Regional sandstone inspires at Pennsylvania State University
Sandstone supplied by Russell Stone Products plays a key role in the new landscape design at Pennsylvania State University’s Brandywine campus in Media, PA
With 24 campuses throughout Pennsylvania, as well as its online World Campus, Pennsylvania State University’s (PSU) total enrollment during the 2015-2016 school year totaled approximately 97,500. The annual enrollment at its University Park campus, which is located in State College, PA, registered at more than 46,800 graduate and undergraduate students alone — making PSU one of the largest universities in the U.S. School administers are devoted to not only maintaining a high level of education at all of its campuses, but to also create a social and nurturing learning environment through its landscape architecture.
Most recently, an outdoor design was completed at PSU’s Brandywine campus in Media, PA. Derek L. Kalp PLA/ASLA/EFP, lead designer for PSU, explained the design objective was to create a more attractive, functional and engaging landscape for students, staff and faculty. “A fountain became a focal element and landmark at the intersection of six pathways, including one to the entrance of the busy campus commons building,” he said. “Broadly speaking, the focus of Campus Planning + Design with the Office of Physical Plant, which is PSU’s facility group, has been to promote the same high-quality landscape amenities at Penn State’s Commonwealth campuses as we have developed at the University Park campus in State College.”