Landscape Architecture

Coe & Van Loo’s approach to theme development is a multi-stage process.  The first stage of this process involves a thorough site analysis and research into the history of the site. The design team will perform a site visit to discover significant land forms, dominate plant materials, vistas, and evaluate adjacent neighborhoods for additional design concepts.

The second stage involves further research. This may involve internet searches, reading archived newspaper articles and possible interviews with initial landowners.

The third stage is to form a partnership with the project’s stakeholders. Theme development is a team process!  A design charrette is arranged with the stakeholders to identify the important issues and to bounce ideas off of each other.  From this process several concepts will be developed for future discussion.

The fourth stage is to take all of the information that has been collected / discovered and move the theme from a “vision” to reality.  Coe & Van Loo’s design team takes the process to the next step and produces a series of ideas to be presented to the project stakeholders. During this process the stakeholders start to refine the final “vision” or theme by listening to each other. The final theme is made much stronger by not making compromises, but instead listening to each stakeholder and finding “The Third Alternative” were there is a win-win situation.

The results of this Theme Development process can include the following:

• Project Naming
• Project Logos and Colors
• Neighborhood Layouts
• Entry Monument Designs
• Open Space and Park Concepts
• Amenity Programming
• Streetscape Concepts

Master Planned Communities have long been the strength and backbone of Coe & Van Loo’s Landscape Architecture Group for over 50 years.

Coe & Van Loo’s Landscape Architecture Group has created a studio environment within a multi-discipline firm.  This allows us to provide Landscape Architecture expertise with the resources and support of a large and diverse firm providing: Public Works & Infrastructure, Land Planning, Water Resources, Land Development, Storm Water Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Geographic Information System, Construction Services, Graphic Design & 3D Animation and Land Surveying. Teams of landscape architects, graphic artists and visionaries create sustainable concepts tailored to the client’s needs.  In this multi-discipline office, collaboration extends beyond the practice of landscape architecture, with designers interacting daily with related professionals.  Coe & Van Loo closely coordinates between the aesthetic features of a design and the engineering solutions required to create viable, yet exciting spaces for people to work, live and play in.  The outcome of this is a creative solution that is based on environmental, economic and constructability principles.

The services offered for Master Planned Communities can include the following:

• Zoning Support
• Preliminary Landscape Plans
• Landscape Design
• Irrigation Design
• Reclaimed Water Storage Lakes and  Water Features
• Construction Cost Estimates
• Construction Administration
• Landscape Restoration
• Design Guidelines
• Native Plant Preservation
• Visual Simulations
• Graphic Support for Development Approval

 

CVL’s Landscape Architecture Group has been closely involved with Public Parks and Recreational Facilities for the past 50 years for both public and private clients.

The design process for Parks and Recreation Facilities is very similar to the Theme Development process.  A partnership is developed with all interested stakeholders in order to provide an exceptional end product to the community.  A design charrette is scheduled in order to gather as much information, along with park programming requirements.  After considering all needed requirements, CVL’s design team prepares and delivers several design concepts to the stakeholders.

CVL uses its strength as a multi-discipline design firm to provide a cost-effective design for the municipality while providing the citizens a place to enjoy. 

Our firm provides several different options for project delivery to many of the local municipalities.  These range from the standard process of contracting directly with the jurisdiction, to working through a land developer to provide a completed park.  The latter option has key advantages over the standard process.  By working with a developer, the municipality can be delivered a finished park site in a timely manner and is more cost-efficient than the standard process.

The services offered for Parks and Recreation Facilities can include the following:

• Landscape Design
• Hardscape and Parking Lot Design
• Signage and Security Gates
• Irrigation Design
• Baseball / Softball Complexes
• Basketball Courts
• Volleyball Courts
• Soccer Fields
• Skate Parks
• Shade and Picnic Ramadas
• Multi-age Play Ground Systems
• Trails and Trailheads
• Spray / Splash Pads