Landscape Architecture Theory

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Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
THE CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER LANDSCAPE DESIGN...................................................2
Storm water management................................................................................................................5
Filtering Storm water and reducing the impervious surfaces..........................................................5
CONSOLIDATING PARKING......................................................................................................5
Garden Spaces.................................................................................................................................7
Restorative Garden..........................................................................................................................7
Cafeteria Garden..............................................................................................................................8
OUTDOOR SITTING AREA WITH LOGS..................................................................................9
Alternative transportation................................................................................................................9
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11
Introduction
Long term planning is very important in achieving sustainable goals in larger institutions. In
order to achieve sustainability, individual projects must fit within a larger scope of campus

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planning. Site systems such as pedestrian connectivity, parking, storm water treatment and
transportation, and land landscape must be well coordinated (the United States.
Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards,
2011). The Cayuga Medical Centre in New York is a good example where effective long term
planning has been done on site sustainability and building sustainability. Master planning for this
facility included guidelines such as enhancing site circulation, development of a healing
environment, improving the quality of storm water, reducing the impervious surfaces and
enhancing way finding. The individual projects in the facility were incorporated under the master
plan to show the overall vision and at the same time to develop a campus with many
opportunities to experience and view nature and gardens (Association, 2014).
THE CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Cayuga Medical Center is a regional facility which serves four rural counties. The
facility has employed 1200 health care professionals and it houses 204 beds. The
main campus is made up of approximately 24 acres of building parking and green
spaces as well as an addition of 100 acres of the open space next to the facility. The
property is located in Ithaca, New York. The site is located on a bluff overlooking the
finger lake and it is sloped with a grade change of approximately 1000 feet across the
whole facility. Even though the site is located along a busy two-lane highway, the
building is separated from by topography and by green space to and views of Cayuga
to the East (Alkins, 2017).

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Fig 1: The outdoor eating area at Cayuga Medical Center is adjacent to the cafeteria
Commitment to creating and the out the entire mission which guided the overall decision
making. The idea that the landscapes have a lot of benefits on human health and the overall
well-being of the patients facilitated the development of outdoor spaces and natural gardens
(Press, 2018).
Michaels & Trowbridge Wolf landscape Architects together with the Holt architects has
been working as a team together with the client since 2002 to design and construct the
individuals projects within the campus and the master plan for that given area. (Ying-Yu
Hung, 2012).The master plan which was initially prepared included a holistic and
compressive approach to storm water management, the site and the architecture for the
entire site. The main sustainable goal which the design team wanted to achieve was to
include the following aspects in the master plan (United States. Environmental
Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 2011).
o Offering restorative views and spaces of the natural environment within the site.
o Ensuring that there is efficient way finding and circulation within the site, which
will ensure that there is easy circulation within the facility.