Duke University Edens Quad
The Housing, Dining and Residence Life staff at Duke University were tasked with improving Edens Dorm and its sense of community. Dean for Residential Life Joe Gonzalez shared, “over the years, there has been student unhappiness with Edens, and we want to change that.” Teaming with Clark Nexsen, the Surface 678 team enhanced the outdoor […]
Campbell University Main Campus Master Plan
The master plan team led by Surface 678 combined the efforts of architects and traffic engineers to produce a plan that responds to both long term goals and short term projects. The master plan provides analysis of existing context, buildings, edges, entrances, open space, landscape, traffic circulation, and parking through discussion and mapping. The plan […]
Wendell Falls
Approximately twenty-five percent of the Wendell Falls Community is dedicated to preserved open space. A variety of active and passive gathering spaces including Rocky Falls Park, beautiful overlooks, boardwalks, and natural play structures create a recreational paradise within the master-planned community. An extensive pedestrian trail system will connect with future expansion and connection to the […]
RiverLights Community
RiverLights is a 1,400-acre development with over 2,500 home sites on the Cape Fear River south of the Port of Wilmington. The site includes a 30-acre lake with a 3 1/2 mile walking trail and lakeside amenity center. A village green hosts a variety of events, and the age-qualified neighborhood will feature a 112-slip marina, […]
Market & Exchange Plazas
Market & Exchange Plazas are historic plazas in downtown Raleigh, flanking either side of the 227 Building and connected to Fayetteville Street. Over time the two spaces have become underutilized. To bring these two important pedestrian spaces into the successful revitalization of Fayetteville Street Mall, Surface 678 provided design for the complete renovation of both […]
Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve
Surface 678 worked with the City of Raleigh to create a model public recreation and environmental education facility grounded in resource conservation and sustainable development principles. Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve is situated above a dramatic oxbow formed by the Neuse River and showcases innovation in sustainability and low impact park development and management practices. The […]
Jack Smith Park
Surface 678 developed the master plan and construction documents for this 50-acre multi-use recreational park with a focus on passive recreation, ecological study and reinterpretation of a historic rural farmstead.Jack Smith Park includes two sets of play structures, a sprayground, a fenced dog park, picnic and restroom facilities, and a walking loop trail. The park […]
UNC Chapel Hill Porthole Alley
Porthole Alley, a popular pedestrian entry to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, opens into the arts quadrant of the academic campus. Named for a former restaurant, the alley is just off Franklin Street, a heavily-used retail and restaurant corridor through town. Surface 678 designed enhancements that create an enhanced connection between campus […]
Gregg Museum of Art & Design
North Carolina State University’s Gregg Museum of Art & Design relocated from the Talley Student Center to the former Chancellor’s Residence, enabling the University to share the site’s architectural and landscape resources with the greater Raleigh community. Surface 678 worked alongside Perkins and Will to create a usable space for both NC State and the […]