Penland School of Craft, Northlight Building
Surface 678 worked with the Penland School of Craft to replace their former Northlight building with a new complex that is roughly 15,000 to 20,000 square feet on a two-acre site. The new building and site area feature a new photography studio, papermaking studio, flexible classroom space, and social hall functions, along with outdoor studio […]
Wake Technical Community College Building F
Wake Technical Community College’s (WTCC) Northern Wake Campus received funding through a 2012 bond referendum for multiple projects. This included Building F, an 850-car parking deck, and associated roadways and pedestrian bridges. Surface 678 coordinated site plans across these concurrent projects, providing landscape architectural services and construction administration. Building F is an 89,000-square-foot academic building […]
John Chavis Memorial Park
The 30-acre John Chavis Memorial Park first opened in 1937. After years of the park being passed over for funding, the surrounding community participated in a master planning process that received a unanimous positive vote by Raleigh City Council in May of 2014. Surface 678 is working with Clearscapes to implement the first phase of […]
Greensboro Science Center Battleground Parks District
The proposed Country Park Hillside improvements for Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department in concert with the Greensboro Science Center will provide a regional attraction that will excite and engage both first time visitors and day to day park users. The design will strengthen and celebrate the connection between Country Park and the Greensboro Science Center. […]
Bolin Creek Greenway Phase III
The Feasibility Study for of Bolin Creek Greenway Phase III was designed to determine the best available route for the planned extension of the existing greenway, including spur connections to existing public facilities in dense urban areas of Chapel Hill and the adjacent Town of Carrboro. The feasibility study will provide the Town of Chapel […]
Beech Bluff County Park
The layout of the design centers around the location of the Beech Bluff County Park center along the tree line, acting as a threshold between open space and forest. The areas of high activity have been located in the existing fields in front of the park center to minimize noise spillover into the forests. Similarly, […]
Mebane Community Park
Surface 678 worked with Alley, Williams, Carmen & King and the City of Mebane on a 32-acre community park connecting to downtown Mebane. The project began with revising the preliminary conceptual plan into a final master plan, incorporating the community’s vision through a series of public meetings. Current programming includes two synthetic soccer fields, parking […]
Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park
Surface 678 created a plan for the passive Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park that combines sustainable design principles and art. The park design aims to capture the unique character and culture of Pittsboro by creating a park that embodies both sustainable design strategies and artistic gestures while also emphasizing natural play opportunities. A site-sensitive approach […]
Asheville Playground Renovation
Surface 678 is working with the City of Asheville to upfit four playgrounds with contemporary, inclusive-play amenities. The four playgrounds are Herb Watts Park, Lakewood Park, Magnolia Park and the West Asheville Community Center, with each site averaging around half an acre. The scope of the project includes playground renovations, new equipment, resurfacing, plantings, new […]