Ignacio Bunster-Ossa, the Collaborative’s Vice President, Landscape Urbanism and Resiliency, describes the fascinating parallel narratives of space exploration and protecting life on Earth which have surprisingly similar roots: survival.
In this essay, Ed Shoucair, the President of the Collaborative, discusses what it means to be a conservative in today’s world. He says “The values of many conservatives no longer make sense to me. As a child, I learned America’s strength comes from working hard, carefully managing one’s assets, thinking for yourself and tirelessly seeking to form a more perfect union.”
A superfund to which all countries contribute could ease national debt, find solutions to disease and climate change. Today’s global pandemic makes it clear that lethal viruses are here to stay. Equally evident is the need for new ideas to better address pandemics and the intensifying public health emergency of global warming.
In this article, Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa, who heads the Landscape Urbanism and Resilience practice at the Collaborative, discusses the importance of incorporating art and technology in the plans for transforming the Benjamin Franklin Parkway into a “21st century” public space.
The Neponset River Greenway was named one of America’s “Great Places” by the American Planning Association. The Collaborative led an energetic master planning and design process that created the Greenway and today includes a series of waterfront parks, an 8+ mile multi-use trail, restored wildlife areas and wetlands, interpretive exhibits, a major soccer complex, play areas, and courts.
The Collaborative is pleased to announce the award of a Massachusetts Department of Parks and Recreation contract for design and construction services to redesign Amory Park along the Southwest Corridor in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood.