ALEXANDRA BURGOS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Contact Phone +45 91 95 67 01
Email allexandraburgos@gmail.com
Linkedin www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-burgos-/
Skills Adobe Creative Suite AutoCad QGIS Bluebeam Maptionnaire Rhino DaVinci Resolve Qualitative research Interpersonal communication Design Research Grant writing Project management
Summary I am a landscape architect who is passionate about bridging design with community engagement and ecological research for soil and water restoration. I design with an ethics of care, in harmony with dynamic processes, and believe that healing land is directly tied to healing communities and cultivating placemaking among displaced, marginalized groups. My work strives to develop resilient, sustainable, and diverse spaces, welcome to all species.
Current work The Duwamish Valley Youth Vision Project | Duwamish Valley Sustainability Association Project Manager
The Duwamish Valley Youth Vision Project allows youth leaders to be the liaisons for the Duwamish Valley community in informing the City of Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan Update. Using the Urban Belonging app provided by Gehl Architects, three youth leaders are using photovoice and equitable data-gathering processes to collect and analyze community-generated data that will then be provided to the city. Community-generated photographs directly respond to the barriers and opportunities within the Duwamish Valley outlined by the City of Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan Update. This is a way to tell stories from community members on what they wish to improve, as well as preserve within the Duwamish Valley. Tierra Media Project Co-founder
Tierra Media Project is an open space media platform that celebrates and supports alternative ways of knowing and working with the land, rooted in a Latinx/American perspective. We exist to provide a safe space for inspiration, connection, learning, renewal, and reflection. Our collective's goal is to “encourage a deeper way of being with the land — to engage both the material and the spiritual.”
Community engagement Remediation practices Creative problem solving
Education
Plant knowledge
University of Washington 2021
Masters Degree, Landscape Architecture
Language
University of California, Berkeley 2017
Summer [IN]STITUTE in Environmental Design Field Of Study [IN]LAND Landscape Architecture Program
San Francisco State University 2016
Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Spanish English
Awards ASLA Student Merit Award American Society of Landscape Architects Outstanding scholarship, skill in the art and technology of landscape architecture, design ability, personal and interpersonal qualities. EDSA Minority Scholarship Landscape Architecture Foundation For research which shed light on the livelihoods of refugees impacted by
Experience Gehl Architects October 2021-February 2022 Landscape Architectural Intern Assisted the Design and Innovation team in strategic planning and design research. I assisted project managers in various projects with setting up and creating diagrams, vignettes and reports. I partook in community engagement processes by using surveys and data analysis to plan community workshops. University of Washington Landscape Architecture Department January-April 2021 Teaching Assistant- Design Implementation Assisted Professor + Principal Luoma in leading the course by helping students understand the construction documentation process. I acted as a Project Manager to the students by approving their designs, redlining their construction documents, and providing AutoCAD + Bluebeam support.
climate change, droughts and loss of agriculture. Myer R. Wolfe Scholarship University of Washington Academic excellence, developing design abilities, commitment to/experience in urban design, potential future effectiveness in the field of urban design. Capstone Award of Merit University of Washington For master's thesis pushing landscape architecture scholarship and addressing issues field should be aiming to address. LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership Landscape Architecture Foundation Along with 9 other Latinx designers, presented stories of resilience, inspiration, and connection to imagine new futures for the field of landscape
EXTENTS UW//LA Student Publication May 2020-April 2021 Lead Editor Guided the editorial team in curating the content for the issue. This consisted of choosing graphics, copy editing the text, deciding on editorial pieces, and organizing the projects accordingly. With my leadership, we created a cohesive and strong narrative. The National Park Service May 2019 - Dec 2020 Cultural Landscapes Intern Supported the NPS Cultural Landscapes Program by composing clear and well researched narrative descriptions and expanding content on the NPS website to increase public awareness of cultural landscapes and their stewardship. Led the effort to introduce new perspectives to the NPS Cultural Landscapes website and amplify a diverse range of voices. InterAction Nepal: Design, Development, Global Health September – December 2019 Student Participant Worked with local students and residents of an under-represented community to design and construct a small-scale intervention in community infrastructure. Worked on site design team to implement community and students’ ideas into a final plan. InterAction Peru: Urban Development and Human and Ecological Health in the Amazon Rainforest August 2019 Student Participant Participated in an interdisciplinary exploration seminar that immersed students in contemporary dialogue surrounding the intersection of urban design, global health and ecology in the vulnerable yet globally valuable Amazon ecosystem.
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Publications “Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera: Stonewall National Monument” National Park Service. November 2020 "Reunion". EXTENTS UW Student Publication. March 2021
References Nancy Rottle
Susan Dolan
Director, Green Futures Research and Design Lab
Park Cultural Landscapes Program Manager, NPS
nrottle@uw.edu
Susan_Dolan@nps.gov