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elinor markle, landscape architect
The Commons at Pearce Ford Tower ,  Western Kentucky University,   Bowling Green,  Kentucky
 
From grassy field to urban plaza, this space now  unifies the area between three dorms and a food service building. The concentric paving design uses Pearce Ford Tower, a 27 storey dorm as the nucleus of a master  plan that includes seat walls, bike racks, tables for the food service and built-in  game tables, and preserves 95% of the existing trees.
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A good hardscape design provided lots of urban style space for student activites between three big dormitories where once were only muddy paths.  Now students have seat walls, a board game area, bike racks and tables and chairs, as well as ample room to gather and relax.

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