2131 SE HarneyPortland, OR 97202

Leah Erickson // Work Samples

leah.erickson@gmail.com206.919.1258

University of VirginiaMasters of Landscape ArchitectureSpring 2012

University of Washington ExtensionCertificate in Environmental Law and RegulationFall 2008 – Spring 2009

Bellevue CollegeNorthwest Native Plant ID, Spring 2008

Residential Garden Services, OR, WAIndependentDesign and consultation Services for three projects including contract writing, scaled site plans, conceptual designs, plant palettes, and landscape maintenance

Mithun, Seattle, WAInternResearched and compiled data and images for a plant palette, participated in early stages of the Urban Intervention competition for Seattle Center, shadowed meetings for several projects each at a different stage of the design process

Lorna Jordan Studio, Seattle, WAInternSupported research and created diagrams for conceptual design phase of Central Park project in Madison, WI

Point32, Seattle, WA Intern Individually created comprehensive site analysis and design recommendations for Pratt Fine Arts Center Campus redevelopment, including urban design precedents, community accessibility strategies, street redesign options, and conceptual design recommendations.

Swift Company, Seattle, WAInternResearched and presented background information for three RFQs and compiled research binder for a pending urban design project. Documented construction progress of a largescale project. Researched and recommended plants species for a green-roof project. Attended client meeting and materials presentation. Assisted with documentation updates for a master planning process.

University of Washington, (Landscape Architecture Department)Seminar + Charette, Summer 2010

University of Virginia, (Vicenza, Italy)Intensive drawing program, Summer 2011

Clackamas Community CollegeHorticulture PracticumWinter + Spring 2013

Education

Continuing Education

Professional Experience

January 2012

January 2011

January 2010

June - August 2010

July 2013 - Present

University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Arts Art History and FrenchSpring 2004, Magna Cum Laude

Seattle Parks Foundation, Seattle, WAOffice Manager and Executive AssistantManaged organizational and administrative operations in support of Executive Director and Board of Directors.

Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WARegistrarManaged database, research files, art acquisition process and storage organization Managed the collection’s image-use copyrights and acted as liaison for all design publications.

Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WAPublic Relations Manager; Exhibition Coordinator; Sales AssociateWrote and distributed press materials for monthly exhibitions. Designed and installed exhibitions

Freedom by Design, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VAGraduate AdvisorAdvised undergraduate architecture student group for landscape component of local design-build project. Collaborated on design concept for garden and benches; designed, coordinated, and implemented planting for the proposed healing garden for the UVA medical center hospitality house,

Student Association of Landscape Architects, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VAPresidentNominated president of the student organization for graduate landscape architecture students, responsible for organizing: lectures, professional development activities, and extracurricular events. Act as liaison to the State of Virginia chapter of the ASLA.

Graduate Architects and Landscape Architects, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VARepresentative, 3rd year landscape architecture cohortNominated as representative to interdisciplinary group responsible for executing school-wide events

Nature Consortium at Yesler Community Center, Seattle, WAVolunteer Teacher AssistantAssisted instructors in engaging youth ages 6 - 16 in environmental learning through art projects, at free, drop-in, after-school classes for the neighborhood’s underserved youth. Pelican Tea P-Patch, Seattle, WASite CoordinatorCoordinated meetings, prioritized and implemented site improvements and organized work parties for communally gardened P-Patch site. Partnered with neighboring business to purchase and install a city-subsidized rain barrel to mitigate their storm water runoff and create sustainable water usage for the garden.

May 2008 - June 2009

March 2010 - March 2011

January - June 2012

September 2009 - 2012

July 2008 + July 2009

March 2008 - May 2009

December 2006 - May 2008

June 2004 - December 2006

Volunteer/Service

Technical Skills

Adobe Creative SuiteAuto CAD

Microsoft Office SuiteOutlook

Fluent in FrenchArc GIS Rhino

SharepointRaiser’s Edge

Proposed Floating Treatment Wetlands

Proposed Restored Stream Corridor

Existing CSO Locations

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PUNCTURING THE HULL

Key gateways

conducting Water

�oating treatment wetlands

local + restored watershed

CHARTING NEW ROUTES

access points

NEW access points

green connections

reduced fenced area

Cultural History through WaterDesign for a cultural landscape to integrate site with adjacent stream and provide storm water treatment for heavily polluted waterfront

THIS PAGE (top to bottom): landscape mosaic from diagram; new access points and green connections; water treatment; site with restored stream corridor and effluent treatment strategy

FACING PAGE (top to bottom): typical flora from salt to fresh water, waterfront section; neighborhood to stream corridor section (typical)

Reclaimed Community SpaceDesign for the transofrmation of a derelict parking lot into a new site for the Charlottesville farmer’s market, adaptable for larger community events, and including game courts

THIS PAGE (top to bottom): program diagram; testing plant spacing: hand sketches over 3D wire-frame model; longitudinal section showing plantings

FACING PAGE (top to bottom): Final design, original topography; re-grading strategy; plant palette

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Exploration Gardendesign developed from conceptual phase through construction documents, including detailed plant palette for a naturalized play area adjacent to a school. Detai here includes a forest glen, a steep stream bank, and a gently sloping stream corridor

Platanus occidentalis, Cercis canadensis, Chimaphila maculata, Mitchella repens, reclaimed logs, existing leaf litter

Betula nigra, Hamamelis virginiana, Cornus sericea, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Lindera benzoin, Athyrium felix-femina

Acer griseum, Viburnum acerifolium, Ilex verticilata, Lobelia cardinalis, clump-grass assortment, tumbled river rock

24” Seat wallRunning bond, troweled mortar

#5 Slate Chip drainage reservoir

6” Cut greenstone wheel stop 4” Square granite cobbles, Dry Set

Type Iv Brick, class SXMortar setting bed

Min. 4” concrete base

Compacted subbase

Compacted subgradeGeotextile

Gravel drainage reservoir

Gravel pave systemConcrete baseCompacted subgrade

Drain pipe to wetlands

Uncompacted subgrade

inset brick runnel

metal grate above river rock substrate

cast-in-place concrete steps, 4” risers

wooden boardwalk above rain garden detention basins, including wetland plantings

Parking Lot Design Parking lot intended to fit within surrounding naturalized landscape, includes stormwater detention with plantings, and detail design to highlight water

THIS PAGE (top to bottom): form, material, and texture inspiration, joint between parking area and stormwater gardens; permeable parking detail FACING PAGE (top to bottom): Final grading plan; material palette

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Brick Retaining WallPermeable at major drainage points, with vegetation; tooled, deeply recessed mortar

#5 Crushed Slate drainage reservoir, 1.5 - 0.5 inch pieces; some vegatation at base of wall

Cubical Stone Cobbles, unmortared, stabilized in gravel pave system, over gravel drainage reservoir

Pre-cast concrete wheelstop4” above grade; ad-ditional piece aligned at grade, 16’ from wheelstop

Metal Grate on steel substructure, runnel feeds into box, adjoins to raised boardwalk of recycled plastic lumber

Parking lot drain runnel feed into metal box, bottom lined with 3 - 6” #5 crushed slate or river rock