MERIT AWARD
Represents superior accomplishment in the profession of landscape architecture.
Terraine - South Jordan, Utah
“A bold approach to limit future project encroachment on undisturbed
land.”
Nestled into the foothills of the Oquirrh Mountains, Terraine presents a new approach to land development that works cooperatively with the natural landforms and plant communities to create a truly Utah community.
PROJECT SUMMARY
The Salt Lake Valley has consistently been one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country for several decades. The impacts of this population boom are most keenly felt in the seemingly never-ending consumption of the valley’s natural resources, particularly its limited sources of water and its natural, delicate ecosystems. Nearly 180 years of Manifest Destiny and making “the desert blossom as the rose” has resulted in a disjointed community character and near ecological disaster at the Great Salt Lake.
With another 600,000 people projected to live here by 2065, the Salt Lake Valley is in desperate need of a new approach to land development and ornamental landscape culture. With an innovative approach to land planning and a wholesale rethinking of residential landscape design, Terraine will establish a new model for land development and stewardship in the Valley that draws upon and cooperates with the natural sage-land ecotypes endemic to the region.
The integrated green systems and public amenities are bolstered by views of the preserved hilltop open spaces.