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Top The hardscape (concrete), patterns and colors of the 4 by 8-inch unit pavers (Hanover) for the pedestrian paths give the campus a uniform look. Bottom The rain garden at the rear of the lobby offers a pleasant view and storm water management. The main point, at which water from the roof is harvested and collected, is a unique waterfall scupper designed as a piece of landscape art. Rainwater collected, on the uppermost roof flows down a column of stainless steel cables and terminates at a precast concrete basin. The bowl allows the water to be slowly released into the rain garden. The base of the rain garden is stone and decorative boulders. When it rains, the locally-sourced rip rap lining the detention basin slowly releases the collected rainwater into a stormwater cistern. Scattered around the edges are locally sourced boulders that add texture and visual interest. 66 Landscape Architect and Specifier News colors meet, a row of soldier course pavers creates a crisp transition from one color to the other. An area of green-colored slate paving mortared over a concrete base in a running bond pattern mediates between the concrete paver waves and the oblong vehicular drop-off. The drop-off is paved with 4"x4" granite setts mortared over a concrete base in a radial pattern. The tighter texture of the granite setts contrasts well with the larger scaled slate paving at the edge of the drop-off. Stainless steel bollards line the edge of the vehicular drop-off. The green slate and contrasting colored concrete pavers are echoed around the rest of the project to bring continuity and consistency to the plan. To keep the vehicular drop-off court accessible to the main entry, a stone retaining wall wraps the southern edge. This wall is composed of local fieldstone and was dry laid to a maximum height of five feet tall. Looking from the vehicular drop-off and main building entrance, the wall disappears from view and allows for the adjacent service drive to pass by almost unseen. Because the wall was dry laid, it accentuates the shapes of the individual stones and complements the sawn and geometric stones used for the paving by the building entry. Water/ Water Sensitive Design: Planting and Irrigation The planting palette for the site is native and adapted species able to withstand (Continued on page 68)