DLANDstudio is an interdisciplinary design firm founded
in 2005 by Susannah C. Drake, FASLA, FAIA. The firm, born from her vision of making cities more ecologically productive, develops methods to layer environmental, engineering, and political structures to make real change in the built environment.
Located in Brooklyn, New York, DLANDstudio’s unique design practice redefines the role of public space to incorporate infrastructural systems, restore native ecologies, and mitigate climate change. Our innovative and socially-accountable process is combined with our skills in creating beautiful and enduring landscapes, parks, and cultural destinations. Our designs for QueensWay, Gowanus Canal Sponge Park™, and Argenta Plaza, strategically reexamine urban connections, provide community destinations, and use innovative design to bring legibility to sustainable ecological practices.
Additional projects include the Public Media Commons in St. Louis, BQGreen, and “A New Urban Ground,” a collaboration with ARO Architects in MoMA’s 2010 “Rising Currents: Projects of New York’s Waterfront” exhibition which set a design precedent in urban waterfront resiliency.
The firm has won numerous awards and competitions and our work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Located in Brooklyn, New York, DLANDstudio’s unique design practice redefines the role of public space to incorporate infrastructural systems, restore native ecologies, and mitigate climate change. Our innovative and socially-accountable process is combined with our skills in creating beautiful and enduring landscapes, parks, and cultural destinations. Our designs for QueensWay, Gowanus Canal Sponge Park™, and Argenta Plaza, strategically reexamine urban connections, provide community destinations, and use innovative design to bring legibility to sustainable ecological practices.
Additional projects include the Public Media Commons in St. Louis, BQGreen, and “A New Urban Ground,” a collaboration with ARO Architects in MoMA’s 2010 “Rising Currents: Projects of New York’s Waterfront” exhibition which set a design precedent in urban waterfront resiliency.
The firm has won numerous awards and competitions and our work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
The team
Susannah C. Drake, FASLA, FAIA
Founding Principal
As one of very few designers of her generation with professional design qualifications in Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Susannah paved the way for more synthetic thinking about urban ecological infrastructure.
She is the recipient of grants from the Graham Foundation, the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, the James Marston Fitch Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Center for Architecture for research on campus landscapes and large scale urban infrastructure projects.
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MOOSE
Former OFFICE DOG (RIP)
Moose brings a unique perspective to the DLANDstudio team. Equally skilled at rodent control, security, and lap warming, Moose is in charge of overall firm well-being. With almost a decade of experience at the firm, Moose supports the design team with great sensitivity and aplomb.
Height: 7 3/4 inches
Length: 18 inches
Weight: 14 pounds
Clearance: 3 3/4 inches
Vertical leap: 18 inches
40 yard dash: 6.2 seconds
Alumni
Sandra Chuck, Principal
Krista Bentson, Associate
Joshua Price, Associate
Erin Wythoff, LA, PE
Julia Chmaj, COO
Yong Kim, Associate
Halina Steiner, Design Director
Rebecca Hill, Associate
Anne Clark Baker, Designer
Johanna Balhaus, Designer
Lauren Barry, Designer
Jesse Catalano, Designer
Chris Davies, Designer
Alexia Friend, Designer
Karyssa Halstead, Designer
Mary Hohlt, Designer
Charles Huang, RA, Designer
Nick Jabs, Designer
Forbes Lipschitz, Designer
Ailyn Mendoza, Designer
Claire Napawan, Designer
Lindsey Nelson, Designer
Lesley Perez, Designer
Rachel Pires, Designer
Susan Quilligan, Designer
Brett Seamans, Designer
Leah Solk, Designer
Parker Sutton, Designer
Rachel Whiteside, Designer
James Willeford, Designer
Evalynn Rosado, Director of Business Development + Operations
Haley Johnston, Director of Business Development + Operations
Christine Raftery, Office Manager
Carissa Azar, Office Manager
Nancy Carey, Office Manager
Meggy Hudson Black, Intern
Nina Chase, Intern
Julie Gawendo, Intern
Kate Healy, Intern
Aimee Hultquist, Intern
Chanwoo Kim, Intern