Kathy Poole, Principal
POOLE DESIGN, Landscape Architecture • Urban Design • Ecological Infrastructure
CLARB Certified. Registered Landscape Architect, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia (temporary/full pending).
Fellow, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia

1033 Hazel Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902-4904
tel. 434.971.9821
email: kpoole@kathypoole

V I T A • K A T H Y P O O L E

E d u c a t i o n
Master of Landscape Architecture with distinction. Harvard University. 1990.
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, cum laude. Clemson University. 1985.
Studies in Piano Performance. University of Maryland. 1980-81.

Professional Honors
Pinnacle Award, Constructed Landscape: Downtown Center, Bristol, Tennessee, 2001.
Project winner, Wet Lands: Civic Stormwater Design, Carr's Hill, University of Virginia,
published in Designed Landscape Forum, 2000.
“ Making Water Visible,” Feature of work in Landscape Architecture Magazine, April 1999.
Design Proposal “Wet Lands: Civic Stormwater + Contingent Spaces, Carr's Hill University of
Virginia,” chosen for nationwide traveling exhibition and publication in Eco-Revelatory Design:
Nature Constructed / Nature Revealed, Special Issue 1998, Landscape Journal.
Honor Award, Columbus Common, a civic landscape and park, Texas Chapter of ASLA, 1991.

A c a d e m i c H o n o r s
Best Academic Map Collection Award, Avenza MapPublisher, 2002.
Sinclair Kennedy Traveling Fellowship, Harvard University, 1990-91.
Charles Eliot Award to an outstanding graduating landscape architecture student, Harvard
University, 1990.
Penny White Grant Award, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 1989 and 1990.

Fellowships and Grants (selected)
University of Virginia, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, 1999-2001.
Ralph Hudson Environmental Fellowship, Landscape Architecture Foundation, 1999.
W. Alton Jones Foundation, 1998.
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, 1996.
University of Virginia, Teaching and Technology Initiative Fellowship, 1997-98.
University of Virginia, Teaching Fellows Program, 1998-99.Professional Credentials
Registered Landscape Architect in Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia (pending).
Certified Record Holder, Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB).
Fellow, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia.

Invited Speaking (selected)

Professional Societies
New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects 2002.
American Society of Civil Engineers 1997.
Society for Ecological Restoration 1996.

Municipalities, Foundations, and Conferences
Mayor’s Institute on City Design: South, Charlotte 2004.
South Carolina Mayor’s Institute, Charleston 2003.
Mayor’s Institute on City Design: South, Charlotte 2002.
Keynote Speaker and Conference Facilitator, Green Summit, Kingsport, Tennessee 2001.
Mid-Atlantic Governors’ Conference on Greenways, Blueways, and Green Infrastructure,
Washington, DC 2001.
Infrastructure As Landscape Conference, Melbourne, Australia 2001.
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas 1999.
Landscape Urbanism Conference, Graham Foundation, Chicago 1997.
Sustainable Design Conference, Maryland 1997.

Universities
University of Illinois 2004; Virginia Polytechnical Institute 2003; University of Minnesota 2002; University of Texas, Austin 2001; University of Colorado 2001; California Polytechnical University, Pomona 2001; Cornell University 2000; Harvard University, February 2000 + March 2000; Rutgers University 1999 + 2002; University of Kentucky 1997 + 2000; University of Pennsylvania 1995.

Published Articles (selected)
Book Chapter. “Building Ecological Understandings In Studio: A Repertoire for a Well-Crafted Learning Experience,” Kathy Poole, primary author, with Susan Galatowitsch, Robert Grese, Douglas Johnston, J. Timothy Keller, Lee R. Skabelund, Carl Steinitz, Joan Woodward, David Richey. A chapter in Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning, Edited by Kristina Hill and Bart Johnson, 2002.
“ Evolutionary Infrastructure : Urban Landscapes' Potential Roles + Expressions,” Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Los Angeles, 11-15 March 2000.
“ Civic Hydrology: Water as Civic Infrastructure in Bellevue, Washington,” Arcade, A Journal for Architecture and Design in the Northwest, Fall 2000, vol. 19-1.
Critic at Large: “Civic Hydrology: Defining Public Ground in Frederick, Maryland,” Landscape Architecture Magazine, June 1999.
“ Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: Review of Two Publications and Critical Review of Memorial,” Land Forum 1999, inaugural issue 01.
“ Wet Lands: Civic Stormwater + Contingent Spaces, Carr's Hill University of Virginia,” Design Proposal, Eco-Revelatory Design: Nature Constructed / Nature Revealed, Special Issue 1998, Landscape Journal. Accepted for publication March 1997.
" Civitas Oecologie: Civic Infrastructure in the Ecological City," Harvard Architecture Review 1998. Accepted for publication January 1995.
" The Aesthetics of Infrastructure: An Ecological Stormwater Design for the University of Virginia," (with Prof. Shaw Yu, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Virginia), Aesthetics in the Constructed Environment: Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Water Resources Planning and Management Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers 1997.
" Civic Ecology: Infrastructure in the Dynamic City," Critical Urbanism, Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Northeast Regional Conference 1995, November 1995.

Publications In Press
Book Chapter. “Watershed Management as Urban Design: The Civic Hydrology of Bellevue, Washington.” The chapter is an outgrowth of Water Sensitive Ecological Design and Planning,” Harvard University, 26-28 February 2001. Due 2004.
Book Chapters. “Potentials for Landscapes as Infrastructure, Part I: Six and a Half Degree of Infrastructure” and “Potentials for Landscapes as Infrastructure, Part II: Evolving Civic Infrastructure” in Landscape As Infrastructure, KERB, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia. Due late 2004.

Professional Experience
POOLE DESIGN, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Ecological Infrastructure, Charlottesville, VA. 1995-present. Planning studies ranging from $3000 to $40,000. Constructed private and public projects ranging from $25,000 to $3,800,000+.

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Virginia, 1994-2000.
Responsibilities: Applied Ecology, Civic Hydrology Seminar, Design Studios.

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon, 1993-94.
Responsibilities: Design Studios, Landscape Representation, Ecological Design Seminar.

SWA Group, Inc. Landscape Architecture. Houston, 1992-93.
Responsibilities: Design, development, and construction drawings for various types of open spaces (parks, plazas, greenways, detention parks); Project management and construction supervision. Private and public projects ranging from $15,000 plans to $300,000 constructed landscapes.

Office of James Burnett, Landscape Architect. Houston, 1991-92.
Responsibilities: Design, development, and construction drawings for gardens; Master planning of
hospital complexes. Private projects ranging from $15,000 gardens to $300,000 corporate landscapes.

Morgan Wheelock, Inc., Boston, 1990.
Responsibilities: Design development of estate paving designs, pool and gardens, planting design; county club tennis facilities and garden; design development of corporate landscape. Private and public gardens ranging from $70,000 to $500,000.

Duany/Plater-Zyberk Associates. Town Plan, "Kentlands". Gaithersburg, Virginia.1988.
Charrette Participant. Responsibilities: Development of central landscapes with team members.

Aga Khan Unit For Housing, Harvard University, 1988-89.
Responsibilities: Illustrator and secondary author, "Low Maintenance Landscapes for the Middle East."

Derek Lovejoy and Associates, London, England, 1987.
Responsibilities: Preparation of Public Enquiry Documents for various projects.

Odell Associates, Architecture, Planning, Landscape Architecture, Engineering. Charlotte, NC
1985-87.
Responsibilities: Design, development, and construction drawings of office parks, hospital complexes, industrial parks, single-family developments. Project management. Private projects from $7,500 plans to $600,000 constructed landscapes.

Public Exhibitions
The Life of Water. Cornell University, University of California, Pomona, University of Colorado,
Denver, University of Texas, Austin, Ball State University, Rutgers University, University of
Virginia, 1999-present. Accomplished through three grants of $5000, $2400, and $3000.

Hot Springs: Potentials for the Next Millennium. Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. Design proposal
for Hot Springs National Park and its surrounding community. Collaboration with Ted Jones, 1999.
Accomplished for approximately $2000 of private funds.

Eco-Revelatory Design: Nature Constructed/Nature Revealed. One of twelve artists’ submissions selected
for traveling exhibition, including the Chicago Botanic Museum, Boston Architectural Center, and
National Building Museum in Washington, D. C., 1998-2000. Accomplished through a $3000 grant.

Evolutionary Infrastructure: Boston’s Back Bay Fens, Model of Cultural and Ecological Dynamics. A web-
based exhibition and database @ www.iath.virginia.edu/backbay. Accomplished with a teaching
leave grant and two grants of $15,000 of support.