
DEMOCRACY PREP CHARTER SCHOOL
LOCATION: Manhattan, NY
PROJECT SERVICES:
- Site Analysis
- Conceptual & Schematic Design
YEAR: 2008
Project undertaken under Billie Cohen Ltd. Landscape Design Studio
PROJECT SERVICES:
- Site Analysis
- Conceptual & Schematic Design
YEAR: 2008
Project undertaken under Billie Cohen Ltd. Landscape Design Studio
The courtyard evokes a campus-like atmosphere, as a flexible, outdoor space with a raised lawn and a surrounding seat wall and sheltered seating areas serving as outdoor classrooms.








SPRUCE STREET SCHOOL
ROOFTOP PLAYGROUNDPOLISH AND SLAVIC CENTER
GREEN ROOF AND COMMUNITY ROOF GARDENJohn Burroughs
InspirationGOWANUS CANAL SKETCHES: NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS
NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONSBEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK & BEAR MOUNTAIN INN
MASTER PLANFrank Lloyd Wright
InspirationBRONX RIVER ART CENTER
RIPARIAN EDUCATIONAL GARDEN AND OUTDOOR CLASSROOMPlato
InspirationPS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL
SCHOOLYARDDEMOCRACY PREP CHARTER SCHOOL
SCHOOL COURTYARDCITY COLLEGE SOUTH CAMPUS
SOUTH CAMPUS CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLANCHAMBERS STREET
RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP TERRACECHAMBERS STREET
RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP TERRACEHAPPY LUCKY NI GALLERY – GREEN WALL
PATIO AND GREEN WALLDEGRAW STREET
Bioswales and Street GardenBRONX RIVER ART CENTER
GREENROOFTRUE COLORS INTERGENERATIONAL RESIDENCE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSINGGOWANUS CANAL SKETCHES: NEIGHBORHOOD PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKALBANY PINE BUSH PRESERVE AND DISCOVERY CENTER
NATIVE HABITAT & EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPEThomas Berry
InspirationROCKAWAY INSTITUTE FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
NATIVE COASTAL EDUCATIONAL GARDENNOSTRAND AVENUE RESIDENCE
GREEN ROOFNEW YORK AIDS MEMORIAL PARK
COMPETITION
SCHOOL COURTYARD