On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, almost 300 community members and dignitaries joined Columbia General Manager Greg Hamm and the General Growth Properties team for an Evening with Alan Ward, the first in a series of four community forums featuring GGP's world-class design and planning team working on the master plan for Columbia Town Center.
Ward explained that primary role of his firm, Sasaki Associates, in the revitalization of Town Center "is to focus on the overall plan, especially landscaping, open spaces and the connections to village centers."
About Alan Ward, FASLA
Alan is a landscape architect and urban designer with over 30 years experience at Sasaki, including landmark projects such as the Dallas Arts District, Reston Town Center, and Cleveland Gateway which have received multiple national awards. His design leadership extends from the planning phase through project design and implementation. He was principal landscape architect for the first prize-winning 2008 Beijing Olympic Green.
Trained as both an architect and landscape architect , Alan takes a balanced and comprehensive view of the built environment. He has taught in both architecture and landscape architecture, and is the author and photographer of the book American Designed Landscapes: A Photographic Interpretation and editor of Reston Town Center: A Downtown for the 21st Century. Alan was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in both 2006 and 2002.
