The landscape design of The Foundry, home to Bloomington Cycle and Fitness, Gingerbread House and Green Top Grocery, was done by Austin Engineering. We created a sustainable development and met traditional site requirements through non-traditional measures.
It might not be something you commonly think about, but you and your neighborhood’s streetscape design interact often. The moment you pull out of your driveway or take your dog for a walk, you are taking advantage of your local streetscape.
A movement of smarter city design was born in the 1980s: new urbanism. This movement harkens back to a time were automobiles didn’t rule our lives. New urbanism is the latest trend cities and towns are adopting, so to revitalize large and defunct areas.