Side Stream Environmental Design

side stream environmental design makes plans and designs for public spaces. Our design process is an exploration of interconnections between natural ecosystems, local history, and contemporary art. We integrate urban design, landscape ecology, landscape architecture and public art as “civic art.” As “side stream” we create public spaces that invite access by all social groups in surrounding communities. We transform isolated outdoor areas into “living” networks while connecting them with adjacent buildings and indoor sites. All of our efforts, no matter how urban, work to protect and restore of local ecosystems. Along with a commitment to innovative ecological design, we include public art in every project on which we work. We insert contemporary graphic material and related text for the celebration and reiteration of local history and culture. Gordon Brent Ingram * Cameron Murray * Melinda Wong, November 1998 Vancouver Canada Fayyaz Rasool, Michael Habib, Lindsay Irving, Michael Howell, Arend de Haas, Lokesh Mathur, Rose Spahan, and Debra Sparrow. Projects have extended from various locales in North America to the Italy, the UK, the Netherlands, Pakistan, India, and China. Julian Castle is currently the manager and administrator for the Vancouver studio. side stream collaborators are active in studios in San Francisco and Washington DC. email: jcastle [at symbol with no spaces] vcn[dot]bc[dot]ca sidestreamenvironmentaldesign [at sign] gordonbrentingram[dot]ca