Building upon a winning competition entry, SWA is developing a master plan to transform a former Naval Air Station into a premier mixed-use district in southern Dallas. Tasked with crafting an implementable plan that achieves environmental sustainability, economic recovery, and social equity objectives, SWA is working to address the unique challenges of a former military site while leveraging landscape assets to create site-based master plan concepts. Some of SWA’s signature contributions include the 10-acre “Peninsula Park,” a green infrastructure network connecting 185 acres of open space, and an interpretive loop trail traversing preserved historical structures along a five-mile, multi-use path.
SWA is co-managing the project with McCann Adams Studio of Austin as prime, collaborating to test alternative scenarios, incorporate the expertise of stakeholders and technical advisors, and deliver the final master plan to the City Council in the summer of 2022.
Magee Ranch
The project site is a beautiful 540-acre hillside ranch in suburban Contra Costa County, California. It was slated for development by the City of Danville as a clustered planned community. The development concept was to preserve the essential beauty of the ranch and to allow some 300 homes to be built with the least possible impact. The City’s Planning C...
SunCity Takatsuki
Located in a bedroom community midway between Osaka and Kyoto, this facility has both Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing levels of care. The landscape design, complementing the modernist architecture, is organic and fluid with meandering paths traversing various gardens on the south side of the building connecting feature terraces located at each end of the b...
Mountain House
SWA provided comprehensive master planning services for a new 4,700-acre community located near the foothills of California’s San Joaquin Valley. Envisioned as a sustainable, “smart growth” town located on less productive agricultural land, the community is designed to provide an internal balance of jobs and housing to mitigate traffic impacts. Working for the...
Sonoma Center for Climate Action & Innovation
Home to rolling woodland hills, miles of coastline, and the birthplace of California’s modern wine industry, climate change’s impact on Sonoma County spans sea-level rise, wildfires, and droughts, to name a few. To guide the County, region, and beyond towards a more resilient future, the Center for Climate Action & Innovation (CCAI) is envisioned as a cent...