Multi-media designer with education in landscape architecture, urban design, architecture, art and architectural history. My work draws upon our built and natural environment for inspiration, referencing the past while looking toward the future and focusing on the experience of the moment.
Haddad | Drugan, Seattle, WA, US, Contract Artist
Assist with large public art projects by creating graphics in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, physical models, and editing construction plans and making details in AutoCAD
Jordan West Monez Studio and About Nature, Seattle, WA, US, Designer
Freelance work in landscape architecture, graphic design, mapping, public art
International Living Future Institute, Seattle, WA, US, Living Building Challenge Intern
Worked with the Living Building Challenge focused on outreach to businesses for the Declare Products labeling system. Attended the Living Future UnConference.
Virginia Outdoors Foundation, Richmond, VA, US, Webmaster & Conservation Program Assistant
-Designed, published and maintained 70+ page website as Webmaster. Conducted property research and created Baseline Documentation Reports for new land conservation easements.
-Served as editor of the VOF semi-annual newsletter and designed newsletter layout.
-Collaborated daily with staff from all divisions and offices for various projects in the Easement, Stewardship, Technical, and Administrative divisions of VOF.
-Worked with the Executive Director to create presentations given to conservation organizations and government agencies using photography and writing to convey importance of land conservation.
-Developed new marketing strategy for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF), hired and worked with a logo designer to create a new visual identity and publications for VOF.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US, Masters, Landscape Architecture
+ Thesis Studio | Duwamish Palimpsest: Changing Natures [Duwamish River, Seattle, WA]
+ Landscape Art Studio | Walk Through Sky to Water [Lake Union, Seattle, WA]
+ IBA Studio: Strategies of Sustainable Development | BaSIN City [Las Vegas Valley, NV]
+ Community Design Studio | Renewing Renewal [International District, Seattle, WA]
+ Landscape Materials and Construction Studio | Urban Mirth [Gould Hall, Seattle, WA]
+ Katrina 3 Studio | Fluvial Imprints: An Industrial Ecosystem [Jefferson Parish, LA]
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK, Department 1 - Architecture, City, Landscape
+ Studio | A New Map of Denmark: Suburban Density and Forest Experience [Lyngby, DK]
+ Western Denmark Study Tour | fjords, shoreline protection, campus design, historic preservation, public art and sculpture parks and agriculture [Jutland, DK]
+ Short Courses | Landscape Photography, Ecotect, European Biodiversity, Urban Forestry
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US, BArch, Architecture
+ Spatial Logics of Change Studio | Atmospheric Research Lab [Philadelphia, PA]
+ Sustainable Design Studio | Things Take Time: Building Research Lab [Copenhagen, DK]
+ NYC Waterfront Studio | Maritime Museum and Water Taxi stop [New York, NY]
+ Housing Studio | Dormitory and Apartment Design with Gardens [Charlottesville, VA]
ScanDesign Fellowship, Scholarship
Fellowship Grant to study abroad in Copenhagen, DK at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Department 1 (Architecture, City, and Landscape)
WASLA Merit Award, Award
Awarded for thesis publication, Duwamish Palimpsest: Exploring the Changing Natures of a River/Estuary/Waterway/Superfund Site
WASLA Honor Award, Award
Award for Landscape Art Studio Project Walk Through Sky to Water
Lee and Rolaine Copeland Fellowship in Urban Design, Scholarship
The Myer R. Wolfe Scholarship and Lee and Rolaine Copeland Endowed Fellowship in Urban Design are awarded to outstanding students in the University of Washington's Urban Design Certificate Program, based on:
academic excellence
developing design abilities
commitment to/experience in urban design
potential future effectiveness in the field of urban design
interest in specific urban design issues
Margaret and Fritz Wagner Endowed Scholarship, Scholarship