Folio ANNA BABICZ Designer Landscape Architect
Some samples of my work are limited due to confidentiality agreement.
CV WORK EXPERIENCE June 2008 – current PWL Partnership Landscape Architects, Canada Position: Associate (June 2013-current) Responsibilities: Project visioning and conceptual design, project management, team management, client relations Recent Projects: MASTERPLANNING: A.) Dockside Green phase 2, Victoria BC- social sustainability and ecological approach to new communities design B.) Foot of Lonsdale, N.Vancouver – Waterfront promenade with industrial context and shipyard heritage PUBLIC REALM PLANS: City of Vancouver Public Realm - set of three key Vancouver neighborhoods design guidelines forstreetscapes and public realm with special focus on rainwater management, bike network and art STREETSCAPE DESIGN GUIDELINES: A.) Ambleside Streetscape Guidelines, West Vancouver – set of strategies focused on streetscape details, materials, furnishing and lighting B.) Capilano Village Streetscape Design Guidelines, North Vancouver - unique design exploring innovative approach to shared user streetscape TOD DEVELOPMENTS: A.) Marine Gateway – TOD, mixed use Development with 2 public plazas and strong Public Art component B.) Sapperton Green – Multi tower development with residential, mixed use and commercial districts INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS: A.) House of Fairytails, Denmark – unique approach to architecture by playing with landscape forms, B.) Sha Po, Hong Kong sustainable village
March 2013 – August 2013 PWL Partnership Landscape Architects, China Position: Design Director Responsibilities: Project visioning and conceptual design, detail design, team management, presentations to clients, office management Projects: MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS: Greenland Zhengzhou Metropolis, Henan Province – exploration of a green shopping street concept; Vanke NanChang, Jiangxi Province – commercial district of mixed use development with industrial heritage INSTITUTIONAL: Greenland Bengbu, The City Gateway, Anhui Province – strong geometric design as part of city wide urban design grid, formal landscape approach OFFICE PARK: Vanke Office Park, Shanghai, Zhejiang Province – Sustainable approach to office park with excessive green roof and park like streets, strong focus on public art and multiple gateway/ nodes SPORTS PARK:Ningbo, Zhejiang Province – public park with main focus on sports COMPETITIONS: Kunming Baijilong Group, Commercial Plaza Project,Yunnan Province – awarded design competition for commercial plaza and shopping center with public park and gateway August 2006 – March 2008 Gillespies LLP, Oxford, UK Position: Landscape Architect Responsibilities: key member of landscape team on a number of complex urban and institutional projects. Planning
applications, construction packages, site inspections. Projects: STREETSCAPE DESIGN GUIDELINES: A.) Leicester City Center,UK – historic city center regeneration, B.) Camden Town, London,UK – streetscape improvement URBAN DESIGN STUDY: Salisbury,UK – sustainable city, Welwyn Garden City, UK – retail feasibility study May – November 2005 August - November 2004 Katherine Spitz Associates Landscape Architecture Inc. Los Angeles, CA Position: Junior Designer Responsibilities: design drawings, construction drawings, planting selection, presentation graphics, site supervision
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS ULI Member
EDUCATION
2000 – 2006 Master of Landscape Architecture Cracow University of Technology - Department of Architecture, Krakow, Poland
EXPERTISE
Masterplanning, Urban Design, Public Realm Plans and DesignGuidelines,Streetscape Guidelines, conceptual design stage, presentation graphics
References available upon request.
Introduction I’m a Landscape Architect with over 10 years of international experience and Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture. My professional experience includes work in California, UK, Canada and China. ANNA BABICZ
Through the years, my career has been focused on large scale conceptual design, master planning, urban design, neighborhood development and public realm design guidelines. Diverse and international experience allowed me to gain very broad perspective on design and business aspects of the profession. I’m a strong believer in multi-disciplinary approach that includes the ecological, historical, and cultural aspects of the landscape and produces the most robust and meaningful designs. In my work, my goal is to create innovative, imaginative places that incorporate both social and environmental benefits.
Masterplans My work includes public workshops, urban design strategies, precinct design development, detail design development, public realm plans and innovative social sustainability solutions with special focus on storm-water management.
DOCKSIDE GREEN 2014
Sustainable initiatives included the innovative management of on-site energy and resources as part of a “triple bottom line� strategy of balancing economy, ecology and the social benefit of the greater community.
FOOT OF LONSDALE 2012
Open space design that focused on the heritage value of the site. Rich with unique shipyard structures, artifacts and details, Concept plan integrated both the old and the new. With high focus on shore remidiation and storm-water circulation and renewal of shore under water life.
TODs High density and rapid transit have to co-exist in any major city looking into the future. Creating socially sustainable enclaves of residential mixed use and commercial developments is a recipe of creating healthy cities and communities.
SAPPERTON GREEN 2014
Exploring concept of “Green Fingers” that infiltrate urban fabric with linear parks which borrow it’s language from winding, small river that hugs new development site to the north. Strong storm water management component.
MARINE GATEWAY 2010
Landmark project for South Vancouver that becomes a welcoming gateway to all arriving to the city from YVR airport. Mixed use development with two major public plazas and outdoor shopping Main Street.
Public Realm The people of cities understand the symbolic, ceremonial, social and political roles of streets, not just those of movement and access. - Allan B. Jacobs, Great Street
CITY OF VANCOUVER PUBLIC REALM DESIGN GUIDELINES 2013 Three distinct neighborhoods of Vancouver with three very distinct and unique Public Realm Plans. From Art focused Mount Pleasant to storm-water oriented Cambie Corridor.
LANSDOWNE VILLAGE WEST BLOCKS TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY 2013 The concept explores opportunities to create exciting pedestrian environment within the commercial mixeduse core to enhance the feel of a vibrant community and sense of place. Connectivity through local street networks is encouraged within the public realm through the use of strong urban design.
CAPILANO VILLAGE CENTRE STREETSCAPE DESIGN GUIDELINES 2014 Unique design exploring innovative approach to shared user streetscape. Inspired by it’s surrounding of North Shore Mountains, this design promotes a concept of a river and canyons translated into very unique and one of a kind design language.
Asia As Design Director in Shanghai, my work was mainly focused on developing project design vision, conceptual design and delivering client presentations. From mega scale to detail design development.
KUNMING BAIJILONG GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAZA PROJECT
Awarded competition for multi-phase development for a shopping mall, city park and gateway feature.Unique approach to blending landscape and architecture
2013
together. Distinct design pattern that reflects natural surroundings and sophisticated landscape of the province.
ZHENGZHOU METROPOLIS HENAN PROVINCE 2013 Mixed use development with strong desire to develop unique and ‘nature inspired’ outdoor shopping theme. Geometric and very deliberate paving patterns mix with organic and soft green islands, providing diverse experience and enhanced sense of being outside.
BENGBU, THE CITY GATEWAY
Creating sense of arrival and city Gateway that
2013
becomes part of bigger grid of city planning. Design concept based on a pearl and local red velvet fabric.
Competitions HOUSE OF FAIRYTAILS DENMARK 2014 Innovative landscape approach for museum building design - put it underground. In the concept each tree represents one fairy tail of the author and creates a “forest of fairy tails�.
SHA PO, HONG KONG 2012
The site is deeply connected to the water and affected by it in many ways. Sha Po North will be an integral system of buildings, landscape, people, and the natural systems minimizing its negative impacts on the environment while still offering a high level of amenities and comfort to residents.
Thank you for your time.
205-131 4th Street West North Vancouver, BC, V7M 3C8 Canada +01 604 812 8340 anna@babicz.ca