This master plan and landscape design were crafted for EQUS, a non-profit organization focused on encouraging personal growth and education for at-risk youth through involvement with horses and the sport of polo. The whole design project encompasses a 50-acre park, equestrian center, community learning facility, and polo grounds, with a five building campus. Construction began in 2010, and the complex continues to grow.
On a dramatically sloped site, we are creating equestrian buildings and functional landscapes that encourage positive relationships between humans, plants, and animals. We designed donor gardens and a new equestrian center event space, flexible classrooms and horse stalls. The arrangement of buildings in the landscape showcases the stages of growth of the local pine forests and creates unexpected interactions with horses.