DAVID RUBIN Land Collective is honored to have designed the landscape of the new Cummins, Inc. Distribution (DBU) Headquarters in Indianapolis, working in collaboration with architects Deborah Berke & Partners (DBP). Cummins, the developers of extraordinary diesel engines and associated technologies, has a long history of cultivating the work of significant building and landscape architects, including the likes of I.M. Pei, Eero & Eliel Saarinen, Dan Kiley, and Michael Van Valkenburgh. Focusing on opportunities to bring Cummins’ talent outdoors as working groups and individuals, the park/plaza design allows people to gather in a variety of environments, including a small amphitheater for events at the plaza center, an electronics-friendly harvest table, and intimate spaces for thoughtful meditation. Paving patterning is inspired by DBP’s “calibrated” building façade. Horticulture is lush, regionally appropriate, and maintainable. Although privately held, the site is publicly accessible, an inviting new urban amenity for citizens and visitors of Indianapolis.
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