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Niall G. Kirkwood Professor and Chair Department of Landscape Architecture |
Curriculum Vitae
| Academic Appointment | |
| 2003- | Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 2005- | Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture Degree Programs (MLA), Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 2001- | Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1997-2001 | Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture |
| 1993-96 | Assistant Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture |
| 1992 | Visiting Design Critic, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture |
| 1991 | Design Critic, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Landscape Architecture |
| Education | |
| 1985 | Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1978 | Bachelor of Architecture, University of Manchester, England |
| 1976 | Bachelor of Arts (Hons. Architecture), University of Manchester, England |
| ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE | |
| 2004 | Member, Deans Search Faculty Advisory Committee, Harvard University |
| 2003-present | Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture,
Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 2003-present | Member, Senior Faculty Search (Arch.),
Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 2001-2002 | Chairman, Faculty Search Committee
(LA), Harvard, GSD |
| 2001-2002 | Member, Senior Faculty Search (LA),
Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 2000 | Graduate Advisor and Reader, Extension
School Harvard University |
| 2000- present | Doctoral Advisor, DDes Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 2000 | LARB 5 Year Accreditation Report and
Review Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1999- 2003 | Director, Masters in Landscape Degree
Programs Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1999 | Thesis Advisor and Reader (Architecture), MIT |
| 1999- 2003 | Advisor, ‘Design and the Environment’ Track Master in Design Studies (MdesS), Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1997-present | Committee on the Environment Harvard University |
| 1996-present | Committee on Harvard Native American
Affairs Harvard University |
| 1995-2003 | Committee, Advanced Independent Study
Programs Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1995-1999 | Committee Fulbright/Harvard Fellowship
Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1995- present | Coordinator, Admissions Committee,
MLA I Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1995 | Visiting Curriculum Committee to University of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1995 | Co-Coordinator, F.L. Olmsted Lecture
Series Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1995-present | Jury Member, Clifford Wong Housing
Prize Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1995-1999 | Synder Prize Award Jury Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1994-1996 | Chairman, GSD Review Board Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1994-1995 | Ad-hoc Committee on Design Technology
Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1994 | Faculty Member, Versailles/GSD Exchange
Harvard GSD |
| SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, HONORS | |
| 2004 | Boston Society of Architects
(BSA) Research Award Silresim Superfund Site and Tanner Street Industrial Corridor City of Lowell, Massachusetts Partners: CTE, Stoss Inc. Boston |
| US.EPA Grant for Technical
Studies (Part Three) ‘The Use of Phytoremediation to Minimize Human Exposure and Health Risk following Renovation and Remodeling of Homes containing Lead-Based Paints’. Partners: Edenspace Systems Corporation Inc. VA. |
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| 2003 | Landscape Architecture Grant
Graham Foundation, Chicago Award for completion of ‘Weathering and Durability' manuscript |
| US.EPA Grant for Technical
Studies (Part Two) ‘The Use of Phytoremediation to Minimize Human Exposure and Health Risk following Renovation and Remodeling of Homes containing Lead-Based Paints’. Partners: Edenspace Systems Corporation Inc. VA, Lead-Safe Cambridge, MA. |
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| 2001 | Reuse Assessment and Redevelopment
Planning Proposal Award Silresim Superfund Site and Tanner Street Industrial Corridor City of Lowell, Massachusetts Partners: Stoss, The Bioengineering Group, Inc. and TRC Environmental Services |
| BSLA Professional Merit Award
Planning (Publication), for ‘Detroit Riverfront’ Harvard Graduate School of Design Co-Editor, Mary Margaret Jones, GSD Visiting Critic |
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| 2000 | NIEHS Grant RFA ES-99-001
Superfund Hazardous Substances Basic Research Program ‘A Community - Based Study of Lead-Exposure Pathways, Biomarkers of Dose, Health Effects, and Phytoremediation Strategies at the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Miami, OK’. Project Co-Leaders: Jack Spengler, Harvard School of Public Health; Howard Hu, Harvard Medical School; Rebecca Jim, LEAD, OK. |
| US.EPA Grant for Technical
Studies (Part One) ‘The Use of Phytoremediation to Minimize Human Exposure and Health Risk following Renovation and Remodeling of Homes containing Lead-Based Paints’. Partners: Edenspace Systems Corporation Inc. VA, Lead-Safe Cambridge, MA. |
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| 1999 | Dean's Annual Research Grant
Program Award Harvard Graduate School of Design 'Lead Levels’ |
| BSLA Professional Honor Award
Planning (Publication), for ‘The Art of Landscape Detail’ |
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| 1996 | Landscape Architecture Grant
Graham Foundation, Chicago Award for completion of ‘The Art of Landscape Detail’ manuscript |
| Dean's Annual Research Grant
Program Award Harvard Graduate School of Design ‘Manufactured Sites’ |
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| 1995, 1994, 1993 |
Tozier Teaching Grant,
Harvard University |
| 1994 | Urban Land Design Award,
Broadgate Project, London, Exchange Square, Public Urban Landscape Space with Hanna/Olin Ltd, Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, PA. Architects: SOM, Chicago and London |
| 1991 | Gold Medal, UK Association
of Landscape Industries Landscape Open Space and Masterplanning Canary Wharf Phases 1-2, Docklands, Isle of Dogs, London with Hanna/Olin Ltd, Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, PA. Architects: IM Pei & Partners, SOM, Chicago and London. |
| 1990 | Architectural Design Award,
PA Magazine Urban Park and Recreational Masterplan Parc de la Draga, Spain with Hanna/Olin Ltd, Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, PA. Architects: Eisenman Robertson, New York |
| SELECTED PUBLIC SERVICE | |
| 2004 | Chairman, Hiriya Design Competition Jury, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Presenter, Orange County Great Park Planning Committee, Ca. | |
| Member, Design Review Committee, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Central Artery | |
| 2003 | Member, Editorial Board, Landscape Journal Magazine |
| Panelist, The Garden in the City: Landscape Visions for the Civic Realm, Civic Design Forum, The Fenway Alliance, Boston, MA | |
| Panelist, Public Forum on the Central Artery Parkland Corridor, Boston | |
| Member, Center for the Environment, Harvard University | |
| Workshop Chair, "Sustainable Brownfields Redevelopment" 3rd Annual Regional Sustainable Development Forum, MIT | |
| Presenter, The Atomic Heritage Foundation’s Workshop on Preserving, the Manhattan Project Heritage at Oak Ridge, American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge, TN | |
| Distinguished Fellow, National Association of Office and Commercial Properties | |
| 2002 | Reviewer, Abstract Submissions, CELA Annual Conference, SUNY |
| Facilitator, Historic America Building Survey Workshop, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Juror, Boston Society of Landscape Architects Planning Awards (01) | |
| 2001 | Moderator, Panel Discussion, Fresh
Kills Landfill, New York, Reclaimed! Post-Industrial Sites Around
the World Co-sponsored by the NYC Department of City Planning and the Municipal Arts Society |
| 2000-2002 | Governor of Massachusetts Appointee,
Commission to Review the Development and Maintenance of the Surface Artery Restoration, Central Artery Project, Boston, MA |
| 2000 | Resource Specialist, Mayors Institute for City Design on Brownfields, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| Member, City of New York, Department
of City Planning Professional Advisory Committee on the Enduse of Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island, NY. |
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| 1999-2003 | Member of Board, Clean Land Fund, Rhode Island |
| 1999 | Member, Committee on the Environment, Harvard University |
| Member, Interfaculty Collaboration on Campus Sustainability at Harvard | |
| 1997-1998 | Consultant, US EPA/National Park Service Task Force, Charleston, SC |
| 1996-present | Faculty Advisory Board Member, Harvard Native American Program |
| 1994-1996 | Faculty Presenter, Harvard College Freshman Overview Week |
| 1995 | Member, Review Board of University Committee on Rights and Responsibilities, Harvard University |
| Adviser, Harvard Real Estate Planning Group, Spring | |
| 1994 | Member, Harvard Manor House Advisory Committee |
| Nominee, President Elect, Boston Society of Landscape Architects | |
| Adviser, Harvard Law School Tenant Advocacy Project | |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
| 1993-1996 | Principal, Kirkwood Associates, Landscape Architects, Somerville, MA. |
| 1988-1992 | Senior Associate, Hanna/Olin Ltd. Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1985-1988 | Associate, Hanna/Olin Ltd. Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1980-1983 | Project Architect, Trevor Dannatt & Partners, Architects, London, England. |
| 1978-1980 | Project Architect, Derek Lovejoy & Partners, Landscape Architects, Scotland |
| 1976-1977 | Architectural Assistant, Russell & Wheatcroft Partnership, Derbyshire, England |
| 1971-1975 | Design Assistant, Russell & Wheatcroft Partnership, England. (part-time) |
| PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | |
| 1989-present | American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) |
| 1978-1996 | Architectural Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) |
| 1988-1998 | Associate Member of the Institute of Landscape Architects (ILA) |
| 1978-1996 | Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) |
| 2001-present | National Brownfields Association (NBA) |
| 2002-present | National Association of Office and Commercial Properties (NAOIP) |
| CURRENT ACADEMIC RESEARCH | |
| Summer 2004 | ‘The Use of Phytoremediation
to Minimize Human Exposure and Health Risk following Rennovation
and Remodeling of Homes containing Lead-Based Paints’ USEPA FY 2000 Grant Funds for Technical Studies, Part Two of field testing of contaminated residential yard soils in Cambridge, MA. Project Team: Edenspace Systems Corporation, VA |
| 2004- | India Initiative CTE, Harvard Design School in collaboration with IDFC, Delhi and Bombay Academic Outreach Service to Industry and Public Partners on issues of sustainability, urbanization, natural resources and development in Bombay |
| 2003-present | Urban Open Space and Brownfields,
Northern Ireland UU Visiting Scholars Program The City of Belfast in collaboration with the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Ongoing academic exchange on planning, real estate and economic development in the Province. |
| Spring 2003 | Hiyara Landfill, Tel Aviv,
Israel Design Charette, Tel Aviv Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design Client: District Planning Office, Tel Aviv and The Beracha Foundation, Jerusalem Charette Co-Organizer to District Planning Office, Tel Aviv Co-organizer of an international charette with teams of designers and planners drawn from Israel, Europe and North America reviewing future alternatives for a 3000 acre site in the Southern Tel Aviv area that includes the Hiyara Landfill. |
| Spring 2001 | Silresim Superfund Site and
Tanner Street Industrial Corridor Reuse Assessment and Redevelopment Planning, City of Lowell, Massachusetts Partners: Stoss, The Bioengineering Group, Inc. and TRC Environmental Services Remediation Strategist |
| 2001- 2005 | Gray Skies: Natural Disasters,
Climate Change and the Built Environment Research Project, Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design Principal Investigator and Project Leader Drastic changes to natural and built landscapes by climate change, industrialization and pollution are the subject of an interdisciplinary study including proposals for advanced interdisciplinary seminars. |
| 2000-2006 | Global Brown: Environmentally
Compromised Landscapes and International Development Research Project, Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design Principal Investigator and Project Leader An interdisciplinary project that advances an understanding of world pollution, land development issues and the future demands of industrialization in developing countries. |
| Spring 2001 | Hiyara Landfill, Tel Aviv,
Israel Research Project, Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design Client: District Planning Office, Tel Aviv and Beracha Foundation Resource Consultant to District Planning Office, Tel Aviv Resource consultant within an international multidisciplinary team of designers, planners and historians reviewing future alternatives for a 2000 acre site in the Southern Tel Aviv area that includes the Hiyara Landfill. |
| Winter 2001-present | Brownfield Portal: An Digital
Inventory & Platform of Brownfield Sites in Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Masssachusetts Brownfields Office, Boston, MA. Research Project, Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Center for Design Informatics at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Brownfields Office, Dow Corporation Inc. Principal Investigator and Project Leader Development of the first digital inventory of brownfields in Massachusetts |
| Fall 2001 | Brown Fields and Gray Waters:
Restoration and Remediation of Degraded Land and Waterways Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education Course and Conference, Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design Co-Coordinators: Dr Robert France, Niall Kirkwood |
| Fall 2001 | Reclaimed! Brown Fields and
Gray Waters: Case Studies of Emerging Reclamation Processes &
Design Practices Harvard Graduate School of Design Exhibition, Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design Exhibition Curator: Niall Kirkwood |
| 2000-2001 | Fresh Kills Landfill Regeneration,
Staten Island, New York Research Project, Member, Professional Advisory Forum City of New York Department of City Planning Study of the enduse possibilities of the largest landfill on the eastern seaboard of the United States, (3,000 acres) located on Staten Island near lower Manhattan. |
| Fall 2000-present | Regenerating Former Underutilized
Defense Sites (FUDS), The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, DeSota, Kansas, MI Research Project, Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design The OZ Corporation Ltd., Kansas, MI Principal Investigator and Project Leader Development of research into remediation strategies allied with reuse planning on 7000 acre former military site. Application of innovative technologies and integration with existing and proposed infrastructure, stormwater management and landform construction. |
| Spring/Summer /Fall 2000 |
Brownfields and Housing White Paper: Why is there Underdevelopment of Housing in Brownfields Redevelopment? Research Project, Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Joint Center for Housing and Urbanization, Harvard University Preparation of keynote white paper for the National Association of Home Builders in the United States (NAHB) Conference in Washington DC. Outlines critical questions in the evolution of residential strategies for the reuse of contaminated urban industrial land. |
| Summer 2000- 2005 | A Community-Based Study of
Lead-Exposure Pathways, Biomarkers of Dose, Health Effects and Phytoremediation
Strategies, Tar Creek Superfund Site, Miami, Oklahoma. Superfund Hazardous Substances Basic Research Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Services RFA ES-99-001 Cleanup and reclamation of 40 square mile area of land contaminated from lead and zinc mining operations. Principles and application of phytoremediation technologies in field test. Issues include planning and design of site systems, public health concerns with accentuated lead levels in population (children 1-10). Harvard Project Team: Dr Howard Hu, Harvard Medical School, Principal Co-Investigator Dr John D. Spengler, Harvard School of Public Health, Principal Co-Investigator Rebecca Jim, L.E.A.D. Agency, Miami, Oklahoma Niall Kirkwood, Harvard Graduate School of Design Lucia Lovinger-Golob, Harvard Science Center |
| 1998-present | Phytoremediation and Brownfields,
New England Technology Transfer, Consultant to US EPA Region 1, New England Dr John Podgurski, Brownfields Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1 Professor William Librizzi, New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistance on the development of site strategies, methods and tools for the temporary and interim use of small urban brownfields in CT and MA. Presentations at technology transfer seminars and preparation of Regional Conference on topic. Individual assistance to cities of Danbury, Derby, CT. |
| Spring– Summer 2000 | ‘The Use of Phytoremediation
to Minimize Human Exposure and Health Risk following Rennovation
and Remodeling of Homes containing Lead-Based Paints’ USEPA FY 2000 Grant Funds for Technical Studies, Grant for research funding for field testing of contaminated residential yards in Cambridge, MA. Project Team: Edenspace Systems Corporation, VA Lead-Safe Cambridge, MA. |
| Summer/Fall 1999 | Zinc Smelting Plants, Mexico Research and Planning Project, Monterrey (60 acres) & Chihuahua (1,100 acres) Site Research and Project Development. Remediation and reuse of abandoned industrial sites with toxic soil and subsoil contamination. Master planning and environmental design for clean-up. Participants: Grupo Diseno Urbano, Mexico City (Mario Schjetnan), Industrial Mineral Mexico S.A. (Mexico) |
| April 1998 | Manufactured Sites An International Landscape Conference and Exhibition on Site Technologies for Contemporary Practice, Harvard Design School, Conference Organizer and Exhibition Curator Two days of papers and panel discussions with international engineers, scientists, designers and regulators on the issues, opportunities and constraints of post-industrial landscapes |
| BOOK PUBLICATIONS | |
| May 2004 | Weathering and Durability in Landscape
Architecture John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York ISBN: 0-471-39266-9, 294p. 108 illus. |
| April 2001 | Manufactured Sites: Rethinking
the Post-Industrial Landscape (Editor), London: E& FN Spon.
Routledge, ISBN: 0-415-24365-3, 265p. 170 illus. |
| November 2000 | Detroit Riverfront Harvard Graduate School of Design, ISBN: 0-935-617-49-3, 82p. 90 illus. co-authored with Mary Margaret Jones, Visiting Design Critic, GSD Winner: Boston Society of Landscape Architects, Merit Award, 2000 |
| October 1999 | The Art of Landscape Detail, Fundamentals,
Practices, Case Studies New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 0-471-14044-9, 352p.158 illus. Winner: Boston Society of Landscape Architects, Honor Award, 1999 |
| BOOK MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS | |
| Brown Fields Gray Waters: Restoring
and Reclaiming Disturbed Landscapes Edited by Niall Kirkwood CRC Lewis, Florida Manuscript under preparation |
|
| Reclaimed! Landscape Recovery Processes
and Design Practices Edited by Robert France and Niall Kirkwood London: E& FN Spon. Routledge Manuscript under preparation |
|
| Landscape Architecture Graphic
Standards Edited by F Steiner John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York Chapter Sections on Brownfields and Environmental Remediation |
|
| Brownfield Design: Challenges and
Achievements in the Reuse of Industrial Landscapes Case studies of innovative approaches to brownfields development are presented and analyzed focusing on the new generation of reclamation strategies that intregrate brownfields within larger metropolitan proposals and the relationship of these progressive design strategies and the cleanup of toxic land. |
|
| Tar Creek: A Toxic Journey in the
American Landscape with Photographer, Nancy Goldenberg Manuscript Proposal to John Hopkins University Press |
|
| Phytoremediation Principles: A
Guide for Landscape Architecture and Site Planning A short illustrated handbook for educators, designers and planners on innovative approaches to the remediation and reuse of brownfields and other polluted sites using living planted systems. |
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| SELECTED PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS | |
| 2004 | 'Introduction' Chapter One in European Landscape Architecture: best practice in detailing, Editors: Ian Thompson, Jens Balsby Nielsen, Torben Dam, London: E& FN Spon. Routledge, due to be published. |
| 2003 | "Foreword" in Koekebakker, Olof, Westergasfabriek Culture Park: transformation of a former industrial site in Amsterdam, Rotterdam : NAI. |
| 2002 | "Cultural weathering", in Mikyoung Kim : inhabiting circumference, landscape rituals, urban ground, fixed and lengthening positions, multisensory experience, flux, Washington, D. C. : Editions Ariel |
| SELECTED PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND BOOK REVIEWS | |
| 2004 | "Phytoremediation and Landscape Architecture: Approaches and Applications to the Cleanup and Reuse of Contaminated Sites" To be submitted to Remediation Journal, John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York |
| "‘Brownfield Landscapes-
Rethinking the Post-Industrial City" To be submitted to Urban Design Studies, Volume 8, Peer Reviewed Journal of University of Greenwich Urban Design Unit, Dartford, Kent, U. |
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| 2002 | 'Here come the Hyper-Accumulators' Harvard Design Magazine, Fall-Winter. |
| 2001 | "Ian L. McHarg 1928- 2001, Obituary", Landscape Architecture, June |
| "Ian L. McHarg 1928- 2001, Obituary", Harvard Design Magazine, Summer | |
| "Why is there so little Residential
Redevelopment of Brownfields?" Livability Newsletter published by Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University. May. Paper delivered at Foundation for Environmental Education Conference, Washington D.C. September 2000. |
|
| "Integrating Remediation Into Landscape Design" Paper from Brownfields Applications and Beneficial Use of Land at the ‘Phytoremediation, State of the Science’ Conference, May 2000. Conference Proceedings published on-line by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Summer, 2001. | |
| 2000 | "Across the Open Field, Essays drawn from the English Landscape, by Laurie D. Olin", published by University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Book Review, Urban Landscape and Planning, September. |
| 1996 | "‘Unusable and Unsafe’ Learning from Failure", GSD News, Fall |
| "Holding our Ground", Landscape
Architecture Magazine, February |
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| 1995 | "Safety and Amenity in Detail: Landscape in Detail" (in Japanese), Interscape Magazine, September |
| "Reconfigured Ground: practice
and research between landscape and architecture". Symposium
Proceedings, Design for the Environment: The Interdisciplinary
Challenge, ACSA Conference, University of Illinois at Champaign, Urbana, October |
|
| 1992 | "Terra Firma Reconsidered", Landscape Design, September. |
| PUBLICATION ON KIRKWOOD'S WORK BY OTHERS | |
| 2002 | Clemence, Elizabeth and Susan Howard. "Reclaimed! Brown Fields and Gray Waters: Reclamation Processes and Design Practices Conference Review." Landscape Journal, Volume 21, Number 2. |
| Reed, Chris. "Manufactured Sites: Rethinking the Post-Industrial Landscape by Niall Kirkwood, Book Review", Landforum, Spring. | |
| 2001 | Thompson, J. William. "Manufactured Sites: Rethinking the Post-Industrial Landscape by Niall Kirkwood", Book Review, Landscape Architecture, November |
| Gewertz, Ken, "When Fieldwork is Fieldwork: Reclaiming 'Degraded' Land is Focus of Gund Hall exhibit", Harvard Gazette, 25 October. | |
| 2000 | McIntosh, Alistair. "The Art of Landscape Detail: Fundamentals Practices, Case Studies, by Niall Kirkwood", Book Review, LandForum, No. 5, August. |
| Thompson, J. William. "Getting the Lead Out" Landscape Architecture, Volume 90, No. 5, May | |
| Dalton, Deborah. "The Art of Landscape Detail: Fundamentals Practices, Case Studies by Niall Kirkwood", Book Review, Landscape Architecture, February | |
| Sorvig, Kim. "The Art of Landscape Detail: Fundamentals Practices, Case Studies by Niall Kirkwood", Book Review, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 49/1-2. | |
| 1999 | Lindley Tom. "Who will save the Children of Ottawa County?"The Oklahoman, December |
| Garton, Gary. "Plants may Pull Lead from Soil", The Joplin Globe, January | |
| Taft, Marilyn. "LEAD Meetings to feature Harvard Professors", Miami News-Record, January. | |
| 1998 | Thompson, J. William. "Botanical Remedies", Landscape Architecture, Volume 88, No 8, August. |
| 1991 | McNamara, Martin H. "London Open Space" Landscape Architecture, Vol 81, No. 8, August |
| Thompson, J. William. "Atlantic Crossing", Landscape Forum, Landscape Architecture, Vol 81, No. 8 August | |
| SELECTED SYMPOSIA, EXHIBITIONS AND INVITED LECTURES | |
| 2004 | Landscape Architecture and
the Contemporary Site: Innovation and Research in Design and Technology Department of Landscape Architecture, Sangmyung University, Jeju, Korea, June Guest Lecturer |
| GSD Option Studio- Altered
Faces: Reworking the Teheran Corridor, Seoul, Korea Landscape Architecture Program, School of Environmental Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, June. Guest Lecturer |
|
| Chat: Communities Helping Achieve
Transformations Session III—Superfund Sites are Real Places Revitalizing Land and Restoring Communities Conference School of Law, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April Guest Lecturer |
|
| Panel on Ecology Hyper-Density in Asian Cities, Asia GSD Conference Harvard Design School, March Panel Moderator |
|
| Design for Sustainable Urban
Environmental Development Industrial Design Federation Association (IDFC) New Delhi and Bombay, India, January Guest Lecturer |
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| 2003 | The Art of Green-way Design:
Precedents, Practices and Projects “International Symposium on a Holistic Approach to Green-way Design for People and Other Living Things” Landscape Architecture Program, School of Environmental Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, September Keynote Speaker |
| Manufactured Sites: Creativity
and the Post-Industrial Landscape 'Creativity and the City' Conference Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-organizer |
|
| 'Manufactured Sites: Rethinking
the Post-Industrial Landscape' Department of Landscape Architecture, Rutgers University, NJ, Spring Margaret O. Sekada Memorial Lecturer |
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| 2002 | Real Estate Workshop ‘Adding Value to Brownfields Development: Emerging Planning and Design Ideas in the Reuse of Derelict or Contaminated Land’ Workshop, Spring Harvard Design School Office of Executive Education Invited Faculty Presenter |
| 2001 | Reclaimed! Brown Fields and
Gray Waters: Case Studies of Emerging Reclamation Processes & Design Practices Harvard Graduate School of Design Exhibition, Fall Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design Exhibition Curator |
| 'Penetration and Transparency:
Walks In, Around, and Through the Fresh Kills Landfill' Part I of ‘Expanded Reconnaissance’ a Percent for Art project A two channel video projection work by artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles Director, Kathy Brew, Mosquito Productions, New York. July Invited Video Presenter |
|
| Brownfields and Phytotechnology
Design 7th Annual Industrial Wastes Technical and Regulatory Conference, Charleston, S.C. Presented by Water Environment Federation and Cosponsored by US.EPA, August Panelist and Presenter |
|
| Tar Creek: An Interdisciplinary
Research Project at Harvard Maps and Photographs from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Oklahoma, Photographer: Nancy Goldenberg Gund Hall Lobby Currents Wall, April Public Exhibition |
|
| Fresh Kills Landfill: A Public
Forum and Panel Discussion Municipal Arts League, New York City, April Moderator and Presenter |
|
| Hazardous Wastes and Brownfields
Redevelopment Course EHS 266 CD Land Environment, Harvard School of Public Health Instructor: Dr Melvin First, Professor of Environmental Health Engineering (Emeritus), April Guest Lecturer |
|
| Manufactured Sites: Rethinking
the Post-Industrial Landscape Faculty of Landscape Architecture, SUNY, Syracuse, Spring The William J. Donlon Visiting Professorship Lecture |
|
| 2000 | Toxic Kingdoms: Design and
Technology Research on Contaminated Sites Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MI. October H. R. Cleveland Public Lecture |
| Brownfields Development and
Housing Sponsored by the National Association of Education and the Environment, National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB), Washington, DC. National Executive Roundtable Conference, September Keynote Speaker |
|
| Why is there Under-Development
in Brownfields?- Framing Questions Sponsored by the National Association of Education and the Environment, National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) Washington, DC. National Conference, June Conference Facilitator |
|
| ‘On Durability: Questions
and Problems of Failure and Time in Contemporary Design, Technology,
and the Constructed Landscape’ Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania GSFA, May Guest Lecturer |
|
| Toxic Kingdoms: Current Research
and Teaching on Contaminated America Kennedy School of Government, April Organized by Harvard Alumni Presidents Association Invited Speaker |
|
| Fresh Kills Enduse Public Meeting of Fresh Kills Landfill Professional Advisory Forum, New York, NY. Organized by the City of New York Department of City Planning. March Member, Professional Forum |
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| 1999 | Brownfields and Phytoremediation Technology Seminar, Stamford, Connecticut Organized by US. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, November Guest Speaker |
| 1998 | ‘Recuperacion de Sitios
Alterados por Explotacion Industrial’ First International Congress of Landscape Architects in Mexico, Mexico City, November Keynote Speaker (in English with Spanish translator) |
| ‘Brownfields to Greenfields
using Living Plant Systems’ Tools for Environmental Management, School of Public Health, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University August, Faculty Presenter A special program developed in cooperation with the Instituto Nacional de Ecologico (INE), Mexico and the Center for Preparation and Implementation of International Projects on Technical Assistance (CPPI), Russia |
|
| Manufactured Sites, An International
Landscape Conference and Exhibition on Site Technologies for Contemporary
Practice Harvard Graduate School of Design, April Conference Organizer and Exhibition Curator |
|
| 1997 | Work under Construction: The
Art of Landscape Detail Public Lecture, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, SUNY. Guest Lecturer |
| PROFESSIONAL PLANNING AND DESIGN EXPERIENCE | |
| Kirkwood Associates, Landscape Architects, Somerville, MA | |
| 1996 | Somerville Housing Sitework Architects; Abacus Architects, Boston |
| 1995 | Public Art Work Competition,
Somerville, MA. First Place Winners: Urban Growing Center and Educational Garden |
| Brown Residence, South Dartmouth,
MA. Private Estate Garden and Grounds |
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| 1994 | Appalachian Mountain Club,
Beacon Hill, Boston. Architects; Anne Beha Associates, Boston |
| 1993 | Centro Carlos, Barcelona Architects; De Stefano & Partners, Chicago |
| Hanna/Olin Ltd, Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, PA. | |
| 1992 | Bronx Police Academy, New York,
NY. Role: Landscape Project Manager and Senior Associate Invited Competition, Consultants: Sir Norman Foster and Partners, Architects, London Conceptual design proposal for open space associated with proposed building proposal |
| 1991 | College & Conservatory
of Music, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. Site Masterplan, Architects: Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners, New York |
| Residence and Garden for John
Baldessari, Santa Monica, CA. Role: Landscape Project Manager and Senior Associate Site Master plan, Architects: Frank O Gehry Assoc, Inc. Venice, California |
|
| Electric Trolley Bus Project,
Los Angeles, CA. Role: Landscape Project Manager and Senior Associate Urban Masterplan, Client: Southern California Rapid Transit Authority Consultants: DMJM, Los Angeles, Architects Public Works Associates, Los Angeles, Urban Designers Development of 200 miles of urban infrastructure, open space and civic amenities along new trolley bus system. Included handling of abandoned and contaminated sites, roadways and service areas. |
|
| Hotel del Artes, Vila Olimpica, Barcelona,
Spain Role: Landscape Project Manager and Senior Associate Open Space, Documentation and Implementation, 1991 Client; The Travelstead Group, New York Consultants: Skidmore Owings Merrill, Chicago and Barcelona Bruce Graham, Architects, Florida Frank O.Gehry and Associates, Architects, Los Angeles Associated with the planning of 1992 Olympics, design and implementation of international hotel project, retail center and associated open space on Barcelona's former industrial waterfront. |
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| Sagrera Station, Barcelona, Spain Role: Landscape Project Manager and Senior Associate Conceptual Masterplan, 1991 Client; The Travelstead Group, New York Architects; Sir Norman Foster and Partners, London Ove Arup & Partners, Engineers, London Redevelopment of 300 acres of contaminated former railroad shunting yards. Master planning of active and recreational park, railway station and parking. |
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| 1990 | Parc de le Draga, Banyoles,
Spain Role: Landscape Project Manager and Senior Associate Open Space Masterplan and Design, 1990 Client; Barcelona Olympic Committee Architects; Eisenman Associates, New York Associated with the planning of 1992 Olympics, planning and design of local park and facilities associated with rowing. Development of site reclamation approach. |
| 1989 | Chiswick Park, London, England Role: Landscape Project Manager and Senior Associate Site Masterplan and Open Space Design, Client; Rosehaugh Stanhope Ltd. Consultants: Terry Farrell and Partners, Architects, London Ahrens, Burton, and Koralek, London Norman Foster and Partners, Architects, London Richard Rogers and Partners, Architects, London Peter Foggo and Associates, Architects, London Chipperfield Associates, Architects, London Eric Parry Associates, Architects, London Ove Arup & Partners, Engineers, London Redevelopment and master planning of 30 acre former industrial bus factory and test site adjacent to nature reserve and residential community. Removal and capping of 1 million cubic meters of contaminated soil, formation of lakes, infrastructure, roads and building platforms. |
| Kansai Airport, Japan Role: Landscape Project Manager and Associate Invited Competition, Architects; Pei, Cobb, Freed, & Partners, New York Planning and design proposal for new international airport located on new landfill island. |
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| 1987 | Kings Cross Railway Yards,
London, England |
| Kings Cross Railway Yards,
London, England Role: Landscape Project Manager and Associate Invited Competition, Client; London Regeneration Consortium, London Consultants: Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Chicago and London, Architects and Urban Designers Chipperfield Associates, Architects, London Norman Foster and Partners, Architects, London Frank O Gehry Assoc, Inc. Architects, Los Angeles Stanley Tigerman Associates, Architects, Chicago Redevelopment of 134 acres of urban land comprising two railway stations and shunting yards, a major canal, a functioning cement works, a children’s nature park, and fifty severely contaminated industrial buildings and demolished structures. Master planning of new urban development, infrastructure and a new urban park. |
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| Royal Albert Docks, Docklands,
London, England Role: Landscape Project Manager and Associate Docklands Redevelopment Masterplan, Client; Rosehaugh Stanhope Ltd., London Consultants: Richard Rogers and Partners, Architects, London Master planning of 331 acre abandoned dock site with polluted water basins, derelict warehouses and localized toxic soils from oil chemical spills. Phased program of development includes housing, retail center, and a transportation center including a small commercial airport. |
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| 1986-1989 | Bishopsgate, Broadgate Phases
7- 13, London, England Role: Landscape Project Manager and Associate Site Redevelopment Masterplan and Redevelopment Project, Client; Rosehaugh Stanhope Ltd., London Architects; Skidmore Owings Merrill, Chicago and London |
| 1986 | Wexner Center for the Visual
Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Role: Landscape Project Manager and Associate Site Design and Implementation, Client: Ohio State University Consultants: Eisenman Robertson, Architects, New York Master planning of site and building project to form new focus of arts and visual media within existing campus. Development of material studies, detailing techniques and installation procedures with architects and contractors. |
| 1985- 1993 | Canary Wharf, Docklands, London,
England Role: Landscape Project Manager and Associate Docklands Redevelopment Masterplan and Redevelopment Project, Client: The Travelsted Group, New York Olympia and York, Toronto and London Consultants: Skidmore Owings Merrill, Architects, Chicago and London Kohn Peterson Fox, Architects, New York Aldo Rossi, Milan, Architects, Italy Ove Arup & Partners, Engineers, London Master planning, design and implementation over five years of 71 acre waterfront development on abandoned docks on the Isle of Dogs, River Thames. |
| Trevor Dannatt and Partners, Architects, London, England | |
| 1982 | Colfes School Arts Center,
Barnes, London Role: Project Architect Lecture Hall and Performing Arts Center, Client: Colfes School Board of Directors |
| 1981 | Thames Polytechnic, Woolich,
London Role: Team Architect, Campus Masterplan, Client: Thames Polytechnic (now Greenwich Univeristy) |
| 1980 | British Embassy Office and
Chancellory Role: Architect Government Headquarters within new Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Client: Her Majesty’s Foreign Office |
| British Ambassador's Residence Role: Project Architect Private Residence within new Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Client: Her Majesty’s Foreign Office |
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| Derek
Lovejoy and Partners, Landscape Architects, Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| 1980 | Brewery Park, Saltcoats, Ayrshire,
Scotland Role: Landscape Project Manager Landfill Reclamation and Park Design, Client: Scottish Redevelopment Authority Master planning of former coal mining and municipal landfill site adjacent to seafront. |
| 1979 | Ardeer Quarry, Ardeer, Ayrshire,
Scotland Role: Landscape Project Manager Quarry Reclamation and Park Design, Client; Scottish Redevelopment Authority Master planning of former quarry and municipal landfill site adjacent to ICI Chemical Works |