There were many programmatic demands for the project, in just 2 ½ acres of space. We felt if we couldn’t deliver shade, for example, the space would be…

A challenge—which we anticipated—was balancing the port’s mission of a “green and environmentally conscious” space with the community’s vision for the park…

For our team, I think that challenging the traditional definition of a playground was a really difficult obstacle to overcome. Traditional playgrounds are incredibly compact…

The planning of the invitation to tender was the most complex step in this project. The challenge arose not from technical difficulties related to the implementation of…

The most difficult issues faced were the small size of the garden relative to the vast scale of San Francisco and the Bay beyond. In addition to this we needed…

The critical factors in this project were the budget and timing. The architect pleaded to bring on a landscape architect and at the very last minute, Surfacedesign…

We met several challenges in this project. The most important was to meet the Oslo city’s strong ambitions and strict demands on universal access, on a site which has been regarded…