SALT DESIGN STUDIO designed a plaza and landscape for a museum, located at the corporate headquarters in New Brunswick NJ. As part of a team with JacobsWyper Architects and SCE Engineering, SALT collaborated on the Master Plan and Design Documentation for this project. SALT’s concept for the plaza is a tapestry that merges history, materials and culture in a visual and tactile public space. Originally an asphalt turnaround, the new plaza design unites two buildings from different eras and celebrates the history and culture of the company, honoring a legacy of groundbreaking products and innovative minds. The inviting design frames the interactive experience within a contrasting tapestry of paving and planting. An elegant and diverse planting palette reinforces the tapestry scheme by offering a texturally rich and seasonally changing landscape of ornamental grasses, groundcovers and perennials. Stone seat walls emerge from the tapestry, offering respite for both office workers and museum visitors, and adding vertical form to the plaza.

Collaborators: JacobsWyper Architects, SCE Engineering