ABOUT PLACESCAPE

About Placescape

Placescape is a landscape architecture and placemaking practice based in New York City. The studio designs people-centered environments across public and private realms, connecting nature, community, and everyday life.

Our work includes civic plazas, streetscapes, parks, residential landscapes, and institutional spaces. Each project responds to its context, balancing ecological systems, social use, and the character of the built environment. We focus on creating spaces that are welcoming, adaptable, and enduring.

With experience in both design and implementation, Placescape supports projects from early visioning through construction. The practice works closely with clients, agencies, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver thoughtful, buildable solutions.

Sunset over a river with a bridge, trees in the foreground, and a grassy park area.

Approach

We believe successful places are shaped by how people use them. Our process combines design, observation, and collaboration to create spaces that feel intuitive and alive.

  • Urban Design – Walkable, resilient public places

  • Streetscapes & Public Spaces – People-centered streets and plazas

  • Playgrounds & Recreation – Inclusive spaces for play and gathering

  • Master Planning – Long-term site vision and strategy

  • Wetlands & Waterfronts – Ecological systems and water-based design

  • Historic Landscapes – Sensitive restoration and adaptive reuse

Greenhouse roof with plants and flowers outside

Collaborators & Clients

Placescape collaborates with public agencies, nonprofits, and private clients, often working as part of interdisciplinary teams on complex urban projects.

Meet the Team

Smiling woman in a white shirt riding a bicycle outdoors in a city street
Smiling woman in a white shirt riding a bicycle outdoors in a city street

Alessandra Galletti, RLA, ASLA
Education: Bachelor of Architecture at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Active Registration: Registered Landscape Architect State of NY #1533-1
Affiliations: American Society of Landscape Architects

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Young woman standing in front of a waterfall with lush greenery in a rocky gorge.

Reeshane Villarama
Education: Bachelor of Architecture at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Morphology Concentration: Double Minor In Sustainability And Social
Justice / Social Practice
Architecture Summer Program: Les Écoles d’Art Américaines
de Fontainebleau, France Prix De Dessin Award, Scholarship Recipient

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