TSW Receives Planning Award for MARTA Transit Station Enhancement Plan

TSW, an Atlanta-based, full-service planning, architecture and landscape architecture firm (www.tsw-design.com), has won three Chapter Awards from the Georgia Planning Association (GPA). The awards were announced at the organization’s fall conference in Savannah, Ga. Sept. 10. The three TSW projects that were honored are: the South Downtown Atlanta, Ga. MARTA Transit Stations Enhancement Plan, the Downtown Alpharetta, Ga. Master Plan and Zoning Code and the Clarkston, Ga. LCI 10-year Update. GPA makes awards each year to projects and plans that demonstrate innovation, transferability, quality, effectiveness of implementation, comprehensiveness, public participation, technology, equity, sustainability and collaboration.

“We are delighted to have three of our recent planning projects recognized by the Georgia Planning Association,” said Thomas Walsh, TSW founding partner and co-director of the firm’s New Urbanism Studio. “It’s always nice to receive recognition for our work, but it’s especially meaningful when it comes from an organization of our peers and others involved in community planning and economic development.”

TSW was retained by Central Atlanta Progress to create implementation-focused design recommendations for the Five Points and Garnett Street Stations in south downtown Atlanta, Ga. as part of an overall strategy to increase public transit ridership. The recommendations were divided into short, medium and long-term needs. As part of the project, TSW created a “tactical urbanism” installation at each station, which could become a permanent fixture. Through a vigorous public engagement process, the team obtained feedback about current riders’ desires for the stations and surrounding neighborhoods. The resulting plan was organized around three principles: to reconnect interrupted corridors, enhance views to the stations and activate underutilized public areas. www.tsw-design1.com/portfolio-items/south-downtown-marta-stations-makeover-five-points-garnett-stations/

About GPA
The Georgia Planning Association (GPA) is an official chapter of the American Planning Association that provides a forum for professional planners to share their expertise and ideas with policymakers and the public for the benefit of our state and its citizens. Its members consist of professional planners and planning officials who serve Georgia’s communities at all levels of government, the private sector and non-profit organizations. Through conferences, planners lunch events, partnerships with other organizations for special events, the Community Planning Institute and other activities, GAP has provided important resources to Georgia communities for over three decades. www.georgiaplanning.org

About TSW
TSW is a full-service planning, architecture and landscape architecture firm. The award-winning Atlanta company was founded in 1990 and specializes in sustainable community design, architecture and landscape architecture. TSW is a leader in the New Urbanist movement and employs a community planning and design process that links tradition and context with today’s cultural and environmental demands. Sustainable design is an integral part of all TSW work, from the master plan level to the individual building components. TSW’s staff members are LEED Accredited Professionals and their designs incorporate a range of ideas for progressive energy and resource saving solutions. www.tsw-design.com.