Maria Calderon is a landscape architect based in Houston, Texas. She has over 10 years of experience in landscape design and construction documentation. Her selected works include residential landscapes for single-family homes and multi-family developments, as well as public parks featuring wetlands, trees, and neighborhood recreation areas. Calderon's career has involved projects in Guatemala, Mexico, Australia, and the United States. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University.
As you meander through this portfolio, you will notice that
I have worked in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Fine Arts. And that I am currently studying for a Masters in Landscape Architecture degree at Texas A&M University. That my undergraduate degrees in Architecture and past work experience have given me a strong interdisciplinary foundation. However, above all what I hope you would take away is that I am an artist at heart. I am an ardent admirer of nature and a firm believer in “design process.”
At its core my work explores the inherent harmony between human spaces and natural environs, and how they can be an extension of each other. My craft is shaped by influences from nature herself, famous and not-so-famous art and design, extant public spaces both in the East and the West, environmental science, and health systems. And my goal is pretty simple, (or is it?): Let’s make the world a better and brighter place to live in!
As you meander through this portfolio, you will notice that
I have worked in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Fine Arts. And that I am currently studying for a Masters in Landscape Architecture degree at Texas A&M University. That my undergraduate degrees in Architecture and past work experience have given me a strong interdisciplinary foundation. However, above all what I hope you would take away is that I am an artist at heart. I am an ardent admirer of nature and a firm believer in “design process.”
At its core my work explores the inherent harmony between human spaces and natural environs, and how they can be an extension of each other. My craft is shaped by influences from nature herself, famous and not-so-famous art and design, extant public spaces both in the East and the West, environmental science, and health systems. And my goal is pretty simple, (or is it?): Let’s make the world a better and brighter place to live in!
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I MARIA CALDERON imariacalderon@gmail.com
Landscape Architect 7510 Brompton Road, HoustonTX 77025
(832) 722-8803
EDUCATION 2010 - Cornell University Landscape Architecture B.S. Magna Cum Laude
2008 - Summer abroad studies at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
2006 - Exchange student in Germany through American Field Service
Languages - Fluent in Spanish and English, conversational German
Conferences American Society of Landscape Architects 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Vetiver Network (TVNI) - Chile 2010 (speaker), Colombia 2013 (interpreter)
Landscape Architecture Week Conference in Guatemala, 2012 (Organizer)
COMPUTER Adobe Creative Suite,Auto CAD, Sketch-up, CNC Laser cutter
SKILLS Microsoft Office, iWorks, Manifold GIS, WacomTablet, Mac and PC
WORK 2014 to present, Clark Condon Associates - HoustonTX
EXPERIENCE Conceptual Design to Construction Documents
2010 to 2014, LoVerde - Design-Build Landscape Architecture firm - Guatemala City
Design & Construction Documents, Cost Estimating
Project supervisor, Client relations
Design consultant at MundoVerde - Housing Development Company
2012 LBG, Inc. Professional Environmental Engineering Services - Consultant in Mexico for PASA
SupervisedVetiver System Plantation at 3 Landfills for Lecheate treatment
2011Veticon Consulting – Brisbane Australia
Design, propagation, and installation methods ofVetiver grass for slope stabilization
Research on theVetiver System for water pollution control
Testing the resilience of native vs. imported reeds in drying septic sludge
2010 City Architecture, internship – Cleveland, Ohio
Design of Public Space Redevelopent Plan for theTri-C Metro Campus
RESEARCH & 2014 Houston: Rice Design Alliance Agent, Bayou Preservation Association
INVOLVEMENT 2010Thesis: Green Movement Against Green Water (GMAGW)
Published in CornellCommons and Lambert Publishing
2012 Francisco Marroquin University:
Architecture dep’t: Taught introductory courses to Landscape Architecture
Interviewed by New Media for a documentary on GMAGWThesis & research
AWARDS 2011Vetiver System Research Award from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
2011 American Society of Landscape Architects Student Honor Award for Research Paper :
Applications of theVetiver System in the Lake Amatitlan Watershed, Guatemala
2011 Cornell DreerTravel Award– 6 months in Australia researching theVetiver System
2010 Mayors Choice Award for Ink drawing of Downtown Willoughby, Ohio
2010 Cornell University Academic Excelence Award
2010 Student National ASLA Award Merit
2009 Cornell Council for the Arts Grant to fund Aloe [Poly]flection exhibit
REFERENCES
Isabel Ayau lo.verde.sa@gmail.com, PaulTruong p.truong@veticon.com.au,Tim Kenyon timk@lbgsioux.com, PaulVolpe
paul@cityarch.com, Victor Cohen viga@ufm.edu , PeterTrowbridge pjt4@cornell.edu
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