2020
Academic, CommunityUniversity of Virginia Remembrance Garden
The University Remembrance Garden, completed in 2017, is a nurturing place for the community to come together to draw strength and find solace, heal, and memorialize those students who have been lost during their time at the University. RHI facilitated a collaborative process that included student and faculty representatives to refine earlier visions of the memorial garden and develop site … Read more »
Streets & Public PlacesStreetscape Standards
RHI, in collaboration with the Montgomery County Planning Department, won a 2020 ASLA MD Honor Award for our work on the Silver Spring Streetscape Standards. The design team established an approach to evolve the CBD’s streetscapes into “calm” and “expressive” streetscapes to provide a neutral backdrop for buildings and activities to stand out. Adopted in January 2020, all new development … Read more »
Academic, Mobility, Streets & Public PlacesUniversity of Virginia West Lawn Accessibility Design
In 2016, RHI was commissioned to create barrier-free connections between the upper two terraces of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the historic West Lawn. Exhaustive stakeholder consultation and numerous design alternatives ultimately resulted in the installation of two permanent brick ramps on The Lawn’s west side, making much-needed connections between the three central terraces. Through detailed studies, objective perspectives, and … Read more »
CommunityCommunity Conversations
The City of Manassas retained RHI to spearhead a community engagement effort, coined Community Conversations, to help the City better understand the priorities of the community and inform short- and long-term planning efforts. RHI’s work on the project received an Old Dominion Innovative Approaches Award from the Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association. Throughout 2019, the Community Conversations gave … Read more »