Aiding historic public places into a vibrant future is our primary aim. In landscapes, heritage and habitat are entwined as biocultural assets that host life. Communities and their public places are a collective inheritance, given by past generations, for our experience and toward the enrichment of the unborn. As a national and international leader in revitalizing heritage assets and sustaining communities, we focus on biocultural landscape preservation, adaptation and innovation. Our daily goal is to partner with respected clients, colleagues and communities promoting recognition and stewardship of public community places. We seek to uncover untold stories, responding to diversity and minority voice oppression. Respecting authentic experiences of place and qualities of daily life that landscapes offer, we employ a range of preservation and green design tools to reinforce cultural, social, environmental and economic well-being and justice in designed, evolved and associative landscapes. Through holistic planning, we decode the shaping of place over time and design intent to reveal the multiple values of landscape within the realistic limitations of today’s challenges and opportunities. Making well-considered interventions, we collaborate to adapt, repair, reuse, update and revitalize significant places. Deeply appreciating these combined works of humanity and nature, we seek to support all species and imbue urban and rural communities and places with vitality and resilience, integrating sustainable design and enhancing meaning and access for all. Preserve- Rehabilitate- Restore- Reconstruct- Adapt Heritage Landscapes’ work aligns to the US Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes, as well as responding to international guidance. We address biocultural landscapes, applying measures to sustain their integrity and character-defining features. Most often we rehabilitate and adapt in order to adapt a historic property compatibly for current and future uses while respecting site authenticity and intact contributing features. Infrequently our works target restoration or reconstruction of a landscape or a specific feature, based on detailed documentation. The appropriate approach selected is guided by the steward and community, in full consideration of all future functions, inclusive use, universal access, adaptation, resilience, sustainability, finances, ongoing management and proven practices. |