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10Response to RFQ # 22-06-01 - Landscape DE
<br />Firm Qualifications and Experience for Evaluation
<br />We are pleased to submit to you this response package for the ‘Request For Qualifications for Continuing
<br />Services for Landscape Architectural Services CCNA’ (# 22-06-01). We are very excited at the prospect
<br />of working with your community to help make great public space designs. Our firm, Landscape DE, is a
<br />South Florida based landscape architecture office specializing in park and public space designs.
<br />A. Proposers must provide a description of the firm, including the size, range of activities, strength,
<br />stability, experience, awards, recognitions, etc.
<br />Landscape DE has been operating for over a decade in South Florida. We currently have three full-time
<br />designers on in our firm and plan to hire an additional designer soon. Currently, our staff can take on
<br />additional work and we will have no problem handling the work from your city.
<br />Landscape DE has worked with various communities in South Florida on park and public space projects
<br />including Miami-Dade County, FDOT, City of Miami Beach, City of Miami, Village of Pinecrest, City
<br />of North Miami, City of Hialeah, and City of Port St Lucie. We have experience in a variety of project
<br />types including playgrounds, parking areas, picnic areas, a petting zoo, a learning garden, gateways,
<br />pathways, monuments, streetscapes, pocket parks, a nature center, and a water play area. Landscape DE
<br />also has played roles in several major South Florida public space initiatives including the Ludlam Trail,
<br />the Underline, and Brickell Bay Park. Landscape DE’s principals, Douglas Thompson and Ebru Ozer,
<br />have been working as landscape designers in Florida for over a decade and have managed the design and
<br />construction of several major public space projects.
<br />Landscape DE has recently won a Florida Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects Award for
<br />the firm’s design of Camp Matecumbe Park in western Miami Dade County. The park’s design features
<br />a new nature-based playground, new walkways, earthworks, a new parking lot, large new trees, and
<br />extensive native planting. The design immerses children in a natural space and promotes an appreciation
<br />for natural things. The planting design utilizes species found in pine rocklands and has several bird and
<br />pollinator attracting plants that invite other species into the play space.
<br />B. How does the firm’s experience in similar project scope and complexity directly benefit the City
<br />for this project?
<br />Landscape DE has extensive experience with complex, multi-disciplinary projects. Landscape DE most
<br />recently completed project, the new Upper Garden project at Pinecrest Garden, was a wide ranging
<br />multidisciplinary effort led by Landscape DE as prime consultant. Our team included architects,
<br />engineers, and other various design consultants. The Upper Garden features a large new playground with
<br />nature-themed play sculptures, a new petting zoo with a ground-breaking design for inclusive interaction,
<br />a new learning garden, new restroom facilities, and a new iconic multi-use classroom and event building
<br />called the Inspiration Center.
<br />At Landscape DE we thrive on new challenges and finding unique solutions. We provide quality projects
<br />that local agencies can hold up as standards. Our work for Miami-Dade County for nature playgrounds
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