Design University
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae
Kathleen John-Alder, ASLA
Department of Landscape Architecture
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8524
Contact Information:
abo3iq@r.postjobfree.com
Education:
Masters in Environmental Design, Yale University School of Architecture 2008
Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, Rutgers University 1991
Masters of Science in Botany, Pennsylvania State University 1978
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College 1975
Academic Appointments:
Assistant Professor: Department of Landscape Architecture, Rutgers University 2011
Architecture Critic: Yale School of Architecture 2008 to 2010
Adjunct Design Critic: The University of Pennsylvania, Depar tment of Landscape
Architecture 2003-2005
Academic Interests:
History and Theory of Designed Landscapes
Statement of Research Interests:
My research examines the transformative role of ecology and environmentalism in the
discourse
of twentieth century design. Particular focus has been placed on the notion of process as
both a
pattern of thought, and a naturally occurring environmental pattern. To date analysis has
concentrated on the work of the landscape architects Ian McHarg and Lawrence Halpri n.
Academic Honors and Awards
The Porter Chair Visiting Professorship: The University of Virginia 2010-2011
Outstanding Alumni Award: Rutgers University Department of Landscape Architecture 2010
The Sonia Albert Schimberg Prize: Yale School of Archi tecture 2008
Teaching Fellow: American Cultural Landscapes 2007
Visiting Artist: American Academy in Rome 2004
Master s of Environmental Design Thesis:
Ecology Unbound: The Urban Imagination of Ian McHarg 2008
Book Chapters:
The Garden, the Greenhouse and the Picturesque View, in Kevin Roche: Architecture as
Environment 2011
Ed. Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011)
Peer Reviewed Manuscripts:
SAH Landscape Chapter Proceedings: 2012
Processing Time: Lawrence Halprin and The Sea Ranch Ecoscore
Site/Lines: Foundation for Landscape Studies 2012
California Dreaming: The Sea Ranch Saga
Landscape Journal Special Edition on Lawrence Halprin: 2012 (accepted with revisions)
Sea Ranch: A Natural History of Form
CELA History and Theory:
Toward a New Landscape: The Evolution of Ian McHarg s Court House Concept 2011 (in
review)
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Peer Reviewed Abstracts:
SAH Landscape Chapter Symposium: Landscapes in Time 2012
Processing Time: Lawrence Halprin and The Sea Ranch Ecoscore
CELA History and Theory
A Natural History of Form: Lawrence Halprin and the Sea Ranch Ecoscore 2012
CELA History and Theory:
Toward a New Landscape: The Evolution of Ian McHarg s Court House Concept 2011
CELA Annual Meeting History and Theory Section:
The Garden, & Greenhouse: The Imaginative Landscapes of Kevin Roche 2011
Reviews & Essays:
Turning Urban Symposium Web Essay: 2011
Sao Paulo: Two Case Studies of Land and Water Dynamics in the Peri-Urban
Metropolitan District
The Architects Newspaper Exhibition Review Manahatta/Manhattan, Museum of the City of New
York 2009
Through Virgin Eyes
Design and Culture: The Journal of the Design Studies Forum Exhibition Review 2009
Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, The Whitney Museum, NY
Retrospecta: The Nature of Design 2008
Invited Symposia and Lectures:
SAH Landscape Chapter Symposium: Landscapes in Time 2012
Processing Time: Lawrence Halprin and The Sea Ranch Ecoscore
Rutgers Department of Human Ecology 2012
Process and Time in Landscape Architecture
Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture Common Lecture 2011
The Reality of Process & The Permanence of Change
University of Virginia Turning Urban Adaptive Infrastructure Conference: 2011
Sao Paulo: Two Case Studies of Land and Water Dynamics in the Peri -Urban
Metropolitan Region
CELA Annual Meeting, History and Theory Section: 2011
Toward a New Landscape: The Evolution of Ian McHarg s Courthouse Concept
CELA Annual Meeting History and Theory Section: 2011
The Garden, & Greenhouse: The Imaginative Landscapes of Kevin Roche
Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium in Garden & Landscape S tudies: 2010
A Natural History Of Form: Lawrence Halprin s Ecological Design for Sea Ranch
Visiting Scholar Lecture Series, The University of Virginia: 2010
The Garden, Greenhouse and Picturesque View: The Imaginative Landscape of Kevin Ro che.
Rutgers University, Department of Landscape Architecture: 2010
Site Specifics and Specific Sites
Dumbarton Oaks National Mall Workshop: 2009
Sociable Security: Washington Monument Grounds
Rutgers University, Department of Landscape Architecture 2009
Kevin Roche: The Garden, and The Greenhouse
Oberlin College, Department of History: 2007
Jersey Homesteads: A New Deal Cooperative Community
AIA New York Chapter: 2005
The Aesthetics of Perimeter Building Security
Institute for Urban Design: 2005
The Shift to the City
University of Connecticut, Department of Landscape Architecture: 2004
Recent Work of Olin Partnership
Rutgers University, Department of Landscape Architecture 2004
Graphic Presentation in Landscape Architecture
Plenary Speaker, ASLA National Security Conference, Chicago, IL: 2003
Security Design in the Public Realm
Rutgers University, Department of Landscape Architecture 2003
Washington Monument Security Design
National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Park Service: 2003
Balancing Safety and Protection of Historic Places
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Harvard University Graduate School of Design: Professional Development Seminar: 2003
Designing Streetscapes for Security
Design Competitions
Semi-Finalist: Parks for the People Student Design Competition 2012
Faculty Coordinator & Proposal Author
Sponsored by The Van Alen Institute & The National Park Service
Semi-Finalist: The Grand Concourse Beyond 100 Competition New York City 2009
Design Jury Finalist: Orange County Great Park Competition: Design Jury Finalist
(Partner-in-Charge: Olin Partnership) 2005
The International Competition for the Grand Plaza Cent ral,
Caracas, Venezuela: First Place (Faculty Adviser) 2004
Grants
$1,000 Travel Grant from the Van Alen Institute for Parks for the People Competition 2012
Invited Participation in Competition and Academic Design Juries:
Juror: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Hampton Roads Environmental Center Competition 2011
Senior Thesis Design Studio, Wesleyan University 2011
Architectural Design & Urbanism Studio, Yale School of Architecture 2008-2010
Post-Professional Design Studio, Yale School of Archi tecture 2009
Comprehensive Graduate Design Studio, The University of Virginia 2009
Third Year Graduate Studio, The University of Virginia 2009
Scolari/Newton Graduate Studio, Yale University School of Architecture 2008
Fourth Semester Studio, Yale University School of Architecture 2008
Undergraduate Introductory Design, Rutgers University 2008
First Year Graduate Design Studio, The University of Virginia 2008
Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Studio, The University of Pennsyl vania 2006
Courses Taught:
Graduate:
The University of Virginia: Professional Practice (LAR 8320/832*-****-****
The University of Virginia: First Year Graduate Design Studio (LAR 6020) 2011
The University of Virginia: Planted Form (LAR 5380) 2011
Yale School of Architecture: Landscape Consultant Vlock Building Project (506B) 2010
Yale School of Architecture: Instructor Site and Climate Workshop (2014b) 2010-2011
Yale School of Architecture Graduate Research Seminar: Learning From Landscape (4225a)
2009
Yale School of Architecture Advanced Design Studio (524b): Greenhouses/Brownfields:
The Urban Sustainable Post-Bubble Dwelling 2009
Yale School of Architecture: Landscape Critic First Year Graduate Design Studio
(501a/1011a) 2008-201 0
Yale School of Architecture: Contemporary Architectural Discourse Colloquium (Arch 752b)
2008
Yale School of Architecture: Architectural Theory (Arch 704a): Teaching Assistant 2006
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Landscape Architecture: Studio III (LARP 601):
Critic 2002-2004
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Landscape Architecture: Studio III (LARP 601):
Assistant Critic 2005
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Landscape Architecture: Workshop II (LARP 512):
1996, 1999, 2003
Plants: Guest Lecturer:
Undergraduate:
Rutgers University Praxis Studio: Parks for the People Design Competition 2012
Rutgers University, Department of Landscape Architecture: Senior Design Studio
(11:550:231) 2010
Far From Equilibrium: Transforming the Waters Edge in North Camden, New Jersey
Rutgers University, Department of Human Ecology: Spaceship Earth (11:374:427) 2009
Rutgers University, Department of Landscape Architecture: 1991-92, 1996-99
Introduction to Environmental Design (11:550:231)
Undergraduate Thesis Advising:
The American Studies Program, Yale University 2010
Second Senior Thesis Reader for Rebecca Summer, whose essay, titled A Partnership for a
Democratic Society: Frederick Law Olmsted, Andrew Cowan and the Louisville Park System
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was awarded the Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for the best senior essay in American
Studies,
Yale University.
Service:
Landscape Consultant: New Jersey Department of Historic Preservation 2011
Charlottesville, VA: Women in Design Talks with Landscape Architects 2010
ASLA Accreditation Board Review: Utah State University 2005
ASLA Accreditation Board Review: Purdue University 2004
ASLA Accreditation Board Review: North Carolina State University 2002
Planning Board: Roosevelt, New Jersey 2000-2001Preparation Borough of Roosevelt Landscape Ordinance1999-2000
Environmental Commission: Roosevelt, New Jersey 1998-2000
The Open Space Fund for Roosevelt 1999
ASLA Accreditation Board Review: Syracuse University 1999
Landscape Ordinance The Borough of Roosevelt 1999
Creative Activities:
Graphic Illustration:
Site Engineering for Landscape Architects, Steve Strom and Kurt Nathan,
Van Nostrand Press
New Jersey Fern and Fern Allies, James Montgomery and David Fairbrothers,
Rutgers University Press
Invited Art Exhibitions:
Roosevelt Arts Project: Welcome Sounds, Roosevelt NJ 2009
Roosevelt Arts Project: Women Artists of Roosevelt, Roosevelt, NJ 2006
Collaboration with the Computer Music Department of Columbia University 2005
Soundscapes and Landscapes
Innovative Collaborations: A Conference Celebrating Women in Design: Boston, MA 1999
Drawing Exhibition, Princeton, NJ: Private Visions Public Expressions 1997
Drawing Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York: On Our Own Time, 1985
Professional Licensure:
Registered Landscape Architect: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and CLARB
Professional Experience:
Kathleen John-Alder Landscape Architecture - Principal2006 to present
Olin Partnership Associate Partner2001-2005
March AssociatesPrincipal1995-2001
Hanna Olin, Ltd. Landscape Architect 1993-1995
Deborah Nevins AssociatesLandscape Designer1992-1993
Miceli, Kulik, Williams AssociatesLandscape Designer1991-1992
Professional Affiliations:
CELA: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2011
Member: Society of Architectural Historians 2007 to present
Fellow: Forum for Urban Design 2006
Fellow: Institute for Urban Design 2004
Member: The Architectural League 2003
Member: American Society of Landscape Architecture 1998 to present
Professional Awards and Honors:
Landscape Architect Consultant for Xinjin Bridge Winning Competition Entry 2010
ASLA General Design Award of Honor: The Washington Monument 2008
(Associate Partner: Olin Partnership)
Federal Planning Division: Outstanding Federal Planning Project Award:
National Capital Urban Design and Security Plan, Washington, DC 2003
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(Associate Partner: Olin Partnership)
Charter Award: Congress for New Urbanism 2001
(March Associates Design Partner for Town Center Design Standards)
New Jersey ASLA: Chapter Award 2001
(March Associates Design Partner for New Jersey City University)
New Jersey Planning Officials: Environmental Award 2000
(March Associates Design Partner for Tewksbury Township Open Space Plan)
New Jersey Concrete Society: Honorable Me ntion 2000
(March Associates Design Partner for New Jersey City University)
New Jersey ASLA: Merit Award 1997
(Teaching Award for Senior Class Arboretum Project, Rutgers University)
New Jersey Federation of Planners: Citation for Creative D esign 1991
(Student Award for Open Space Plan, Hunterdon County)
New Jersey ASLA: Student Award Certificate 1991
New Jersey ASLA: Certificate of Honor 1991
Professional Projects:
Landscape Planning
Fordham Plaza, New York, NY
Mill River Park and Stream Restoration, Stamford, CONN
Greenwich Street Open Space Plan, NY (Reviewed in The Architects Newspaper)
Chinatown Design Charette, NY
Milan Fair Competition, Milan, Italy
Washington Monument Security Plan, Washington, DC
National Capitol Urban Design and Security Plan, Washington, DC
Bay Meadows Park, San Francisco, CA
Mission
Bay Park, San Francisco, CA
Capitol Master Plan, Canberra, Australia
Cadwalader Park Landscape Master Plan, Trenton, NJ
Town Center Open Space Design Standards, Was hington Township, NJ
(Published in Designing New Jersey, 2000)
Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association Open Space Plan, Hopewell, NJ
Tewksberry Township Open Space Plan, Tewksberry Township, NJ
North Park Master Plan, Lower Makefield Township, PA
Corporate
Silvercup Studios, Queens, NY
Philadelphia Eagles Training Camp, Philadelphia, PA
Bristol Meyers Squibb Landscape Master Plan, Hopewell, NJ
Crown Cork and Seal Corporate Headquarters, Philadelphia, PA
Metro Park Train Station Schematic Design, Edison, NJ
Newark Airport Monorail Parking Study, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Institutional
Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
U.S. Federal Courthouse, Boston MA
National D-Day Museum, New Orleans, LA
Quianlong s Garden, Beijing, China
Olana Visitor s Center, Hudson, NY
US Embassy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Main Campus Entry Study,
University of California, Davis, CA
Mondavi Institute, University of California, Davis, CA
The Institute for Advanced Study, Bloomberg Hall and Fuld Hall, Princeton, NJ
Princeton Theological Seminary,
Miller Chapel, Princeton, NJ
New Jersey City University, Central Campus Design, Jersey City, NJ
Rutgers University, Busch Campus Landscape Master Plan, New Bru nswick, NJ
The College of New Jersey Open Space Consultant, Ewing, NJ
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Estate Design
Private Residences: Bel Air, CA, Lambertville, NJ, Dutchess County, NY, Princeton, NJ
(Published in
Architectural Digest), Beverly Hills, CA,
South Hampton, NY, East Hampton, NY, Isla Mirada, FL
Professional Reports:
Olin Partnership (Partner-in-Charge): Orange County Great Park Conceptual Master Plan2005
Olin Partnership: (Associate Partner) Greenwich South Strretscape Design2005
Olin Partnership (Associate Partner ): Landscape Master Plan for the Emperor Qianlong
Retirement Garden for The World Monument Fund2003
Olin Partnership (Associate Partner): The Washington Monument Grounds & Visitor Facility
2003
Kathleen John-Alder Landscape Architecture: Cadwalader P ark Landscape Master Plan 2002
March Associates: Master Landscape Plan Bristol -Myers Squibb Hopewell Campus 2001
March Associates: Edgewood Village Historic District Study 2000
Brown & Keener/March Associates: Washington Township, Town Center Design S tandards 1999
March Associates: Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association Site Master Plan 1998
March Associates: Lubbers Run Greenway Stream Corridor Study 1997
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