DAVID RUBIN Land Collective is honored to have designed the landscape of the new Cummins, Inc. Distribution Headquarters in Indianapolis, working in collaboration with architects Deborah Berke & Partners. Cummins, Inc., 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 working environments, including a small amphitheater for events at the plaza center, an electronics-friendly harvest table, and intimate spaces for thoughtful meditation throughout. Paving patterning is inspired by DBP’s “calibrated” building façade. The horticulture is lush, regionally appropriate, and maintainable. Although privately held, the site is publicly accessible – an inviting new urban amenity for employees, citizens and visitors alike.
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