Dirtworks Landscape Architecture

Wildflower Studios: The waterfront at Wildflower Studios—a pioneering vertical film studio in Astoria—reclaims a complex industrial shoreline as high-performing ecological civic infrastructure. The project advances a site-specific model for transforming constrained, contaminated urban edges into resilient public landscapes that integrate habitat restoration, climate adaptation, and public access within an operating campus. The park and streetscape […]

In 1965, the NYC Housing Authority built Stephen Wise Towers in the affluent Upper West Side, bringing affordable housing to the neighborhood. Over time, a lack of sustained investment resulted in a serious state of disrepair and unsafe conditions. Now, over 50 years after initial completion, our design team joined community leaders, government agencies, a […]

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is a research institute within Stony Brook University dedicated to furthering fundamental knowledge of mathematics and theoretical physics and to promoting collaboration and discovery at the interface of these two fields. The landscape concept for the Center took on the challenges of fostering exchange across disciplines, giving visual […]

The landscapes of 150 Charles represent a new paradigm of urban residential development— one that celebrates urban ecology through nuanced and responsive design, and asserts that nature may be thoroughly integrated into the built environment. The 150 Charles landscape sets itself apart in both the overall percentage of green space and in its response to […]