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San Jose Rotary PlayGarden

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Initially envisioned by Rotarian Julie Matsushima, who recognized the disparity of play spaces often isolates children with special needs, had a desire to witness her twin granddaughters play together. As one was born with cerebral palsy, this became the catalyst to use her platform as past president of the Rotary Club of San Jose to have the PlayGarden’s construction be the focus of the Centennial project. It also wonderfully serves as a centennial gift to the community.
The San Jose Rotary PlayGarden is the city’s first all-inclusive play space opened in May 2015, featuring a variety of dynamic and fun play structures designed to be used by all abilities, and even surpassing ADA requirements. Beautifully nestled in the Guadalupe Gardens adjacent to the Guadalupe River, it promotes fun and connection to the surrounding ecology, while empowering the entire community to play, discover and connect with one another. The park facilitates play spanning from the tentative to the robust and allows for repose as well as activity—children can engage by rotating, swinging, sliding, climbing, spinning, and bouncing with equipment and elements that vary in kinetics and tactility. Elements such as sand, water, and a wheelchair-accessible carousel stimulate different types of play within an encouraging collaborative layout.
The 5-acre PlayGarden is situated alongside a tributary of San Francisco Bay and directly in an airport flightpath, features an estuarine slough-shaped motif, with imagery of waving grasses, flowing water, and animals moving with ease through water and air. The sinuous, unbounded nature of an aquatic environment mirrors what the design seeks to evoke: physical motion, and the sense of possibility inherent in long vistas, water, and flight. Part of the park’s legacy involves the use of staff and volunteers with special needs to help with maintenance. The Santa Clara County Office of Education and San Andreas Regional Center also support programming at the facility for their clients. The Rotary Club is also funded by community donations.
HMH provided landscape architecture services to enhance its inviting nature.
 

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Garden at the Flea

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After a four-months-long study and research period to gain insights on how to improve the existing experience, the San Jose Flea Market came up with Garden at the Flea, which opened in April 2019.
Having unfolded steps away from the recently developed Berryessa BART Station, it’s a brand new expansion using aesthetics to hearken back to San Jose’s agricultural “Valley of the Heart’s Delight” aesthetic. The expansion primarily features beautiful new green spaces for attendees to enjoy, including an actual garden featuring sustainable California flowers and plants. Additionally, the space will offer a new beer garden experience, a games area and a food truck park allowing for both existing food trucks and new food trucks to be a part of Garden at the Flea and an exciting new live performance space with the capacity to host larger scale events.
HMH contributed to this project by providing design ideas for the landscape layout and expansion of the space, and consultation on the most sustainable planting options for the garden, and how to seamlessly integrate it with the entire ambiance of the overall market space.

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Sons of San Jose

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This monument was unveiled in 2013 to honor and remember the 142 “Sons of San Jose” who were killed in action during the Vietnam War. It is located in downtown San Jose at 393 West Santa Clara Street and Delmas Avenue. HMH had the honor of being involved in the landscape process for Sons of San Jose. The memorial creates a small gathering space and pausing point for pedestrians walking along the street. The landscape design helps form an inviting sense of space to the park. HMH also provided land surveying services. 

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918 Rich Avenue

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918 Rich Avenue is a residential condominium redevelopment project collaboration between HMH Landscape Studio and the Stoecker and Northway Architects in Mountain View. Spanning approximately .72 acres, the site will include a new 28-unit building consisting of one-and two-bedroom units, surface parking, one level of below grade parking, and four below-market rate units for affordability. As it’s currently pending development, landscaping improvements for the on grade and fifth floor roof deck will include an overhead structure, paving, fencing, raised planters and biotreatment planters, drought tolerant plantings, and irrigation.
 

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Pat Dando Sculpture Dedication

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Pat Dando, who passed away in 2017, was a San Jose City Council member and Vice Mayor that represented the Almaden Valley for 8 years in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She was also a staff member to the former Mayor Tom McHenry and the head of the San Jose-Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. Given Pat’s legacy to community service, a Foundation was established to promote stroke awareness and for the benefit of the City of San Jose Public Library Foundation.  In her honor, a bronze sculpture depicting her reading to two young children was commissioned and created.  The statue is placed at the entry to the Almaden Public Library and Community Center in San Jose.
HMH worked closely with Biggs-Cardosa Associates who supported the structural calculations for the statue.  HMH’s role in this memorial project was providing civil engineering, surveying, and landscape services. The landscape designers guided the contractors on layout and concrete specifications, selected a flowering tree from the south, and offered construction assistance. The end result is a sculpture dedication that honors a passionate woman with a heart for service. Pat will always be remembered for her philanthropy, advocacy, and meaningful contributions to her community.
Learn more about Pat here: https://patdandolegacy.org/.

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SJL7

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SJL7 is a 4 level, 200 room hotel in the heart of Alviso equipped with a restaurant and bar with outdoor dining, overlooking a luxurious pool deck and spa. This hotel is located adjacent to the future Top Golf Entertainment complex and has convenient access to the Guadeloupe trail system. This modern hotel can take advantage of future proposed retail and office space located on the adjacent properties.
SJL7 is part of The Shops @ Terra Master Plan.

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Hotel Alviso

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Located near the Topgolf entertainment venue in San Jose, Hotel Alviso covers 6.2 acres and provides an upscale modern hotel that offers a multitude of amenities. With a focus on the regional tech industry’s overseas traveling professionals, Hotel Alviso’s core focus is on providing top-quality comfort with rejuvenating surroundings. The hotel is conveniently located next to the Top Golf entertainment venue with proposed retail and has a direct connection to the Guadalupe Trail system for additional convenience and traveler options. Additional amenities include a pool, spa, outdoor dining, amenity deck, yoga deck, gym, and restaurant.
Hotel Alviso is part of The Shops @ Terra Master Plan.