The Nave and Great Lawn

Designed by Simon David, Principal & Creative Director of Office of Strategy + Design (OSD), the campus grounds have transformed existing parking lots, alleyways and vacant lots into an interlocking series of outdoor destinations while adapting to existing buildings. The center-piece of OSD’s design is a community promenade dubbed the Nave, formerly a desolate alley that now connects the Shepherd with the surrounding neighborhood.

“By transforming this vacant block into an open and accessible arts campus, new life is emerging in a previously unused gap in the city fabric, like flowers sprouting through the pavement,” said Simon David, OSD.