I’m blogging about an old project from 2007 I did as a student at Colorado State University mainly because I was going to add some setchbook entries, but found that my sketchbook is in the car where I can’t get to it and because I have nothing better to do right now with a winter storm winding down here in Denver.

The Wayne Grace Memorial Competition was an open student competition which has been happening annually since 2000. Each year three cash awards are given to students/teams who can submit projects representative of CLARB standards and the positive role Landscape Architects play in the built environment.

Denargo market Landscape Plan, Denver, CO.

The project I submitted was called ‘Denargo Market’ after the former industrial/post-industrial riverfront site on the lower west end of Downtown Denver.

The design intent was to re-use and re-purpose existing architectural and landscape materials in the construction of a series of pavillions identifying each neighborhood zone from urban agriculture to entertainment and art.

Principal Jim MacRae and former staff Heath Mizer at Design Workshop of Denver introduced the project and guided our class through a charette-paced two-week intensive design process, offering an urban development framework to base our landscape master plan upon.

Overall it was a great learning experience.