2019 GENERAL DESIGN
2019 GENERAL DESIGN
2017 GENERAL DESIGN
LA Ride
Saturday, September 26 - 12:00-5:30pm
LA Ride Detroit Month of Design CycleTour 2020 is an interactive, slow to medium-paced 12 mile loop bike ride, open to the public, where riders visit locations designed by landscape architects throughout the host city. They will hear details about the featured projects from the professionals who actually worked on them. We explore city-scapes, parks, trail systems, sustainable landscapes, school campuses, sports facilities, gardens, urban agricultural sites and historic places, all of which were designed and created by Landscape Architects. Every ride includes “Lecture Sites” and “Mini Stops” where planners, advocates, and technical staff give interactive presentations to the group. CEU’s are also available for each ride. Expect an "afterparty" and the end of the cycle tour. Proceeds from sponsorships and contributions support MiASLA scholarships, mentoring programs, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion projects – opening “On Ramps” to careers, opportunities and the future. Learn more here.
LA Ride
Saturday, September 26 - 12:00-5:30pm
LA Ride Detroit Month of Design CycleTour 2020 is an interactive, slow to medium-paced 12 mile loop bike ride, open to the public, where riders visit locations designed by landscape architects throughout the host city. They will hear details about the featured projects from the professionals who actually worked on them. We explore city-scapes, parks, trail systems, sustainable landscapes, school campuses, sports facilities, gardens, urban agricultural sites and historic places, all of which were designed and created by Landscape Architects. Every ride includes “Lecture Sites” and “Mini Stops” where planners, advocates, and technical staff give interactive presentations to the group. CEU’s are also available for each ride. Expect an "afterparty" and the end of the cycle tour. Proceeds from sponsorships and contributions support MiASLA scholarships, mentoring programs, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion projects – opening “On Ramps” to careers, opportunities and the future. Learn more here.
Kresge Foundation Headquarters
3215 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48084
Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc.
Winner of the Michigan ASLA Honor Award, 2009
LEED Platinum, 2008
Michigan Barn Commission Award for Innovative Use of Barn Reuse, 2007
CORP! Magazine Green Organization Award, 2009
Project Description
ECT provided high-performance sustainable site design services for the new Kresge Foundation Headquarters and expansion in Troy, Michigan. The new design embraced the original 19th-century farm vernacular and included new outdoor spaces and green technologies to support the organization’s environmental mission. The foundation made it a requirement for all grant recipients to visit their renovated headquarters and tour the USGBC LEED Platinum certified facility to learn about and emulate their green practices where practical.
The modern 20,000 square foot building addition made extensive use of glass and minimal exterior building structures to incorporate the outdoors - and provide abundant natural daylight. Landscape elements are strategically visible from all offices and meeting rooms to emphasize a connectedness with nature and foster a sense of well-being.
The Midwestern prairie-inspired site design evolves across a series of naturalized plantings, green roofs, and constructed wetlands. The parking lot has permeable pavers and bioswales as part of the on-site stormwater management. An above-ground 5000-gallon cistern collects excessive rain that falls onto the site for later use in irrigating the building’s green roofs and maintaining water levels in the created wetland feature.
Project Highlights
Groundwater recharge by infiltrating 64% of average annual rainfall.
87% of Kresge employees reported increased satisfaction and restorative benefits from the landscape design.
Avoided 73.6 tons of carbon emissions avoided by recycling approximately 318 tons of locally-sourced crushed concrete in gabion walls.
