LANDSCAPEARCHITECTURE

OUR PRACTICE While many landscape architecture practices work as independently consultants, we engage integrally with architecture, planning and interiors, as a design practice, to create transformational outdoor spaces. We work in inclusively and collaboratively involving all project stakeholders to ensure deep ownership of each project. We apply cutting-edge technologies with state-of-the-art processes that lead to environments that are engaging, sustainable and provocative.

• We respect the environment• We are about excellence• We desire to advance our clients enterprise• We design environments that are forward-thinking• We work comfortably at a variety of scales• We think “Big Picture”• We work collaboratively• We practice globally• We aim toward innovation and the future

OUR COMMITMENT

OUR INTENTIONS We believe high-quality landscapes that we design will:• Noticeably increase return on investment• Bring people together creating community• Enliven street life• Create and strengthen community connections• Promote sustainability• Create environments that are humane and comfortable• Establish an attractive and functional setting for architecture

DESIGNING THE RESILIENT WATERFRONT

Large tracts of land east of the central city are plannedfor development over the next decades along the oceanshore. In addition to imagining what urban infrastructure,building development and open space framework mightbest characterize these new city districts, preparation fornatural disasters associated with an oceanfront location wasalso a key effort of this commission. Designing the resilientwaterfront city establishes planning, engineering and designparameters that will ensure the safety and vitality of thisdevelopment for the future.

Project Name: Shantou City VisionLocation: Shantou, Guangdong, ChinaSize: 26 square kilometersComponents: Coastal garden city plan, canals, riverfront parks, streetscapes, parks, civic spaces, neighborhood gardens

SETTING THE TONE FOR WORLD-CLASS HEALTHCARE

Project Name: Cleveland Clinic Arrival Plaza & GardenLocation: Cleveland, Ohio, USASize: 2,700 square-metersComponents: Glass curtain wall, water features, plantings,accent lighting

The realization of the new Heart Center building andsite establish a new icon which reinforces the ClevelandClinic’s reputation as the world’s best heart hospital.Working in association with Peter Walker and Partners, theArrival Plaza allows visitors to graciously arrive at the newfront door. This plaza, along with the elegant design of theVail Garden, set the tone for the world-class healthcarewhich is experienced by the thousands who visit daily.

KARAMAY LAKEcampus meets the city in a park THE CAMPUS MEETS THE CITY IN A PARK

Project Name: Karamay LakeLocation: Karamay, Xinjiang, ChinaSize: 283 hectaresComponents: Campus green, open space, pedestrianplazas

Karamay Lake is located on the site of a new 20,000student university campus located on the outskirts ofthis quickly expanding city in far northwestern China.The gray water lake was cleaned and re-engineered toprovide a freshwater amenity attracting people fromthe city to the campus. With the park’s location within anorthern desert, trees and other plantings were selectedthat are native or culturally native to the region. Uniqueand colorful landforms call “yardans” were preserved.The campus meets the city in this park surroundingthe lake which celebrates the nature and culture of theregion.

CONNECTIONS THAT INVIGORATE

Project Name: Goodale Precinct StudyLocation: Columbus, Ohio, USAComponents: Streetscapes, urban plazas, public art,event facilities

What began as an effort to design a new parkinggarage adjacent to the Columbus Convention Centerand the city’s revered High Street, expanded into astudy of the surrounding context to ensure big picturethinking and awareness. The outcome was a planthat painted a picture of the potential of this districthighlighting connections that invigorate some of thecity’s most interesting existing establishments.

Project Name: Grange Insurance HeadquartersLocation: Columbus, Ohio, USASize: 4 hectaresComponents: Garden plaza, green roofs, dining garden,rain garden, promenade

The Grange Insurance headquarters was established in the historic Brewery District of Columbus, Ohio in the 1970’s but had little connection to its urban surroundings over the years. The addition of a new eleven-story office tower and the development of a contemporary new landscape have reenergized the existing four hectare campus and created opportunities for the people of Grange to conveniently engage with their neighborhood. Plazas and green spaces blur the edges of the corporate and public environment and new amenities such as the rain garden, reflecting pool and promenade enrich the on-campus experience for employees and visitors.

ENGAGE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD

SUSTAINABILITY IS IN THE DETAILS

CORPORATE + CITY PARTNERSHIPS

Project Name: Uralkali CorporationLocation: Berezniki, RussiaSize: 42 hectaresComponents: Sledding hill, custom fencing, seating,amphitheater, art garden, event greens, cross countrypaths, arboretum, ponds, theme park elements

Located in the remote interior of central Russia, thisleading and worldwide producer of potash was readyfor a new corporate environment that rebranded theiridentity, transformed their workplace and connectedthem with their city. With the company’s decision to sitetheir new headquarters in the corner of the city’s centralpark the nbbj encouraged Uralkali to redesign the entire park into a world-class city park. The corporate / city partnership was a win-win answer that will invigorate both Uralkali and the city of Berezniki.

PERFORMATIVE URBAN CAMPUS

Project Name: Northeastern University Master PlanLocation: Boston, Massachusetts, USASize: 30 hectaresComponents: Streetscape, campus plazas, greens,quadrangles, art and sculpture, wayfinding/signage

What began as a commuter campus in the 1960’s hasbecome a fully functioning campus over the yearsand is growing at a healthy pace. The landscape haschanged dramatically as the site went from parking lotsto building expansions with beautiful green spaces.The vision for the campus in this century is for newbuildings and landscape to be designed much moreefficiently, interactively and sustainably. Transformingthe Northeastern campus into the performative urbancampus is the prime objective of the master plan.

Project Name: Huamu Residential CommunityLocation: Pudong, Shanghai, ChinaSize: 5.5 hectaresComponents: Plazas, courtyards, greens, green roofs,residential gardens, water features, elevated decks andoverlooks

With so many high rise residential communitiesthroughout Shanghai, the challenge was to establisha unique concept for the next development. Inestablishing the next urban residential experienceNBBJ’s concept focused on two prime approaches;designing the space programmatically for specialevents that could be brought into this gatedcommunity, bringing the energy of the city onto thesite and secondly, developing people spaces withinthe residential gardens that draw people into the treecanopy, like tree houses, that become gathering spacesor respites that are truly unique and help brand Huamu.

THE NEXT URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE

Project Name: Tencent HeadquartersLocation: Shenzhen, ChinaSize: 1.8 hectaresComponents: Arrival plazas, gardens, roof gardens,sculpture gardens, fitness track, architectural shadepavilions, winter garden

The building’s design concept creates a dynamicvertical corporate campus. This iconic tower duofeatures connectors which bridge them housing avariety of amenities for the talented staff who drive thesuccess of this communications technology giant. Thecontemporary roof gardens and courts contribute to thefunction and energy of these connectors encouragingstaff to exercise, meet or relax at break times which isintended to improve worker effectiveness and ultimatelystaff retention, in a highly competitive market. Theseamazing landscapes in the air enhance the lifestyle ofthe people of Tencent.

AMAZING LANDSCAPES IN THE AIR

Project Name: Yanlord Marina Center ResidentialCommunityLocation: Zhuhai, ChinaSize: 4.2 hectaresComponents: Plazas, courtyards, greens, green roof,pool terraces, residential gardens, water features

Between the development’s prime location next toMacau, facing Hong Kong, and the strikingly iconicarchitecture of the residential and hotel towers, thiscomplex was calling for a landscape that was equallysophisticated. The concept for the landscape wasabout creating luxury outdoor environments thatliterally have a resort expression and experience in thistropical setting. The spatial sequence of spaces, theirmateriality, amenities, art and features exhibit a strongcompatibility with the architecture at the ground level aswell as upper terraces.

CREATING LUXURY OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS

BRINGING STREET-LIFE BACK TO LIFE

Project Name: nuCLEusLocation: Cleveland, Ohio, USASize: 185,806 square-metersComponents: Office, retail, hotel, residential, parking,restaurants

Located in the heart of a reemerging Cleveland, thisnew mixed-use complex of monumental buildings onan urban super block is intended to enliven the citywhile establishing a new icon for the city’s skyline.Another key objective of this landmark project is“bringing street-life back to life.” With Cleveland’shistory of economic vitality and busy downtown streets,the nuCLEus, by design, provides an opportunity toreestablish this legacy and set the expectation for futuredevelopments in the city.

MORE THAN A WORKPLACE

Project Name: Suning.com HeadquartersLocation: Nanjing, ChinaSize: 396,000 square-metersComponents: Office, green roof, plaza, water feature,retail, hotel, residential, parking, restaurants

Situated adjacent to the Suning headquarters,Suning.com’s campus offers an opportunity to shapehow people work and how they work together. Byintegrating various functions, the campus is more thana workplace. The building location, site circulation, andarchitecture design utilize its proximity to nature andSuning headquarters to build a campus that fostersa collective sense of identity and community.

Project Name: OhioHealth Riverside Methodist HospitalLocation: Columbus, Ohio, USASize: 19.4 hectaresComponents: Rain gardens, arrival courts, vehiculardrop-offs, green roof

In conjunction with the design of this highly visiblepatient tower, a large portion of the campus is alsoundergoing a significant campus redesign. The sitedesign addresses many important pragmatic issuessuch as parking, wayfinding, stormwater management,lighting and vehicular circulation that has neededattention for some time. The proposed design of thebuilding exterior, interiors, and landscape are meant tocomprehensively address these issues and project thebrand image of the OhioHealth system.

A CATALYST FOR REVITALIZATION

GREAT VALUE OF RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE

The majority of residential developments in PudongShanghai maximize the building density to maximizethe unit count. By breaking this paradigm and creatinga residential park open space the developer wasable to raise the price per unit to exceed profits ofthe standard development model. The great value ofresidential open space in the Shanghai housing marketwas recognized.

Project Name: Huaneng Garden CityLocation: Shanghai, ChinaSize: 10 hectaresComponents: Central green, courtyards, urban plazas,streetscapes, garden plazas, arrival gardens, reflectingponds, residential gardens

Wan Xiang Xin Tian establishes a new standard ofexcellence in mixed-used development in Beijingthrough creative planning, thoughtful design andinnovation. It creates a new and exciting livingexperience capturing the imagination of the youngand middle-aged executives who desire to live andwork on Beijing’s east side in an exclusive and activeenvironment. Housing is the predominant land use andis supported with a mix of commercial/entertainment,offices and civic buildings. The careful integrationof these uses along with the thoughtful design ofvehicular, pedestrian and open space corridors createsa new, vibrant urban district.

Project Name: Changying Residential CommunityLocation: Beijing, ChinaSize: 247 hectaresComponents: Retail, entertainment district, culturalfacilities

A NEW AND EXCITING LIVING EXPERIENCE

OUR SERVICES• Landscape Architecture• Urban Design• Planning• Architecture• Lighting Design• Branding • Wayfinding and Signage• Interior Design

SELECT CLIENT LIST• Alibaba• Amazon• Beijing Tianhong Real Estate

Dev. & Mgmt• Brandywine Realty Trust• Brigade Group• Capital Group• The Cleveland Clinic

Foundation• Eton Properties (XIamen), Ltd.• Forest City Ratner Companies• Gazprom• Grange Insurance• Housing Bank for Trade &

Finance • Huaneng Real Estate

Development Group• International Urban Design

Competition of the Shantou• Karamay Planning Bureau• Suning Keppel Land

• Liyang Forefront Industry Development

• Microsoft Corporation• Nanjing Suning Real Estate

Co., Ltd (China)• Nanjing Yanlord Property Co.• The Ohio State University• Samsung Corporation• Shantou• Shanghai Huaneng Real

Estate Development Co. Ltd.• Stark Enterprises• Suning Electronics Co., Ltd.• Sunpower Development &

Construction, LTD• Tencent, Inc.• Urakali Corporation• Vanke• Yanlord Land Development

Co. Ltd.

SELECT AWARD LISTASIA• MIPIM Asia, Best Chinese Futura project, Silver Medal, Suning.com

Headquarters, Nanjing, China• Global Entrepreneur Magazine, Best R&D Facility, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D

Group, Beijing, China• OCASLA, Honor Award - Planning and Analysis

Karamay City Master Plan, Karamay, People’s Republic of China• OCASLA, Merit Award - General Design, Not Constructed

Koo Foundation Sun-Yat Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan• OCASLA, Merit Award - General Design, Constructed

Karamay University Town Master Plan, Karamay, People’s Republic of China• OCASLA, Honor Award

Tzu Chi Taichung Medical Campus Master Plan, Taitung County, Taiwan

EUROPE• OCASLA, Honor Award - Landscape Architectural Design, Conceptual

Legend of Tsvetnoy, Moscow, Russian Federation• OCASLA, Merit Award - Research and Communications

Kazanka Riverfront Master Plan, Kazan, Russian Federation• Architects for Health Design Awards, Best Future project, Royal Liverpool

University Hospital, Liverpool, UK

USA• Urban Land Institute, Global Award for Excellence, Amazon.com Global

Headquarters, Seattle, WA• OCASLA, Merit Award - General Design, Not Constructed

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System New Orleans, Louisiana OCASLA, Merit Award - General Design, Not Constructed

• Healthcare Design Magazine, Firm of the year, NBBJ• OCASLA, Award of Excellence

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Vail Garden, Cleveland, Ohio • Architizer, A+ Awards, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA• OCASLA, Honor Award - General Design, Constructed

Grange Insurance Corporate Headquarters, Columbus, Ohio• OCASLA, Honor Award - Environmental and Sustainable Design

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CONTACT INFORMATIONJONATHAN WALLPrincipalHong Kongp: + 852 6893 1981e: jwall@nbbj.com

ED MICKELSON, PLA, FASLAPrincipalColumbusp: 614.232.3040 e: emickelson@nbbj.com

ERIC PHILLIPS, AIAPrincipalShanghaip: + 86 21 6138 4700e: ephillips@nbbj.com

KIM WAY, PLA, ASLAPrincipalColumbusp: 614.232.3177 e: kway@nbbj.com