The University of Virginia is systematically replacing aging residence halls on Charlottesville’s Observatory Hill. As part of this project, Ayers Saint Gross is designing new campus landscapes for the precinct. The design calls for a simple network of pedestrian paths, which negotiate accessible connections over significant topographic change, and new plantings, including stepped rain gardens in a natural valley and a canopy of native shade trees on the surrounding hillsides. Students are also provided with a mix of usable outdoor spaces: recreation fields, basketball courts, informal lawns and hardscape plazas.
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