Parks & Recreation

SGA Architecture

Founded in 1987, SGA Architecture LLC (SGA) is a multidiscipline design firm offering land

planning, landscape architecture, architecture and interior design services. This blend of

services provides for the design of facilities that are contextual and site sensitive,

complimented by landscape design and site planning that enhances the functional and

aesthetic qualities of the building and site.

Our portfolio includes a wide range of park and recreation facilities, from passive interpretive

trails to competition-level athletic facilities and community centers. SGA believes that these

facilities are integral to the well-being of their communities, serving as spaces in which to

gather, play, reflect and connect.

Our complete portfolio includes:

• Trails & Passive Parks

• Walking and Biking Trails

• Equestrian Parks and Trails

• Athletic Facilities

• Football and Soccer Fields and Complexes

• Baseball/Softball Fields and Complexes

• Tennis Facilities and Complexes

• Recreation Buildings

• Memorial Parks

• Skate Parks

• Playgrounds

• Pools and Water Features

Services

SGA offers a full range of services to assist clients in the development of park and

recreation facilities, taking the design from concept to completion.

Predesign

Needs Assessment Studies

Shared Facilities Studies

Facilities Assessment Studies

Site Selection

Community Workshops and Public Meetings

Program Management

Operations and Maintenance Budget Analysis

Integrated Project Accounting

Design

Land Planning

Landscape Architecture

Architecture

Interior Design

Construction

Construction Inspection

Construction Administration and Management

Brookgreen Gardens, MURRELLS INLET, SC

SGA Architecture has designed many of the facilities at Brookgreen Gardens, a garden museum dedicated to

preserving native flora and fauna and displaying objects of art within that landscape. The Rice Fields Overlook and

the E. Craig Wall Jr. Lowcountry Center are some of the attractions designed by SGA.

The Rice Fields Overlook is a boardwalk through live oak trees terminating in a dramatic vista over Brookgreen’s

largest rice field. The Overlook connects to the Lowcountry Trail, an interpretive walking trail that leads visitors

through ruins of plantation’s slave quarters that once stood on the site.

The Wall Lowcountry Center serves as the gateway to the Lowcountry Trail and other exhibits at Brookgreen

Gardens. A courtyard with wildlife sculpture and native plants greets visitors as they arrive. Inside is the “Change

and Continuity” exhibit as well as an auditorium for lectures and special events.

Lemon Park, BARNWELL, SC

SGA provided master plan and landscape architecture services for the design of Lemon Park, a recreational

complex in Barnwell, South Carolina. The 16-acre park includes four 200-foot fields in a cloverleaf design

surrounding a central press box / concession stand.

The park also includes a regulation-size soccer field suitable for division into smaller fields for soccer or

football ; a 300’ baseball field with Press Box; a t-ball field; a second concession stand and storage facility and a

2-acre playground.

Morris Square, CHARLESTON, SC

A green, public lawn that runs the length of the block and unites single– and multi-family housing in downtown

Charleston is Simonton Park, the heart of Morris Square neighborhood.

This urban infill development mirrors the legacy neighborhoods that surround it, placing dwellings in immediate

proximity to parks, open spaces and a piazza with a custom-designed fountain, connected by the allees and hidden

gardens that exemplify Charleston urban design. Simonton Park offers an open break in the neighborhood, a green

space which all of the homes have a direct line of vision upon.

Morris Square was honored by the Tri-State ASLA (GA, SC, NC) with a Merit Award for Analysis and Planning. A second

phase is planned which includes another urban park and playground.

Shell Hall, BLUFFTON, SC

Shell Hall is a Traditional Neighborhood Development that provides unique opportunities for residents to interact

with one another and form strong community bonds. Recreational and leisure elements designed by SGA include a

zero-entry junior Olympic pool, clay tennis courts and an expansive green space used for croquet, bocce or casual

gatherings. The recreation amenities are part of the larger master plan, also designed by SGA.

James Island County Park Playground, JAMES ISLAND, SC

The playground at James Island County Park provides a creative play area for children of all ages. Designed to reflect a

playful nautical theme, the playground features representations of aquatic life in the play surface as well as shade sails

over a portion of the play equipment. The sails extend to cover the “parents plaza”, an area with benches where

parents can easily supervise children at both the age 2-5 and age 5-12 play areas.

Veterans Memorial Park, FLORENCE, SC

Located at the gateway to the city in Florence, South Carolina, Veterans Memorial Park pays tribute to the men and

women who have served the United States Armed Forces from 1900 to the present day.

The six acre park incorporates three main areas for reflection as well as shaded lawn areas for passive reflection and

meditation. On the south side, a stainless steel and concrete arbor planted with wisteria curves around a pervious

circle as a quiet, shaded place of meditation. At the northern terminus stands a semicircular concrete water wall

which cascades into a reflective pool. Parallel to these memorials runs an oak allee, with the five-pillared Oath of

Enlistment memorial at one end, signifying the five branches of service. This memorial is constructed of corten

weathering steel with stainless steel letters. At the opposite end is a natural amphitheater.

Georgetown Regional Parks, GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC

SGA is providing program management, land planning, landscape architecture and architecture services for this eight-

park, $31.5 million parks development project in Georgetown County. Currently in various phases of design and

construction, the park facilities include a community recreation center, a tennis complex, a soccer complex, several

baseball and softball complexes, multipurpose fields, passive recreational space and associated structures including

pressbox/concessions/restroom facilities, pavilions and more. Working as a virtual arm of the County, SGA managed

three design firms and provided overall program oversight including budgeting, construction administration,

and community input meeting coordination. Additionally, SGA designed all architectural components for all eight

parks. The first phase of the development effort is slated to be complete in 2013.

Charleston 1535 Hobby Street, Suite 204 North Charleston, SC 29405 843.853.4506

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