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CHARLESGRAYSONCATTLETT

RECENT PROJECTS 2010-2011

PROJECTS 2010-2011Sample work

Freedom Park Design _ Arlington, VA Spring 2011

H.C. Orsted Waterfront _ Copenhagen, Denmark Fall 2010

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By using a minimalist approach we were able to maximize benefits with minimal costs. The embodied energy spent to demolish a perfectly good design is often far greater than any savings produced by creating even the most sustainable new design. We tend to think best solution to a problem is to start from a clean slate with a brand new concept. This approach is costly, inefficient and unsustainable. Our approach takes responsibility for the previous acts for the professions by creating minimal intrusion for a maximum outcome.The landscape itself today is static and has been for the past ten years. Its success was attributed to the dynamic events procured by the Museum exhibitions, which no longer exist on the site. Making the landscape a dynamic entity will allow the design to grow and mature with companay.

FREEDOM PARK Arlington, VA

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GREEN POCKETSsitting, relaxing, shadeShade trees offer a place to relax and take a break from the busy work day. Stay and watch peo-ple or enjoy a book and catch up on your e-mail.

CENTRAL PLAZAsitting, meeting, staying

Green planting offers shade and creates a place to meet and eat lunch with clients

GREAT VIEWSstanding, staying, watchingNew seating and plaza design take ad-vantage of great views of the Wash-ington Monument and Potomac River.

LIFE, SPACE AND BUILDINGSBreak up the larger spaces to create di-mensions comfortable at the human scale.

More opportunities for human interaction by creating a diverse range of intimate, social, and public spaces.

Increased visible interest through multi-texture and year round color planting.

Creating zones for staying activities

The path should be comfortable for pedestri-ans to walk along and have a series of spaces and pockets that will invite people to social-ize in the public realm.

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Using existing urban plaza typologies from the old city in Copenhagen, this new waterfront development will mesh with the existing urban fabric. The unquie character-istics of these urban plazas such as pedestrians streets arranged with an irregu-lar street grid will create an enviroment which directly relates to human scale. The building volumes act as the spatial organizer for the ubran plaza’s and court-yards, which will create new thresholds between the pub-lic and private realm. A rich social, economic and living enviroment is created, which is ready to be discovered by urban dwellers.

H.C. ORSTED WATERFRONTCopenhagen, Denmark

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