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University of VirginiaMasters of Landscape ArchitectureSpring 2012
University of Washington ExtensionCertificate in Environmental Law and RegulationFall 2008 – Spring 2009
Bellevue CollegeNorthwest Native Plant ID, Spring 2008
Residential Garden Services, OR, WAIndependentDesign and consultation Services for three projects including contract writing, scaled site plans, conceptual designs, plant palettes, and landscape maintenance
Mithun, Seattle, WAInternResearched and compiled data and images for a plant palette, participated in early stages of the Urban Intervention competition for Seattle Center, shadowed meetings for several projects each at a different stage of the design process
Lorna Jordan Studio, Seattle, WAInternSupported research and created diagrams for conceptual design phase of Central Park project in Madison, WI
Point32, Seattle, WA Intern Individually created comprehensive site analysis and design recommendations for Pratt Fine Arts Center Campus redevelopment, including urban design precedents, community accessibility strategies, street redesign options, and conceptual design recommendations.
Swift Company, Seattle, WAInternResearched and presented background information for three RFQs and compiled research binder for a pending urban design project. Documented construction progress of a largescale project. Researched and recommended plants species for a green-roof project. Attended client meeting and materials presentation. Assisted with documentation updates for a master planning process.
University of Washington, (Landscape Architecture Department)Seminar + Charette, Summer 2010
University of Virginia, (Vicenza, Italy)Intensive drawing program, Summer 2011
Clackamas Community CollegeHorticulture PracticumWinter + Spring 2013
Education
Continuing Education
Professional Experience
January 2012
January 2011
January 2010
June - August 2010
July 2013 - Present
University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Arts Art History and FrenchSpring 2004, Magna Cum Laude
Seattle Parks Foundation, Seattle, WAOffice Manager and Executive AssistantManaged organizational and administrative operations in support of Executive Director and Board of Directors.
Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WARegistrarManaged database, research files, art acquisition process and storage organization Managed the collection’s image-use copyrights and acted as liaison for all design publications.
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WAPublic Relations Manager; Exhibition Coordinator; Sales AssociateWrote and distributed press materials for monthly exhibitions. Designed and installed exhibitions
Freedom by Design, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VAGraduate AdvisorAdvised undergraduate architecture student group for landscape component of local design-build project. Collaborated on design concept for garden and benches; designed, coordinated, and implemented planting for the proposed healing garden for the UVA medical center hospitality house,
Student Association of Landscape Architects, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VAPresidentNominated president of the student organization for graduate landscape architecture students, responsible for organizing: lectures, professional development activities, and extracurricular events. Act as liaison to the State of Virginia chapter of the ASLA.
Graduate Architects and Landscape Architects, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VARepresentative, 3rd year landscape architecture cohortNominated as representative to interdisciplinary group responsible for executing school-wide events
Nature Consortium at Yesler Community Center, Seattle, WAVolunteer Teacher AssistantAssisted instructors in engaging youth ages 6 - 16 in environmental learning through art projects, at free, drop-in, after-school classes for the neighborhood’s underserved youth. Pelican Tea P-Patch, Seattle, WASite CoordinatorCoordinated meetings, prioritized and implemented site improvements and organized work parties for communally gardened P-Patch site. Partnered with neighboring business to purchase and install a city-subsidized rain barrel to mitigate their storm water runoff and create sustainable water usage for the garden.
May 2008 - June 2009
March 2010 - March 2011
January - June 2012
September 2009 - 2012
July 2008 + July 2009
March 2008 - May 2009
December 2006 - May 2008
June 2004 - December 2006
Volunteer/Service
Technical Skills
Adobe Creative SuiteAuto CAD
Microsoft Office SuiteOutlook
Fluent in FrenchArc GIS Rhino
SharepointRaiser’s Edge
Proposed Floating Treatment Wetlands
Proposed Restored Stream Corridor
Existing CSO Locations
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PUNCTURING THE HULL
Key gateways
conducting Water
�oating treatment wetlands
local + restored watershed
CHARTING NEW ROUTES
access points
NEW access points
green connections
reduced fenced area
Cultural History through WaterDesign for a cultural landscape to integrate site with adjacent stream and provide storm water treatment for heavily polluted waterfront
THIS PAGE (top to bottom): landscape mosaic from diagram; new access points and green connections; water treatment; site with restored stream corridor and effluent treatment strategy
FACING PAGE (top to bottom): typical flora from salt to fresh water, waterfront section; neighborhood to stream corridor section (typical)
Reclaimed Community SpaceDesign for the transofrmation of a derelict parking lot into a new site for the Charlottesville farmer’s market, adaptable for larger community events, and including game courts
THIS PAGE (top to bottom): program diagram; testing plant spacing: hand sketches over 3D wire-frame model; longitudinal section showing plantings
FACING PAGE (top to bottom): Final design, original topography; re-grading strategy; plant palette
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Omni Hotel
District Court
OfficeTower
Proposed Farmer’s Market Shelter + Headquarters
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Exploration Gardendesign developed from conceptual phase through construction documents, including detailed plant palette for a naturalized play area adjacent to a school. Detai here includes a forest glen, a steep stream bank, and a gently sloping stream corridor
Platanus occidentalis, Cercis canadensis, Chimaphila maculata, Mitchella repens, reclaimed logs, existing leaf litter
Betula nigra, Hamamelis virginiana, Cornus sericea, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Lindera benzoin, Athyrium felix-femina
Acer griseum, Viburnum acerifolium, Ilex verticilata, Lobelia cardinalis, clump-grass assortment, tumbled river rock
24” Seat wallRunning bond, troweled mortar
#5 Slate Chip drainage reservoir
6” Cut greenstone wheel stop 4” Square granite cobbles, Dry Set
Type Iv Brick, class SXMortar setting bed
Min. 4” concrete base
Compacted subbase
Compacted subgradeGeotextile
Gravel drainage reservoir
Gravel pave systemConcrete baseCompacted subgrade
Drain pipe to wetlands
Uncompacted subgrade
inset brick runnel
metal grate above river rock substrate
cast-in-place concrete steps, 4” risers
wooden boardwalk above rain garden detention basins, including wetland plantings
Parking Lot Design Parking lot intended to fit within surrounding naturalized landscape, includes stormwater detention with plantings, and detail design to highlight water
THIS PAGE (top to bottom): form, material, and texture inspiration, joint between parking area and stormwater gardens; permeable parking detail FACING PAGE (top to bottom): Final grading plan; material palette
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Brick Retaining WallPermeable at major drainage points, with vegetation; tooled, deeply recessed mortar
#5 Crushed Slate drainage reservoir, 1.5 - 0.5 inch pieces; some vegatation at base of wall
Cubical Stone Cobbles, unmortared, stabilized in gravel pave system, over gravel drainage reservoir
Pre-cast concrete wheelstop4” above grade; ad-ditional piece aligned at grade, 16’ from wheelstop
Metal Grate on steel substructure, runnel feeds into box, adjoins to raised boardwalk of recycled plastic lumber
Parking lot drain runnel feed into metal box, bottom lined with 3 - 6” #5 crushed slate or river rock