Photo by Morgan Sheff Photography.

TEN x TEN integrates community needs with experimental methods

By Kelly Pau, The Architect’s Newspaper

Published April 2, 2024

Featuring Maura Rockcastle PLA, ASLA and Ross Altheimer, PLA, ASLA, FAAR

The goal of landscape architecture and urban design firm TEN x TEN is not to learn, but to unlearn. “We like to begin with the idea of unlearning as an active practice, which allows people to be aware of biases and get rid of preconceived notions,” said Maura Rockcastle, TEN x TEN principal and cofounder.

Rockcastle founded the practice in 2015 alongside fellow principal Ross Altheimer, and today they’re 18-people strong. They got their start transforming a historic mill site in Pittsburgh into a high-tech district—its third phase was completed last year—and since then the practice has expanded nationally and internationally…

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