Andropogon Associates is an award-winning, MBE-certified landscape architecture and ecological planning firm with offices in Philadelphia, PA and Raleigh, NC.

For almost 50 years, Andropogon has committed itself to the principle of designing with nature to create beautiful and evocative landscapes that are inspired by natural processes, informed by the most recent science, and crafted to meet the needs of their unique communities.

To help address this knowledge gap between science and policy, Andropogon and researchers at the University of Pennsylvania collaboratively pursued a three-year post-occupancy study at Shoemaker Green, a non-infiltrating, 2.75-acre urban park, designed as a …

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Andropogon's planning and built portfolio includes a wide array of projects, all driven by our Place First regenerative design philosophy.

Andropogon is honored to have worked with a myriad of well-respected institutions, in many cases for multiple projects spanning a decade or more.

He believed that Andropogon’s approach to site design was needed in all parts of the world, particularly in rapidly developing areas. His work ranged from islands in the Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle East, across Southeast Asia, to Japan, Korea, and, most recently, China.

PROJECT INFORMATION. Location: Washington, DC Size: 2 Acres. Role: Landscape Architect of Record. Certifications: SITES Gold Rating. Services: Sustainable Site Design, Stormwater Management, Construction Documentation and Observation, Green Building Certification & Documentation (SITES)

The Andropogon team pioneered a process for modelling and categorizing the landscape’s complex, natural and cultural systems, and identifying sensitive areas, which included:

Our hometown of Philadelphia, like many older cities, drains rainwater and wastewater into a single, overburdened, combined sewer system. Our work at Lubert Plaza foreshadowed the city’s groundbreaking Green City Clean Waters program, which emphasizes green infrastructure as a critical way to lighten the load on the municipal sewer system.