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EDUCATION Harvard University Graduate School of Design: Cambridge, MA Candidate for Master in Landscape Architecture 1: 2015
The New School University: New York, NY Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies: 2011 Concentration: Sustainable Design
I have traveled to 48 states and nearly 50 foreign countries
RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT
Peter Walker Partners: Berkeley, CA Studio Intern: Summer 2014
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates: Brooklyn, NY Studio Intern: Spring & Summer breaks 2013
Mary Miss Studio: New York, NY Artist Assistant: July 2011 – June 2012 Studio Intern: August 2010 - July 2011
Lower East Side Ecology Center: New York, NY Intern/Teacher May 2010 – August 2010
Conservatory of Flowers: San Francisco, CA Caretaker of Plants: April 2009 – August 2009
Miller Company Landscape Architecture: San Francisco, CA Landscape Construction: September 2008 – August 2009, July 2012
Helmut Lang: New York, NY Fashion Week Music Director: August 2011- February 2012
Animosity (band): Worldwide Lead Vocalist, Lyricist, Art Director, Manager: 2000-2009
22 Myrtle Ave
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Cambridge, MA 02138
ael Miller HONORS/AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS
GSD Platform 7 Harvard exhibition and book - Actar 2015 Penny White Project Fund Finalist: 2013
Tishman Environmental Merit Scholarship Two-Time Scholarship Awardee: 2010 & 2011 San Francisco Garden Club Alice Eastwood Merit Scholarship Awardee - Botany: 2009 TEACHING Harvard GSD - MLA Core Studio II - Spring ‘15 Teaching Assistent - Rosetta Elkin / Anita Berezbetia Harvard GSD - MLA Core Studio III- Fall ‘14 Teaching Assistent - Niall Kirkwood / Pierre Belanger Harvard GSD - MLA Core Representation III Teaching Assistent - Davida Mah / Andrea Hansen / Bradley Cantrell SELECTED WORKS • Parque Natural El Retiro
• Boston City Center
• mEco
• Quincy Delta
• Disturbance Dynamics:
• Tulsa Riverfront Park
• Cultivating Franklin Park
• Broadway: 100 Steps • Civic Action
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LeoRMiller@gmail.com
Parque Natural - El Retiro Instructor: Camilo Restrepo Ochoa In the context of the Colombian cloud forest, this proposal introduces spatial design considerations into the active industrial-turned-ecosystem-management forestry practices of El Retiro, thus creating space for extraordinary human experiences. The proposal unveils shifting relationships between the site’s history, industrial markets, and local culture, through deliberate staging of the operations and dramatic recasting of local materials.
El Retiro, Antioquia - Colombia
Park GSD Option Studio | The Forms of Transition| Fall 2014
mEco - Metropolitan Eco Indulgence Instructor: David Mah Team: Leo Miller, Bradley Howe
This project envisions Brooklyn’s Marine Park as a 24-hour metropolitan district of verdant wonders and nocturnal thrills. While the highly vulnerable salt marsh is less than desirable for the development of permanent residences, the scheme accommodates a constant flux of people and water alike, creating a unique cultural identity within a marginalized area of New York City. MEco raises important questions within the discourse of coastal urbanism, and how designers place value on ecological and social frameworks.
Jamaica Bay - Brooklyn, NY
Urbanism GSD 1211 | Core Studio 4 | Spring 2014
Disturbance Dynamics: Defending the Ecological Commons Instructor: Luis Callejas Team: Leo Miller, Sarah Winston, Xioran Du By recalibrating the existing military base, this project secures 15,000 acres of undeveloped land as an ecological commons. Rather than relying on traditional forms of urban development to recover Upper Cape Cod, this project proposes that the ongoing presence of a re-calibrated military training base can position the landscape as vital urban infrastructure.
Massachusetts Military Reserve - Cape Cod, MA
Territorial
GSD 1211 | Core Studio 3 | Fall 2013
Cultivating Franklin Park Instructor: Rosetta Elkin This project seeks to re-frame Franklin Park as a point of intersection between leisure and labor by reintroducing a cycle of tree cultivation and transplanting. On-site nursery activity will serve to provide distinct local identity, opportunities for community engagement, and a rejuvenated tree canopy for the park and greater city. The design creates contrast within a traditionally picturesque landscape park, offering a different understanding of nature in the city and the urban tree as a scenic element. The “park as nursery� offers a unique experience for visitors aesthetically and has potential for interesting educational experiences with regards to the park’s history as well as the cultivation of trees.
Franklin Park - Boston, MA
Park GSD 1112 | Core Studio 2 | Spring 2013
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YEAR 1
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Existing Canopy Placement
Young Whip Placement
Future Canopy Placement
Boston City Center
Instructor: Rosetta Elkin This redesign of Boston’s notoriously under-performing city hall plaza proposes a dramatically improved civic center including much needed green space, microclimatic diversity, retail and exhibition space, and enhanced accessibility.
City Hall Plaza - Boston, MA
Plaza GSD 1112 | Core Studio 2 | Spring 2013
Quincy Delta Instructor: Jane Hutton The first semester core studio work focuses on iterative studies of pattern, form, vegetation, and materiality. This project conceptualizes a new urban square in a marginalized traffic island, attempting to reclaim the site as a productive part of Cambridge’s urban fabric. As the only non-Harvard owned parcel of land on Quincy street, the study aims to create a landscape that articulates the overlaps between city and campus.
Quincy Street - Cambridge, MA
Garden GSD 1111 | Core Studio 1 | Fall 2012
Tulsa Riverfront Park: Site Model As a studio intern at MVVA, I worked primarily on a 30 foot long 1/16� scale model. My contributions to the project was full-time and spanned the length of the endeavor and included travel from New York to Tulsa to assemble the model for public presentation. The model was key in securing over 200 million dollars for the first phase of design and construction.
Tulsa, OK
Park Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Broadway: 1000 Steps Twenty “hubs” spanning the length of Manhattan’s Broadway take the form of small scale, interactive public art installations. The project seeks to decode the natural and man-made systems that define a city. Each hub is comprised of clusters of vertical poles supporting convex mirrors, through which elements of the urban ecosystem are exposed and highlighted. My contributions to the project spanned the length of the project cycle for this West Harlem “pilot hub” and included all aspects from research to installation. The project was featured as a part of New York City’s Urban Design Week and is an ongoing effort through Mary Miss Studio.
Broadway - Harlem, New York
Civic
Mary Miss Studio
Civic Action In response to the accelerated development and gentrification of their neighborhood, The Isamu Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park commissioned Civic Action: A Vision For Long Island City. The project invited artists Natalie Jeremijenko, Mary Miss, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and George Trakas to propose alternate development scenarios for the rapidly changing neighborhood. I contributed significantly to this project in all stages of research, development, and installation as a part of Mary Miss’ team . This project also served as the main case study for my undergraduate thesis research, through which I positioned the environmental artist as an agent of alternative urban futures.
Isamu Noguchi Museum - Queens, New York
Exhibition
Mary Miss Studio