“g ro u n d s c r a p e r s ”
How can we create spaces that not only serve but also inspire and connect communities? Project typologies continue to hybridize while combining with physical and natural infrastructure. This weaving of systems treats the built environment as connective tissue, ensuring broader urban transformations and distilling complex programs into welcoming, approachable environments. Three recent projects in Texas, Louisiana, and Ohio will highlight the experiential and environmental advantages of the groundscraper. The work expands the role of architecture beyond programmatic functions to focus on the complex issues of today by establishing new relationships between the site and the city, occupants and the public, and indoor and outdoor environments. Ron began his career at Perkins&Will, Chicago in 2001 working with Eva Maddox and Ralph Johnson on culturally-charged national and international projects. Since joining the Dallas studio in 2011, Ron has become deeply engaged with the city and its diverse neighborhoods, and a champion for communities that have been historically overlooked. According to Mark Lamster, architecture critic for The Dallas Morning News, “nobody has done more to shape the city’s built environment this century.”
