WHY DID YOU CHOOSE

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?

In choosing what I wanted

to pursue for the rest of my

life, I initially struggled with

narrowing my wide range of

interests to both satisfy my

wildly creative side while

still being economically and

intellectually stimulating. I was

always fascinated by the built

environment and wanted to

leave a lasting mark on society,

so it only made sense to

choose a major in the fi eld of

architecture/planning/etc.

DESCRIBE YOUR STUDIO

EXPERIENCES.

I honestly loved and learned

from every studio experience.

Freshman year studio consists

diff erent than everyone else

is absolutely an asset to your

own projects and overall

development. absolutely an

asset to your own projects and

overall development.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS WHO

ARE INTERESTED IN LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURE?

Students interested in

Landscape Architecture are

already a step ahead. The major

is so multi-disciplinary and

exciting. There is something

for every type of designer and

of directed exercises that you’re

doing with other students that

have every type of background.

It is that fi rst melting pot

experience where you bring

your strengths and focus on

developing your weaknesses.

I immediately learned strategic

and eff ective time management

skills and when to allow myself

to dial back the perfectionism in

order to focus on a more holistic

product. My fi rst landscape

studio was about exploring what

is was to inhabit a space. We

went on fi eld trips around Ohio

State and downtown Columbus

to view works of landscape

architecture happening right in

our back yard. I learned that I

had to stick with my instincts,

and doing something radically

When I fi rst

learned about Landscape

Architecture in the

freshman seminar

at Knowlton, I was

immediately fascinated by

the prospect of designing so

much more than a building,

designing for so much

more than people, and

recognizing what I was

designing could integrate

and improve countless

systems within society and

the environment.

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Major:

Landscape Architecture + Environmental Economics Minor

Hometown:

Granville, Ohio

there are no limits to how the

profession will grow and change.

My advice is to absolutely

research various branches of

the discipline and have a goal in

mind from the beginning, going

into each class and studio with a

particular direction and focus on

their interests. It is so rare that a

fi eld allows you to do that.

WHAT DID YOU DO THIS SUMMER?

This summer I interned at EDSA

in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They

are an international landscape

architecture fi rm known for hand

graphics and luxurious design.

As an intern, I participated

in a charrette my fi rst week,

brainstorming a design for a

real project and presented

it to the entire company (the

principals, president, vice

presidents, etc.). Then I worked

with one of the dozen studios

at the headquarters and

worked on everything from

AutoCAD to hand-illustrating

plans to presentation booklets

to brainstorming to creating

materials for international

workshops for new projects.

These projects were everywhere

from Mexico, Croatia, China,

Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, to

domestic work in Florida. It was

an amazing experience that truly

showed me that my education

has prepared me really well

for the professional world, and

encouraged me to have a very

focused senior year.

WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES

YOUR MAJOR DISTINCTIVE OVER

OTHER PROGRAMS AT OHIO STATE

AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

Landscape Architecture is

such a conglomeration of other

majors. There is design, math

and science, environmental

science, and also social theory

and economics. It is a liberal

arts degree that is skill-oriented,

preparing you for whatever the

professional world will throw at

you. Landscape Architecture

at Ohio State provides a multi-

disciplinary program with the

distinct advantages of being

housed within a school of

Architecture and also the

College of Engineering, while

still only being four years to the

professional degree.

WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO AFTER

GRADUATION?

I plan to work as a designer

at a landscape architecture/

urban design fi rm. I want to work

for a number of years before

deciding whether to go back to

graduate school. I also intend to

become licensed as a landscape

architect. It would be fantastic if I

could do a travel study program

researching urban resiliency in

the Nordic countries if there is

time before starting my

fi rst position.