This project reimagines the Thousand Oaks Civic Center as a connected, welcoming, and active civic landscape. The design responds to the site’s fragmented public spaces, challenging topography, limited pedestrian connectivity, extensive solar exposure, and the presence of mature existing oak trees. The concept, “Beneath the Oaks,” uses the oak canopy as the foundation for a new landscape identity, creating a continuous network of shaded pedestrian connections and a sequence of civic, social, cultural, and recreational spaces that support both everyday use and larger community events. The proposal incorporates native and climate-adapted planting, increased biodiversity, improved accessibility, and strategies for creating a more comfortable and resilient public landscape. The design was developed from site analysis and observation through conceptual studies, grading and spatial development, planting and shade strategies, and the detailed design of three primary zones, ultimately bringing these elements together as one cohesive civic campus.