Case Study: Munden Fry Landscape Associates achieves a sustainable, precision-built public garden with Autodesk AutoCAD

Pinterest and Alexandria Tap Landscape-Design Firm for Unique Outdoor Open Space

Munden Fry Landscape Associates was engaged by Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Pinterest to transform a narrow privately owned public open space connecting Pinterest’s Brannan Street lobby to Bluxome Street. The firm had to reconcile tight space constraints, a property‑line drainage requirement, and a sophisticated recycled gray‑water irrigation system while coordinating architects, engineers, and fabricators—challenges they addressed using Autodesk’s AutoCAD.

By using AutoCAD from Autodesk, Munden Fry produced layered, highly precise drawings that enabled complex geometry for planters and cantilevered benches, an accurate dual‑drain gray‑water system, and smooth file exchange between design and fabrication teams. The outcome is a sustainable, multiuse garden passageway that extends Pinterest’s lobby into the public realm, meets strict water‑management rules, and improved construction coordination and accuracy.

Munden Fry Landscape Associates

Marta Fry

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