SCAPE collaborates with city planners, private clients, architects, and communities on the design of the urban environment, and works across a range of project types. SCAPE is a certified WBE.

urban ecology
Ecosystems support life and diversity. Our goal is to connect people to their immediate environment, and design with both the spatial mesh of natural systems and the quality of human habitats in mind. We imagine how the structure and function of nature can inform design decisions at the level of the detail, the site, and the bioregion.

site design
Our site design philosophy is to magnify each site's unique potential, quality, and character. We work as part of an integrated design team to synthesize building and landscape, and inside with outside to create textured, overlapping spaces, and approach all projects: master plans, roof gardens, plazas, courtyards, campuses, with an expertise in horticultural diversity, an eye for color and form, and experience with the design and implementation of a range of private and public landscapes. We look to incorporate sustainable site design principles such as brownfield remediation, innovative stormwater management, reduction of heat island effect, and reduced site disturbance into every commission.

strategic planning
We understand and enhance connections between ecological systems and public infrastructures to create dynamic, textured outdoor spaces, in concert with long-term, phased strategies for their implementation. We offer planning strategies that will add a layer of cohesion and excitement to the built environment, coordinate this strategy with the goals and aspirations of the client group, and provide the research documents and visual material necessary to generate dialogue on issues while building consensus and collaboration.