Pool deck or propagation Table? Can a shift in the American diet and the offerings of American developers help cool our warning planet? The standard answer to that question is obvious – If there’s a demand for such a thing, the market will respond. But is it wise to wait for a market driven response […]
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Steeped in Culture
A Powerful Story of Perseverance: The Proud Legacy of the Geechee People of Sapelo Island In 2021, the studio had the opportunity to work on the Sagewood masterplan, a project spanning some 700 acres in Putnam county Georgia. Given the client’s African American roots and his generational ties to Georgia, a core tenet of the […]
The Beauty and Brilliance of Neglect: Duisburg Nord . Landschaft Park
The Beauty and Brilliance of Neglect: Duisburg Nord . Landschaft Park Duisburg Landschaft Park is one of those places that you quickly realize is that rare instance when the experience in person is more impressive than the grandest images you conjure up in your mind after seeing it on-line or in print. The site, a re-purposed […]
A New Generation of Memorials Can Help Reset Our Understanding of Racism
A New Generation of Memorials Can Help Reset Our Understanding of Racism Contemporary memorials can be powerful tools for resetting historical narratives around racism in our country. Embracing our true past — the horrors and the triumphs — will give us the space to accurately frame the American story, so that we might accept a […]
Project Birdland
Project Birdland Project Birdland was a product of the SOCIAL IMPACT STUDIO, a self initiated think-tank started at Mahan Rykiel Associates under Richard Jones’s leadership. The project sprung from a commitment to finding ways in which a design studio might create impact beyond the scope of the typical ‘for profit’ project. Click here for a […]
The Other ‘iO’ in iO Studio
The Other ‘iO’ in iO Studio In 2018, I had an opportunity to speak at Penn State University on the topic of race and open space. The subject is one that is never far from mind as a designer- the challenge of creating equal access to quality built and natural environments. The presentation was centered […]
Less is More
Less is More – Smart Strategies in Maintaining Urban Green Areas It may take a little while to recalibrate one’s idea of what ‘beauty’ is in the context of urban green spaces (it certainly did for me) to appreciate the strategy some German cities have deployed in restoring natural habitat. I spent much of my […]