's efforts to green and steward investment in Lower Manhattan.
Recommended Citation
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, "Laura Starr, RLA, ASLA, LEED AP / B.A. Architecture, 1979" (2014). Women in the Design World: Work in Progress. 11.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/wia_profiles/11
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Women in the Design World: Work in Progress, an exhibition presented by the Sam Fos School of Design and Visual arts in conjunction with the Women in Architecture Symposium 2014.