LAURA BURNETT, FASLA, LEED AP PRINCIPAL / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Laura is a landscape architect and urban designer skilled at integrating sophisticated designs with the functional requirements of her projects. Her work in the planning and design of urban communities, parks, campuses, transit-oriented facilities, and regional open space networks results in rich and exciting environments where infrastructure, buildings, and landscape work as a coordinated whole. A gifted designer and skilled project manager, Laura brings to her work a strong commitment to the principles of sustainability and the cultural, functional, and aesthetic interface of human activity and natural systems. 92101 EDUCATION Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1986 Colorado State University College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, 1983 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Society of Landscape Architects The Cultural Landscape Foundation Board ACE Mentor Program Board Lamda Alpha International PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, 2011 Wallace Roberts & Todd, Inc., San Diego 1991-2011, Principal Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects, 1988-1991 Coe Lee Robinson Roesch, New York, NY 1987 SWA Group, Laguna Beach, CA 1986 Sasaki Associates, Watertown, MA 1985-1986 Dames & Moore/Wirth Associates, Denver, CO 1984 State of Colorado, Energy Impact Assist. Office, Denver, CO 1983 TEACHING NewSchool of Architecture - Studio 1995 NewSchool of Architecture and Design - Studio 2012 LICENSED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CA #3514 (1990) CO #117 (2008) LA #08-596 (2008) NV #845 (2011) TX #2650 (2010) WY #LA-0110C (2008) UT #7810752-5301 (2010) HONORS & AWARDS 2007 American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego, Honor Award, Design, Caltrans Headquarters 2004 ASLA Landscape Architecture Firm Award WRT 2003 California Preservation Foundation, Outstanding Achievement, Sikes Adobe Farmhouse & Landscape Structures Report 2002 American Society of Landscape Architects, National Honor Award for Design, South Beach 2001 American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego, President s Award - East Mesa Precise Plan; 1993 American Planning Association, San Diego Chapter, Merit Award - East Mesa Precise Plan; 1983 Certificate of Honor, ASLA
92101 REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS EDUCATION / CAMPUS Completed with WRT Aesthetic Guidelines, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA Campus Master Plan, and Campus Landscape Plan, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Cannon & College High School, Carlsbad, CA City College Business and Humanities Quad, San Diego Community College District, San Diego, CA Miramar Graduate Student Housing, University of California National Renewable Energy Laboratory Master Plan, Golden Colorado Pacific Ridge School, Carlsbad, CA Palomar College High Tech Laboratory, San Marcos, CA Pima Community College, East Campus Master Plan, Tucson AZ Rio Hondo College Landscape Master Plan, Whittier, CA San Diego State Foundation Core Sub Area Urban Design Plan, College Area Urban Design Master Plan, San Diego State University, Colorado State University, Foothills Campus Master Plan, Fort Collins, CO Colorado Christian University Master Plan, Jefferson County, CO Conrad Prebys Music Center, University of California, San Diego Depotech Research Facility, Eleanor Roosevelt College, University of California, San Diego High Tech High University Park, Chula Vista, and San Marcos CA Marine Sciences Research, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Mater Dei High School, Chula Vista, CA San Diego City Schools, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, NIST- Marine Ecosystem Sensing, Observation and Modeling Laboratory (MESOM), University of California Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Pawka Green, Vaughn Hall, Director s house, University of California Scripps Research Institute, One Cray Court, Biotech Facility, The Burnham Institute Research Facility La Jolla, CA Torrey Pines Village, East & West, University of California University Arroyo Restoration/Flood Control Plan, University of California, Riverside, CA University Center / Sixth College Neighborhoods Planning Study, University of California Matthews Quad, University of California San Diego University Center - Gilman Parking Structure, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, Bannister House Patient/ Family Housing, University of California San Diego, CA University House Cultural Landscape Management Plan and Landscape Rehabilitation, University of California, San Diego
Campus Aesthetic Guidelines Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 92101 As principal with WRT Ms. Burnett prepared the Aesthetic Guidelines to establish design standards for the development of the Main, South and Foothills Campuses. The Aesthetic Guidelines Program is meant to implement the recommendations of the campus master plan by: Planning diagrams for the Foothills Campus, left, and Main Campus Establishing the framework to incrementally build new facilities. Reinforcing the patterns of campus open spaces, edges and features. Setting criteria for building composition and materials. The palette of materials expresses the unique aspects of each campus within an overall concept. Developing a consistent palette of site furnishings, including signage, paving, lighting, and furniture (benches, trash, etc.). Site specific design studies were conducted to address functional issues and enhance the character of the campuses.
Campus Planning & Design University of California 92101 The University Center Study guides the development of 82 acres at the core of the UCSD Campus. It defines development sites for 26 new academic, residential and administration buildings in a framework of inviting open spaces and functional circulation routes. A new light rail transit corridor and multi-modal station is sited within a centrally located remnant canyon providing new development opportunities for buildings and a campus amphitheater. Design guidelines set forth standards to achieve the desired density and create distinct identities for the two neighborhoods. Ten implementation phases are established. Laura Burnett, as a senior landscape architect with WRT, lead the team of economists, traffic, and parking engineers and worked closely with the University. The Study achieved the unanimous support from the numerous campus planning and design committees that were actively engaged throughout the planning process. Subsequent site design projects by Burnett following the master plan Matthews Quad is central to the character of the UCSD campus and extends the uses programed for the Student Activities Services Facility Conrad Prebys Music Center with LMN Architects
Campus Master Plan University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK 92101 Site specific schematic plans were prepared to illustrate development with the design principles, standards and guidelines. As the senior landscape architect, Laura Burnett, with Wallace Roberts & Todd prepared the Campus Landscape Plan following its completion of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Master Plan. The plan addresses boreal forest, native grasslands, wetlands habitat, a range of permafrost conditions, and sites culturally significant to the First Nations and history of the University. The landscape framework is based upon design principles established with the master planning subcommittee. Ms. Burnett worked closely with the University s forestry and agricultural research faculty, the Georgeson Botanical Garden, and the campus maintenance staff to prepare the detailed plant materials design standards and guidelines. The plan also advanced the University s implementation strategies including funding and phasing for landscape improvements. Sketches were useful in testing and developing concepts for student gathering areas throughout the campus. The central open space of the West Ridge, resulting from the Ms. Burnett s planning and design, relocated parking for multiple uses through the year.
FIRM INTRODUCTION A fundamental curiosity and enthusiasm toward understanding natural systems and cultural patterns drives our firm to create a rich, diverse set of works addressing the challenges to our land and water resources. provides landscape architecture, planning & design for public parks, natural open space systems, civic plazas, educational campuses, cultural landscape rehabilitation, and community stewardship. The firm is built on the 25 year professional career of Laura Burnett FASLA LEED AP. Our expertise is public open spaces places where people live, learn, work and recreate. The assignments range from large scale planning to specific site design. All are driven by public budgets and committee decision making. Ms. Burnett s leadership elevates both process and results to translate the sites values into distinctive landscape form. 92101 SELECTED PROJECTS PARKS & OPEN SPACE Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook California State Parks Culver City, CA City Park Vision Plan & City Park Big Lake New Orleans, LA East Mesa of Balboa Park Precise Plan Eastshore State Park General Plan and EIR San Francisco, CA Escondido Master Plan for Parks, Trails, and Open Space, Escondido, CA Downtown Open Space Implementation Plan, Joshua Tree National Park Twenty-Nine Palms, CA South Beach & Palisades Park Santa Monica, CA Quail Botanical Gardens Master Plan Encinitas, CA Torrey Pines City Park General Development Plan CIVIC & CULTURAL Caltrans District 11 Headquarters Sikes Adobe Cultural Landscape Rehabilitation Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant CITY & REGIONAL PLANNING Bay to Bay Link Feasibility Study El Parque New Community Santiago, Chile Santa Ana River Parkway Feasibility and Planning Study Orange County Parks, CA Santa Clara River Valley Enhancement and Management Plan Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, CA EDUCATION Colorado State University, Aesthetic Guidelines and Foothills Campus Master Plan, Fort Collins, CO Los Alamos Research Park Master Plan Los Alamos, NM Pima Community College East Campus Master Plan Update Tucson, AZ San Diego City College Business & Humanities Landscape Thurgood Marshall Elementary School Oxnard, CA University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus Master Plan Fairbanks, AK University of California: Multiple Planning & Design Assignments La Jolla (UCSD), Santa Barbara (UCSB), & Riverside (UCR), CA