When landscape architecture serves the client perfectly

Sometimes you work with a landscape design client and an idea pops into your head. You think “wow, this is great! I just cleverly summed up the client in a bold visual statement and they’ll love it!” When this happens at 2 am you often look at it the next day after a few hours of sleep and decide it wasn’t as brilliant an idea as you had hoped. In this case, though… ok, here’s the finished photo, a plaza outside the science building at UC Irvine:

plaza landscape design

Can you guess what the patterning and layout represents?

mitosis

Cellular mitosis! How brilliant is that? To whichever landscape architecture or design firm came up with this one, I am impressed.

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Dave Marciniak

Dave Marciniak is a landscape designer and speaker. He lives in Culpeper, Virginia and can be found via his website and on Twitter.

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