Artemisia Landscape Design

Kristin Faurest



principal designer and consultant, member, American Society of Landscape Architects and American Community Gardening Association Board of Directors


Contact details:

Artemisia Landscape Design
5/a Margit krt.,
Budapest,
Hungary 1024

Telephone: +36 20 958-25-45
email: kristin@artemisiadesign.com



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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Landscape architecture Ph.D, managing design firm and consultancy and teaching in European landscape architecture faculties since 2003. Areas of research and professional interest: social aspects of urban green spaces, methods of public participation, public space design, inclusive design and social justice in spatial planning.

EDUCATION
Project for Public Spaces, New York. Placemaker public space design training, 2008.
Budapest Corvinus University, Faculty of Landscape Architecture. Ph.D, highest honors, 2007.
Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, School of Horticulture, London, 2002.
Central European University, Department of History, M.A., 1997.
University of Louisville, B.A., art history/literature, high honors, 1990.

UNIVERSITY TEACHING WORK
Budapest Corvinus University, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Department of Garden and Open Space Design. Visiting lecturer. Designed elective course focusing on social justice, participatory design, inclusive design, therapeutic landscapes, greenways and public space design. Plan, organize and lead community design charrettes. 2003-present.

International Master's of Landscape Architecture Program (IMLA), Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Landscape architecture, Freising, Germany, and Nürtingen-Geislingen University, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Visiting lecturer. Lead participatory design modules. Plan and co-direct international design charrettes at various European sites. 2009-present.

Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Faculty of Architecture, Budapest. Community design seminar, 2010.

Central European University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Budapest. Guest lecturer, 2010.

Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Faculty of Horticulture, Brno, Czech Republic. Visiting Mobilitas scholar. 2009.

Budapest Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Community Design Program. Guest lecturer, 2009.

RECENT DESIGNS, COMPETITIONS
Biedermann Palace, Szentegát, Hungary. Preliminary proposal for 19th century palace garden redesign and establishment as demonstration gardens and community space, 2011.
Central European University, Budapest, roof garden, 2011.
GTC Hungary, Budapest Bank Headquarters, landscape design for major new office development, 2010
Demeter family garden, Budapest, residential design for leading architect's home, 2010
TBWA Advertising agency, conceptual gardens, 2007-2011
Budapest District III Medical Clinics, design for healing garden, 2009
American International School of Budapest, educational landscape design concept, 2008
Greater Grace International School, bird habitat garden design and outdoor learning curriculum development, 2007-2008
British International School of Budapest, educational landscape design concept, 2007
City of Budapest Social Services Homeless Shelter, perennial and herb garden, 2007-2008
Margit house courtyard garden and Keleti Károly street courtyard garden, awarded full funding from municipality, Budapest, 2009
Bauhaus villa garden restoration, Budapest, 2007-2011
Modernist residential landscape, Pomáz, Hungary, 2008-2010
Tátra street courtyard garden, Budapest, 2007

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
European Commission, Sustainable Energy Europe campaign website, www.sustenergy.org Content contributor, 2010.

10 Spaces. Book about the history, design and social aspects of public squares of Budapest, published by the City of Budapest, 2010.

Community Greening Review, Cornell University/American Community Gardening Association. Guest editor, 2009.

How to Turn a Place Around. Revisions and case studies for Hungarian-language edition of Project for Public Spaces handbook, Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development, 2008.

Unprotected Heritage - Residential Buildings of the Jewish Quarter. Revisions to English edition. Budapest City Hall, 2008.

"Sustainable Neighborhood Revitalization Through Community Gardens." In: Urban Green Book, published by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and European Commission Urban Green as a Key for Sustainable Cities, 2008


SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
"Towards the Common Good: Social Justice in Landscape Architecture Education." Paper, European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS) annual conference, Sheffield, England, 2011.

"Towards a community-supported green space system for Budapest." Paper, Fabos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Corvinus University, Budapest, 2010.

"Greening the Courtyards of Budapest." Poster presentation, Landscape: Great Idea! conference, University of Natural Resources, Vienna, Austria, 2009.

"The Tavaszmezõ Artists Garden." Paper, Alternative Culture(s) and Urban Space International Conference, Central European University, 2009.

"Palimpsest in Leaves and Stone: Olmsted’s Shawnee Park Garden." Poster presentation, Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation annual conference, Athens, Georgia, 2007.

"Community gardens: A New Kind of School for the Innovative Landscape Architect." Poster presentation, European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS) annual conference, 2002.

SPECIAL RESEARCH AND STUDY PROJECTS
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa. Outreach team member for township school gardens, 2003.
Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, arboretum staff, 2002.
Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy, researcher. Documented lost Olmsted garden, created proposal included in parks master plan, 2000.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROJECTS, CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe. Freelance editor, 2009-present.
Milieu policy consultancy, Brussels. Freelance editor, 2011-present.
Central European University. Sustainable Campus Initiative, 2011.
City of Budapest, Nehru Park/Central European Time project. Led community participation for public-private partnership for $2 million public park renovation to accompany $45 million mixed-use development, 2008-2009.
Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development. Served as design and training consultant for Green Belt community space design project, Budapest. Created training materials and evaluated applications for $500,000 community open space small grants scheme. 2008-present.
Roma Parliament, Budapest. Co-led community design workshops with landscape architecture and architecture students and Gypsy community for adapting historic site into a Roma cultural center, 2009.
Studio Metropolitana Urban Planning and Research Center, Budapest. Consultant and project manager for Common Spaces public square revitalization project, and trainer for Danube Urban Dialogue, 2007-2010.
Green Leaf Program, Clean Air Action Group, Budapest. Designed and consulted for residential blocks, schools and other grant recipients of $800,000 community greening program, 2007-2008.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Landscape Architects, International member, former Residential Landscape Architecture Professional Practice Network chair.
American Community Gardening Association, Board of Directors, 2007-.
U.S. Peace Corps, volunteer, 1993-1995.

Additional samples of work and references available upon request.
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