ERiKA MATTHIAS. Experience. Accreditation. Education

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1 ERiKA MATTHIAS Experience EM Studio Landscape Architect, Owner: Leading and designing residential, multifamily, and educational landscape projects in various phases of design in Seattle and around the Puget Sound. Current projects are in stages from stakeholder visioning to construction Site Workshop Landscape Architect, Project Manager: Provided project leadership and design for public and institutional landscapes in the Seattle Metropolitan area Dirtworks, PC Landscape Architect, Project Manager: Provided project leadership and design for technically and politically complex New York City projects, facilitating communication between consultants and stakeholders. As office s senior landscape architect, served as mentor to junior staff, from construction documentation to licensure and broader professional development Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects Freelance Landscape Architect: Provided technical and graphic design for local and regional projects at a variety of scales and stages of development EDAW / AECOM New York Landscape Architect, Project Manager: Provided conceptual design through detailed construction documentation for New York City public projects, with a focus on parks and playgrounds. Provided direction in design and construction documentation and detailing with guidance of senior landscape architects; managed client coordination and gave presentations; managed schedule, cost-estimation, agency and client approvals, as well as sub-consultants and internal review processes; managed internal team. Provided construction oversight EDAW Seattle, Assistant Project Manager, Interpretation Designer: Provided conceptual design support through detailed construction documentation for public and private projects at a wide range of scales. Construction documentation included detailed planting designs, site layout, and construction detailing, incorporating sustainable site strategies and native plant palettes. Led interpretive and educational design and planning phases concurrent to project site design. Provided construction observation support Nature Camp Assistant Director, Seattle Parks: Designed and led day camp programming for elementary-age children, focusing on stewardship and experience of the environment; managed team of eight staff. Accreditation Professional Landscape Architect / Registered Landscape Architect (WA license 1226) LEED Accredited Professional Education Bachelor s in Landscape Architecture, University of Washington Mary Gates Research Scholar

2 Honors + Awards nd Place, Agricultural Urbanism, Grand Concourse Design Competition, New York City; Design Trust for Public Space and Bronx Museum Maasai Marathon logo design for NYC Marathon, Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust & Puma Recipient of international AECOM award for photography People s Choice Award, Second Place in Neighborhood and Infill Category, Integrating Habitats Competition, Portland Metro, Portland, Oregon Open Space Seattle 2010 Green Futures charrette team leader University of Washington Department of Landscape Architecture Italian Landscape Studies program, Rome, Tuscany, and Amalfi, Italy University of Washington Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Presenter Mary Gates Research Scholar Qualifications Digital - AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Outlook, Vision; some ArcGIS, Vectorworks, Sketchup Languages - English, French; some Italian, German Professional Skills - Presentation, writing, interpersonal communication and engagement, attention to detail, technical analysis and design; graphic design, storyboard and package development, imagination Extracurricular Alfred E. Smith High School Professional Mentorship Program (formerly) Gardener, farm-to-table cook Urban history, photography, plant identification, book, cheese, travel, and pastry enthusiast

3 Selected Projects Seattle Area German American School Playground Lead Landscape Architect Client: SAGA The Seattle Area German American School in Greenwood, Seattle, is set to transform a parking lot to an outdoor classroom and playground. Erika is beginning the visioning process with them as the first step in their design process together, with a targeted construction date of Genesee Farm Lead Landscape Architect Client: Private A mid-century residence on a steep slope in Seattle needed a new entry sequence from the road, and the owner sought a reconceptualization of the site as a productive landscape as well as a modern garden. Erika designed and is managing construction for a series of terraced stair platforms to connect the house to the driveway and street below, as well as the implementation of the entire site as a productive landscape livable for an urban family, with small terraced outdoor rooms behind the house and wide variety plants producing food throughout the year. 1 Sutton Place South Garden and Park, New York, New York Project manager, Landscape Architect Client: One Sutton Place South Cooperative Corporation Construction budget: $4M As part of a contentiously renegotiated property agreement between the City of New York and One Sutton Place South Cooperative Corporation, Dirtworks was hired to re-design both the residential garden and a new park for the city bordering the East River, over the Franklin D Roosevelt Drive between East 56th and 57th Streets in Manhattan. In this technically complex and politically sensitive project, Erika served as designer, project manager for the private garden, and advisor within the public park design team. Jewish Home Lifecare Elder Care Facility, New York, New York Project manager, Landscape Architect Client: Perkins Eastman Architects Construction budget: $2M The client is building a new high-rise elder care facility within Manhattan, and hired Dirtworks to design the streetscape, garden, and roof gardens associated with the new building on West 97th Street. The design is intimately tailored to the lifestyle and needs of aging residents with alzheimer s and dementia. An important part of the design process included integrating art installations as part of the landscape sequence; unique features such as memorial and therapy gardens, greenroofs and a roof farm; and developing presentations, all tailored for donor sponsorship packaging. Erika served as project manager and lead designer in this project that involved intensive coordination with the client and a large team of engineers and architects. Hudson River Park TriBeCa Segment 3 Landscape Architect Client: Hudson River Park Trust The design for Hudson River Park s TriBeCa Segment 3 is defined by a spine of riverfront park and bikeway and features recreational, ecological and educational piers, including a future estuarine study center. While freelancing at Mathews Nielsen, Erika created graphic presentations and construction detailing for the park and plaza space surrounding the boathouse on Pier 26. Wright Brothers Playground, New York, NY Lead / Assistant Project Manager Client: New York City Department of Parks Construction budget: $2M An aging playground in Harlem demands renovations; the goal is to go beyond infrastructure improvements and create a new, imaginative space that serves the children and community better. Joint-operated by New York City Parks and the Department of Education, the playground serves the adjoining Wright Brothers School for programs during the school-day, while also neighborhood families and adults that use the park for sports and socializing. At just over half an acre, the small site is undergoing surgical design and reconstruction to serve the many different users best with its construction budget while making necessary infrastructure improvements. The new playground will include gardens in significantly increased planting areas, renovated sports courts, a new water play area, new ADAaccess to the site and comfort station, social areas, and wind, flight and exploration-themed play and interpretive elements that serve all ages and abilities. Erika was the lead and managed the project. Bush Terminal Piers 1 to 5, Brooklyn, NY

4 Client: New York City Economic Development Corp, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Master planning and designing the 23-acre brownfield waterfront site aimed to meet the needs of a diverse and vocal community with goals as wide-ranging as softball and soccer fields and preserving bird watching opportunities at this abandoned site that nature had reclaimed. Park and recreation elements were developed in concert with the remediation consultants so that surface treatments, such as synthetic turf for fields, are a part of the brownfield remediation. Erika provided the planting design as well as graphic support. Bronx Urban Farm, Tremont, NY Client: New York Restoration Project NYRP owns a half-acre site in the Bronx that will be used as a demonstration of innovative urban agricultural techniques and green design practices. It will integrate interpretation and education, indirect and direct marketing and community food programs. It will also serve as a source of green collar job training. Erika, with the Urban Agriculture team at AECOM, worked with New York Restoration Project and Yale Schools of Forestry and Business to develop strategies for this innovative project, which has since received sponsorship by Target, and become a beautiful neighborhood asset. Agricultural Urbanism: Grand Concourse Competition, Bronx, NY / Project Manager Client: Design Trust For Public Space This was an international ideas competition aimed to address how the Bronx, specifically the Grand Concourse, a 4-mile long, eight- to ten-lane urban speedway, might evolve to cope with pressing needs of housing, green space, transportation and changing identity. The Agricultural Urbanism vision is guided by the principal of weaving social, cultural, and ecological systems through the urban fabric of the Concourse along its length. Localized food production, maximized public space, multimodal transportation, and the harnessing of storm water and natural energy bring health and vitality to a community otherwise plagued by high rates of asthma and low access to fresh food. Entrepreneurship and the existing artist culture are encouraged within the framework, supporting local economy and the development of community identity. Sponsored by the Design Trust for Public Space and the Bronx Museum, this project was awarded 2nd place in the competition and put on display at the Bronx Museum. Erika managed the team, as well as serving as a core designer for this project. She also designed and created the animation for the museum exhibit showing change over time across a year at the team s proposed new cultural and environmental education center. Maasai Marathon, New York, NY Designer Client: Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, Puma In conjunction with an AECOM fund-raiser for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust in the 2009 New York City Marathon, Erika was selected by Puma and MWCT president Edward Norton to design a logo used in promotion of fund-raising awareness for the MWCT and the Maasai runners in the marathon. The logo was used in Puma stores, promotional materials, and on tee shirts sold in stores and online to raise money and awareness for the event. As a part of the volunteer effort, Erika also designed and managed a blog that tracked training and participation for the event. Gowanus Expressway ITS Improvements, Brooklyn, NY Project Manager Client: New York State Department of Transportation Erika provided construction observation services for an EDAW legacy project that included tree protection and reforestation in association with telecommunications upgrades in the right-of-way. Randall s Island Environmental Education Book, New York, NY Graphic Designer Client: Randall s Island Sports Foundation Following the success of an urban wetland restoration project at the mouth of the Harlem River, AECOM worked with the client to develop content and design an environmental education booklet, Randall s Island Wetlands Stewardship. Geared toward elementary schoolchildren visiting the restored marsh on field trips, the colorful booklets take students through a series of games and exercises that relate them to the environment and natural processes on the site, and teach them concepts of environmental restoration and stewardship. Erika provided graphic design. PlaNYC 2030, Schoolyards Into Playgrounds Initiative, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, NY / Assistant Project Manager Client: Trust for Public Land, New York City Department of Parks Construction budget: $300K-$1M per school Erika was responsible for the redesign of 6 and coordination of many of the 40 NYC standard schoolyards in EDAW s contract to turn tired asphalt lots into spaces that served the school and neighborhood better as public parks - more educational, more engaging, multi-use, and with greener infrastructure. Project work included design

5 workshops with students, teachers, and administrators as well as the realization of teams designs through to construction. Snoqualmie Falls Park, Snoqualmie, Washington Client: Puget Sound Energy EDAW provided ongoing post-license planning and design services in multiple phases for this park and hydroelectric project located on the Snoqualmie River, in King County, Washington, near Seattle. The project includes the popular scenic overlook Snoqualmie Falls that receives high visitation year-round (over 1.5 million visitors). The unusual setting, scenic waterfall, and historic structures all combine to make this a very unique visitor destination as well as a sensitive cultural resource for Native Americans. Snoqualmie Falls Park Enhancement Plan, Facilitator In collaboration with the National Park Service, City of Snoqualmie, King County, and other stakeholders, EDAW prepared an Enhancement Plan for the site to guide management of the area over the next 30 years. The project goal was to develop a long-term vision to provide regionally-significant recreation opportunities that maximize views and natural, cultural, and historic interpretation opportunities associated with the site. Erika participated in ongoing concept alternative visioning, including public involvement efforts, and created the project s graphics including plan renderings. Snoqualmie Falls Site & Recreation Improvements / Assistant Project Manager EDAW led a team to redesign, from concept through construction, the public recreation areas and interpretive and education elements for Snoqualmie Falls. The proposed plans include redesigned and additional visitor facilities and viewing areas; a new interpretive experience; an improved hiking trail down to the river with carry-in boat access below; a new pedestrian bridge and boardwalk and observation platform for viewing the falls from below; and the rehabilitation of a historic railroad depot and carpenter shop as an educational and interpretive node adjacent to project facilities above the falls. The design process required ongoing coordination between the design team and hydroelectric engineering team while working with various stakeholders such as the city, county, historic railroad, environmental groups, recreational interest groups, and different departments within Puget Sound Energy to ensure an integrated design. Erika provided design support, stakeholder facilitation, planting design, as well as much of the drafting and rendering of the site layout and construction details. Snoqualmie Falls Interpretation and Education Plan Graphic Designer / / Environmental Graphics Designer In collaboration with the National Park Service, City of Snoqualmie, King County, and other stakeholders, EDAW prepared an Interpretation and Education Program to guide management of the area over the next 30 years. Erika worked with EDAW s recreation planning group and the client and stakeholders to write and design the document to guide the construction of the new milliondollar interpretive and educational facilities at the site. She provided designs for the environmental graphics and structures at the concept level for the document s Style Guide. She was responsible for the document s layout, format, and production. Snoqualmie Falls Interpretation and Education Construction Implementation Assistance Project Manager Construction budget: $1M EDAW assisted the client in facilitating implementation of the Snoqualmie Falls Interpretation and Education Program. The site design team facilitated sub consultants in developing messages and story lines, in developing construction documentation, and through final construction. Seahawks Football Training Complex, Renton, Washington Client: Vulcan EDAW provided landscape architectural services as part of the consultant team led by Crawford Architects for a new headquarters and training facility in Renton, Washington for the Seattle Seahawks. The Lake Washington shoreline site was once home to a timber mill and wood treatment plant. The rejuvenated brownfield site centers around the large building, extensive training facilities and Seahawks headquarters offices. Three natural grass football fields are sited adjacent to the building along the restored lakeshore. Landscape design sought to create an ecologically sustainable and aesthetically memorable site: overall concept, material choice, and character of the hardscape and landscape are consistent with the architecture and sensitive to the context of the Pacific Northwest. Erika was responsible for a significant portion of the construction documentation, and in sculpting the design of the planting for the site, including the entry plaza and parking areas, herbaceous sand filters adjoining parking lots, shoreline riparian restoration as well as public accessways in the right of way and to the water, and the design of façade and vertical greening.

6 Integrating Habitats, Portland, Oregon / Graphic Designer Client: Portland Metro Growing Together, a winning submittal to the Integrating Habitats competition sponsored by Portland Metro, recognizes that places are shaped over time by natural, cultural and political processes. The AECOM/Yost Grube Hall Architects design solution to the challenge of integrating Oak Savannah habitat into an established post-war single family neighborhood addresses physical design and policy frameworks. As the Landscape Designer and Graphic Designer, Erika assisted with graphics concept design, renderings and environmental education concepts, and indicator species concept development. East Capitol Campus, Olympia, Washington Client: State of Washington Department of General Administration Erika assisted in site design detailing and preparation of construction documents, as well as some construction administration, for this 12-acre site. The project, a central open space at the Washington State Capitol campus, sits above two massive parking garages and a bisecting street. The components of the new plaza integrate a historic Olmsted legacy that exists on the adjacent West Capitol campus with the existing structural configuration of the structure beneath. The new design includes the restoration of a historic Halprin fountain for which Erika was responsible in detailing and coordinating the restoration with the original designer and the project s consultants. It also includes the integration of a redesigned Korean War Veteran s Memorial. Erika was also responsible for the project s planting plan design. US Embassy, Quito, Ecuador Client: Yost Grube Hall Architecture The U.S. Department of State commissioned a new embassy compound to meet updated security and zoning requirements and to meet LEED Silver standards. The landscape was designed as a series of courtyards, serving specific modern consulate functions with gardens crafted to give a nod to Colonial Spanish and native Ecuadorian styles. Erika was responsible for much of the construction and presentation drawings, site research, materials research, evaluation and selection, and provided garden and planting design. Pete Gross Rooftop Healing Garden, Seattle, Washington Lead Client: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Erika worked at the core of a design team to lead, coordinate and participate in both the design, permitting, and construction of a small urban rooftop garden in downtown Seattle. Challenging site and construction demands, in addition to serving as a home for and meeting the needs of displaced patients and families undergoing cancer treatment gave deeper meaning to a beautiful healing landscape within a dense urban space. Erika was a Lead Designer. Erika also designed, created, and installed a piece within the garden using reclaimed chalkboard slate to serve as interactive art for the children and community living there. The project was funded by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance s Hutch School and benefactors. Great Streams Vision, Bellevue, Washington / Graphic Design Client: City of Bellevue A team from EDAW consulted with the City of Bellevue to incorporate environmental, recreation, and landuse objectives through the use of the streams as an amenity framework for development. EDAW provided the vision for the overall concept, as well as site specific implementation ideas on habitat and ecological restoration, organic place-making and regional recreation connections. Erika developed concept diagrams as well as a set of Photoshop simulations envisioning possible futures.