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Greater Seattle Area

Helping shape landscapes of craft and integrity that strengthen our civic infrastructure. On the boards:Georgetown Live/Work District, Seattle, WAGeorgetown Urban Greening Implementation, Seattle, WAStreet Closure Analysis and Planning, Leavenworth, WAPickering Barn, Issaquah, WAThe Notch, Sammamish, WAKids Discovery Museum, Bainbridge, WARiverton Heights Park, SeaTac, WACivic Athletic Complex, Bellingham, WANotch Property, Sammamish, WAColumbia… Show more Helping shape landscapes of craft and integrity that strengthen our civic infrastructure. On the boards:Georgetown Live/Work District, Seattle, WAGeorgetown Urban Greening Implementation, Seattle, WAStreet Closure Analysis and Planning, Leavenworth, WAPickering Barn, Issaquah, WAThe Notch, Sammamish, WAKids Discovery Museum, Bainbridge, WARiverton Heights Park, SeaTac, WACivic Athletic Complex, Bellingham, WANotch Property, Sammamish, WAColumbia Court Townhouses, Bellevue, WACapital Mall Triangle, Olympia, WA Show less

Hong Kong Sar

Leading design studios, research seminars, and landscape technologies courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.STUDIOS2020 Spring: Studio East Java, Landscape Strategies for the Urbanizing Tropics (https://twitter.com/sjmelbourne/status/1234635174052130817)2019 Autumn: Anticipating Change at Hong Kong’s Soko Islands 2018 Spring: Studio East Java (https://vimeo.com/283902199)2017 Autumn: Landscapes of Flux and Demand2017 Spring: Dala2016 Spring:… Show more Leading design studios, research seminars, and landscape technologies courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.STUDIOS2020 Spring: Studio East Java, Landscape Strategies for the Urbanizing Tropics (https://twitter.com/sjmelbourne/status/1234635174052130817)2019 Autumn: Anticipating Change at Hong Kong’s Soko Islands 2018 Spring: Studio East Java (https://vimeo.com/283902199)2017 Autumn: Landscapes of Flux and Demand2017 Spring: Dala2016 Spring: Peripheral Ecologies2015 Autumn: Islands Studio2015 Spring: Wet City Yangon2014 Autumn: Rethinking the Linear Landscape2014 Spring: Shifting Sites Yangon (https://vimeo.com/93059676)2013 Autumn: West Kowloon and the Cultural Landscape (https://vimeo.com/78654378)2013 Spring: Shifting Sites Marrakech (https://vimeo.com/112717518)2012 Autumn: Alternative Futures for North Point Ferry PierLECTURE COURSESMaterials TechnologySite EngineeringIntroduction to LandscapeSEMINARSLandscape FabricationLandscape Engagement and its Representation in FilmMaterial Expressions: Case Study Japan Show less

Shanghai

Undergraduate landscape architecture studio, Shanghai Study Centre.

Shanghai

Contributing landscape designer on large-scale international projects, from conceptual through full construction documentation phases. Projects included universities in the Middle East, resorts in Latin America, plus urban waterfront redevelopments and luxury lifestyle centers in China. Originally part of SWA's Laguna Beach team, Scott was based in Shanghai and helped grow the firm's new office there beginning February 2011.

Developed landscape assessment and recommendations as a special assistant to senior vice president of design in China’s largest real estate development company. Also was primary contributor to master plan of 25-acre, 500,000 square foot genetic research center currently under development in Shenzhen.

Landscape Representation II with Will Martin

Project for Reclamation Excellence (P-REX) with Professor Alan Berger

2008 Spring: Geographic Information Systems with Paul Cote2007 Autumn: Third Semester Core Studio with Professor Scheri Fultineer 2007 Autumn: Theories and Methods of Landscape Planning with Professor Carl Steinitz 2007 Autumn: Digital Landscape Modeling with Will Martin 2007 Autumn: Geographic Information Systems with Paul Cote 2007 Autumn: Half a Million Trees Options Studio with Professor Gary Hilderbrand2006.09 – 2007.06 3d rapid prototyping in the GSD:CAD:CAM:LAB… Show more 2008 Spring: Geographic Information Systems with Paul Cote2007 Autumn: Third Semester Core Studio with Professor Scheri Fultineer 2007 Autumn: Theories and Methods of Landscape Planning with Professor Carl Steinitz 2007 Autumn: Digital Landscape Modeling with Will Martin 2007 Autumn: Geographic Information Systems with Paul Cote 2007 Autumn: Half a Million Trees Options Studio with Professor Gary Hilderbrand2006.09 – 2007.06 3d rapid prototyping in the GSD:CAD:CAM:LAB 2007 Spring: Fourth Semester Core Studio with Professor Alan Berger 2007 Spring: Landscape Representation II with Professors Alan Berger and Will Martin 2006 Autumn: Theories and Methods of Landscape Planning with Professor Carl Steinitz Show less

Managed large-scale schematic design projects in China, including: the landscape and lighting design for a 40-acre waterfront development in Qingdao; the planting design for a 120-acre theme park in Dalian; and the circulation, open space and planting design for a 150-acre mixed use development in Chongqing. Also contributed towards documentation of the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle and South Elizabeth House, Denver.

Co-instructor of AutoCAD for Landscape Architects course, College of Arcitecture and Urban Planning.

Contributing landscape designer and site planner for $70 million redevelopment of Shilshole Bay Marina (Port of Seattle), featuring a mile-long waterfront esplanade and numerous plazas. Also played key role in design of a new public plaza in downtown Kirkland, WA.

Performed wide variety of tasks, including drafting of construction documents, site surveying, and development of marketing materials.

Worked with international team integrating duty calculation services into e-commerce systems. Also managed corporate and support websites.

Contributed to website and kiosk development for Fortune 500 clients including Microsoft, Sargento Foods, and Moore Business Systems.

Mla With Distinction, Landscape Architecture

Activities and Societies: Thesis: “Constructed Realities: Landscape as Interface in the Network Age.” Advisor: Professor John R. Stilgoe

Bla, Landscape Architecture

Activities and Societies: Autumn 2002: Italian Landscape Studies, with Professor David Streatfield Summer 2002: Berlin Study Abroad.