MPFP

02/21/2025

We are deeply saddened with the news our founder’s passing. Paul was an undeniably powerful force, redefining what it means to be a landscape architect. We will continue to honor his legacy in our practice.

12/06/2022

Biking Through Randall's Island Park

MPFP Landscape Architecture shared a post on Instagram: "Biking Through Randall's Island Accessing and biking through Randall's Island is easy and the trail is filled with many interesting views, features, and architecture. Although the park is outstanding in the summer, the park was also designed i...

03/03/2021

https://www.landscapeforms.com/en-us/431/projects/pages/25-Kent-Street-Project.aspx
Thank you Landscape Forms
MPFP's Landscape Architect Rob Osterlof, RLA details the minimalistic and modern design approach for the 25 Kent Street plaza on the Landscape Forms' site.

09/18/2017

MPFP orchestrated the master plan for this 6-acre campus transformation, from a barren rooftop to an engaging campus environment serving as the center of campus life. Facilities contributing to the final design include congregating areas for student activities, passive gardens, and athletic facilities including tennis courts, basketball courts and a jogging track.

A major entrance treatment was also created at the main public entrance of the campus providing access to the Northern part of the campus and the main building. The site includes areas for dining, and other impromptu activities such as grass mounds for sunning or studying, benches for sitting or playing chess and an area programmed for the introduction of permanent and temporary sculptures.

09/05/2017

Please take a look at LAM's cover article featuring an interview with MPFP's Principal Rick Parisi about NYC's Randall's Island Park! ⚽⚾🎾🌳🌲
https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2017/08/22/game-on/

06/23/2017

NYC AIDS Memorial, an extension of MPFP's St. Vincent's Triangle Park was among the winners of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation’s 27th Annual Village Award!!

It is an honor to http://thevillager.com/2017/06/22/it-takes-in-a-village-society-awards-span-the-spectrum/

08/31/2016

67th Street Playground was part the Central Park Conservancy’s rehabilitation program, attempting to bring the park back to its early splendor. As Frederick L. Olmsted’s masterpiece, Central Park has been under constant pressure to furnish it with monuments, memorials, and commercial facilities since its inception. However, as the park was designed in 1850 at a time when playgrounds were unheard of, there were no facilities for children. Later in the park’s history, in the 1930’s and 1940’s, the Parks Department created a 6-foot wrought iron fenced area enclosing a slab of asphalt and furnished with 3 or 4 pieces of metal play equipment.
Seeking a solution more compatible with the nature of the park, the Conservancy created a competition among 5 selected firms. MPFP proposed a naturalistic experience that eliminated the iron fence and integrated 3-feet of wire mesh into the planting beds. A rock outcropping became the setting for a 30-foot polished granite slide, and the design introduced planted mounds with stepping columns creating a series of pathways and topography.
The whole environment became the playground and MPFP’s design suggested that play activities can be provided within the context of a natural environment using only materials, forms and symbols to form a larger environment. MPFP’s design still stands after its completion in 1989.

08/17/2016

Working alongside architects Rossetti Associates, MPFP was challenged with the open space development for this $250 million, 42-acre complex which will accommodate crowds of 20-35 thousand during the two week U.S. Open event. The facility is designed to create a park-like setting, open to the public for the remaining 50 weeks of the year.
The facility includes three major arenas, and new site facilities including 15 tournament-class field courts, 20 practice courts, a food court, concession areas, and a grand plaza as the forecourt for Stadium #1. The design took advantage of the existing Beaux Arts layout of Flushing Meadow Park and capitalizes upon axial arrangements created for the 1964 World’s Fair.
The project required intensive interaction with numerous City agencies during the design and permitting process. Due to the presence of contaminated soils on the site, special care was taken during the design of site improvements to mitigate the creation of excess fill. All planted areas were capped with clean fill as part of the remediation measures taken.

07/22/2016

MPFP, in collaboration with Perkins Eastman Architects, was the lead landscape architect charged with conceptualizing, designing and implementing the grounds of The New York Wheel, a 60-story tall ferris wheel slated to be one of New York City’s and the world’s greatest attractions. Located on the St. George waterfront of Staten Island, this 7-acres roof top park offers an extensive array of active and passive activities.
One of the major goals of The New York Wheel project is to achieve platinum LEED certification, MPFP worked closely with the architects and other consultants to incorporate infrastructure into the finished design that can accommodate alternative energy sources.
In addition to a sustainable design concept, MPFP integrated a children’s area, a myriad of passive seating areas, and several viewpoints to create a seasonal space for both visitors and locals alike. The concept of this park is to further enliven the St. George waterfront adding to the intersection of Staten Island’s two major attractions, the Staten Island transportation hub and the Staten Island Yankee’s Stadium.

06/28/2016

The Randall’s Island Sports Foundation is in the process of a multiyear development program to transform their recreational areas into a state-of-the-art sports facilities. The proposed plan includes the demolition of the existing Downings Stadium and the redevelopment of the Sports Lawn Area.

MPFP PLLC in association with Zurita Architecture and Planning, orchestrated the master plan and its phasing for the new Sports Lawn and Great Lawn on Randall’s Island Park, and the East Meadow, West Meadow and Central Fields on Wards Island.

The proposed facilities include a variety of new sports fields, a Tennis Center, a Category 3 Track Center, an Ice Hockey Field House, a Gaelic Football Stadium and Hurling Complex, various Parks Department Comfort Stations, new parking systems, and protected pedestrian and bicycle waterfront paths.

06/14/2016

As part of a renewed focus on the Anacostia River for the city of Washington, D.C., MPFP worked integrally with a multi-disciplinarian team to transform an area of industrial waterfront into a vibrant, world-class park to serve the City’s residents well into the future.

The park provides a unique nexus between the river, active and passive recreational areas, commercial interests and local residents. It is one of four primary urban waterfront destinations in the Nation’s Capital and is a quick walk to or from the Washington National ballpark. It has become an important punctuation in the broader waterfront experience as 20-Miles of the Anacostia River walk and Trail are developed.

MPFP’s approach for the Yards at Southeast Federal Center Park was defined by responding to these broader goals, such as: diversity in program, dynamic forms, the integration of public and private spaces, and a balance between the built and natural environments.