The lush setting of Nauck attracts new residents, increasing property values and changing density and demographics. The project’s challenge is to envision and design a place that honors the community’s rich history; validating the patterns and practices of current residents.

Nauck Town Square is “Green Valley’s” crossroads! At the intersection of S. Kenmore St. and Shirlington Rd., and buttressed by the AME Lomax Church and Drew Model Elementary School.The primary design feature of the Town Square is the FREED sculpture, a 30-foot-tall beacon which pays homage to the notion of freedom, whether experienced as a historical or contemporary and personal or collective condition. Each letter of The FREED sculpture,incorporates laser cut patterns featuring the name of a historic subdivision of Green Valley and a Ghanaian Adinkra symbol.