KOHL PLAZA
OBERLIN COLLEGE CONSERVATORY
OBERLIN, OH
2010

GV’s landscape at the Conservatory includes many stepped level changes like these wood clad landforms. They can be seen as sculpture, sat on like benches, or used as bandstands depending on the moment. The design creates stages for interaction — socially, intellectually, and musically — a place to dwell and gather in an otherwise linear landscape.

Boston Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award
Society for College and University Planning Honor Award

architect: Westlake Reed Leskosky (Jonathan Kurtz)
photograph: Scott Goldsmith