Day EIGHTEEN | Wenk and Associates

How did we start our last full day for Savanna West? Well we got down to business. In fact we visited a design firm. Dressed in our best savanna outfits,Wenk and Associates, located in downtown Denver, welcomed us with office tours and informative presentations. Between the three landscape architects (one of which who was an ISU alumni) we learned about different park projects, how they dealt with flooding and the fact that landscape architects have to have a wide range of skills. Armed with a new perspective of what it is really like to be a landscape architect, we left the firm sprite and ready to design anything that got in our way.

Soon after leaving, the professors came to the conclusion that our time at Wenk took longer than scheduled, so we made a change of plans and headed to Highlands Garden Village. This village was built with the hope that both general family housing and co-housing developments could work within the same community. Despite the general consensus that the village was mildly creepy, there were still some beautiful homes. After a composite drawing and a solid lay-down, we left for our final stop. This being "Taxi" development; an apartment/commercial  center that was designed by Wenk. We took advantage of the firm's ability to work with flooding areas and studied the water patterns of the space. Through careful walking and even more careful diagramming, we better understood what routes the water would take. Feeling accomplished, we packed up our things for a relaxing night.

    Tom and Colten