Vera Westrum

Landscape Architect 

 

LICENSURE                          Landscape Architect, Minnesota # 41760

 

EDUCATION                         University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

                                                            - Master of Landscape Architecture

                                                University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

                                                            - Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with Distinction 1994

                                                University of Minnesota, School of Fine Arts, Duluth      

                                                            -  Bachelor of Fine Arts 1986

                          

PROFESSIONAL                   Present             Sanders Wacker Bergly, Inc.

Landscape Architect - responsibilities include project planning, design development, presentation graphics, construction documents, cost estimates and specification preparation.

                                                2000 – 2004      Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc.

Landscape Architect - Designer and project manager responsible for all aspects of design through construction in multi-disciplinary firm specializing in planning, site design and urban redevelopment through community participation.

 

                                                1999- - 2000      Close Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architect - Responsible for all aspects of design process through a diverse range of projects from residential landscapes to urban design.

 

                                                1998 – 1999      Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc.

Landscape Architect - Assisted in all aspects of design process in planning, landscape architecture and urban design firm specializing in community participation.

                          

                                                1996 – 1998      Coen + Stumpf Associates, Inc.

Assistant project manager and AutoCAD coordinator.  Responsibilities included marketing, proposal and grant writing, design from schematics through construction documents.

 

                                                1994 – 1996      Ellerbe Becket, Inc.,

Assisted on all aspects of planning, design development and construction documentation.

                          

                                                1993 – 1994      Harriet Bart, Sculptor

Studio Assistant - Prototype construction, production of sculpture elements and exhibit installation.

                          

                                                1990 - 1991       Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc.

Landscape Architect, Intern - Drawings and models for architecture and landscape architecture disciplines.

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Project Experience                 Development Projects:  White Eagle Golf Course Community – Hudson, WI; Winkelman Shorewood Estates Development  - Detroit Lakes

 

Parks and Recreation:  Byllesby Park – Goodhue County; Parks Plan – Mahtomedi; Parks Plan – New Scandia

 

                     Bassett Creek Park Extension and Hagemeister Pond Park, Crystal MN

(with Hoisington Koegler Group)  Extensive consensus-building process toward development of two distinct park master plans to enhance the City of Crystal’s system of open space.  Master plans include water quality improvements, a natural areas management plan, maintenance plan, phasing schedule, cost analysis and potential funding sources

 

Keewaydin and Pershing Parks, Minneapolis MN

Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Board

(with Hoisington Koegler Group) Community consensus-building through construction renovation of two neighborhood playgrounds in south Minneapolis.

 

Flood Mitigation Basins, Minneapolis MN - Minneapolis Department of Public Works - (with Hoisington Koegler Group) Landscape plan from schematics to construction documents for new neighborhood open space that serves to mitigate flooding from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed.  Project area is approximately six and one-half acres in size, or about 39 traditional residential city lots.

 

                                               

 

AWARDS                                2002 Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission

                                                Preservation Award for New Construction in a Historic District

                           Main Street S.E. / 6th Avenue S.E. Streetscape with Hoisington Koegler Group, inc.

                        2001 National American Society of Landscape Architects Award

                                    Jackson Meadow, Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota with Coen + Stumpf Associates, Inc.

                        2000 American Institute of Architects Center for Livable Communities

                           National PIA Award, Jackson Meadow with Coen + Stumpf Associates, Inc.

                        1999 American Society of Landscape Architects Award, MN Chapter

                           Jackson Meadow, Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota with Coen + Stumpf Associates, Inc.

                        1999 American Institute of Architects Award, MN Chapter

                           Jackson Meadow with David Salmela and Coen + Stumpf Associates, Inc.

                        1993 American Society of Landscape Architects, MN Chapter

         Sigma Lambda Alpha, ASLA Honor Society

                        1984 University of Minnesota, Duluth

         Alice Tweed Touhy Award, Undergraduate Distinction in Drawing