education |
Harvard Graduate School of Design,
Cambridge, MA
Master in Landscape Architecture, graduated with Merit;
1994 |
University of Utrecht,
Utrecht, Netherlands
Philosophy; 1991 |
International
Agricultural School Larenstein, Boskoop, Netherlands
Bachelor
of Landscape Architecture; 1987 |
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academic
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Harvard Graduate School of
Design (Cambridge, MA) |
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coordinator and instructor, core studio, landscape architecture
2nd semester MLA 1 program, "Brandeis
University, Waltham"
Spring 2004, with Dorothee Imbert |
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instructor, core studio, landscape architecture 2nd semester MLA
1 program, "Brandeiss University, Waltham", Spring 2003
with Mark Klopfer and Dorothee Imbert (coordinator) |
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instructor and coordinator, core studio, landscape architecture
2nd semester MLA 1 program, “The Parking Lot and the Garden”,
Spring 1997 |
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instructor, core studio, landscape architecture 2nd semester MLA
program, "A House and a Garden", spring 1996 |
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instructor, career discovery, landscape architecture, 1994 |
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research assistant, on the Bosch Park, with Anita Berritzbeita, 1994 |
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teaching assistant, first year design studio, landscape architecture,
with Gary Hilderbrand, fall 1993 |
Wentworth Institute of Technology,
Department of Architecture (Boston, MA) |
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adjunct professor, course ARCH540 Site Design. 3rd year BLA program,
Spring 2004 |
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adjunct professor, architectural design studio 3rd year BLA program,
"Central Square Library, Cambridge", Fall 2003,
with John Mitchell, Dominik Passeri and Mahdu
Dutta (coordinator) |
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instructor, workshop, landscape architecture, "University Campus",
1998 |
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instructor core studio Landscape Planning and Design 3rd semester
MLA program, "Public Landscape in Charlestown", Fall 1996 |
Ecole Nationale Superieure de Paysage (Versailles,
France), &
Harvard Graduate School of Design (Cambridge,
MA) |
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organization, French American Exchange. Paris/Marseilles 21-31
March 1997, New York/San Francisco 9-19
May 1997. with Martha Schwartz and Christophe Girot |
Rhode Island School of
Design (Providence, RI) |
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option studio, "Two Simultaneous Projects, a Portable Collapsable
Sun Shelter / a Public Landscape in Las Vegas",
with Kevin Conger, Spring 1996 |
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practice
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registered landscape architect
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SE BUSCA/WANTED, partnership
between Paula Meijerink and Michele Adrian.
2001-present,
(further indicated as SB) |
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SE BUSCA, Spanish for WANTED, was accidentally created
for the purpose of constructing a single landscape installation in
Caracas, Venezuela, but has since been developed into a committed landscape
architectural practice with special emphasis on the public realm.
The office is working on projects in Caracas
(Venezuela), Canada, Boston, and the Netherlands. |
Martha Schwartz, Inc., Cambridge,
Massachusetts,
Principal and Senior Designer, 1994 – 2002,
(further indicated as MSI) |
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The renown office of Martha Schwartz is interested in pursuing
landscape architecture from an artistic perspective focusing on the
visual and sculptural quality of a space while maintaining the highest
material integrity possible. The office practices at all scale levels
and has projects across the world. Notable projects are the Kitagata
Apartment Complex in Gifu (Japan), Mesa Cultural Arts Center in Mesa
(Arizona), Exchange Square in Manchester (England), Lehrter Bahnhof
Plaza in Berlin (Germany) and the Crescent (Oregon). |
De Koning, Amsterdam, Netherlands, project
designer; 1992
(further indicated as DK) |
Niek Roozen, BV Weesp, Netherlands, project
designer; 1989-1992
(further indicated as NR) |
Muts & de Koning, Amsterdam,
Netherlands, designer; 1987-1989
(further indicated as M&K) |
City Parks Department Velsen, Netherlands, designer; 1987
(further indicated as CPD) |
Buero Goette und Partner Frankfurt,
Germany; intern; 1985-1986
(further indicated as BG) |
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projects
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| garden design for the Métis International Garden Festival
2004 (Gaspé, Québec, Canada); with SB |
| landscape design for Parc Montmorency, Quebec City, Canada, with
Ekip (Montreal, Quebec); competion; with SB |
| garden in London (United Kingdom), garden in Losser (Netherlands),
Garden in Boston (USA) |
| urban design competition Potsdamm (Germany),
with One Architecture (Amsterdam, Netherlands); with SB |
| winning garden design for the competition Métis International Garden Festival
2003 (Gaspé, Québec, Canada); with SB |
| landscape design for Parque Humboldt (Caracas,
Venezuela); with SB |
| Tucson Gateway Competition
(Tucson, Arizona) |
| site design for housing project for
the Zhong Yi Company (Beijing, China); project
designer / project manager; for MSI |
| site design and art installation for Vita
Laboratories (Caracas, Venezuela); with SB |
| landscape installation at La Estancia (Caracas,
Venezuela); with SB |
| park design housing project Gartenstadt Laerberg (Vienna,
Austria); designer; for MSI |
| site design Crawford Museum of Transportation & Industry (Cleveland
Ohio); project manager; for MSI |
| site design National Underground Railroad
Freedom Center (Cincinatti, Ohio); project designer;
for MSI |
| site design Mesa Cultural Arts Center (Mesa,
Arizona); designer; for MSI |
| park design The Crescent, Eastbank
(Portland, Oregon); designer; for MSI |
| plaza design Exchange Square (Manchester,
England); project designer; for MSI |
| garden design Bayerishe Rueck Insurance Company (Munich,
Germany); project designer / project manager; for MSI |
| site design Kitagawa Apartment Reconstruction
Project (Gifu, Japan) project manager / designer; for
MSI |
| site design for landfill Nauerna (Nauerna,
Netherlands) |
| art installation “Mow Job” (Nauerna,
Netherlands) |
| plaza design Federal Courthouse Plaza (Minneapolis,
Minnesota); designer; for MSI |
| wedding Installation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| plaza design Headquarters for Housing and
Urban Development (Washington, DC); designer; for MSI |
| site designs Coventry Squares (Coventry,
England); project designer; for MSI |
| court yard designs for the housing project Paul
Lincke Höfe (Berlin, Germany); project manager / project
designer; for MSI |
| roof garden designs for The Mercer Hotel (New
York, New York); project designer; for MSI |
| site design for Disneyland Entry Esplanade (Anaheim,
California); designer; for MSI |
| site design Broward County Civic Arena (Fort
Lauderdale, Florida); designer; for MSI |
| site design Revenue Office (Zaandam,
Netherlands); project designer; for DK |
| site design Polynorm (Zaandam, Netherlands); designer;
for DK |
| site design for 7 entries at the Floriade
Exhibition (Zoetermeer, Netherlands); project designer;
for NR |
| site design for the nature reserve De Blauwe
Kamer (Rhenen, Netherlands); project designer; for NR |
| site design Office Park (Rotterdam,
Netherlands); designer; for M&dK |
| public spaces for Housing Project Velserbroek (Velsen,
Netherlands); designer; for CPDV |
| site design Recreation Area (Frankfurt,
Germany); intern; for BG. |
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guest critic
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| 1993-present:
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| McGill Univeristy (Montreal, Canada) |
| Harvard Graduate School of
Design (Cambridge, MA) |
| Rhode Island School of
Design (Providence, RI) |
| Boston Architectural Center (Boston,
MA) |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology (Boston,
MA) |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston,
MA) |
| Florida International University (Miami,
FL) |
| University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia,
PA) |
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lectures
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| Wentworth Institute of Technology, Department
of Architecture (Boston, MA) |
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lecture at Annex Auditorium, 5 November 2003, "Asphalt Stinks" |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology, Department
of Architecture (Boston, MA) |
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lecture at Annex Auditorium, 20 October 2003, "Conceptualizing
the Landscape" |
| Harvard Graduate School of
Design (Cambridge, MA) |
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lecture at Piper Auditorium, 23 April 2003, "Asphalt Sucks" |
| World Trade Center (Boston,
MA) |
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Built Boston, “Woman Architecture”, 11 March 2000
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| Harvard Graduate School of
Design (Cambridge, MA) |
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Career Discovery, lecture at Piper Auditorium, 25
June 2000 |
| Harvard Graduate School of
Design (Cambridge, MA) |
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class by Joe Desponzio on Contemporary European Landscape Architecture,
"Contextualism in the Work of Martha Schwartz,
Inc", 21 May 2000 |
| Amsterdam School for
the Arts, Academy of Architecture(Amsterdam,
Netherlands) |
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Capita Selecta Series, “Building Generation X”, 20 April 2000 |
| Harvard Graduate School of
Design (Cambridge, MA) |
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Career Discovery, lecture at Piper Auditorium, 25 June 1998 |
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lecture for the Advisory Board that oversees the Board of Overseers
on the Graduate School of Design/Ecole Nationale
Superieure de Paysage Exchange, 18 April 1997 |
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lecture for the Alumni Council, on the Graduate School of Design/Ecole
Nationale Superieure de Paysage Exchange, 11
April 1997 |
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lecture for core students landscape architecture, “Plug-in Landscapes”,
11 November 1996 |
| Rhode Island School of
Design (Providence, RI) |
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lecture about experience of working in a landscape architectural
office, with Kevin Conger, 21 April 1996 |
| Florida Interational University (Miami,
FL) |
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"The American Culture of Unlimited Imagination", 8 December 1995 |
| Harvard Graduate School of Design (Cambridge, MA) |
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Career Discovery Program, lecture on tree modeling, 3 July 1995 |
| DS (Oudekerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands) |
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6 January 1995 , “Expedition in America” |
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publications
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| Deco News, #38, Año 8, 2003, Henry
Rueda and Henrique Vera, "Jardin de Asfalto", p.
96, 97 |
| Landscape Architecture, October 2003,
Volume 93, Number 10, Peter Jacobs, "When
is a Garden.... ....Not a Garden?", p 132-141 |
| Le Devoir, Montreal, 16-17 August
2003, Jean-Claude Rochefort, "Jardins de Verre, d’Asphalte et de
Noyaux de Cerises...", p E7 |
| Cahier Voir Montréal, 17-23
July 2003, Sylvie Berkowicz, "Espaces Imaginaires", p V4,
V5 |
| Globe and Mail, Toronto, 12 July
2003, Marjorie Harris, "The Thinking Person's Garden", p.L4 |
| Métis 4,
publication with all designs for the Metis International Garden Festival
2003, "Asphalt Garden" |
| Landscape Architecture and Town Planning in
the Netherlands 1999-2001, (Stichting
Jaarboek Landschapsarchitectuur en stedebouw, and THOTH Publishers, Bussum,
Netherlands, 2002), "Nauerna Landfill — Amsterdam: New Life for a Landfill,"
p. 194-197 |
| http://web.mit.edu/mitoc/www "Boston
Rocks Photography Contest — Winners", color section.
November 2002 |
| ViA arquitectura, 09.V, 01/1, "Gifu
Kitagata Apartments Complex. Gifu, Japan" |
| The Architectural Review, April 2001,
"Kitagata Garden City" |
| www.Juncus.com, release one, 2000/2001,
author; "Nice" |
| Groen, 400 jaar landschap Nederland-Japan,
no 10, October 2000 author; "Een Opmerkelijk Feministisch
Project in Japan", p. 20-27 |
| Groen, 400 jaar landschap Nederland-Japan,
no 10, October 2000, "Groeten uit…", p. 19 |
| Landforum, no. 06, Unbuilt Landscapes, 1999,
"Boston Harbor Islands", p. 102-103 |
| Landforum, no. 06 Unbuilt Landscapes, 1999,
"Paul Lincke Hoefe", p. 96-99 |
| Domus, March 1998, "Three projects
for public spaces in America" |
| Inter Art Actuel, Quebec,
1998, author; "Le Stationnement Generique" |
| Daidalos, September 1997, "The
Grove as Pop Art: Martha Schwartz" |
| Studio Works 5, 1996-1997, Harvard Graduate
School of Design, 1998, "A Garden For Many Cars", p. 24-25 |
| Studio Works 4, 1995-1996, Harvard Graduate School
of Design, 1996, "Landscape Architecture Design", p. 30-31 |
| Studio Works 2, 1993-1994, Harvard Graduate School of
Design, 1994, "Independent Studios in Landscape Architecture", p.108-109 |
| Studio Works 2, 1993-1994, Harvard Graduate School of
Design, 1994, "Nascar and the Northern Two-Lined Salamander
(Monroe County, PA)", p.66-67 |
| Studio Works 1, 1992-1993, Harvard Graduate School of
Design, 1993, "Franklin Park, Boston", p 76-78 |
| Landscape Architecture, December
1994, "Visionary, Excavating the Commonplace" |
| Alternative Futures for Monroe
County, Pennsylvania, Harvard University Graduate School
of Design, 1994 |
| Re/Alignment, volume 2, no. 1, January 1994 |
| 7 Pleinen, Stichting Locus, 2
April 1992 |
| Groen, no. 3, 1992 |
| Tuin & Landschap, 25
May 1990, no. 11 |
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exhibitions
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| Alterna-tif Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, "Trace", 22 January – 19 February 2004 (Untitled #1, #2, #3......Stop,
Spotty) |
| 3a Biennal Europea de Paisatge de Barcelona,
‘Només Amb Natura’, Premi Europeu de Paisatge Rosa Barba |
| 3rd European Biennial on Landscape,
Barcelona, Spain, 27, 28, 29 November
2003 (Asphalt Garden) |
| School of Arts and
Design, Alfred University,
Alfred, New York, "Whither the Garden", 29 March 2001 (Nauerna, Mow Job, Vita) |
| Public Design 2001 Expo, Berlin, Germany, with Martha Schwartz, Inc., 2001 (Paul Lincke Hoefe |
| Jernigan-Wickler Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Designed Landscapes", November 1996 (Boston Harbor Islands) |
| Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of
Design, Cambridge, MA, "Student Work 1994", June 1994 (Boston Harbor Islands) |
| Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of
Design, Cambridge, MA, "Student Work 1993", June 1993 (Nascar) |
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awards
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| Asphalt Garden selected
for the Rosa Barba European Landscape
Prize, (3a Biennal
Europea de Paisatge de Barcelona,
‘Només Amb Natura', Premi Europeu de
Paisatge Rosa Barba), Barcelona, Spain,
2003,
with SE BUSCA |
| One of four winning entries, Métis International Garden Festival
Competition, Gaspé, Canada,
2003
with SE BUSCA |
| First Place, Three Squares
Competition, Coventry, England,
1999
with Martha Schwartz, Inc |
| First Place, Lehrter Plaetze
Competition, Berlin, Germany,
1999
with Martha Schwartz, Inc. |
| Design Award – Citation, U.S. General Services
Administration, 1995
Awarded for the U.S. Courthouse Plaza, Minneapolis
with Martha Schwartz, Inc. |
| Honorable Mention, Landschaftspark Muenchen-Riem
Competition, Munich, Germany,
1995
with Martha Schwartz Inc. |
| Award ‘Visionary and Unbuilt Landscapes’,
Landscape Architecture Magazine, 1994 |
| Award of Merit for outstanding design performances
at Harvard Graduate School of
Design, ASLA, 1994 |
| “Full Scholarship” Foundation for Visual Design,
Arts and Architecture, Netherlands, 1992-1994,
Awarded for the MLA program at the Harvard
Graduate School of Design. |
