Location: Cincinnati, OH

Owner/Client: Music & Event Management Inc. (MEMI); Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Collaborators: GBBN, The Kleingers Group, Schaefer Engineering, dbHMS, Messer Construction Company

Project Size: 20,000-Capacity Venue, 12.5 acres

Project Budget: $160 Million

As the design landscape architect for Cincinnati’s new Farmer Music Center, LVF established the core campus vision surrounding the state-of-the-art, 20,000-capacity venue along the Ohio River. Working closely with project architect GBBN, LVF created an intuitive site framework that integrates the historic fairgrounds, gracefully navigates a 20-foot grade change for comfortable crowd movement, and resiliently responds to the river’s annual flooding patterns.

Operating within a fast-paced schedule alongside a large consultant team, LVF developed multiple design concepts and authored a comprehensive landscape design narrative that supported early cost analysis and successfully informed the project’s construction budget.

Website: The Farmer Music Center

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