Pierscape at Navy Pier Phase II Design Team Organization + ...

Team X 

Pierscape at Navy Pier 

Phase II 

Design Team Organization + Approach 

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world-class 

authentic 

unique context 

memorable 

respectful 

forward-looking 

connectivity 

one-of-a-kind 

showcase 

thoughtful 

sensitive 

year-round


Pierscape at Navy Pier 

Phase II 

Design Team Organization + Approach 

2 Date 

10 november 2011 

Contents 3 

Cover Letter 

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Design Team Organization 

Core Team + Executive Team 

Design Team 

Specialists + Consultants 

9–38 

Team Member Résumés 

39–46 

Design Approach + Philosophy 

48–82 

Addendum: Design Team Additions 

Tom Leader Studio 

Lisa D. Freiman 

Creative Time 

Fluidity 

Nelson/Nygaard 

Faithful + Gould

Cover Letter 

Navy Pier is a public place with a public purpose. …The Centennial Vision is about a 

change in approach, attitude, and aesthetic… intended to address the overall character of the 

pier rather than its specific parts. _The Centennial Vision, June 2011 

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Dear Board of Directors of Navy Pier Inc. 

We are pleased to present the qualifications and organization of our team to the 

Navy Pier Board of Directors for the design of the Pierscape Competition, Phase II. 

After a careful consideration we have added additional members to our team. 

We believed that these new members strengthened the capabilities of our team in 

order to better respond to the many facets, challenges and complexities that 

the Navy Pier project will undergo. We believe that Architecture, Landscape, Design, 

Art and Engineering can be integrated in a unique project. We have assembled 

for this project a great group of highly qualified professionals in order to achieve, 

working as a team, the goals set forth in the Navy Pier Centennial Vision. 

We recognize the importance 

of adding MBE and WBE 

partners to our team. Should we 

be selected for Phase III, our 

team has a plan in place to 

supplement team expertise in 

engineering and architecture to 

meet Navy Pier’s MBE/WBE 

requirement. 

Following there is a list of the new team members added to our team and the 

role that the will serve in our team. In a separate section of our Phase II submittal is 

included an overview and portfolio for each new team member. 

Tom Leader Studio will be responsible for landscape architecture and for establishing 

a comprehensive understanding of the pier as an integrated ecosystem. 

Lisa D. Freiman, art Curator and Chair of the contemporary art department at the 

Indianapolis Museum of Art, will be responsible for the Art curation, for permanent 

art and temporary installations. 

Creative Time will be responsible, in close collaboration with Lisa Freiman, for 

temporary art exhibitions, installations and event programming. 

Nelson Nygaard will be responsible for traffic engineering, pedestrian and bicycle 

planning, and accommodations for transit access. 

Fluidity will be our consultant on the design and engineering of water features. 

Faithful + Gould will be our consulting providing services to ensure feasibility of the 

project and cost estimation. 

On behalf of Team X, I want to thank you for your thoughtful consideration. 

Sincerely, 

Xavier Vendrell 

Principal, Xavier Vendrell Studio Chicago/Barcelona



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Core Team 

Executive Team 

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Fluidity (water) 

Schuler Shook 

(lighting) 

Studio/lab 

Iñigo Manglano 

Ovalle 


Consultants 

Specialists 

Design Team 

Grimshaw Tom Leader 

Architects 

Studio 



creative 

technical 

MBE/WBE TBD 

(MEP) 

Arup 


Studio 

Harley Ellis Devereaux 

MBE TBD 

(associate architect) 

MBE/WBE TBD 

(sructures) 

Faithful + Gould 

(acoustics) 

MBE/WBE TBD 

(civil) 

(sustainable planning + 

engineering) 

Nelson Nygaard 

(traffic) 

MBE/WBE TBD 

(landscape architect 

of record) 


Xavier Vendrell Studio 

Grimshaw Architects 





Our team is organized around a central core of three leading design groups— 

Xavier Vendrell Studio, Grimshaw Architects, and Tom Leader Studio—working in 

concert with each other and in close collaboration with venerable local architects 

Harley Ellis Devereaux. 

Xavier Vendrell Studio, Chicago, will lead and coordinate the design team by 

directing the group toward a profound, innovative, and relevant concept tailored to 

Navy Pier and the forward-thinking benchmarks set forth in The Centennial Vision. 

Xavier Vendrell Studio will be responsible for architecture and urban design 

working in partnership with Grimshaw Architects, who will apply their expertise in 

architectural and industrial design—contributing to key design elements of the 

pierscape. Tom Leader Studio will be responsible for landscape architecture and 

for establishing the team’s understanding of the pier as an ecosystem. The 

three-part core will work closely with Harley Ellis Devereaux who will serve as the 

Architect of Record and coordinator of construction administration. Harley Ellis 

Devereaux is supported by Faithful and Gould with the cost-estimating expertise 

needed to guarantee financial feasibility.


Design + Art 

Engineering 

Specialists + Conslutants 

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The Core Team and Harley Ellis Devereaux will have two targeted areas of 

collaboration and consulting—Design and Art, and Engineering—both supported 

by a network of project specialists and technical consultants. 


Studio/lab 

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle 

Lisa Freiman 


The Design + Art area will work very closely with the Core Team to infuse unique 

visual and conceptual elements into the project. Studio/Lab will be responsible 

for communication design, enriching the project through a clear and coordinated 

approach to wayfinding, storytelling, graphic design, and elements of identity. 

The innovative visual and conceptual Artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, experienced in 

major public art commissions, will contribute generally to the conceptual vision and 

specifically to the art elements of the pierscape. 

Lisa Freiman, renown curator of contemporary art, will offer consultation regarding 

major permanent art installations. Creative Time, a Nonprofit organization that 

commissions and presents public arts projects, will provide curation for innovative 

temporary art events and exhibitions. 

Engineering 

Arup 

The Engineering area will be lead by Arup, the world leader in design engineering. 

Arup will be responsible for engineering the conceptual design and supervising 

specialized engineering needs including structures, environmental sustainability, 

mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP), and acoustics. 


Nelson Nygaard 

Fluidity 

Schuler Shook 

Project specialists (i.e. water, lighting, traffic) will work with and move between 

design team members, offering creative or technical expertise to particular 

elements of the design. Dedicated consultants will be engaged by design team 

members to provide detailed expertise for a given area of responsibility. 

All specialist and consultants will be coordinated by the core team. As the project 

evolves, and the core design team identifies new areas of needed expertise, 

other collaborating specialists and consultants may be added. 

Nelson Nygaard, recognized for their excellence in transportation planning, 

will be responsible for traffic engineering, pedestrian and bicycle planning, and 

accommodations for transit access. They will work very closely with the core 

design team, particularly at the outset of the project, as issues of transportation 

planning will be crucial to the initial project concepts. 

Fluidity Design Consultants will advise on the design and engineering of the 

pierscape’s water features. Fluidity’s global portfolio includes numerous projects 

on a large civic scale. 

Schuler Shook will offer expertise in lighting design and theater planning. The 

practice has applied their knowledge to iconic Chicago projects that serve as the 

keystone to the city’s vibrant architectural scene including Millennium Park, the 

Chicago Water Tower and Alexander Calder’s iconic Flamingo sculpture.


Xavier Vendrell supported by Enrique Suarez of Harley Ellis Devereaux, 

will be the primary contact for Navy Pier, Inc. 

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Grimshaw 

Architects 

Tom Leader 

Studio 

Xavier Vendrell Studio and Harley Ellis Devereaux will work together to maintain a 

continuous overview of the project, working in concert with all members of the 

team to ensure and maintain high standards of design and technology across the 

entirety of the project. Every aspect of the project will be studied in close detail, 

ensuring a consistency of vision and an overall sense of cohesion. 


Studio 

Navy Pier 


The team will address the specific challenges and opportunities of the project 

together with Navy Pier, Inc. to achieve and implement strategies consistent with 

the goals of The Centennial Vision. The team will fully integrate architecture, 

landscape, engineering, graphics and art, gathering elements of each, producing 

and engineering in a seamless way that will ultimately produce a successful, 

energized project. 

Although each team member brings specialized expertise, 

our ultimate success will lie in our ability to harness 

the cumulative talent and knowledge of each individual into 

a unique project that integrates design, landscape, art and 

public space. 

We believe that we have assembled, for this project, a stellar group of highly 

qualified professionals, who already act as a unified team, and who will respond to 

the many challenges and complexities that the various facets that the Navy Pier 

Pierscape presents. The team understands the unique nature and civic importance 

of this particular project, and we are eager to put our talent and expertise 

to work to provide a design solution that is focused, responsible and innovative. 

The team is committed to the inclusion of additional MBE and WBE partners, 

which will be identified in Stage III of the Pierscape at Navy Pier RFP. 

(Studio/lab, a key design team member, is a Woman Owned Business with expired 

certification that will be renewed.)


Roles, Leaders, Time Commitments 

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Core Team Role Team Leaders % of Time Phases/Scope 

Xavier Vendrell Studio Team Leadership, Xavier Vendrell 100 % Commitment throughout 

Architecture / Urban Design 

Grimshaw Architects Architecture / Design Mark Hauser 70 – 90 % Design intensive phases 

Industrial Design Cas Zdanius 60 – 70 % 

Tom Leader Studio Landscape Architecture Tom Leader 50 – 80 % Design intensive phase 

Erik Prince 50 – 80 % 

Laryssa Steck 50 – 80 % 


Harley Ellis Devereaux Executive Architect, Enrique Suarez 50 % Commitment throughout 

Architect of Record Alan Treuthart 100 % Commitment throughout 

Eric Essique 100 % Technical phase 

20 % Design intensive phases 

Chris Sachse 100 % Technical phase 

Faithful + Gould Cost Estimation Chris J. Harris 80 % Cost estimating 


Studio/lab Communication Design, Marcia Lausen 50 % Design intensive phases 

Wayfinding Megan Ferrill 50 % 

Matthew Terdich 100 % 

Iñigo Manglano-Ovale Art and Art Installation Iñigo Manglano-Ovale 100 % Art related scope 

Lisa Freiman Art Curator Lisa Freiman 50 % Curratorial activities 

Creative Time Art Curator Anne Pasternak 40 – 50 % Curratorial + consulting 

Meredith Johnson 80 % Curratorial activiies 

100 % Currated events 

Engineering 

Arup Engineering Lead Tom Kennedy 50 % Engineering 

Ryan Biziorek 80 % Acoustic design 

John Powell 80 % Structrual design 

Fiona Cousins 80 % Sustainability planning 

Joe Schneider 80 % Electrical engineering 

Robert Tazelaar 80 % Mechanical desgin 

Peter Tilson 80 % Structural desgin 


Nelson Nygaard Traffic David B. Fields 50 % Transportation 

Michael King 50 – 80 % 

Jason Schreiber 50 % 

Fluidity Water Jim Garland 50 % Water/fountain design 

Tom Yankelitis 80 % 

Shannon Hoff 100 % 

Schuler Shook Lighting Bob Shook 50 % Lighting design 

Guilio Perota 100 % 

Joshua Grossman 80 %


Team Member Résumés 

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Xavier Ventrell Studio 

Team Leader 

Core Team Member 

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Xavier Vendrell is the visionary leader of our team. He has assembled a truly 

interdisciplinary network of individuals and organizations representing the 

best in creative vision and technical expertise. In addition to coordinating the creative 

collaboration, Xavier will serve as the lead on architecture and urban design and 

as the primary point of contact for Navy Pier. 

Xavier began practicing architecture in his native city of Barcelona, Spain, in 1983 

as Design Architect in the Department of Public Space for Area Metropolitana 

de Barcelona. Since 1988, he has lead his own practice in Barcelona under the name 

Ruisanchez-Vendrell, and in Chicago since 1999. Xavier Vendrell Studio has been 

widely recognized in publications and exhibitions. He has been awarded first 

prize in four architecture and urban design competitions including Olympic Village, 

Poblenou Park and Athletic Track for the Barcelona Olympics. 

Education + Licensing 

Escola Técnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, Spain 

Member of the Collegi de Arquitectes de Catalunya since 1985 

Licensed architect in Spain #16384-8 

Professional Juries 

Millennium Park Lurie Garden Competition, Chicago, 2000 

Burnham Prize Competition, The Chicago Architecture Club, 2000 

IV Spanish Brick Architecture Award, Madrid, 1999 

Monographic Exhibitions 

Graham Foundation, Xavier Vendrell: Retrospective Thoughts on Work in Process, 2002 

University of Michigan, Xavier Vendrell. Architect., 2000 

University of Navarra, Pamplona, Ruisanchez-Vendrell, Architects, 1999 

Selected Recognition 

Biennale de Arquitectura de Venetia, Italy, Barcelona: The City and the year, 1991 

Catalonia Civil Works, Antwerp, Belgium, 1998 

C.O.A.C., Barcelona, Reconstructed Landscapes. Professional Works 1994-1999, 1999 

Graham Foundation, Landscape Urbanism, 1997 

Harvard University, Territories: Contemporary European Landscape Design, 2001 

Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, Landscape Urbanism, 1997 

Books 

Monograph: Ruisanchez-Vendrell Architects. AA15. Author Architectures. 

T6 ediciones. Universidad de Navarra. Pamplona, Spain (2000) 

Teaching 

University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture, Professor 

School of Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis, Visiting Professor 

Escola Técnica Superior Ad’rquitectura de Barcelona, Associate Professor

Tom Leader 


Lead, Landscape Architecture 

Navy Pier Ecosystem 

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We need to become students 

of the public that visits 

Navy Pier and the lake on which 

it rests so we can intertwine 

their threads. —Tom Leader 

Tom Leader Studio will help the design team to understand Navy Pier as an 

ecosystem and as a generator of communal social activity and diversity. By seeking 

ways to cultivate the natural aquatic systems and seasonal hydrology of the 

Lake Michigan shoreline, the inherent relationship to water can be made present 

and involving to visitors. The greenscape will consider not only plantings, but also ice, 

mist, sun, and shelter. Visitors to Navy Pier will experience threads of open space, 

green space, and water space. 

Tom Leader founded Tom Leader studio in 2001 for the practice of landscape 

architecture. He has twenty-five years of professional experience, sixteen of which 

were spent as a partner in the firm of Peter Walker and Partners, designing 

and building award-winning landscape projects throughout the U.S. and the world. 

As founder and principal, Tom Leader has played a significant role in all projects 

represented the firm portfolio. He will serve as a member of our core team. 

Education 

Harvard University Graduate School of Design 

Master of Landscape Architecture 

University of California at Berkeley 

BA Landscape Architecture 


Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards, finalist, 2011 

Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Design Triennial “Design Life Now,” 2006 

MoMA “Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape,” 2005 

New York Times, Arts, “Avant Gardens”— Break Out installation, 2004 

Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture, 1989 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art “Revelatory Landscapes,” 2001 

San Francisco Prize, “Centering on the Civic,” 1996 

World Landscape Architecture, flagship issue, RiverFirst, 2011 

Books 

Monograph: Tom Leader Studio: Three Projects 

Princeton Architectural Press, 2010 

Teaching 

The Ohio State University, Knowlton School of Architecture 

Arthur Glimcher Distinguished Visiting Professor 

University of Southern California, School of Architecture 

BrownLab Graduate Design Studio

Erik Prince 


Designer 

Landscape Architecture 

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Erik Prince investigates the constructed interface of urbanism and water where the 

typological and ecologic systems confluence and index a relationship to sub-surface 

conditions. His interest in the transformation of complex industrial waterfronts 

is demonstrated through project team work at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates 

(MVA) prior to joining Tom Leader Studio. At MVA, Eric participated as a designer 

and project manager for Brooklyn Bridge Park; North Point Urban Design and Park, 

Cambridge, MA; Boston Children’s Museum; and City + Arch + River Competition, 

St. Louis, MO. 

The Core Team will draw from Erik’s eight years of expertise in the design, 

communication and construction of urban projects ranging from the community level 

to the city scale. 


Harvard University Graduate School of Design 


Colorado State University 

BA Landscape Architecture 


AIA Honor Award, 2006 

ASLA National Certificate of Merit, 2002 

Jacob Weidenman Prize, Harvard University Graduate School of Design 

< Prior to joining Tom Leader Studio, Eric worked on Brooklyn Bridge Park with 

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.

Laryssa Steck 


Project Designer 

Landscape Architecture 

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Laryssa Steck contributes a rich knowledge of design and construction, and is an 

expert in three dimensional conceptualization of landscape architecture. In her work, 

at Tom Leader Studio, Laryssa has played a crucial role in the development of 

projects across multiple scales and functions; from master planning whole cities to 

designing cutting edge parks. Laryssa’s contributions to the RiverFirst Project were 

instrumental to the team’s success, and Laryssa has transformed many Studio 

visions into tangible and marketable productions. Working closely with Tom Leader, 

she will play this role in the Navy Pier Pierscape. 

Laryssa’s focus on the PIerscape will be on construction documentation and 

graphic representation. Her knowledge of engineering and detailing as well as her 

proficiency in building design software will be a major asset to the design team. 


Cornell University 


University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

Bachelor of Science 


ASLA Award of Honor with Academic Distinction, 2009 

ASLA Award of Honor for Design. eRiver Park, 2009 

Clarence Stein Award, Cornell University, 2008 

Barcelona Paisage Biennal Design Exhibition Award, 2008 

Solar Decathlon Green Thumb Award (with CUSD), 2007 

Nathan Phillips Square International Design Award, 2006 

Teaching 

Cornell University, Teaching Assistantship, 2006, 2008 

< Prior to joining Tom Leader Studio, Laryssa worked indepth on the George W. Bush Presidential 

Center with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.

Mark Hauser 


Architectural Design 

Industrial Design + Streetscape Elements 

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Mark Husser’s association with Grimshaw began in 1997 with the practice’s first 

US project, The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. In 2002, Mark helped form 

a permanent office for Grimshaw in New York. As a Partner of Grimshaw, 

Mark led the design teams for the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center 

(EMPAC) in Troy, NY and the NYU Master Plan as well as other projects. Mark is 

currently leading design teams for the Queens Museum of Art and the above ground 

structures and landscape at the Croton Water Treatment Plant in New York City. 

Mark’s architectural approach is focused on applying the highest level of available 

technology to improve the social and environmental effectiveness of buildings, 

a philosophy embodied in Grimshaw Architecture. He is a licensed architect as well 

as LEED certified. 

Mark has worked extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and America. 


Louisiana Tech University, Bachelor of Architecture 

Southeastern Louisiana University, Associate of Science, Construction Technology 

Registered Architect in Missouri, Florida, and New York 

Selected Recognition + Exhibition 

AIA Honor Award, Museo del Acero, Monterrey, Mexico, 2009 

“Transport Architect of the Year” BD Magazine, 2008 

“World Architect of the Year” BD Magazine, 2008 

RIBA European Award, Bijlmer Station, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008 

Lubetkin Prize, Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia, 2007 

Related Projects 

Cemusa Coordinated Street Furniture Franchise for DOT, NY 

New York University Master Plan, New York, NY 

Queens Museum of Art Expansion & Renovation, Queens, NY 

Croton Water Treatment Plant, The Bronx NY 

Asser Levy Park Ampitheatre, Brooklyn, NY 

Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center, Troy, NY 

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, MO 

Teaching 

Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Lecturer. 

Casimir Zdanius 


Architectural Design 

Industrial Design + Streetscape Elements 

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Casimir Zdanius joined Grimshaw in early 2003 in the practice’s Melbourne office, 

working on the award winning Southern Cross Station. He relocated to the 

New York office in 2006 to join the design team for the Fulton Street Transit Center. 

Much of Casimir’s work has had an urban transport focus: on the Fulton Street 

project, he designed stair and other circulation elements, including metalwork and 

hardware, with the intention of minimizing the variety of components for ease 

of manufacturing yet maximizing adaptability, aesthetic and durability. 

While working on the Southern Cross Station design, Casimir was responsible 

for the information systems, furniture and various hardware components including 

the design of the train signalling and traction infrastructures. In addition, he 

aided in the design and delivery of the complex Pedestrian Information Systems for 

the entire Station precinct. 

Casimir was the Project Architect on the Queens Museum of Art design, leading the 

design of fundamental components including the central glass gallery and grand stair. 

Casimir currently leads the Industrial Design Unit in the Grimshaw New York office. 


RMIT University, Melbourne 

Bachelor of Applied Science, Landscape Architecture 


Cemusa Coordinated Street Furniture, New York, NY 

Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia 

AMG Headquarters, Long Island, NY 

Vaughan Corporate Centre subway station, Toronto, Canada 

MTA New York City Transit Flood Mitigation Barriers, New York, NY 

Postermedia Project, Monterrey, Mexico 

Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY 

Museo del Acero, Monterrey, Mexico 

Fulton Street Transit Center, New York, NY 

664 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia 

< Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia

Enrique Suarez 


Executive Architect 

Architect of Record 

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Enrique Suarez will lead and act as the project executive for the Harley Ellis 

Devereaux team and be responsible for managing and coordinating the Design Team’s 

multiple disciplines. His experience with building and managing high quality design 

teams has strengthened the belief that great design is often achieved through great 

partnerships. 

Enrique is the managing principal of the Chicago office of Harley Ellis Devereaux 

and leads the firm’s operations in the Chicago region. With more than 20 years 

of experience, his current responsibilities include design leadership within a studio 

unit of the firm, account management, and serving on the Harley Ellis Devereaux 

board of directors. 


University of Kansas, BS Architecture 

Registered Architect in Illinois 

NAAB Registration 


ALA Honor Award, 2008 

AIA Silver Honor Award, 2006 

AIA Award Cincinnati, 2006 

AIA Award, Michigan, 2006 

Midwest Construction Magazine Award of Merit, 2005 


Americana at Brand, Glendale, CA 

Millennium Park, Chicago, IL 

WMS Gaming, Waukegan, IL 

AbelsonTaylor, Chicago, IL 

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Chicago, IL 

Polsky Energy, UT, TX, CA 

American Airlines, Tulsa, OK, Albuquerque, NM 

Stadt Tower, Chicago, IL 

The Carlyle, Westwood, CA 

Rivera Resorts, Des Plaines, IL 

Norwood Park Home, Chicago, IL 

Northern Trust, Chicago IL

Alan Treuthart 


Project Manager 

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Alan Treuthart has more than 20 years of experience in project management. As 

owner’s representative for several corporations including AT&T (Ameritech), 

Continental Bank, and CNA Insurance he has manages large multi-discipline teams 

that represent all aspects of the project delivery process from inception through 

construction. As an architectural project manager, he has delivered complex projects 

by focusing on a team approach and by leveraging the specific expertise of each 

member. Managing large, diverse teams requires organized and clear communication. 

These are Alan’s strengths. 


University of Illinois, MBA 

University of Illinois, Masters of Architecture 

University of Illinois, Bachelors of Architectural Science 

Registered Architect in Illinois 



Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

The Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, IL 

Eric G. Essique 


Technical Project Manager 

Eric Essique has extensive experience as a Project Architect and Technical Design 

Leader on large projects including new and complex multi-phased renovations 

as well as entire campus redevelopments. For Harley Ellis Devereaux, Eric leads 

standards development for technical designs and specifications of all exterior envelope 

and building systems. He has the abiltiy to ensure effective quality control and 

document coordination in collaboration with the engineering disciplines and project 

consultants. Eric’s architectural experience is further exemplified by his former role as 

Board of Director on the AIA Building Enclosure Council. 


Lawrence Institute of Technology, Sixth Year Professional Degree 

Lawrence Institute of Technology, BS in Architecture 

Registered Architect in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Texas 


Americana at Brand Mixed-Use, Glendale, CA 

The Caryle, Westwood, CA 

Baylor University, Wayco, TX 

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 

Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI


Christopher Sachse 

Technical Architecture 

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Christopher Sachse has an extensive career in both the United States and Australia, 

holding superior technical architecture experience in building envelope design. 

His responsibilities include concept development, technical system design, technical 

detailing, coordination of multi-disciplined consultants, and construction 

implementation. Additionally, he has participated in a wide variety of projects such 

as civic and civil developments, single family and multiunit residential homes, as well 

as healthcare facilities. 


University of South Australia, Bachelor of Architecture 

Registered Architect in Australia 


Hi-Rise Twin Tower Residential & Commercial Delevopment, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 


WMS Gaming Worldwide Training and Conference Center, Waukegan, IL 

Northern Trust, Chicago, IL 

Westfield Southland Shopping Center, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 

Westfield Fountaingate Cinema Complex, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 

Metro East Forensic Laboratory, Belleville, IL

Marcia Lausen 

Studio/lab 

Lead, Graphics + Wayfinding 

Communication Strategy 

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Studio/lab will be responsible for communication design—enriching the project 

through a clear and coordinated approach to wayfinding, storytelling, graphic design, 

and overall visual identity. 

Marcia Lausen is founder and creative director of the Chicago office of Studio/lab. 

She will lead the communication design team, working closely with the core team 

and the art consultants, to establish the system of language, typography, color, 

material and finish that will serve as an integrated interface between the needs of 

visitors to find their way and to intuitively experience the conceptual architectural 

and urban design. 

Education: 

Yale University, School of Art, MFA Graphic Design 

Indiana University, Hope School of Fine Arts, BFA Graphic Design 

Selected Recognition: 

AIGA Fellow, 2011 

AIGA 365 Brand Strategy + Identity, Workspring, 2010, 2006 

AIGA 365 Brand Strategy + Identity, Alzheimer’s Association, 2006 

AIGA 50 Books/50 Cover, Christina Ramberg Drawings, 2001 

AIGA Social Relevance, Design for Democracy, 2006 

Centre Pompidou, D-Day: Modern Day Design, 2006 

Design Biennale, Design for Democracy, Luzern, Switzerland, 2006 

FastCompany, Master of Design, 2004 

IDSA + Businessweek, IDEA Gold, Design for Democracy, 2006 

IDSA + Businessweek, IDEA Silver, Spertus Institute, 2008 

Index: Design for Life, Copenhagen, Design for Democracy, 2005 

Rebrand 100, University of Washington College of Built Environments, 2009 

Smithsonian Museum of American History, Voting: the machinery of democracy, 2002 

Society of Environmental Graphics, Honor Award, Spertus Institute, 2008 

Books: 

Author. Design for Democracy. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London 

(2007) 

Teaching: 

University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design, Director & Professor 

< Marcia led the Studio/lab creative team that developed the award-winning graphics and signage 

program for the Spertus Institute.

Matthew Terdich 

Studio/lab 

Lead, Graphic Design 

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Matthew Terdich will serve as the team’s lead graphic designer. Matthew’s interest 

in information systems and his skills as a master typographer make him ideally 

suited for environmental graphic design. Matthew was on the team that developed 

the sign system for Design for Democray, a strategic initiative of AIGA that has lead 

to federal guidelines for improved design of ballots and election materials. He is 

currently leading the Studio/lab team that is developing architectural graphics, 

wayfinding, and life safety graphics for the Krueck + Sexton renovation of Chicago’s 

historic Lake Point Tower. 

Before joining Studio/lab, Matthew worked as a designer at Sapient, Inc., and for 

six years he was a senior designer at Morningstar, a global leader in independent 

investment research, analysis, and software development. At Morningstar, 

Matthew gained extensive experience integrating print and digital media, and he 

developed and implemented environmental graphics and electronic signage for 

the firm’s global headquarters in Block 37, Chicago. 

Education: 

University of Illinois at Chicago, MFA Graphic Design 

Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (HGK) Basel, Switzerland, MAS Design 

University of Illinois at Chicago, BFA Graphic Design. 

Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Luzern, Switzerland, advanced studies 

Selected Recognition: 

AIGA 365, Design for Democracy, 2003 

AIGA Social Relevance, Design for Democracy, 2006 

Centre Pompidou, D-Day: Modern Day Design, 2006 

Design Biennale, Design for Democracy, Luzern, Switzerland, 2006 

Index: Design for Life, Copenhagen, Design for Democracy, 2005 

Plakate zum Jahreswechsel, Luzern Switzerland, 2001, 2002 

Smithsonian Museum of American History, Voting: the machinery of democracy, 2002 

STA Archive, Morningstar Title Sequence Animation, 2007 

Trvana Poster Triennale, 2003 

Teaching: 

University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design + HGK Basel, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor 

< Prior to joining Studio/lab Matthew was responsible for the wayfinding, signage, and architectural 

graphics for Morningstar, Inc. Global Headquarters, Chicago.

Meghan Ferrill 

Studio/lab 

Lead, Language 

Communication Strategy 

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Meghan Ferrill is a writer whose literary sensibility and poetic style lends itself 

to imaginative, spirited verbal and graphic communication. She gives voice to ideas 

and strategies by creating stories—brand stories, corporate stories, poetic stories, 

short stories, books—that are robust, well-reasoned, and enduring. 

Meghan serves as the Creative Director of Language for Studio/lab. She works 

directly and collaboratively with the design team believing that design inspires 

language as much as language inspires design. Her aim is to give voice to project or 

place. Before joining Studio/lab Meghan soloed as a creative writer/conceptual 

text designer, guest curator, and teacher in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where she 

lived 1991-2005. 


BA University of Iowa 

Masters studies in English Literature, Oxford University 


Curator: Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam “Poetry in the Stedelijk,” 1996 

Literary Director: Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, 1987–1991 

Trustee: Dia Art Foundation, New York, 2001–2004 

Print Regional Annual, State Street Beat, 2011 

Books 

Author: “33 Propositions: Marlies Dekkers,” 2003 

Author: “Exposed” featuring Dutch exhibition designers “Traast + Gruson,” 2001 

Teaching 

University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design, Visiting Professor 

Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands, Creative Writing Instructor 

Iñigo Manglano Ovalle 

Conceptual + Visual Artist 

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Artist Iñigo Manglano Ovalle will actively participate on the design team by 

contributing to the formulation of the conceptual framework of the project and by 

collaborating with the art curator to orchestrate and oversee activities related 

to the call, selection, and implementation processes for any permanent artworks 

incorporated into the project. 

Additionally, there is interest on the part of the team and the artist that he create for 

Navy Pier a site-specific art work that it would take the horizon as its subject, providing 

the public with an intensified and contemplative experience of water and sky while 

embracing the various weather conditions of the lakefront. 


The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

MFA Sculpture 

Williams College 

BA Art and Art History 


MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 

Guggenheim Fellowship 

Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award 

City of New York Excellence in Design 

National Endowment for the Arts 

Selected Books 

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: Blinking Out of Existence, Rochester Art Center, 2008 

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: Gravity is a Force to Be Reckoned With, Mass MoCa, 2011 


Design Study of World Trade Center Site 

Mies in America, The Whitney Museum of American Art and The Canadian Center 

for Architecture 

Teaching 

Northwestern University 

Professor of Art Theory and Practice


Art Curator 

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Lisa D. Freiman is senior curator and chair of the Department of Contemporary 

Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). In the fall of 2010, Freiman was 

appointed by the United States Department of State to be commissioner of the U.S. 

Pavilion in the 54th International Art Exhibition, The Venice Biennale. In June 2011, 

she presented six newly commissioned, site-responsive works by Puerto Rico-based 

artists Allora & Calzadilla, the first collaborative to be presented in the U.S. Pavilion. 

Under Freiman’s vision and direction, the IMA opened 100 Acres: The Virginia B. 

Fairbanks Art & Nature Park to international critical acclaim in June 2010. 100 Acres 

offers a new resilient model for sculpture parks in the 21st century, emphasizing 

experimentation, place-making, and public engagement with a constantly changing 

constellation of commissioned artworks. Inaugural installations included works 

by eight artists and artist collaboratives from around the world including Atelier 

Van Lieshout, Kendall Buster, Jeppe Hein, Alfredo Jaar, Los Carpinteros, Type A, 

Tea Mäkipää, and Andrea Zittel. 


The Getty Leadership Institute 

Museum Leadership Institute 

Emory University 

Doctor of Philosophy, Art History Department 

Master of Arts, Art History Department 

Certificate in Women’s Studies, Institute for Women’s Studies 

Oberlin College 

BA Art History 


Art + Auction: The Power Issue 

U.S. Commissioner, U.S. Pavilion, the 54th International Art Exhibition, 

The Venice Biennale 

Crabb Professional Fellowship, Indianapolis Museum of Art 


Indianapolis Museum of Art, Senior Curator and Chair, Department of 

Contemporary Art 

The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, Artery Arts Program, Boston, MA 

Teaching 

The University of Georgia, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, 

Lamar Dodd School of Art 

Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History, Criticism, and Theory 

< U.S. Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2011

Anne Pasternak 



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Creative Time began commissioning innovative art in New York City in 1972, 

introducing millions of people every year to contemporary art while making sure it 

plays an active role in public life. In 1994, Anne Pasternak joined Creative Time 

as its President and Artistic Director. Her goal has been to present some of the most 

adventurous and historically important art in the public realm. Under her leadership, 

Creative Time extended it’s programming nationally, making it the only national 

public arts organization with programs that have reached from New York to New 

Orleans, from Denver to Dallas, and from PA to LA. Now, Pasternak is also 

taking Creative Time’s work global. Renowned projects under her direction range 

from exhibitions and performances in the historic Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, 

sculptural installations in Grand Central Station’s Vanderbilt Hall, sign paintings in 

Coney Island and skywriting over Manhattan to the Tribute in Light, the twin beacons 

of light that illuminated the former World Trade Center site six months after 9/11. 

She has worked closely with such artists as Doug Aitken, Laurie Anderson, 

David Byrne, Mel Chin, Jim Hodges, Jenny Holzer, Sharon Hayes, Gary Hume, 

Vik Muniz, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Steve Powers, Cai Guo Qiang, Paul 

Ramirez Jonas, Rudolf Stingel, Ugo Rondinone, and many more. 

In addition to her work at Creative Time, Pasternak occasionally curates 

independent exhibitions, consults on urban planning initiatives, and contributes 

essays to cultural publications. She lectures extensively throughout the 

United States and Europe, and she served as a guest critic at Yale University. 


Hunter College 

MA Art History 

University of Massachusetts 

BA Art History 


Global Residency program, multiple artists, 2011 

Playing the Building, David Byrne, 2008 

INTIMACY, anne craven, 2008 

Tribute in Light, Julian LaVerdiere + Paul Myoda, 2002 

Waiting for Godot, pual chan, 2007 

59th Minute, Marco Brambilla, 2001 

< Tribute in Light, Manhattan, 2002 and Playing the Building, David Byrne, 2008

Meredith Johnson 



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Meredith Johnson came to Creative Time in 2007, where she has curated and 

produced such projects as Spencer Finch’s The River That Flows Both Ways, 

Pae White’s Self Roaming and Stephen Vitiello’s upcoming project, A Bell for Every 

Minute. She has also led the organization’s consulting arm, curating a video 

programs for Art Basel Miami Beach and Jet Blue’s Terminal 5, and authoring 

the City of Louisville’s public art master plan. In addition to her work at 

Creative Time, Johnson was a curator at Artists Space in New York from 2007– 

2009. Prior to coming to Creative Time, she was the Assistant Director 

at Minetta Brook, an organization that presented projects like Robert Smithson’s 

Floating Island to Travel Around Manhattan Island and Watershed: The Hudson 

Valley Art Project. Johnson regularly lectures on art in public space at universities 

in New York and throughout the United States. Before living in New York, 

she worked as an independent curator and for a number of non-profit institutions 

in San Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. She received her BA in Art 

from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and her MA in Curatorial Practice from 

the California College of the Arts. 


California College of the Arts 

MA Curatorial Practice 

St. Mary’s College of Maryland 

BA Art 


Spencer Finch, The River That Flows Both Ways 

Art Basel Miami Beach, Pae White, Self Roaming 

Robert Smithson, Floating Island 

Travel Around Manhattan Island and Watershed: 

The Hudson Valley Art Project 

< Pae White, Self Roaming, 2009 and Spencer Fince, The River That Flows Both Ways, 2009

Tom Kennedy 

Arup 

Project Director, Civil Engineer 

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Tom Kennedy is a Principal at Arup with over 18 years of experience in a wide 

range of civil engineering and site development projects worldwide. 

Tom’s engineering work extends to prestigious projects such as Hunter’s Point 

South Development, JetBlue’s Terminal 5 at JFK, New Songdo City, and his current 

work on Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail. Tom has managed the civil engineering 

aspects for two particular park projects. At Hudson River Park, he was responsible 

for oversight of construction for the renovation of an existing sports field, which 

he enhanced through value engineering. While working on Teardrop Park in Battery 

City, Tom managed the design and implementation of a public space design, 

which incorporated sustainable design aspects such as a rainwater-harvesting for 

reuse as part of the site irrigation system. 


University of Birmingham 

BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering 


New York Construction Magazine Project of the Year, Airport, 2008 

US GSA Design Award, Architecture, US Port of Entry, Calais, 2008 

AIA New York Chapter, Project Merit Award, US Port of Entry, Calais 

ACEC New York, Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence, Special Projects 


Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago, IL 

Hunters Point Park South, Long Island City, NY 

Hudson River Park, New York, NY 

Penn Park, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 

Fresh Kills Park, Staten Island, NY 

New Songdo City, Korea 

Teardrop Park, Battery Park, New York, NY 

Imagination Playground, New York, NY

Ryan Biziorek 

Arup 

Lead Acoustical Consultant 

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Ryan Biziorek is a senior consultant on the Arup Acoustics team. He has 

experience in building service noise analysis, environmental noise, room acoustic 

modeling and calculations, and public address and audiovisual systems design. 

Ryan strives to implement integrated acoustic solutions into design using innovative 

tools and techniques. Ryan contributes to the operation and development of 

the Arup SoundLab, a virtual reality room where clients can experience in 3-D the 

acoustics of existing or modelled buildings and outdoor environments. 


University of Southampton, MSc Sound & Vibration Studies 

Kalamazoo College, BA Physics & Economics 


Emerging Green Builders Design Competition, 2007 


Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, Singapore 

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece 

Skyspace by James Turrell, Rice University, Houston, TX 

Miami Science Museum, Miami, FL 

Imagination Playground, New York, NY 

John Powell 

Arup 

Structural Engineer 

John Powell is an Associate Principal at Arup with particular skills in the areas of 

onshore and offshore structural engineering of gravity based structures (GBS), storage 

tanks, marine facilities, and caisson breakwaters, including technical and economic 

evaluations of solutions appropriate to the project location. John is also responsible for 

Arup’s in-house development work on LNG storage tanks. 


B Eng, Civil Engineering 


Swamp Queen Barge Repair 

Lake Mead Water Intake, NV 

Sakhalin V GBS Study 

A13 CAT III Bridge Check

Fiona Cousins 

Arup 

Sustainability Consultant 

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Fiona Cousins leads the sustainability team for Arup in the Americas, is head 

of a mechanical engineering team, directs the delivery of sustainability training for 

Arup’s Americas Region, and is a member of the Arup Americas Board. 

A certified ASHRAE High-Performance Building Design Professional, Fiona has a 

background as a mechanical engineer and has spent much of her career 

engaged in HVAC design, with an area of specialization in thermal comfort and 

energy efficiency. She has been a LEED AP since 2001, and has served as 

both manager and director for a number of projects that are pursuing the highest 

levels of LEED goals. A frequent presenter on transformative sustainable building 

design, she has presented technical papers in the areas of low energy design 

and sustainability at EnvironDesign, Sustainable Steel, Earthday New York, Green 

Building Challenge, GreenBuild, Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (2005) 

and the Architectural Record Innovation Conference (2006). 


University of Cambridge 

MSt Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment 

BA Engineering Science 


Woman in Engineering, ASHRAE NY, 2007 


East River Waterfront, New York, NY 

Hudson River Park Trust, New York, NY 

American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 

New Embassy of the United States, London, UK 

Kroon Hall, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, 

New Haven, CT 

Lincoln Center Master Plan, New York, NY 

National Capital Planning Commission Southwest EcoDistrict, Washington, DC

Joe Schneider 

Arup 

Lead Electrical Engineer 

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Joe Schneider is a senior electrical engineer with a wide range of experience 

in all aspects of electrical design, including high, medium and low voltage distribution 

systems, motor control, branch circuiting and lighting design. He also has experience 

in information technology and communication systems, including data center design, 

fire alarm system design and security systems. He has also performed numerous 

analytical assessment studies of new and existing installations. These studies have 

included surveys and objective assessments of the installed equipment, and the 

preparation of short circuit, load flow, voltage drop, coordination analyses and lighting 

designs—both artificial and daylighting. 


Kansas State University, BS Architectural Engineering (Electrical Engineering) 

Arizona State University, MBA 


Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing, Chicago, IL 

Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ 

Accident Fund Headquarters, Lansing, MI 

Doha Tower and Convention Center, Doha, Qatar 

Fermilab Illinois Accelerator Research Center, Batavia, IL 

Chicago Fire Stadium, Bridgeview, IL 

Robert Tazelaar 

Arup 

MEP Lead 

Robert Tazelaar leads Arup Chicago’s MEP group. He has more than 24 years 

of experience in the design and project management of varied building and project 

types encompassing commercial, performing arts, retail, mission critical, institutional, 

and sustainable. His primary expertise is in design of HVAC systems, and he 

has supervised and participated in the design of several LEED certified buildings. 


University of Illinois at Chicago 

BS Thermo-mechanical Engineering and Energy Conversion 


University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago, IL 

Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL 

6 North Michigan Ave Adaptive Reuse, Chicago, IL 

Barney’s Chicago Relocation Project, Chicago IL 

Haworth Showroom, Chicago Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 

Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

Roosevelt University Wabash Development, Chicago, IL

Peter Tillson 

Arup 

Senior Structural Engineer 

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Peter Tillson is an Associate Principal with Arup. He brings over 19 years of 

experience practicing structural engineering globally. Pete’s project experience ranges 

from seismic analysis to the design of airports, from new construction to renovations 

and expansion of multi-story commercial properties, museums, sports facilities and 

industrial sites – this includes: all aspects of project management; structural design; 

phasing; and coordination of specialist disciplines. 


University of Canterbury 

BE (1st class Hons) Civil Engineering 


East River Waterfront, New York, NY 

Pier A, Battery Park City, NY 

Toronto Central Waterfront, Toronto, ON, Canada 

Teardrop Park South, New York, NY 

Hudson River Park, New York, NY 

Hunters Point South, Long Island City, NY

Robert Shook 

Schuler Shook 

Lead, Lighting + Theater Consultant 

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Robert Shook enthusiastically brings to every project a wealth of experience 

in theatre planning and lighting design. He has been involved in the planning and 

equipping of hundreds of theatres around the world, and he promotes intimacy 

and flexibility as key components in successful theatre design. As a lighting designer, 

he firmly believes that lighting should enhance and support the experience of 

the architecture. This integration and enhancement is only possible through willing 

collaboration between the architect and the lighting designer. Robert is a strong 

proponent of the collaborative process both for the development of successful 

performing arts facilities and effective lighting designs. 


Ohio University, MFA 

Goodman School of Drama, BFA 


USITT Honor Award, Martin Theatre 

USITT Merit Award, Skyline Stage 

USITT Merit Award, Schauer Arts and Activities Center 

AIA Chicago Honor Award, Lookingglass Theatre 

IESNA International Award of Distinction, John G. Shedd Aquarium 

IALD Merit Award, Calder’s Flamingo 

IESNA Merit Award, Historic Water Tower Renovation 

GE Award of Merit, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 

IALD Citation, LaSalle National Bank 

IESNA Award of Excellence, Art Institute of Chicago 

IALD Special Citation, Chicago Board of Trade Building 



Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY 

John G. Shedd Aquarium, Wild Reef, Amazon Rising, Caribbean Reef, Chicago, IL 

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL 

The Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Giulio Pedota 

Schuler Shook 

Lighting Consultant 

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Giulio Pedota began his career as a lighting designer at the national theatre of 

Caracas, Venezuela, his native country. This experience in the theatre led him to the 

architectural scene, where he worked in the electrical engineering field for over 

six years on commercial and institutional projects. His passion for lighting brought 

him to Schuler Shook, where he makes use of his theatrical and engineering 

experience to work on a wide variety of projects. He enjoys the collaborative process 

among the different disciplines involved in projects. 

Giulio has served as President of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North 

America—Chicago Section and as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the College of 

Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has addressed professional 

organizations such as the Chicago chapter of the AIA and the IESNA National Conference 

and guest lectured at Columbia College and The Art Institute of Chicago. 


The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, BFA 


IALD Special Citation Award, Chiago Board of Trade 

IESNA Regional Design Award of Merit, Chicago Board of Trade 

IESNA Regional Design Award of Merit, Loyola University Madonna della Strada 

IESNA Regional Design Award of Merit, CTA Sox/35th St. Station 

IALD Award of Merit, First Presbyterian Church 

IESNA Regional Design Award of Merit, First Presbyterian Church 

IESNA Regional Design Award of Merit, Swissôtel 


Westin Roco Ki Beach & Golf Resort, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL 

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

Lurie Garden/Nichols Bridgeway, Chicago, IL 

Hard Rock Hotel Façade Lighting, Chicago, IL 

The Palmolive Building, Chicago, IL 

Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL 

The Field Musuem, Chicago, IL 

Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, IL 

Swissôtel Ballrooms, Chicago, IL 

Hyatt Regency, Indianapolis, IN 

The University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL 

Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL 

Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge, TN 

CTA Dan Ryan Sox-35th Pedestrian Bridge, Chicago, IL 

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Joshua Grossman 

Schuler Shook 

Lighting Consultant 

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Joshua Grossman is a creative planner and consultant with strong connections 

to the professional theatre community. He joined Schuler Shook in 2000, after ten 

years of working in a variety of capacities, from scenic designer to production 

manager to technical director in an array of fields, from theatre to special events to 

television to architectural restoration. He applies knowledge gained in his prior role 

as Assistant Technical Director at Steppenwolf Theatre, as well as his work creating 

sets for Blue Man Group’s productions in Boston and Chicago. Joshua brings 

to every project a working knowledge of the multitude of systems that comprise a 

contemporary performance facility. 


Emerson College, BFA 


AIA Chicago Honor Award, Lookingglass Theatre 

AIA Chicago Citation of Merit, Harris Theater for Music and Dance 


Millennium Park – Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, IL 

Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA 

Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL 

Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, MI 

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA 

Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago, IL 

Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, IL 

Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN 

Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA 

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago, IL 

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI 

Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX 

S.N. Shure Theater, Niles, IL 

DePaul University – The Theatre School, Chicago, IL 

The University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL 

Western Illinois University, Simpkins Hall, Macomb, IL 

Harper College – Building R Theatre, Palatine, IL 

The Lawrenceville School – Kirby Arts Center, Lawrenceville, NJ 

Lindblom High School, Chicago, IL 

Manchester High School, Manchester, MI 

Sinai Education Campus, Detroit, MI 

Simeon Career Academy, Chicago IL 

Kinkaid School, Houston, TX 

Skinner Elementary School, Chicago, IL

Jim Garland 

Fluidity 

Lead Water Design Consultant 

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Jim Garland, AIA NCARB, founded Fluidity Design Consultants in 2002 after twenty 

years of practice in water design, architecture and urbanism. 

Jim interned at Urban Innovations Group under Charles W. Moore, FAIA, an 

internationally celebrated architect who is known, among many things, for his use 

of water. After seven years as a periodic consultant with Wet Design, Jim accepted 

a full time position in 1994, where he became the director of the design department. 

Jim’s major projects at Wet included: Lisbon Expo, Al Faisaliah, Rose Garden 

Arena, the Burj Al Arab, Canal City Hakata, and Water Tower Place. 

Jim is licensed in the states of California and New York. He has lectured at Harvard 

University, London’s Architectural Association and the American Academy in 

Rome. In 1998, two of his sketchbooks were exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute’s 

National Design Museum. Jim is currently writing a comprehensive book on water 

design and history. 


University of California, Los Angeles, Masters of Architecture 

University of Louisiana, Bachelors of Architecture 


Hearst Tower 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art 

TDIC Headquarters 

Daesung D3 City 

Camana Bay 

Vivo City 

Roppongi Hills 

Signature Place 

Myriad Gardens 

Orange County Great Park 

Fair Park 

Dubai Festival City 

Woodall Rodgers Park 

Thornall Atrium

Tom Yankelitis 

Fluidity 

Water Design, Planning + Operations 

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Tom Yankelitis, a founding member of Fluidity, is involved in every project, planning 

and managing the systems and practices of the studio to generate the finest 

design and construction results possible. In addition to his project duties, Tom is 

responsible for Operations, Finance and IT. 

While an architecture student, Tom began working with Jim Garland at Wet Design 

and continued after graduation. Tom’s six years at Wet and his almost ten years 

with Fluidity has provided him with experience in virtually every water design project 

type and creation role. Tom is particularly expert regarding design and technical issues 

of refined water presentation, construction detailing, lighting, and motion control. 


Woodbury University, Bachelors of Architecture 




Myriad Gardens 

City Park 

Jiading Park 

Shannon Hoff 

Fluidity 

Concept Design Manager 

Shannon Hoff manages the Concept Design phase for all Fluidity projects, from initial 

client discussions through the delivery of approved ideas. She is involved in research, 

design, water character and motion, finishes, cost analysis, and team coordination. 

Shannon joined Fluidity in 2004, with prior professional experience in technical theater 

and furniture design. Her varied background contributes to the multi-disciplinary 

character of the studio. 


Art Center College of Design, Bachelor of Science 


Jiading Central Park 

Al Raha Gardens 

Longwood Gardens 

Joy City, Shenyang 

Fair Park 


City Park 

Santa Monica Arroyo Park

Michael King 

Nelson Nygard 

Traffic Calming 

Pedestrian Safety 

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Michael King has designed streets for 20 years, working at the intersection of 

transportation and urban design, with a particular emphasis on pedestrian safety, 

bicycle facilities, and traffic calming. He was the 1st director of traffic calming 

for New York City, was involved in the 1st Safe Routes to School program in the USA 

(The Bronx), and designed the 2nd shared space street in the USA (Santa Monica). 

He has researched shared streets for the European Union and has built shared 

and traffic calmed streets in Mexico, India, and China. Michael maintains an extensive 

image catalogue of shared streets around the country and the world. 


Columbia University, Master of Architecture 

Washington University, BA Architecture 

Washington University, Urban Design Studio, Barcelona, Spain 


Bibycle Facilities Plan Update, Madison County, IL 

Pedestrian Conceptual Plan, Sugar Land, TX 

Baltimore Avenue Main Street Study, College Park, MD 

Minnesota Avenue Reconstruction Project, Washington, DC 

Longfellow Avenue Shared Street Project, Santa Barbara, CA 

Qunli New Downtown Roadway Network, Harbin, China 

Downtown Walkability Study, Manassas, VA 

Trenton Station Linkage Plan, Trenton, NJ

David B. Fields, AICP 

Nelson Nygard 

Transportation Planner 

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David Fields, AICP has 15 years of transportation planning experience as both a 

consultant and public sector employee, and is the head of the New York City office 

of Nelson Nygaard. David has helped integrate notable transit improvements 

in existing urban environments throughout the U.S. and internationally, including in 

Dallas, New Orleans, Davenport, and Abu Dhabi. David’s work focuses on transportation 

planning that supports communities’ long-term goals, including multiple 

modes; parking and park-and-ride facilities; policy; and environmental review. He is 

the Chair of the American Planning Association’s Transportation Planning Division. 


New York University, Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service 

Master of Urban Planning 

State University of New York at Binghamton, Harper College 

BA Geography and Philosophy 


American Planning Association: Robert Weinberg Award 


Benjamin Franklin Parkway Access, Circulation, and Parking Study 

Abu Dhabi and Al Ain 2030 Master Plans 

Abu Dhabi Mainland-Airport Master Plan 

Yale University Transportation Study 

NYC Department of Transportation’s Walk to School pilot program 

Jason Schrieber 

Nelson Nygard 

Transportation Planning 

Jason Schrieber, AICP, possesses an ideal mix of progressive transportation 

planning skills, design development knowledge, and installation oversight experience. 

Jason has learned to meld the lessons of a proper mix of uses, appropriate density, a 

“feet first” design orientation, smart parking strategies, and a comprehensive systems 

approach through his years of managing transportation planning. 


University of Massachusetts, Amherst, BS Urban Planning 


South Chicago LEED-ND Initiative, Chicago, IL 

Smith College Corridor Safety Plan, Northampton, MA 

Buffalo State College Multi-modal Master Plan, Buffalo, NY 

Yale University Pedestrian, Bicycle, Transit, and Parking Program, New Haven, CT

Chris J. Harris 


Cost Estimator 

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Chris Harris, MRICS, has over 30 years in the construction industry. His experience 

covers cost estimating through all stages of design, on-site cost control, bid 

documentation and value engineering on various projects for both government and 

private sectors. 

Chris has provided cost control and construction consulting services on a diverse 

range of projects both domestic and overseas. These include laboratories, office 

development, hotels, aquariums, baseball parks, courts, jails, hospitals, schools and 

universities, sheltered housing, factory estates and retail stores. His work has covered 

new build, renovation, additions and conversions with a total value of these projects 

going well into the hundreds of millions of dollars. In his previous experience, 

Chris has not only worked as a consultant but also as a contractor and construction 

manager, specializing in cost control and procurement. 


Aston University, BS Building Economics and Measurement 


Hass Fieldhouse 

Millennium Park 

Green Space & Promenades, Chicago, IL 

Millennium Park Ice Rink, Chicago, IL 

Millennium Park Parking Structure Remediation, Chicago, IL 

Millennium Park Performance Pavilion, Chicago, IL 

Senior Satellite Recreation Centers, Chicago, IL 

Three Crowns Park, Addition & Renovation, Evanston, IL 

Morton Arboretum, Visitor Center - Children’s Garden - Permeable Paver Parking 

Apache Day Camp, Lake County, IL 

Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, IL 

Chicago Historical Society, Collection Center, Chicago, IL 

Crawford Museum, Cleveland, OH 

Elewa Farms, Lake Forest, IL 

John G. Shedd Aquarium, Philippines Exhibit, Chicago, IL 

Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO 

Lincoln Park Zoo, Small Mammal Pavilion, Chicago, IL 

Morton Arboretum Capital Projects, Lisle, IL 

Museum of Science & Industry, Children’s Entrance, Chicago, IL 

Museum of Science and Industry, Children’s Interactive Exhibit, Chicago, IL 

Museum of Science and Industry, Take Flight Exhibit, Chicago, IL 

Museum of Science and Industry Group Center, Chicago, IL 

Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL 

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH 

Washington Pavilion Performing Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD



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Public Space: place of memory and space for imagination. 

The Lakefront by right belongs to the people. It affords their great unobstructed view, 

stretching away to the hoixon where water and clouds seem to meet . _Daniel Burnham, 1909 

Originality arises out of fidelity to place—Chicago is a world class 

city unlike any other city in the world. New or known, we 

accumulate memories of places we have been, and re-imagine 

ourselves in those spaces after we have gone. 

In our quest for authenticity, Team X interrogates history: mines memory: vitalizes 

connections: envisions possibilities: makes big plans. 

A place is an inspired space. 

In most contemporary environments the construction and design of new public 

spaces, or the redesign and renewal of existing ones, presents opportunities 

to trigger the imagination: instigating novel experiences: actuating collective and 

personal memory. New or known, we accumulate memories of places we have 

been and re-imagine ourselves in those spaces after we have gone. We long to 

return, and often do. 

Memory is sensorial. 

Sights, sounds, tastes, textures, smells. 

The history of a place is comprised of memories: vestigial impressions: time markers: 

bridges between what was and what is: recalcitrant: desultory: invigorating: salubrious: 

legendary. 

To envision the future of an historical place requires an 

understanding of its sensorial past. 

What did it once look like, sound like, taste like, feel like, smell like What moments, 

what memories, are most inspiring telling revelatory time-honored vital What 

does its past bring to bear on the present What does the present bring to bear on 

its past on its future What secrets might it (still) hold 

These are just some of the questions and considerations underlying our collective 

design philosophy.


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Grimshaw 

Architects 

Tom Leader 

Studio 

The work of an architect is the work of a team. 

The process of design begins with the formation of a team. The designer architect 

enlists the talent of qualified professionals from various disciplines who then work 

collaboratively to realize a vision. The client is a principle member of the team. The 

process begins with a collaborative interpretation of the program by the client and 

the designer. This interpretation must be done simultaneously with reading the site. 


Studio 

Navy Pier 


An architectural project is lengthy and complex. It is never linear. 

Team X has assembled a group of individuals who will work interdependently 

and synergistically to deepen and enrich the conceptualization and articulation of 

the project at hand. The team boasts a host of Chicagoans whose pride of place is 

enduring and true: To say one is from Chicago is to proclaim it. 

=Chicago 

Fluidity 

Harley Ellis 

Devereaux 

Faithful + 

Gould 

Studio/lab 

Grimshaw 

Architects 

MEP 

acoustics 

Iñigo Manglano 

Ovalle 

structures 

Creative 

Time 


Tom Leader 

Studio 

Arup 

sustainability 


Studio


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Every project is a response to a particular situation in a moment 

of time. 

The design process begins with a sensory reading of the site. Objectivity is key. 

To read a site is to elicit a dialog: between the reader/observer and the place: its 

history, character, context, identity, culture, conditions, relationships, memory. To 

understand a site is to lay bear its logic and reveal its poetry. Only then is it possible 

to configure spaces and design places that inspire meaningful dialog/interaction 

between the site and its audiences. 

As a team, our first priority is to become students of the space. What we learn will 

determine our design of the place. 

Understanding requires an open mind. Imagination demands it. 

To begin with, Team X will work to clarify, simplify, reorganize elements central 

to the Pierscape, removing that which betrays the integrity of the site, in order to 

establish clear and intuitive relationships between existing physical and visual 

elements, and to discover new ones. Given that funding is limited in this time, 

we must find ways to strengthen, enhance, and revalue what is before endeavoring 

to do something new. 

We like to think of the Pier as a big well-loved finely-crafted kitchen table and 

handed down from one generation to the next. Changing hands over time it has been 

stained and etched and painted and repaired and modified to suit the owner, 

or perhaps the latest trend. While its basic form is unchanged, a lot of painstaking 

work will be necessary to restore the table to its original splendor: a signature piece: 

product of authentic materials, skilled craftsmanship, and passion. 

Much of the Pier’s original integrity and inherent vivacity is lost beneath layers 

of inconsistent visual and programmatic clutter imposed upon it over many years: its 

history subsumed: its memory clouded. Our first priority is stripping away the many 

layers of superfluous, cosmetic, and (frankly) faddish veneer in order to reveal 

the integrity and beauty of Chicago’s “big table”—where people from near and far 

meet and gather and all are welcome and made to feel at home: a feast for the 

senses: signature Chicago: at one with its shoreline, its skyline, its parks, its history, 

its ambitions, its dreams, its hospitality, and its definitive place on the world stage.

Design Approach + 

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Pride of place 

Navy Pier is an extension of Chicago. Therein lies its uniqueness. It reflects the city’s 

rich and varied past and projects its inimitable character: its composite brawn 

and grace. Team X seeks to amplify and invigorate the Pier’s connection to the city 

and the city’s connection to the Pier. Gateway Park will be positioned as a gateway 

to the Pier and adjacent lakefront, as well as a gateway (back) to the city streets. 

Its role will be welcoming and accommodating. It will be a sensory place to be in its 

own right: a place to meet, experience, connect, revisit, and remember. 

Navy Pier welcomes and engages visitors year-round, in any conditions: its views 

are incomparable: snowscape: beachscape: landscape: autumnscape: springscape: 

Chicagoscape: Pierscape. 

The site abounds with elemental design material, which Team X will draw from, 

harness, and/or incorporate these elements into its design: the Pier’s unique 

location: its physical and metaphysical relationship and proximity to the city: 

its position in and relationship to Lake Michigan: the unique play of elements that 

distinguish and characterize the place: water, wind, land, sky, sun, moon, stars, 

beachfront, parkland, horizon: the palette of four seasons. All there for the taking. 

Team X envisions a dynamic place featuring a range of social and cultural activities 

as well as sustained moments of quiet reflection and repose. 

Chicago has one of the finest collections of public art in the country. Navy Pier will 

be no exception. A combination of permanent and temporary art installations, instigated 

by the uniqueness of the city and its memorable surrounds, will be an integral 

part of the new design. 

Team X will cultivate the natural aquatic system and seasonal hydrology of the Lake 

Michigan shoreline so visitors can experience one of Chicago’s primary natural 

assets: as fresh water: ice: mist: vapor: and expansive open space.


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Scale formalizes relationships between the built environment and the human form: 

between the Pier and the skyline: between the lakefront and the Pier: between scene 

and seen. Currently, the visual and physical relationships are extremely compromised. 

Along much of the southern side of the pier, giant boats become the defacto façade, 

obstructing views in both directions. The relatively narrow pedestrian walkway is 

cluttered with kiosks, ticket booths, sandwich boards, food stands, and queues, 

further delimiting the scale and scope of perceptual experience. Pedestrians are kept 

within 20’ of the water’s edge! This situation is easily remedied by reorganizing the 

various activities that take place there, reconfiguring the space to establish a visible, 

if not physical, relationship to the lake: the Pier’s raison d’être and attribute that is 

definitively Chicago. 

Team X envisions a Pierscape that is at once cohesive and 

diverse. The whole being greater than the sum of its parts, with 

each part a whole unto itself. 

Gateway Park will embody the tenor and spirit of the varied but no less interconnected 

spaces and places that comprise the Navy Pier, and those that adjoin it: Ohio 

beach, Monroe Harbor, the Chicago River, Milton Olive Park, Navy Pier Park, Lake 

Shore Drive, Millennium Park, the lakefront trail, sidewalks, bridges, and arterial 

streets. In the interest of sustainability, Team X will seek opportunities to resposition 

and augment existing materials: earth, water, and plants: with an eye to creating a 

place that exemplifies the majesty of Chicago, as the Promenade in Central Park 

exemplifies the grandeur of Manahattan. 

Gateway Park is now essentially a green transit zone, and not a very functional one at 

that. We envision a multi-modal plaza that accommodates various modes of vehicular 

and pedestrian traffic, and that also serves as a hospitable place of welcome, reception, 

even respite. 

Crystal Garden and Pier Park are the only spaces that afford north-south views. 

Similar to other areas along the Pier, both the interior and exterior groundplanes are 

unnecessarily cluttered. To fully experience the splendor and scale of the Crystal 

Garden pavilion and the Ferris Wheel, obstacles need to be re- moved and connections 

to the South Dock have to be accentuated, and links between the Crystal 

Garden and Pier Park have to be re-articulated.


The Lakefront by right belongs to the people. It affords their great unobstructed view, 

Philosophy stretching away to the hoixon where water and clouds seem to meet _Daniel Burnham, 1909 

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North: south: east: west 

The south dock is the primary element connecting the different places that make up 

the Navy Pier experience, leading visitors from one end of the pier to the other. The 

backdrop heading east is water: sky: horizon. The backdrop heading west is city: 

streets: skyline. The dichotomy of the Pier is set: nature versus civilization; organic 

versus fabricated. Both are inherently dynamic. Part and parcel to Chicago’s urban 

fabric, they not mutually exclusive. 

Team X foresees playing with these opposing backgrounds in an effort to create 

unexpected and surprising perceptual experiences: rosy dawn radiating from the 

west: fenestration patterns refelcting from the east. 

In its current manifestation, South Dock is little more than a (congested) thoroughfare. 

New urban elements and street furniture can play a major role in providing a 

sense of place. Reconfigured circulation will improve legibility and clarify connections 

to indoor activities, elevating and strengthening the relationships between spaces, 

places, and programs. 

Navy Pier is Chicago: Chicago is Navy Pier 

Team X is committed to leveraging the numerous defining qualities that distinguish 

the city of Chicago and its landmark pier: embracing the past: heralding the 

future: celebrating each and every moment: every day of every season: every year. 

We do not bring preconceived ideas to the table, we listen to our clients and draw 

from the team’s collective experiences to find new and better ways to meet the 

challenges. We are team players, and the client is part of our team. We believe that 

the success of the project is based on a strong and intense interaction and the 

challenging of ideas. Working close with the client, with a strong communication that 

brings a sense of share responsibility, we can achieve their goals and dreams. In our 

experience there is no great project without a good client and a good design team. 

For this project we propose a unique work-mode that consists a series of workshops 

and charettes, creating a virtual and unique team studio space. Every workshop and 

charette will produce deliverables that focus on different aspects of the project. 

(Workshops: Start-up, Research, Analysis and Discovery, A Global Vision, Landscape, 

Design Elements, Circulation, and others to be identified.) This process is intended 

to direct the project team towards a unified vision for the design and to maintain 

focus on relevant design issues. We intend to create a fully integrated collaborative 

and iterative process throughout.


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Team X will start the work with a collective workshop/charrete that will include a site 

visit, processing all the information and sharing our experience and expertise for the 

project. A succession of workshops between the design team and Navy Pier will 

provide the main framework for communication and interaction to set the basic 

parameters for the project. As the project develops the workshops will become more 

specific. 

We believe that our team has the capacity, the creativity and the experience necessary 

to propose a design that strikes the right balance between goals, ambitions, 

creativity and reality. We believe that working together as a team, we can translate 

design concepts into a feasible project that achieves the goals set forth in The 

Centennial Vision, meets the needs of the businesses that comprise Navy Pier, and 

improves the experience for the Pier’s visitors. 

We believe Pierscape can be an extraordinary experience for all kinds of visitors: 

a magical place: like Josehp Cornell’s magical boxes: simple, everyday 

objects transformed into treasures by virtue of new relationships and surprising 

juxtapositions. 

Sometimes during the design process we will imagine that we are in our minds inside 

a Joseph Cornell box.


Addendum 

New Team Members 

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Tom Leader Studio Landscape Architecture Berkeley, California 

Navy Pier Ecosystem 

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Tom Leader Studio is a landscape architectural practice rooted in the craft of 

construction and in the spirit of collaboration. While the studio seeks a fresh, 

often alternative approach—experimenting with process, methods, and materials— 

it is also well grounded. Equally comfortable in local and international contexts, 

Tom Leader Studio takes pride in knowing what it’s doing and who it’s working with 

and for. The firm is proud of a broad experience over 30 years of practice with both 

public and private clients at a range of scales. 

Each landscape is an ecosystem which yields important data to inform the project. 

Landscape architecture is a social practice with a time-honored design process 

for which there is no substitute. For any given project, it is necessary to know the 

context and the community, to know where to apply effort and where to yield, and to 

develop ways to be heard and ways to listen—to the team and to the land. 

Tom Leader 


1015 Camelia 

Berkeley, California 94710 

tomleader.com 

510 524 3363 

Selected Awards + Recognition 

ASLA NCC Honor Award 

ASLA NCC Merit Award 

Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards 

(finalist) 

FastCompany 

Fresh Kills Landfill Design (finalist) 

Fresno Museum of Art 

Museum of Modern Art 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 

San Francisco Prize 

Rome Prize Fellowship 

Topos Magazine 

Vitra Design Museum 

World Landscape Architecture 

World Trade Center Master Plan 

(finalist with LMDC)

Tom Leader Studio RiverFirst Awarded by: 

Minneapolis, MN 

World Landscape Architecture 

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Tom Leader Studio, in conjunction with KVA architects, spearheaded the winning 

master plan proposal for RiverFirst, the Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment. 

Phase 1 is underway. It includes transportation and trail planning and the design and 

construction of two flagship parks. 

The topographical design proposal reconnects historic Farview Park with the River 

and the River City Innovation District. Moments of vertical separation allow park, 

navigation, and industry to coexist. Riverbank topography organizes the remediation 

design of municipal storm water and creates a public park which provides the city 

with flood mitigation and bio-filtration eco-services. As a source of public enjoyment 

and education, the RiverFirst Park shapes new ways for people to engage, recreate 

and socialize along the river.


Railroad Park 

Birmingham, AL 

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This project celebrates the active participation of 11 abandoned rail line tracks of 

well-loved trains that slowly lumber through and bisect downtown Birmingham 

on a viaduct. The 19-acre setting occupies a former warehouse and brick-making 

site and much of the park is formed with materials recovered from historic uses. 

The urban park created by Tom Leader Studio forms a new topography that 

carves the site for a lake and stream, providing flood protection and biofiltration. 

A range of knolls allows viewers to experience the train traffic first hand, 

creating a “trainfront” park. Land forms also give shape to a range of festival and 

performance spaces in this food- and music-loving city.

Tom Leader Studio Fresh Kills Key collaborators: 

Staten Island, NY 

Anu Mathur 

Dilip da Cunha 

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In March 2001, after 50 years as the primary disposal site for New York City 

garbage, Fresh Kills was closed, and a competition was held to develop a master 

plan to convert the landfill to a park. Six months later, the site gained new and 

horrific meaning as it became a repository for debris from the World Trade Center. 

In the shadow of these realities, Tom Leader Studio felt that producing a park 

master plan was premature. Knowingly sacrificing the chance to win a commission, 

the team instead conducted an investigation into the nature of the place and its 

context. The final product was a resource of documentation and speculation on key 

site dynamics—as they existed through history and how they might be engaged 

and deployed in the future. This resource could then become the thematic and 

imaginative springboard for many projects to follow and live a longer productive life.


Discovery Walk, Stanford University 

Palo Alto, CA 

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Tom Leader Studio has worked with the Stanford University School of Medicine 

to help organize their new campus by building the initial circulation and open spaces. 

A new “plaid” of linear spaces, connectors, and quad spaces house the additional 

buildings in a dense fabric. Among these is Discovery Walk, an arterial connection 

and narrative art walk recalling the history of medicine at Stanford University. 

Discovery Walk is a collaborative art project that speaks to the identity and heritage 

of the School of Medical. In addition to vertical panels with information graphics, 

staggered, linear stones are set within the paving to identify related historical events.


Pool Pavilion Forest 

Napa Valley, CA 

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In the hallowed grape-growing soil of the Napa Valley in California, two art collectors 

operate a prized vineyard, plan for a winery, and also maintain a weekend home. A 

Victorian farmhouse serves domestic needs but the grounds lack space and facilities 

for exercise, entertainment, or for reflection. Future plans to operate a small winery 

must emerge from current vehicle and space planning. 

The catalyst for this unconventional project in the Napa Valley was a Sky Space by 

James Turrell to be located in a swimming pool and which would be entered 

by swimming underwater. The design involved reorganizing the entire topography to 

create a level “land bridge” emerging from a forested hillside and opening views 

to the nearby mountains. The land bridge is home to lengthy lavender garden, an 

entertainment pavilion by Jim Jennings and an infinity edge lap pool with the 

Sky Space as its terminal feature. Where the land bridge emerges from the hillside, 

a large cave extends the space deep into the earth for use as an art gallery.

Lisa D. Freiman Art Curator Indianapolis, IN 

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During her eight-year tenure at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Lisa Freiman, PhD, 

has transformed the experience of contemporary art in Indianapolis. She has 

created a dynamic and widely renowned contemporary art program that has become 

an influential model for encyclopedic museums as they engage the art of our time. 

Actively seeking out the works of emerging and established international artists, 

Freiman continues to provide a platform to support artists’ work through major 

traveling exhibitions, commissions, acquisitions, and publications. She has realized 

major commissions by artists including Robert Irwin, Sol LeWitt, Kay Rosen, and 

Ghada Amer, and curated numerous exhibitions of works by international 

contemporary artists including Amy Cutler, Ingrid Calame, Maria Magdalena 

Campos-Pons, Julian Opie, Tony Feher, Orly Genger, Julianne Swartz, Ernesto Neto, 

and Vik Muniz. Freiman has published extensively on contemporary art, including 

books on Amy Cutler (Amy Cutler, Hatje Cantz, 2006) and María Magdalena 

Campos-Pons (María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Everything Is Separated by Water, 

Yale University Press, 2007), and Type A (Type A, Hatje Cantz, 2010). 

Lisa D. Freiman, Ph.D 

IMA 

4000 Michigan Road 

Indianapolis, Indiana 

46208 

imamuseum.org 

317 923 1331 

Selected Curated Exhibitions: 

Paper Landscapes, 2013 

Aziz&Cucher: Some People, 2012 

Brian McCutheon: Out of this World, 2012 

Orly Genger: Whole, 2009 

Julianne Swartz: Terrain, 2008 

Tony Feher: A Single Act of 

Carelessness Will Result in the Eternal 

Loss of Beauty, 2007 

Ingrid Calame: The Indianapolis Motor 

Speedway Project, 2008 

Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman’s Works 

with Light, 2006


Whole, Oly Genger 

Indianapolis Museum of Art 

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Known for transforming common nylon climbing rope into elaborate monumental 

sculptures, New York-based artist Orly Genger has created Whole, a unique 

site-specific installation, in response to the Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion at 

the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). Gengers project for the IMA is her largest 

and most ambitious to date, incorporating thousands of feet of rope, which she handknots, 

paints and stacks, creating immense sculptures that confront the viewer. 

Looped and knotted by hand, Whole evokes the normally intimate processes 

of knitting and crocheting, yet expands them to a newly epic scale. Gengers work 

challenges typical associations with craft and textile through its intensely 

physical creation process, in which the artist wrestles rope into knots and amasses 

it into powerful sculptural objects. The resulting works are intended to provoke 

a visceral physical response from viewers, challenging them to reconsider their 

relationship to the normally unobstructed space around them and forcing them to 

navigate the space in new ways. Comprised of nine different sculptures, Whole 

is impossible to fully grasp from a single viewpoint, and in its interplay between its 

fragmented parts calls into question the nature of wholeness itself.


Terrain, Julianne Swartz 


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Julianne Swartz is known for her sculptural installations that subvert traditional 

social conceptions of space. Her sculptures often embody metaphors for tender communication, 

the fragility of the body and the vulnerability and potency of the human 

heart. Swartz’s piece, Terrain, features a colorful web of 12 channels of sound. 

Utilizing hundreds of speakers to emit hushed whispers, the piece emanates sounds 

reminiscent of blowing leaves or a gentle wind. Swartz asked multiple subjects to 

think of someone that he or she felt tenderness for, and to say what he or she would 

whisper in that person’s ear. Swartz has woven these comments so that visitors 

will hear abstract, yet discernible moments of conversation, but will not be able to 

follow each comment in its entirety.


100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park 


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Adjacent to the Museum and located on 100 acres that includes woodlands, 

wetlands, meadows and a 35-acre lake, 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & 

Nature Park is one of the largest museum art parks in the country, and the only 

one to feature the ongoing commission of site-specific artworks. 

The Indianapolis Museum of Art is home to eight site-specific commissions, 

that inaugurate 100 Acres. Atelier Van Lieshout, Kendall Buster, Alfredo Jaar, Jeppe 

Hein, Los Carpinteros, Tea Mäkipää, Type A, and Andrea Zittel, created temporary, 

site-specific works that explore and respond to the varied environments of the Park. 

These eight artists are the first in a series of ongoing commissions. 

The Park site is bordered by the White River and adjacent to the IMA’s current 

52-acre campus. Commissions for 100 Acres will be ongoing, with additional artists’ 

projects to be announced annually. The land, a former gravel pit, has evolved through 

a natural reclamation into its current state of untamed woodlands and wetlands. The 

IMA has engaged architect Marlon Blackwell and landscape architect Edward L. 

Blake to work with the selected artists to transform the 100 acres into an unparalleled 

art and nature park.


Bench Around the Lake 

100 Acres, Indianapolis Museum of Art 

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Bench Around the Lake is a series of 15 vivid yellow benches that interact with 

specific sites within the Park and along the bordering bank of the White River. Hein 

envisions the installation as one long bench that emerges from the ground, twists, 

turns and submerges again, forming a circuit around the Park’s 35-acre lake. 

Bench Around the Lake challenges the assumption that a bench is made for passive 

sitting, encouraging visitors to explore less frequented areas of the Park and 

providing opportunities to sit, look, listen, interact and play. 

Copenhagen- and Berlin–based artist Jeppe Hein’s previous works include labyrinths 

in various media (including mazes made of mirrors or motion-triggered sound) 

and sculptures that refuse to be static: they emit smoke and fire (Smoking Bench, 

2003 and Burning Cube, 2005), or are programmed to vibrate or jump when approached 

(Independent Pedestal, 2002, Shaking Cube, 2004, and Walking Cube, 2004).

Lisa D. Freiman, Ph.D 

Stratum Pier 

100 Acres, Indianapolis Museum of Art 

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Stratum Pier consists of a series of organically shaped and layered platforms at 

the water’s edge that provides a vantage for observing the expansive 35-acre lake 

and woodlands. The design of the emerald green fiberglass and steel structure 

suggest a topographical map with stacked layers that merge with the environment 

and appear to be an extrusion from the shoreline. Terracing and curved edges 

reference the natural processes of erosion and layered growth. Sponsored by the 

Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate. 

Kendall Buster (b. 1954) studied microbiology and received a degree in Medical 

Technology before pursuing an education in art. She earned a BFA from the 

Corcoran College of Art and Design and a MAF. in Sculpture from Yale University 

and participated in the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Studio Program. 

Buster’s large-scale “biological architecture” sculpture projects have been exhibited 

in numerous venues including the Hirshhorn Museum and the Kreeger Museum in 

Washington, DC; the Kemper Museum in Kansas City, MO.; and the Bahnhof 

Westend in Berlin, Germany.

Creative Time Art Curator New York City 

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Creative Time began commissioning innovative art in New York City in 1972, 

introducing millions of people every year to contemporary art while making sure 

it plays an active role in public life. In 1994, Anne Pasternak joined Creative 

Time as its President and Artistic Director. Her goal has been to present some of 

the most adventurous and historically important art in the public realm. Under 

her leadership, Creative Time extended it’s programming nationally, making it the only 

national public arts organization with programs that have reached from New York 

to New Orleans, from Denver to Dallas, and from PA to LA. Now, Pasternak is 

also taking Creative Time’s work global. Renowned projects under her direction 

range from exhibitions and performances in the historic Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, 

sculptural installations in Grand Central Station’s Vanderbilt Hall, sign paintings 

in Coney Island and skywriting over Manhattan to the Tribute in Light, the twin 

beacons of light that illuminated the former World Trade Center site six months after 

9/11. She has worked closely with such artists as Doug Aitken, Laurie Anderson, 

David Byrne, Mel Chin, Jim Hodges, Jenny Holzer, Sharon Hayes, Gary Hume, 

Vik Muniz, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Steve Powers, Cai Guo Qiang, Paul 

Ramirez Jonas, Rudolf Stingel, Ugo Rondinone, and many more. 

In addition to her work at Creative Time, Pasternak occasionally curates 

independent exhibitions, consults on urban planning initiatives, and contributes essays 

to cultural publications. She lectures extensively throughout the United States 

and Europe, and she served as a guest critic at Yale University. 


59 East 4th Street 

6th Floor 

New York, New York 10003 

creativetime.org 

212 206 6674 

Selected Curated Exhibitions: 

Teach for Amerika, 2011 

Immigrant Movement International, 2011 

The Creative Time Summit 3: 

LIving as Form 2011 

Creative Time Open Door at P.S.1, 2010 

Oceanfront Nights, 2010 

The Oceanfront, 2009 

Air gets into everything..., 2006 

Look and See, 2005 

Matrix X, 2003


Art on the Plaza 6: Ugo Rondinoe, Air Gets Into Everything... 

New York, 2006 

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Fabricated in aluminum and coated in white enamel, Ugo Rondinone’s sculptures 

for the sixth Art on the Plaza—Creative Time’s series of outdoor sculpture 

commissions for The Ritz-Carlton in Battery Park City—were cast from oilve trees 

found outside Naples, Italy. By introducing metallic casts of this ancient and 

fabled tree to Lower Manhattan’s modern, concrete metropolis, Rondinone explored 

themes of time, displacement and the relationship between natural and 

artificial environments. 

Rondinone titled the sculptures with an original short poem: air gets into everything 

even nothing and get up girl a sun is running the world. And come winter, his white 

tree sculptures just as poetically complemented New York City’s snowy landscape.


Art on the Plaza 5: Jim Hodges, Look and See 

New York, 2005 

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Creative Time’s fifth installment of Art on the Plaza—a series of commissioned 

outdoor sculpture for The Ritz-Carlton in Battery Park City—featured Jim Hodges’s 

massive sculpture, Look and See. Comprised of nine tons of stainless steel, 

the sculpture was a curved S-shaped wall, which featured a reflective surface, 

laser cut-outs, and a black and white camouflage pattern. 

Hodges’s sculpture had the effect of transporting visitors on a sensual journey, 

as they were consumed by its warped refractive environment—it fused reflections of 

the viewers’ images with the opposing landscapes of skyscrapers and park, as well 

as raised questions about identity, artifice, and nature. Via the sculpture, Hodges 

furthered his exploration of camouflage as a basic pattern of light and dark, one that 

conceals and alters our perception of visual objects.


Art Basel/Miami: Pae White, Self Roaming 

Miami, 2009 

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Established in 2009, The Oceanfront at Art Basel Miami Beach provided 

a new experiential space in which the art fair’s cultural programming took place. 

In honor of its premiere, Creative Time commissioned Los Angeles artist 

Pae White to create an immersive and interactive cityscape, entitled Self Roaming. 

By day, White’s large color blocks—evoking playful city architecture— 

dominated the landscape, while at night, these color blocks transformed into 

a shadowy group of buildings, between which visitors enjoyed music, food 

and socializing.


Art Basel Miami Beach: Oceanfront Nights 

Miami, 2010 

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The 2010 Art Basel Miami Beach international art show hosted Creative Time’s 

Oceanfront Nights. A nightly program, Oceanfront was sited in an outdoor pavilion 

designed by Phu Hoang Office and Rachely Rotem Studio. Featuring two types 

of rope—reflective and phosphorescent—the pavilion was a diverse and interactive 

environment of open-air structures that swayed and glowed in the night. 

Programming included the participation of four arts organizations at the forefront 

of artistic experimentation and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The Museum 

of Contemporary Art in Detroit, Museo Tamayo in Mexico City, 032c in Berlin, and 

Tramway in Glasgow—partnered on curating one night each, which spotlighted 

the film, music, video, performance, and more of their respective cities.


Art Chicago: Erwin Redl, MATRIX X 

Chicago, 2003 

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During Art Chicago 2003, Creative Time collaborated with the Häagen-Dazs 

Art of Pure Pleasure program to present MATRIX X by Erwin Redl. The 

latest in Redl’s MATRIX series, the Chicago installation consisted of three largescale 

grids, featuring 27,000 multicolored LED lights. 

Suspended from the vaulted ceiling of the Chicago Navy Piers, the three 

grids functioned as curtains holding together the spatial integrity of the exhibition 

hall, which was fragmented by numerous temporary gallery walls.

Fluidity Design Water Consultants Los Angeles 

66 

Founded in 2002, Fluidity Design Consultants is a Los Angeles-based, international 

leader in creative water design, collaborating with architects, landscape architects, 

real estate developers and institutions in the creation of meaningful water features 

for public and private environments. Fluidity’s professional staff is comprised 

of an interdisciplinary mix of experienced architects, landscape architects, designers, 

engineers and technicians who work in teams formulated to address criteria. 

The portfolio includes numerous, award-winning water features designed for museums, 

corporate environments, educational facilities, retail projects, hospitals, public spaces, 

urban plazas, streets, parks and gardens. 

Fluidity’s mission is to enhance place through inspired water design. Our working 

method begins with questioning and analysis. We listen to our clients, study the 

site, examine the social action of the context. Concepts are developed, tested and 

updated in evolutionary studies, while we work individually and in teams. We build 

physical models, create animated motion studies, and physical water action mock-ups. 

We research construction materials, waterproofing assemblies, lighting systems, 

and engineering components. We perform sustainability analyses, construction 

cost evaluations, and operations and maintenance cost evaluations. We implement 

established quality control systems at each design phase, and through the 

construction and commissioning processes. 

Fluidity 

The Taft Building 

1680 Vine Street, Suite 706 

Los Angeles 

California, 90028 

fluidity-dc.com 

323 461 6140 

Selected Projects + Recognition 


Shanghai Cultural Center 


Cairo Festival City 

Al Oula, Riyadh, Cairo, Egypt 

Signature Place Newsletter, Feb 2009 

Form Magazine, Jan/Feb 2009 

Doumus, Hearst, Nov 2006 

Architecture, Hearst, August 2006 

Architectural Record, August 2006 

New York Times, April 2006 

La Louisiane, Fall 2003

Fluidity Design 

Joy City 

Shenyang, China 

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A new Joy City youth-oriented shopping center is being developed with 

a pedestrian street in Shenyang, a cold-weather city in northern China. The two city 

block project will include a dynamic, year-round, musical water feature, which 

is located prominently, near the pedestrian street’s central intersection with bustling 

city traffic. 

The concert fountain integrates seating and planters along three sides of its 

motion-oriented, colorful form, while the fourth is open and flush with street paving, 

inviting interactive play and urban connectivity. Periodic waves flow across 

the stepped spaces of pulsing jets and arches to crash down to the play space 

and vanish. In winter, the liquid water is replaced by misting gas lamps with 

lengthening icicles.


Short Pump Town Center 

Richmod, Virgina 

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Short Pump Town Center, a long-established and successful open-air retail 

development in Richmond, Virginia, has been recently renovated. One aspect of the 

remodeling was the creation of an engaging ‘stream’ that flows through one of 

the project’s pedestrian arteries. The stream is both an environmental amenity and 

an instructional space. Orvis, a sports-oriented retail outlet, teaches visitors 

fly-fishing techniques within the water feature’s flowing river context. Environmentally 

friendly engineering systems support fish living in pools formed by hewn granite 

boulders. A series of pools shaped by bold, minimal blocks carry the water from its 

source. Vibrant aquatic plants contrast with the granite, while playful 

compositions of sculptured stepping stones enhance each of the larger pools 

with textured forms.


Joy City 

Shenyang, China 

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Engaged by the American landscape architect to contribute water feature 

designs to their design of the new, Central Park for Jiading, an important Shanghai 

satellite city. 

The water features were headlined by a monumentally scaled, color-lit concert 

fountain, but also included several interesting designs including an interactive water 

feature comprised large-format, disappearing cubes, a tower water feature, 

a misting bamboo garden, a responsive sport ‘Zorbing’ pool, and cluster of water 

gardens connected by a curving line of aeration.


Roppongi Hills 

Tokyo, Japan 

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An elevated gardened plaza at the foot of a new office tower offers views across 

the Roppongi Arts district of contemporary Tokyo. The space is wind-protected 

by glass screens on three sides, flowing in waters. The composition is subdivided 

into 24 full-height panels, each operating under individual flow control. Variations 

in flow rates transforms the character of the water and the transparency of the glass. 

Sequenced flows from panel to panel stages artful presentations, such as water 

‘flowing sideways’ or in alternating, checkerboard-like patterns. The flowing waters 

temper the space’s heat in the warm summers. Splash is managed by the slender 

trough at the base, the stone edge of which also serves as an informal seatwall.


Camana Bay 

Grand Cayman Island 

71 

A New Urbanist project is nearing completion on Grand Cayman Island. Fluidity 

designed six water features for the project’s urban core. The designs include 

a central ‘undulant’ fountain centered in the main public space, a courtyard wall 

of water featuring marine shells, a still-water sculpture in a gardened courtyard, 

a dynamic, interactive design for a children’s plaza, a sweeping collection 

of bubbling, curvaceous triangulated water features in a garden with patios, 

and a linear fountain intersecting side-by-side gardens.

Nelson\Nygaard Traffic San Francisco, California 

72 

Nelson\Nygaard is distinguished by its commitment to planning transportation 

systems and identifying mobility improvements that help build and support vibrant, 

sustainable communities. A fully multimodal approach, drawn from the real world 

experiences of industry specialists, is a hallmark of every Nelson\Nygaard project. 

The firm specializes in developing unique solutions for parking and transportation 

demand management programs, pedestrian and bicycle access, public transit 

fixed-route and rail systems, ridesharing programs, car-sharing, and shuttle service 

planning and evaluation. Nelson\Nygaard provides a full range of transportation 

planning and traffic engineering services. The firm designs transportation systems, 

evaluate operations, prepare travel demand forecasts, and develop trip reduction 

strategies to support clients’ efforts to build better communities and maximize mobility. 

Nelson\Nygaard is a unique firm that has always placed an emphasis on balancing 

the needs of bicyclists, motorists, pedestrians, and transit. 

Nelson\Nygaard staff have designed streets, paths, corridors, and transit centers 

for big cities, small towns, university campuses, and overseas emirates. The main goal 

is the creation of complete streets and balanced transportation systems that maximize 

mobility for all users and support broader community goals. 

Nelson/Nygaard 

116 New Montgomery Street 

Suite 500 

San Francisco, California 

nelsonnygaard.com 

415 284 1544 

Selected Awards + Recognition 

APA, IA, Best Practice Award 

APA, Comprhensive Plan Award 

APA, CA, Small Jurisdiction & Innovation 

in Green Planning Award 

APA, CA, 2009 Project of the Year 

AEP, Outstanding Environmental Analysis 

APA, WA, Award 

ITE 2007 Transportation Achievement 

APA, L.A., Comprehensive Planning

Nelson\Nygaard 

Downtown Development District Mobility and Parking Study 

New Orleans, LA 

73 

The Downtown Development District of New Orleans (DDD) was created by the 

Louisiana Legislature in 1974 as the nation’s first assessment-based business 

improvement district (BID) to provide enhanced services in economic development, 

cleaning and safety. The DDD hired Nelson\Nygaard to lead a team of consultants 

to prepare a Mobility and Parking Plan for the French Quarter, CBD, Warehouse 

District, and Marigny Triangle neighborhoods, with Mobility Policies, Site/Intersection 

Improvements, and Transportation Demand Management Strategies. Nelson\Nygaard 

led the Mobility element of the study with a focus on developing a sustainable, 

multi-modal, Park-Once approach that would both enhance the pedestrian experience 

and reduce parking-demand pressure within these destination-rich, historic districts. 

Walker Parking Consultants led the Parking element of the plan. 

Recommended policies included: incorporation of existing neutral grounds (medians) 

to improve crossings; shortening crossings and calming traffic through curb realignments 

and re-timing signals; encouraging private investment in sidewalk design 

and maintenance; providing public valet parking and a parking shuttle to shift demand 

to under-utilized facilities; improved transit connections; and enhanced wayfinding 

investments to emphasize transit, walking, and cycling opportunities. 


City of Trenton Transit Linkage Plan 

Trenton, New Jersey 

The Trenton train station has a wealth of transit options; getting to the station, 

however, presented problems for anyone driving, biking, or walking. Lack of 

signage, sidewalks, and poor circulation patterns produced excess driving around 

the station, long crossing times for pedestrians, and unsafe walking conditions. 

The City of Trenton’s Transit Linkage Plan sought to improve access to the station 

and connections between modes in light of major station redevelopments 

funded by New Jersey Transit. 

The goal was to balance the time given over to all modes, since too much signal 

time and road space had historically been given over to the automobile. The 

final plan degraded vehicular level of service at some intersections, but improved 

pedestrian and bicycle level of service. To improve walking and biking around 

the station, Nelson\Nygaard prepared maps showing exactly where the 

pedestrian and bicycle connections were missing. In addition, a series of signage 

and wayfinding options were developed that included walk times to various 

Trenton destinations.


Fisherman’s Warf Vision Study 

San Francisco, CA 

74 

The Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District (CBD) commissioned EDAW 

and Nelson\Nygaard to lead a 2-day visioning workshop with City agencies, 

merchants, parking vendors, elected officials, and other stakeholders. The goal of the 

workshop was to establish a shared vision and community priorities for future 

investments in Fisherman’s Wharf necessary to improve the image of the Wharf for 

San Francisco visitors and increase usage of the area by local residents. 

Based on our review of past studies and a series of stakeholder interviews, 

Nelson\Nygaard staff led a Workshop presentation of existing conditions and best 

practices in parking management and other transportation challenges facing the 

Fisherman’s Wharf area. After the presentation, Nelson\Nygaard staff led participants 

through an interactive exercise to create a prioritized list of short- and long- term 

transportation strategies for solving these challenges, including transit improvements, 

parking and circulation, and bicycle and pedestrian safety. 

After the Vision Workshop, Nelson\Nygaard assisted EDAW and the CBD 

in preparing a summary report documenting workshop participants’ priorities and 

helped conduct outreach to community members and elected and appointed 

officials in order to build support for moving forward with Workshop recommendations. 

To build further momentum for implementation, the CBD asked Nelson\Nygaard 

to develop a transportation grants calendar of local, state, and federal funding sources 

that the CBD could access as matching funds for implementation of transportation 

improvements, including better wayfinding signage, pedestrian amenities, and 

marketing of car-free travel options (such as hotel shuttles) to tourists.


Citywide Better Streets Plan 

San Francisco, CA 

75 

The City of San Francisco recognized the need to improve upon the sometimes 

ad hoc and conflicting policies regarding the design and management of diverse city 

streets that must accommodate multiple modes and serve multiple functions. 

For this reason, the City Design Group of the San Francisco Planning Department 

led a multi-agency effort to develop a citywide Better Streets Plan. The Better Streets 

Plan developed a set of unified design standards for each major street type in 

the city. This design toolkit can then be applied as part of future street maintenance 

and multimodal corridor plans, with the goal of improving the streetscape 

quality and amenity, pedestrian safety and comfort, and ecological sustainability 

of San Francisco’s streets. 

In developing the final plan, Nelson\Nygaard assisted with crafting recommendations 

for improved inter-agency coordination between city agencies responsible 

for the design, operation, and maintenance of city streets. We also created funding 

strategies and helped identify necessary revisions to existing city policies and 

codes to allow for implementation of the Better Streets Plan’s recommendations.


Abu Dhabi Urban Street Design Manual 

Abu Dhabi, UAE 

76 

The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council recently adopted the Emirate’s first 

Urban Street Design Manual, with help from a team that included Otak International, 

Nelson\Nygaard, and Steer Davies Gleave. The document provides guidance 

to design streets that create a safe environment for all users, transition from a vehicletrip 

based society to a multimodal society, and Introduce fine-grained street 

networks into the existing super-block pattern 

The manual builds on similar efforts in Germany, the UK, Australia, and the US, 

and advances the principles espoused in the Emirate’s 2030 Plan, also co-authored 

by Nelson\Nygaard. It takes as its premise that “Previous design guidance was 

influenced by documents such as the AASHTO Green Book, which is inappropriate for 

urban streets where modes of transport other than the automobile are present.” 

Building on this premise, the manual introduces the concept of the pedestrian realm 

as an integral part of the overall street composition, and shows how this and 

the traveled way are combined to provide a balanced street network for all modes 

of transport. In this regard the manual is perhaps one of the most progressive 

in the world. 

Complementary to the manual, Nelson\Nygaard assisted with the redesign of three 

streets in Abu Dhabi which provided a feedback loop. The streets are to be rebuilt 

beginning in 2011. The project also included a training regimen and working with local 

officials to ensure the successful and consistent application of the manual.

Faithful+ Gould Cost Estimating Chicago, IL 

77 

Faithful + Gould is a construction consultant and a member of the WS Atkins 

group of companies. Faithful + Gould serves the interests of our clients by aligning 

our comprehensive management approach with your strategic objectives to 

enable successful project outcomes. Faithful+Gould offers professional servies 

related to Cost Estimating, Construction Management, Construction Monitoring, 

Value Engineering, Value Based Contracting, Project Controls, Cost Management, 

Owner Representation, Risk Analysis and Mitigation, Program/Project 

Management. Faithful + Gould maintains 18 office in cities across North America 

including more than 40 employees in our Chicago office. 

Chicago has been home to Faithful + Gould for over 40 years. The Chicago 

office is a full-service, multi-discipline office with an experienced professional staff 

to provide total solutions to our clients. In Chicago, Faithful + Gould has been 

responsible for the budget integrity and management of billions of dollars of both 

new build and renovation projects. Add Faithful 1 Gould to your team and you will 

add the value of a skilled group of professionals who will make the successful 

completion of your project their ultimate goal. 


230 West Monroe Street 

Suite 2300 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

fgould.com 

312 655 8510 

Selected Projects/Clients 

Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield 

Chicago Historical Society, Chicago 

Ford Calumet Environmental Center, 

Chicago 

Indianapolis Children’s Museum 

John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago 

Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago 

Millennium Park, Chicago 

September 11 Memorial & Museum 

Toledo Museum of Art 

Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago

Faithful+ Gould 

National September 11 Memorial and Museum 

New York, New York 

78 

Faithful + Gould is currently providing Program Management services for the 

National September 11 Memorial & Museum to commemorate those lost and the 

events of 9/11. The project is composed of three elements: the Memorial 

Plaza at grade level with landscaping and water-falls at the footprints of the fallen 

towers (approx. 240,000 square feet), the below grade Memorial Museum 

(approx 150,000 square feet), and the above grade Museum Pavilion which also 

serves as the entrance to the Memorial Museum. 

Faithful + Gould Services is responsible for providing independent detailed cost 

estimates and of the probable cost of the Memorial, Memorial Museum and Museum 

Pavillion projects at key milestones as well as value engineering exercises to 

ensure project budgets are adhered to. All cost estimates are reconciled with the 

CM and the Port Authority.


Chicago Marriot Hotel 

Chicago, IL 

79 

Faithful + Gould provided on-site Project Management services for the renovation 

of the downtown Chicago Marriott hotel. Faithful + Gould’s role included 

providing designer pre-qualification procurement, and design period management; 

developing and monitoring project master schedule; other pre-construction 

services including budget review and estimates during design; General Contractor 

pre-qualification fee negotiation and construction period management; value 

engineering; bid and change order evaluation and negotiation; FF&E procurement 

and installation; coordination and management between hotel operator 

and contractors.


New Hospital Pavillion, University of Chicago Hospital 

Chicago, IL 

80 

Faithful + Gould was retained by Rafael Vinoly Architects to provide cost 

estimating services for the New Hospital Pavilion at University of Chicago Hospital. 

It is the manifestation of the UCH Vision 2010 Strategic Plan. The $525 million 

program is focused on development of high-acuity/high-technology facilities oriented 

specificall toward complex cases. Essential program components include 180 

intensive-care, acuity-adaptable patient rooms; 30 surgical and interventional rooms; 

and comprehensive imaging, endoscopy, electrophysiology, and support services. 

The project, a major urban planning venture, is envisioned to provide the framework 

for development of UCH’s campus over the next several decades. As a marquee 

project driven by UCH’s stated commitment to being at the “Forefront of Medicine,” 

the NHP will facilitate optimal integration of teaching, research, and clinical care; 

and provide a new standard for technology and flexibility.


New Hospital Pavillion, University of Chicago Hospital 

Chicago, IL 

81 

Faithful + Gould cost estimating team played an integral role in Chicago’s most 

ambitious downtown park projects in the city’s history—Millennium Park. 

This 24.5-acre $450-million park is one of Chicago’s main focal points and a major 

addition to recreational facilities along Chicago’s lakefront featruing an outdoor 

performing arts pavilion, an indoor year-round theater, a restaurant, an ice-skating 

rink, a contemporary garden, public art, fountains, landscaped walkways and 

green spaces. Faithful 1 Gould provided cost estimating and consulting services for 

three separate facilities within the park including the Metra Crossover Structure 

Construction, Performance Pavilion and the Ice Rink as well as the Green Space 

and Promenades surrounding the park.


Ford Calumet Environmental Center, Chicago Department of Environment 

Calumet, IL 

82 

Faithful + Gould was hired by Studio Gang Architects to provide cost estimating 

services on the Ford Calumet Environmental Center, an $11,000,000, 30,000 

square foot facility. Faithful + Gould provided budgets for schematic design, design 

documents and construction documents. The site, a 117 acre marsh, is located 

amongst fragmented patches of abandoned lots and emergent marshlands, shuttered 

and working factories, parking lots, and towns. This marsh is on the hinge of 

two major drainage basins and is an important stop for migratory birds along the 

Mississippi fly way. The presence of these rare birds was the impetus for the 

project; community members began organizing informal bird walks. The idea for the 

landscape was to “reset” the forest succession process and diversify the habitat 

profile in order to support a wider range of bird and animal life.

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