MARIYA LUPANDINA

Second-year dual degree Landscape Architecture/City Planning graduate student, with more than four years of work experience. Interested in coastal preservation and restoration, just adaptation to climate change, and integrating indigenous ecology within the urban context. Currently focusing my studies on environmental policy and data analysis and visualization.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Masters of City Planning / Masters of Landscape Architecture, Class of 2025

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 2018

Minor in Urban Studies

GPA 3.95

Land Use and Environmental Planning Concentration

Contributing author to Panorama, Weitzman School’s Department of City Planning student journal

GPA 3.89

Summa Cum Laude, Honors Program

University Scholars Program, full-tuition scholarship

College of Arts, Media, and Design’s Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award Recipient, 2018 Alpha Rho Chi Medal and Northeastern University Huntington 100 Award Recipient, 2018

Experience

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2021The McHarg Center University of Pennsylvania

SUMMER FELLOW Summer 2022

Creating a curriculum for a superstudio across four East Coast univeristies focused on adaptation to climate change and coastal flooding. This superstudio is a component of the NSF-funded Megapolitan Coastal Adaptation Hub (MACH); writing a briefing document, researching relevant case studies, building an online resource library.

Climate and Community Project

Philadelphia, PA

DESIGN ASSOCIATE 2018 - 21

Mikyoung Kim Design, Boston, USA

TEACHING ASSISTANT Spring 2018

Northeastern University, Boston, USA

DESIGN LEAD 2017 - 21

Global Design Initiative for Refugee Children, Boston Society of Architects

Boston, USA

INTERN Jan - July 2017

Ann Beha Architects, Boston, USA

UNDERGRAD RESEARCHER

2013 - 18

The Playground Project: INDIGO, Northeastern University, Boston, USA

INTERN Jan - July 2016

Peters und Wormuth Architekten

Berlin, Germany

SUMMER FELLOW Summer 2016

Scholars Independent Research Grant Northeastern University, Boston, USA

GRAPHIC DESIGNER / PROJECT MANAGER Summer 2014 / 2015

Daily Bread Project, Ottawa, Canada

Wrote a scoping document for a long-term climate adaptation initiative within the framework of the Green New Deal; Conducted a literature review and individually interviewed key academics, activists, and practitioners; Edited copy and generated maps using Excel, ArcGIS and Adobe Creative Cloud.

Directed and contributed to projects from Schematic Design through Construction Administration; worked on public space projects in the healthcare, education, and arts & culture sectors, including the Harvard Medical School Countway Library project and the Detroit Institute of Art’s Midtown Cultural Connections Competition.

Supported an advanced graphic representation course; led Rhino and Adobe suite software tutorials.

Collaborated with an interdisciplinary group of designers to create play spaces in temporary encampments for refugee families and provided project design support for local community organizations; assisted in the production of a publication that documents the construction process of a playground in an encampment in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. 2020 AIA Collaborative Achievement Award Recipient.

Prepared a collections, workspace, and public amenities master plan for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

Advocated for the value of inclusive design in Boston’s playgrounds; designed a playground scorecard with an interdisciplinary group of Northeastern students to rate the quality and inclusivity of play spaces; surveyed all of Boston’s playgrounds and used ArcGIS and Adobe Create Cloud to visualize our findings.

Contributed to a number of residential projects, including micro apartments and single-family housing, from Schematic Design through Construction Documentation; created existing conditions documents from on-site measurements.

Surveyed playgrounds across the East Coast with my Playground Project: INDIGO teammates to understand “The State of Inclusive Play” in major US cities and test our playground scorecard; compiled and cleaned data; mapped findings using ArcGIS.

Coordinated an elementary school nutrition program for The Daily Bread Project, a local NGO; focused on branding and material accessibility; designed the program’s curriculum guide through a combination of research and synthesizing information from the nutritionists and teachers at the program’s sites; generated content for their website.

Skills

DESIGN Acrobat, AfterEffects, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Laser cutting, Model making, Photoshop, Premiere, Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, V-Ray, Website design

DATA ANALYSIS ArcGIS, Excel, R Studio, Net Logo, Arduino

LANGUAGES English (Fluent), Russian (Fluent), French (Intermediate), German (Intermediate)

MISCELLANEOUS SDI Scuba Diving Certificate, Textile dyeing

Table Of Contents

pg. 4 STREET TREE HEALTH MONITORING professional / 2019 / MYKD / Detroit Midtown Cultural Connections competition pg. 6 WATER FEATURES & GRADING professional / 2019-2021 / MYKD / Texas Medical Center 100% CDs pg. 8 RESTORING PUBLIC CIRCULATION professional / 2019-2021 / MYKD / HMS Countway Library pg. 10 GARDEN OF DISRUPTED EXPECTATIONS academic / 2022 / garden design in Philly’s Wissahickon park pg. 14 LANDSCAPE AS CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING professional / 2019 / MYKD / Detroit Midtown Cultural Connections competition pg. 16 STREET TREE HEALTH MONITORING academic - group / 2021 / sensing installation prototype pg. 18

FORECASTING FLOOD INUNDATION academic - group / 2022 / predictive modeling pg. 20

PLAYGROUND QUALITY ASSESSMENT research / 2013-2018 / The Playground Project: INDIGO pg. 22

CREATING INTERGENERATIONAL SPACE volunteering / 2017 - 2018 / Global Design Initiative for Refugee Children (GDIRC) / Unity Park, Boston, MA pg. 24

EMBEDDING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE academic - partner / 2018 / community resource center pg. 30

BUILDING AS SCAFFOLDING FOR HABITAT academic / 2016 / East Boston master plan