LPA Landscape Design Wins ASLA Award of Excellence

LPA earned the "Award of Excellence" in the American Society of Landscape Architects-Southern California Chapter's 2018 Quality of Life Awards for the design of interactive outdoor learning environments for TVT Community Day School in Orange County.

The Quality of Life awards are presented every two years; the Award of Excellence recognizes one project that "represents an outstanding advancement in leadership, contribution, understanding and/or achievement in the field of landscape architecture and that improves the quality of life in Southern California and beyond," according to the ASLA.

LPA's design for the re-imaging of the TVT campus features an array of different outdoor learning and play areas to support a new maker building and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) curriculum. Students and teachers were included in design charrettes to develop the plan, which includes learning labs, a farm, an outdoor art courtyard, an interactive water play creek and reading nooks.

The design also turns sustainability into a functional learning experience, with a stormwater retention and treatment system, drought resistant plants and a green roof on a new fitness facility.