Ground Workshop

Very exciting to see this project come to life.

We’re excited to share two Hacker designed projects — City of Salem Public Works Operations Building and Black Butte Ranch Lodge — were honored as 2024 Daily Journal of Commerce Oregon Top Projects at last night’s awards ceremony! Congratulations to both project teams 🥂 https://lnkd.in/gdR5asPr City of Salem Operations Building Team // Architecture/Interiors: Hacker Builder: Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company Mass Timber Manufacturer: Freres Wood and DR Johnson Lumber Landscape: Ground Workshop Owner’s Rep: COMPASS PROJECT SOLUTIONS, INC. Structural: KPFF Consulting Engineers Civil: Westtech Engineering Client: City of Salem Black Butte Ranch Lodge Team // Architecture/Interiors: Hacker Contractor: Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company Landscape: Walker Macy Civil: Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc. petersonrigh ellis Structural: Madden & Baughman Engineering, Inc Mechanical Electrical Plumbing: PAE Lighting: LUMA Lighting Design Client: Black Butte Ranch 📸: Josh Partee (Salem), Jeremy Bittermann (BBR) #hackerarchitects #hackerinteriors #awards #djcoregon #djcoregontopprojects #cityofsalem #blackbutteranch

We are so proud to be part of this mission-driven work with the Holst team!

Please join us in welcoming our newest team member, Taryn Wiens! Taryn joined our studio in February with a diverse background in sculpture, art gallery management, and design, and has already contributed to a handful of significant projects. She looks to bring forward the historical, cultural, and ecological aspects unique to each site as a way of designing landscapes deeply rooted in place. Taryn holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Art from Colorado College. Her 3 years of professional experience includes tenures at Walker Macy and Nelson Byrd Woltz, as well as teaching a design studio in the University of Virgina graduate landscape architecture program. In her free time, you can find Taryn experimenting in her garden or reflecting on the role of landscape design in the world: her writing and research has been published in the Site Magazine, the Journal of Architectural Education, and Landscape Research Journal. She is also very dedicated to her two children Hazel and Merle, who happen to be dogs.

Last evening we and The Coos Bay-North Bend Rotary Club held our first Community Open House for the visioning of Airport Heights Park, a 13-acre park serving the community of Coos Bay-North Bend. The GW team shared site analysis, timelines, and led 4 activities for community input: 1. Park Memories: share your favorite park memories 2. Park Hopes: finish the sentence “airport Heights Park will be best if…” 3. Park Activities: vote for what you would like to see or do at the Park. 4. Imagine your Park: draw a park you want to go to. If you’d like to know more or wish to donate to help fund this park, please see the Coos Bay-North Bend Rotary Club park page: https://lnkd.in/g4YvfrPz

We’re excited to announce that our NW Heckman Lane Park & Trail project received unanimous approval by the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District’s Board of Directors last night! Funded through the 2019 Metro Parks and Nature bond measure, this 2-acre nature-based park will provide the North Bethany area of Washington County with walking trails, play areas, pollinator habitat, free-to-pick harvest gardens, and more. We’ll be posting additional updates soon, including outcomes from THPRD’s park naming process.

We love this project and can’t wait to see the final product in May! #affordablehousing

We are thrilled to announce the promotions of two members of the Ground Workshop team! Please join us in congratulating Andrew Schneider and Ryan Nicholson on their well-deserved promotion to Associate. We’re so thankful to have you. Andrew Schneider, Associate A graduate of Ball State University (BLA ’11), Andrew is a licensed Landscape Architect and leads many of our affordable housing and park projects. Key projects at GW include: Albina One, Jackstraw, Heckman Lane Park, and World Forestry Center. Ryan Nicholson, Associate A graduate of University of Oregon (BLA with Minor of Business Administration ’18), Ryan leads many of our mixed-use, education, library and affordable housing projects. Key projects at GW include: Ninebark, Eagle View Park, French International School, Albina Library, North Portland Library, and Glisan Landing.

Happening today as part of the 2024 International Mass Timber Conference is a #tour of the City of Salem Public Works Building: https://lnkd.in/gme7rYiV Designed to meet LEED Silver Equivalency, a #masstimber structure with glulam beams and columns and mass plywood decking is expressed throughout the building and set against a simple palette of steely tones, the pattern of untreated hot rolled steel, exposed aggregate concrete, and seating that harkens to a leather work glove. Priority was placed on material durability, climate, and human health in selecting interior and exterior finishes. Hacker’s Jennifer Dzienis and Daniel Childs will be leading today’s tour. Learn more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/gm8K8e3K Architecture/Interiors: Hacker Builder: Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company Mass Timber Manufacturer: Freres Wood and DR Johnson Lumber Landscape: Ground Workshop Owner’s Rep: COMPASS PROJECT SOLUTIONS, INC. Structural: KPFF Consulting Engineers Civil: Westtech Engineering Client: City of Salem Photos: Josh Partee #hackerarchitects #masstimberconstruction #cityofsalem

Happy spring equinox and 5th anniversary to Ground Workshop! To celebrate this milestone, we send thanks to our clients and collaborators for supporting our mission of crafting landscapes that foster meaningful connection to land, community, and place. In looking back at our first 5 years, we’re proud to have supported projects that have contributed: • Over 1,030 units of affordable housing (and counting!)… • 5+ acres of therapeutic gardens that treat, heal, and restore… • 58 collective acres of nature-based public open space… • Creative site visioning for institutions throughout the PNW and beyond… • Inspired private gardens. We’re already setting sights on meaningful ways to further our impact for the next 5 years. With gratitude #thankyou Image 1: Ninebark, Holst Image 2: The Aurora, Holst Image 3: Fora Health, Holst Image 4: Brookland Apartments, Hacker Image 5: Archery Summit Winery, Heliotrope Architects Image 6: West Slope