The Heard Natural History Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary

Studio III | Fall 2005
Professor: David Hopman, ASLA
Team Project: Nami Lee | Wade A. Miller | Michael Kashuba | Melissa Gerstle

Objective

Create a master plan for a proposed 65 acre golf course acquisition and conversion by The Heard Natural History Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary in McKinney, Texas. The Heard is currently focused on native wildscapes and small areas of ornamental planting. The master plan for the adjacent property under consideration should include a wide range of uses designed to add an array of other reasons why someone would want to support the museum with visits, volunteer help, and donations. The Heard site will become an every increasingly valuable open space as the area around it gets built out and as major highway access improves with the extension of Highway 121.

Aerial photograph of the site