The Simmons College campus once was a ring of academic buildings surrounding a parking lot. With the construction of the new School of Management, parking was moved underground, providing the opportunity to develop an organizing landscape plan and new academic campus for the College. CSS developed the Landscape Master Plan during construction of the building and underground parking garage, working within the constraints set by the height and loading capacity of the garage roof. The Master Plan features a raised Green, centered on the classically designed Main College Building. A stepped "amphitheater" negotiates the steepest grade change on site, culminating in an enlarged plaza at the entrance to the library. Raised gardens containing secondary pathways and intimate seating areas are located on the side of the quadrangle that receives the greatest range of sun cover. Construction of the first phase of the master plan was recently completed.