plaza AT LANSDALE
CLIENT: Equus Capital Partners | Madison Apartment Group
TYPE: Transit Oriented Development
LOCATION: Lansdale, PA
STATUS: Completed Fall 2019
This transit-oriented development is adjacent to SEPTA’s Lansdale Train Station. It is located on the site of a former parking lot that was no longer needed when SEPTA built a 680-space parking garage. The 6.7 acre development includes a 181-unit apartment complex, 15,000 square feet of retail space, a large resident courtyard, and a public plaza.
Throughout the design process we worked closely with the client and team to create a seamless design approach. Several design charettes were held to have a team driven vision and interactive modeling techniques were used to help visualize the immediate design changes.
The plaza design embraces a crescent shaped brick paving that creates spaces for outdoor seating for future restaurant businesses. The plaza is designed to be very open to invite the public and communal events to the area. Other elements include a brick walk connecting to the train station bridge, brick inlays to connect to the architecture, various furnishing types, a meadow grass and perennial planting palette, large scale trees that create a warm canopy, and overhead string lighting.
Architecture by Wulff Architects.