The following is a blog about a series of projects and the steps taken to refine a design and fulfill the needs of all the stakeholders. At Stonefield, we work on a wide variety of project types. The following series of narratives are aimed at showcasing the work that best represents our range of skills and approaches.
Each project comes with a unique set of problems that we were tasked with solving. This 31-acre plot required us to retrofit an industrial site. We added two 5-story residential buildings to the site and merged the industrial and residential sites with a new public park. An existing berm on site was designed to remain and will act as a visual and natural buffer into the site from the adjacent neighborhood.
Mixed-Use site with park, residential and industrail applications currently under construction.
Based on West Orange’s new redevelopment plan, Stonefield was tasked with siting three (5) story buildings on an existing greyfeild site. The design features a intimate pool and patio design, substantial native plantings around the existing waterways, and a community dog park. The site directly connects with the adjacent shopping center to the West and a new community library we designed to the North.
Site master plan.
A friend of the firm was looking to fundraise for the neighborhood park. The park, located one block off the beach in Beach Haven, Long Beach Island, New Jersey was designed to incorporate a series of existing features along with a variety of new programming like a theater, and native dune plantings.
Our team was tasked with maximizing green space and adding in additional canopy trees to the existing housing community. We helped in siting additional buildings in order to save existing canopy trees.
The pedestiran pathwath connects through the site from a school on the southern end of the site and a park on the north western edge. The pathway is well lit, lined with seating and trash recepticles. The design calls for a connected plant pallet of native trees and perennials found across the city helping with wayfinding and low maintence requirments.
Master plan rendering of the whole site. We stiched together over 85,000 sqft of green space while adding in 5 additonal buildings. A low maintenance native plant pallet was chosen to accompany the series of pocket parks.
In coordination with RAMSA Architects, Stonefield redesigned the park and streetscape elements of the new urban core in centeral Bernardsville, NJ. Our team create a series of designs that we refined into a final design as seen below. The design emphasizes the day-lighting of an existing creek that will be reinvigorated with new plantings and public access points. The park will serve as a gathering place for the surrounding community and proved a much need green space to a growing town.
Park and Urban Core Master Plan
