Louisville Olmsted Parks and Parkways
Ms. Roos was project manager for a planning team that developed a master plan for one of Olmsted’s last major works —Louisville’s 1,500-acre park system of three interconnected parks and parkways. The master plan clarified and restored the original intent of Olmsted’s 1891 designs, adapting the plans to restore, protect, and diversify park landscapes while making them accessible to a variety of contemporary uses. Ms. Roos developed landscape management recommendations to restore historical open spaces and vistas and renew the many important park ecosystems - beech woodlands, oak savannahs and wooded stream valleys.
Smithville Historic Park Streetscape
In 1865 Massachusetts businessman Hezekiah Smith purchased a bankrupt cotton mill in New Jersey and set out to transform it into a model industrial company town, which he named Smithville. Over the years, Smith built a foundry, workers’ housing, an opera house, a schoolhouse, a conservatory and a bandstand. The village became defunct, and was eventually acquired by Burlington County for adaptive use as a historic park and cultural destination.
Ms. Roos was principal landscape architect for the master plan for Historic Smithville Park, which led to a systematic restoration of Victorian houses, old factory buildings and the original streetscapes and landscapes. The project has won several notable preservation awards for ongoing restoration and implementation of the Victorian-era streetscape, completed in 2008.
Ms. Roos was principal landscape architect for the master plan for Historic Smithville Park, which led to a systematic restoration of Victorian houses, old factory buildings and the original streetscapes and landscapes. The project has won several notable preservation awards for ongoing restoration and implementation of the Victorian-era streetscape, completed in 2008.
Grey Towers Historic Garden Restoration
The US Forest Service has restored Grey Towers National Historic Landmark, the 1,500-acre estate of Gifford Pinchot (founder of the Forest Service under Theodore Roosevelt), as a publicly accessible facility and setting for the non-profit Pinchot Institute. Andropogon and Vitetta architects developed a master plan for site preservation and restored several historic gardens to the time of Gifford and Cornelia Pinchot. Ms. Roos served as project landscape architect and cultural landscape planner for the master plan and subsequent restoration of the garden features.
Historic Johnson Park Restoration
Constructed in 1916 from the donations of philanthropist Eldridge R. Johnson, Johnson Park is a major cultural center of South Jersey due to its unique layout and beauty. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Park is home to several bronze sculptures created by significant sculptors of the early 20th century.
Ms. Roos led the Andropogon team, including architects, engineers and conservators, to restore the park after decades of neglect and vandalism following the Camden riots of the 1970s. The restoration reconstructed the park’s most important features – restoration of the park’s reflecting pools; reconstruction of the decorative bronze fence that once surrounded the Peter Pan statue by Sir George Frampton, creation of two small pavilions; and landscaping the park to both highlight the exquisite bronze sculptures present as well as the site’s natural beauty. Bronze statues and ceramic tiles depicting childrens nursery rhymes were restored to their original condition. The restoration was largely completed in 2008.
Ms. Roos led the Andropogon team, including architects, engineers and conservators, to restore the park after decades of neglect and vandalism following the Camden riots of the 1970s. The restoration reconstructed the park’s most important features – restoration of the park’s reflecting pools; reconstruction of the decorative bronze fence that once surrounded the Peter Pan statue by Sir George Frampton, creation of two small pavilions; and landscaping the park to both highlight the exquisite bronze sculptures present as well as the site’s natural beauty. Bronze statues and ceramic tiles depicting childrens nursery rhymes were restored to their original condition. The restoration was largely completed in 2008.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Burying Ground Restoration
Trinity Burying Ground, one of the most historic sites in Western Pennsylvania and a unique inner-city cemetery, was badly in need of preservation attention. The Episcopal Diocese decided to incorporate the restoration of over 200 damaged markers into renewal of the grounds as an accessible public space. Preservation work, led by the University of Pennsylvania Architectural Conservation Laboratory, was coordinated with new grading, stonework and planting for the grounds. Ms. Roos led the design team from Andropogon, developing pathways, plantings and commemoration spaces in a contemporary update of the sacred cultural landscape.
Fallingwater Landscape Management & Master Plan
Fallingwater, the world famous landmark home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Edgar Kaufmann family, suffered from crowds, landscape trampling and defoliated hillsides. Andropogon was brought in to restore the forest and developed an innovative plan to manage the grounds near the house, guest house and waterfall. Ms. Roos served as project manager, developing a plan that linked landscape to the educational programs administered by the Western Pennsylania Conservancy. The plan won an award from the PA/Delaware ASLA Chapter.
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