SCAPE is a 6 person, design-driven landscape architecture and urban design studio based in New York City. We are committed to the innovative, creative design and construction of the joint urban-natural environment.  Our goal is to create and organize dialogue about the built environment, to refine the definition of the public sector to include natural processes and wildlife habitat, and to cultivate an ethos of civic participation. Within this expanded mandate, our ‘design output’ takes many forms: research, teaching, writing, built landscapes, websites, maps, documentations, and temporary installations.
 The studio works across and in-between disciplines of science and design to merge design expertise with plant ecology, forest ecology, and hydrology, towards a synthetic, sustainable approach to the design and management of the urban landscape.  Our approach is to understand and enhance connections between ecological systems and public infrastructures to create dynamic environments in concert with long-term, phased strategies for their implementation.  We have a particular expertise in bridging concept and construction, and have developed a reputation for large scale conceptual landscape strategy alongside the design and material detailing of landscape elements.  We work in close collaboration with clients, ecologists, engineers, architects and communities to create textured, overlapping spaces that expand the experience of both interior and exterior environments and build awareness and education into the process.