Site grading is crucial to the preservation of trees and natural features and is an integral part of what we do. We are licensed as landscape architects and landscape engineers but unlike some other professionals we practice the more difficult side of our profession. We routinely tackle challenging grading and site engineering issues that range from micro-grading of wetland habitat zones to mass grading of steeply sloping sites with grand trees.

IDS High School Master Plan

3 Jul ’12

Ekistics Design Studio developed a master plan for the proposed Pasco County campus that incorporates green technologies and low impact development approaches to guide site development of the project. Continue reading →

Palmetto CRA Streetscape Pilot Project – 5th Street

19 Jun ’12

Ekistics Design Studio teamed with local architects Ugarte and Associates to develop a plan focused on unique local community issues and to apply a “green streets” approach to an urban Community Redevelopment Area. Continue reading →

HCC Southshore

1 Jun ’12

Innovative site design features for water management and the outdoor environment were integrated by a collaborative effort of Ekistics Design Studio working with the project A/E team. The campus parking lot was designed with bio-swales and a series of compartmentalized detention ponds to effectuate a treatment train effect. Continue reading →

Florida Aquarium

1 Jun ’12

Ekistics Design Studio was the lead consultant responsible for site planning, engineering and landscape architecture for the Florida Aquarium exhibit queuing garden, eco-parking lot, exterior exhibit areas/graphics, and administrative offices. Continue reading →