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Paris, Île-De-France, France

Paris, Île-De-France, France

Toronto, Canada

ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Increased the number of short-listings and request for interviews in project proposals and competition calls. • Introduced the approach of submitting a series of prospective and provocative diagrams and references to a conceptual response. • Project lead on several international competitions that ranked as finalist, with some becoming commissions.• Overseen a number of high profile designs through Toronto’s complex and stringent Site Plan Approval process and Green Standards. Developed and documented several projects to tender-for construction issue. • Organized project several project or competition teams with Canadian or American consultants. • Co-authored several panels for Janet Rosenberg to the ASLA Education Committee, as well as authored and oversaw the firm’s presentation material at several ASLA annual meetings.NOTABLE PROJECTS & COMPETITIONS• Nepean Point International Competition - Ottawa ON [winner] - with Patkau Architects, Brendan Stewart (University of Guelph & ERA Architects) and Christian Bellini (Blackwell Engineering). • Visionary (re)Generation International Competition - University of Manitoba, Fort Garry MB [winner] - with Cibinel Architecture Ltd. / ARC International Wildlife Crossing International Competition- Vail CO [finalist] - with David Bowick (Blackwell Engineering).• Landscape of Landmark Quality Competition - University of Toronto, Toronto ON [finalist] - with Architects Alliance / Jack Layton Ferry Terminal International Competition, Toronto ON [finalist] - with Alsop Architects.• Back to the Water International Competition, London ON [finalist] - with superkül Architects / Stratford Civic Square Competition - Stratford ON [finalist].• Pier 8 Promenade Park International Competition - Hamilton ON [finalist] - with Teeple Architects.

New York City

RESPONSIBILITIES• To create a design strength in New York to complement those of the San Francisco and London offices. I oversaw a significant part of the Streetscape Program (paving & furnishings) design development for the World Trade Center Redevelopment. • Most of my responsibilities were as project architect for the schematic design of the Liberty Park component. I was responsible for all presentations and coordination with the varied engineers and architects of the neighboring parcels in addition to the design. Under the guidance of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, my task was to shepherd and coordinate all documents for design approval sessions at the various levels of authority at the PA, and ultimately with the Commissioner of the City Planning Department of New York, Amanda Burden.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• In addition to the continued project design role that follows from previous positions, this experience presented a methodical city approval process. Specifically with the WTC, the merits of a design’s development are considered by the Commissioner’s staff at the City Planning Department on a regular basis and are followed by a presentation to the Commissioner herself. In the context of the multitude of stakeholders, active as well as sideline-many very influential in the New York community-the backing of the DCP brings the highest level of authority to support a design. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey grew to adapt this process of acceptance. I quickly became the facilitator for the Port Authority to exercise its ability to seek the approvals to set milestones in the development of the site design. I gained the trust of our client and project principal and was the representative at PA and stakeholder meetings, and also made the presentations to the DCP, often with the New York office P.I.C. and company chairman.

San Francisco, California

RESPONSIBILITIES• To inject a contemporary design direction into an established practice. The focus of two projects centered on the fine grain of the ground surface by creating the pattern of joints and scoring that complement a larger theme. The conceptual design of visitor pavilions extends this interpretation for the Port of Los Angeles Wilmington Buffer and the BART Urban Village in Pleasant Hill. An academic courtyard for the University of California system was the subject of a third; while a fourth capitalized on a tropical setting to create a four-level landscape for the University of Hong Kong. The schematic design of a village setting for a year-round resort in Colorado was an opportunity to study a larger scale.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• The designs were very well received by clients and progressed into the phase of construction documents. The work environment permitted a great deal of collaboration within the office among architects and landscape architects, many of whom offered strong innovative technical advice and horticultural sensibilities. An academic courtyard was the chosen submittal in a competition for the University of California system. Several graphic award submittals were successful.

Boston, Massachusetts

RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS• To promote and facilitate the work of artist and landscape architect Mikyoung Kim.The portfolio ranges from the scale of the Arts Masterplan for the new 700-acre FDA campus to the intricate and precise art initiatives River of Light at the new Federal Courthouse in Wheeling WV; Fluid Light at the Liquid Crystal Research Institute in Kent OH; and the Farrar Residence in Lincoln MA. • My efforts have been instrumental in the definition, in model and drawing, from concept through to construction drawings, for the many commissions, as well as the later promotion of these for publication, for which we have received many accolades.• Established the practice so that Mikyoung Kim is now consistently a finalist in the company of recognized and established artists and landscape architects.

Berkeley, California & Cambridge, Massachusetts

RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Special Assistant to Peter Walker in the Cambridge office for the conceptual design of new commissions in the Berkeley office. • The launch of the new journal LandForum as a writer of columns and feature articles.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Conceptual design and design development for the Manchester Exchange Square in Manchester, England; and the Entertainment, Dining & Recreation Area at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

New York, New York

RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Architectural designer on several commissions as well as competitions, from schematics through to Construction Documents. Key projects were the Rachofsky Residence in Dallas, Texas; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona; and the Canal+ Headquarters in Paris.• Prime early role at the firm for drawings for competitions and publications[during a period in which the office participated in many international competitions].

Master Of Landscape Architecture With Distinction, Landscape Architecture, Charles Eliot Fellowship (Highest Class Ranking), Asla Certificate Of Merit

Activities and Societies: FFP - Fédération Française du Paysage / GSD Harvard University - Sert Council / AIA - American Institute.

Bachelor Of Architecture - Barch., Architecture, Bachelor Of Architecture & Bachelor Of Science In Architecture

Activities and Societies: American Institute of Architects Foundation Scholarship / Murdoch-Laing Design Prize Competition [winner]

Undergraduate Studies Leading To The S.B., Neurobiology And Neurosciences

Activities and Societies: MIT Summer Internship at Digital Equipment Corporation [DEC] - Maynard MA.

Diplôme D'Études Collègiales / Diploma Of Collegiate Studies, Natural Sciences