C H E S A P E A K E , V I R G I N I A
Site Planning • Landscape Design • Master Planning
L A N D S C A P E
A R C H I T E C T S
Our Philosophy & Values
We believe the basis for a successful design lies hidden within the context of a site and our goal is to discover, foster and develop it through research and analy-sis, conceptual generation and the blending of aesthetic and pragmatic aspects of Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering into a comprehensive solution. In working with our Clients, we strive for comprehensive, creative and thorough problem solving services based on these values:
• SERVICE: We are committed to building strong and long-lasting relationships based on transparent communication, trust, honesty and integrity. We listen to and respond to the needs of our Clients, treating them as partners.
• STEWARDSHIP: Sustainable design is developing long-lasting quality solu-tions while striving to preserve natural resources for future generasolu-tions and we are committed to being managers of our world ecology for our Clients.
• SYNERGY: Whether we are part of a collaborative team effort or working singly with a Client, we are committed to a dynamic and interactive approach to planning and design.
• PERSPECTIVE: We are committed to helping our Clients see and understand their project in different ways in order to create the best possible solutions. Our personal directive on any project is how can we push the creative design enve-lope while satisfying the program and budget requirements.
• OPTIMISM: We are committed to generating excitement and positive energy about each project and letting this passion guide us through the design process and beyond.
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Profile
RSLA plans and designs
intel-ligent site solutions to enhance
the outdoor places and spaces
where we live, learn, work and
play.
Our mission is to enhance the
quality of life in our
communi-ties by improving the way in
which people interact with and
within the landscape and by
reducing the negative impact
that human use has upon the
landscape.
RSLA provides a full range of
Landscape Architecture and
Site Planning services for these
types of projects:
• Civic: Libraries, churches,
museums, plazas.
• Community: Subdivisions,
apartments, condominiums
• Education: K-12 schools,
Colleges & Universities.
• Sports: Athletic fields,
running tracks, sport courts,
golf courses.
• Workplace: Offices, health
care centers, retail and
com-mercial centers.
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L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C T S432 S. Battlefield Blvd. • Chesapeake, VA 23322
Site Planning &
Landscape Architecture Services
• Site analysis & research
• Environmental & land use planning
• Community master planning
• Site planning & engineering
• Grading & earthwork design
• Stormwater management & Artful Rainwater Design
• Traditional landscape design
• Native & xeriscape landscape design
• Phytoremediation
• Site construction detailing
• Site work & landscape specifications
• 3-D visualization & renderings
• ADA compliance
• Municipal permitting, CBPA, SWPP & DEC permitting
• Construction administration
• ATHLETIC FIELDS - Natural & synthetic turf • CIVIC & CULTURAL - Cemeteries & columbaria - Churches & Memorials • COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES - Campus Master Planning - Plazas & public spaces - Sports & athletic facilities • CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL - Retail centers
- Banks & corporate offices • HEALTH CARE
- Nursing care & hospital facilities - Assisted Living Communities • HOUSING
- Single-family communities - Condominiums
- Apartments • K-12 SCHOOLS
- School grounds design - Parking & circulation • LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS
- Site planning & landscape design • PARKS & GOLF COURSES - Active & passive park design - Golf course design & renovation • RESIDENTIAL
- Master plans
- Detailed landscape design • TENNIS COURTS
- New and renovated courts • TRACK & FIELD
- Metric resilient surfaced tracks - Field events
- Bleachers
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Tel: (757) 410-2596 • Email: info@rsla.us • Web Site: www.rsla.us
Types of Projects
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L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C T SHoly Trinity High School, Hicksville, NY Lindell Ave. Elementary School, Long Beach, NY
Half Hollow Hills HS West Synthetic Turf Field, Melville, NY Newfield High School Synthetic Turf Field, Selden, NY
Queens College Softball Field, Flushing, NY
RSLA provides design services for both natural and
syn-thetic turf athletic fields including soccer, football, baseball,
lacrosse and field hockey for schools and colleges. Work
in-cludes the layout and dimensioning of fields, grading, sports
drainage systems, skinned areas, fencing and gates,
bleach-ers and spectator areas, warm-ups areas, dug-outs, storage
areas and goal posts. RSLA provides complete design plans,
construction specifications, construction administration,
and local, county and state municipal agency approval
applications. We also coordinate public presentations and
meetings with civic groups and sports clubs.
A T H L E T I C F I E L D P R O J E C T S
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6th District Court, Patchogue, NY
Southold Presbyterian Church Columbarium, Southold, NY
US Army Liberty Chapel, Fort Lee, VA
RSLA specializes in the design and development of public
plazas and memorials as well as church sites, cemeteries
and columbaria. Work includes general site planning and
layout, parking and drop-offs, walkways, grading, storm
drainage, artful rainwater design, permeable paving,
na-tive and traditional planting design, bio-swales, solar and
LED site lighting, US government site security design,
fountains, social/seating areas and interpretive signage.
RSLA works closely with public and civic groups in
de-veloping contextual and harmonious design solutions that
become community focal points.
Long Island September 11 Memorial, Farmingdale, NY Boulton Performing Arts Center Plaza, Bay Shore, NY
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L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C T SMarillac Hall Plaza, St. John’s University, Queens, NY Jefferson Hall Plaza, Queens College, Flushing, NY
Suffolk County Community College Baseball Field, Brentwood, NY Tennis Court Renovation, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
Queens College Ceremonial Gateway, Flushing, NY
As Prime Consultants and through RFP competitions,
RSLA has been chosen to work on various campus
proj-ects for local colleges and universities including CUNY,
Queens College and Suffolk County Community College.
Scope of work includes the design of public pedestrian
pla-zas, sports facilities and landscape design. Elements
in-clude site layout, grading, storm drainage, handicapped
access ramps, steps and retaining walls, site construction
detailing, landscape and planting design, running track,
tennis courts and athletic fields, courtyards, site lighting,
preparation of site work specifications and project oversight
during construction.
C O L L E G E & U N I V E R S I T Y P R O J E C T S
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Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Smithtown, NY
Newsday Headquarters, Melville, NY Edenton Commons Retail Center, Edenton, NC
RSLA provides site and landscape design services for
cor-porate and retail centers that help define a high level of
aesthetic quality for each facility. Work includes site
Mas-ter Planning, site layout and design, parking and
circula-tion, traffic calming, grading, conventional and
sustain-able storm drainage systems, wayfinding, traditional and
native landscape and planting design, plazas, courtyards,
restaurant terraces, entrance features, pools and fountains,
streetscapes, bollards and gateways and crosswalks. Projects
have included shopping and retail centers, malls,
corpo-rate office buildings and headquarters, warehouses, banks,
amusement and recreation parks.
Empire National Bank, Islandia, NY 45 North Station Plaza, Great Neck Plaza, NY
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Washington Hospital Campus, Washington, DC Suffolk County Skilled Nursing Facility, Yaphank, NY
RSLA provides site and landscape design as consultants to
Architects and as direct services to medical and health care
Clients. Projects include nursing homes and congregate
care facilities, hospitals, assisted living centers, veterinary
and vision-impaired care facilities and outpatient
medi-cal facilities. Work includes building siting, parking and
roadway layout, drop-off and handicapped accessible areas,
ramps, steps and retaining walls, landscape and planting
design, plazas and terraces, physical and horticultural
ther-apy areas, staff areas, grading, storm drainage design, site
security upgrades and design, construction specifications
and project oversight.
United Odd Fellows & Rebekah Home, Bronx, NY
H E A L T H C A R E P R O J E C T S
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The Villages @ Huntington, Melville, NY
Sea Wynd Plantation, Shalotte, NC Fenwyck @ Blenheim (CBN), Chesapeake, VA
AvalonBay Communities, Coram, NY
Magnolia Court, Howard Beach, NY
RSLA provides large-scale landscape design services for
many prominent land development firms throughout the
NY metropolitan area and the mid-Atlantic region.
Proj-ects include single-family communities, condominiums
and apartments. Work includes the preparation of project
Master Plans, building siting, road and pedestrian layout,
recreation and playground facility design, swimming pools,
terraces and patios, sports courts, putting greens, native and
traditional landscape design, entrance features, wetlands
enhancement, and park and open space design. Services
also include the submission of plans for municipal review
and public presentations.
C O M M U N I T Y & H O U S I N G P R O J E C T S
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Salem Elementary School, Port Washington, NY Fox Lane High School Campus, Bedford, NY
Notre Dame Academy, Staten Island, NY Mamaroneck Avenue Elementary School, Mamaroneck, NY
William Floyd Middle School Campus, Center Moriches, NY
RSLA works with Architects and School Districts on K-12
school sites including the master planning of entire new
campuses, site planning for new buildings and additions
and site development for athletic and outdoor activities.
Scope of work includes the design of parking and
pedes-trian circulation, grading, storm drainage, handicapped
access ramps, steps and retaining walls, site construction
detailing, landscape and planting design, playgrounds,
sports facilities, courtyards, site lighting, preparation of site
work specifications, project oversight during construction,
CBPA applications, SWPPP and ADA compliance.
K - 1 2 S C H O O L P R O J E C T S
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Southold Public Library, Southold, NY
Fairfield Historical Society Museum & Town Green, Fairfield, CT
US Navy Air Museum, Pensacola, FL
Lindenhurst Library Sustainable Parking Lot, Lindenhurst, NY
Farmingdale Library, Farmingdale, NY
Local context plays a large role in the site development of
libraries and museums and RSLA looks for cues in the
sur-rounding region and within the museum subjects or library
users. Our goal is the successful marriage of the building
and site to provide both a functionally and aesthetically
pleasing solution. As with all of our projects, we strive to
develop sustainable concepts from the outset including
low-impact development (LID), permeable pavements, best
management practices (BMP) for stormwater mitigation,
use of native and xeriscape plants, user-friendly public
courtyards and learning gardens, green roof design and
solar lighting.
L I B R A R Y & M U S E U M P R O J E C T S
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North Shore Country Club, Glen Head, NY Strathmore Eco-Park, Great Neck, NY
The Villages @ Huntington, Melville, NY
Heartland Golf Course, Edgewood, NY Lido Golf Club, Lido Beach, NY
RSLA provides planing and design services for new active
and passive public parks, new golf courses and the
reno-vation of existing golf facilities for both private
develop-ers and local municipalities. Projects have included golf
course master plans, individual hole design and redesign,
environmentally-friendly neighborhood parks,
commu-nity mini-parks, walking trails and bikeways. Work has
included site plans, grading, storm drainage design,
land-scape and planting design, boardwalks, overlooks, bridges,
tee, green, fairway and bunker design, practice ranges and
putting greens, playgrounds, par course/fitness areas, earth
sculpturing and construction oversight.
P A R K S & G O L F C O U R S E P R O J E C T S
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L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C T SCroquet Lawn/Helipad, Old Field, NY
Entrance Garden, Ocean Beach, NY Poolscape, Head-of-the-Harbor, NY Slate Terrace, Glen Cove, NY
RSLA emphasizes a sustainable and “green” approach to
residential landscape design. It begins with an appropriate
design that includes functional, cost efficient, visually
pleas-ing, environmentally friendly and maintainable areas, all
while meeting the program needs of a family. The design
must be implemented in a cost and energy efficient manner
and be built to stand the test of time. Lastly, the landscape
must be monitored and maintained to ensure a
continu-ously healthy ecosystem. RSLA works closely with families
to develop a “compound” that suits all of their needs and
provides four seasons of use and beauty.
R E S I D E N T I A L P R O J E C T S
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William Floyd High School, Center Moriches, NY
Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT Riverhead High School, Riverhead, NY Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
Northport High School, Northport, NY
RSLA has over 20 years experience in designing tennis and
sports courts for both public schools and parks and private
homeowners. We have designed asphalt and Har-tru court
surfaces and also providing lighting design for night play.
Our services include the preparation of site plans including
site layout, grading, storm drainage design, retaining walls,
steps and stairs, fencing and gates, landscape and
plant-ing design, seatplant-ing areas, walkways and details for biddplant-ing
and construction. We also prepare site work specifications
and municipal approval applications and provide project
oversight and inspections during construction.
T E N N I S C O U R T P R O J E C T S
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Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck, NY Hewlett High School, Hewlett, NY
Bellport High School, Bellport, NY
Queens College, Flushing, NY Riverhead High School, Riverhead, NY
With over 20 years experience, RSLA designs running
tracks and field events for schools, colleges and universities.
Scope of work includes the design and conversion of
met-ric tracks, 6-and-8 lane tracks, resilient surfacing, trench
drains, long/triple, high jump and pole vault runways and
landing areas, steeplechase water pits, storm drainage
de-sign, irrigation system dede-sign, bleachers, fencing and gates
and event line striping. Our services include the
prepara-tion of site plans and details for bidding and construcprepara-tion,
site work specifications, SED approval applications and
project oversight and inspections during construction.
T R A C K & F I E L D P R O J E C T S
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