Resume

Patricia Bijvoet Landscape Architect MLA

Education

Master of Agricultural Science, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, July 1988; Major: Garden and Landscape Architecture, Minor: Spatial Planning, Applied Communication Science.
Undergraduate degree, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, September 1985; Landscape Architecture

Professional Experience

Chief Designer, Department of Urban Planning and Sustainability (former Department of Physical Planning), Amsterdam, Jan 1, 2015 – Aug1, 2015

Chief Designer, Department of Physical Planning, Amsterdam, Mar 1, 2005 – July 31, 2015

Chief Designer in Training, Department of Physical Planning, Amsterdam, Mar 1, 2003 – Jun 30, 2005

Senior Urban designer, Department of Physical Planning, Amsterdam, May 1, 1998 – Feb 28, 2003

Urban Designer, Department of Physical Planning, Amsterdam, Sept 1, 1995 – April 30, 1998

Urban Designer, de Hoog ׀ ontwerp + onderzoek (design +research), Amsterdam 1994 – 1995

Landscape Designer, TOPOS, Berlin 1992 – 1993

Urban Designer, Zandvoort – planning & advise, Berlin 1992 – 1993

Urban Designer, Buro Wissing urban design and physical planning BV Barendrecht, 1991 – 1992

Freelance Landscape Architect, clients included: Maastricht Municipality, West 8, VillaNova, Kuiper Compagnons, Rotterdam 1989 – 1991

Recent Activities, 2014-2017

Research on development in Greater Los Angeles, focus on drought, history, transportation, housing
AIA|LA & DPC Professional Volunteer Program
Jury member at USC Masters Landscape Architecture program
Volunteer for several Culver City and Los Angeles projects: member of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee for the City of Culver City, member of sub-commission Afforable Housing Culver City, LADOT Pedestrian and Bicycle count, Culver City Homeless count, Election campaign Meghan Sahli-Wells Culver City

Selection Projects Department of Physical Planning (dRO), Amsterdam

Team Waterfront, 2011- 2015

Project team member: developing astrategic plan with environmental, infrastructural and planning conditions to transform an industrial area into a mixed-use urban area, Transformation Strategy Harbor City
Project leader: urban plan for a new island, Centrumeiland, with a residential housing program.
Project leader: preparation of vacant-lot development for self build houses and of empty real estate; Situation-design new swimming pool in urban park
Project team member sustainable design: rainproof and flood-proof design Northern waterfront; Development toolkit CO2-neutral urban design;
Research leader: mind mapping the Amsterdam Housing Market in relation to urban politics; city logistics and urban delivery related to expected growth of Amsterdam;

Team IJburg, Zeeburgereiland, 2008 – 2011

Project leader: urban plan for Middeneiland, for 6,500 houses, from landform to the housing and amenity program and transportation.

Team Structure, City, Region, detachment at city district Slotervaart, 2007 – 2008

Project leader: urban renewal projects in Overtoomse Veld, local Municipality Amsterdam
Project team member: Masterplan Almere Pampus, design and calculating process for a new housing area in the city of Almere

Team Economy and economic development zones, 2001 – 2007

Project team member: preparing General Plan for Amsterdam Opting for Urbanity 2001-2002
Project leader: urban development Science Park Amsterdam 1999-2006
Team member: Restructuring older economic development zones
Research leader: studies on intensifying urban space

Selection Projects former employers/clients

At de Hoog ׀ ontwerp + onderzoek

Historical and morphological atlas Zaanstad and Leidsche Rijn
Regional structure plan for the island of Walcheren, Strategy of the two networks
Urban plan Almelo-Nijrees, 800 houses

At Wissing

Masterplan housing area Dierdonk, Helmond

As Freelance Landscape architect in Berlin

Development Potsdamer Platz, at TOPOS, Urban Planning, Urban Research, Landscape Architecture
Acquisition and urban design Berlin and Brandenburg, Zandvoort, planning & advice.

As Freelance Landscape architect in the Netherlands

Landscape plan harbor area, Antwerpen, for West 8
Development perspective Maasdal between Maastricht and Luik, for the City of Maastricht
Landscape design border project, for the City of Maastricht
Urbanization study in-between two cities, for VillaNova
Structural vision for the city of Dordrecht, for Kuiper Compagnons

Selection additional projects 1989 – 2014

Presentation Architecture Biennale Belgrade (BINA), Serbia, 2014
Symposium, Swiss planning instruments and Dutch planning instruments compared, Zürich, 2014
Guest teacher at the Amsterdam Academy for Architecture, design workshops, between 2006 – 2012
Unsolicited architecture Beirut, international workshop on rebuilding a war zone area, Lebanon, organized by Volume, Magazine for Architecture and Design, 2007
First price in Eo Wijers regional design competition Maas/Rijn European Region (Tower of Babel) 1989
Exhibition Delta Expo, Delta Works after the 1953 flood, 1989
Oeverture project, interdisciplinary design on river banks of the Rhine (collaboration Wageningen University – Architecture Academy, Arnhem – Art Academy, Arnhem) 1988
Several national and international design seminars.

Computer and Language skills

Microsoft, Adobe, GIS: active
Micro-station and CADD: basic level
Native speaker: Dutch
Full professional proficiency: English, German
Basic knowledge: French

Skills and competences

Interdisciplinary team player: inspired collaborations with professionals from different fields. I am often praised for my ability to energize team processes;
Analytical and Strategic focus: I am able to analytically unravel complex questions and figure out dynamic or strategic solutions;
I switch easily between scales and combine design of public space with urban design and urban planning on a higher scale level;

Courses and Training

Triumph of the City, Towards a Strong Public Sector Intensive 12 days course for experienced urban professionals. Comparison of six cities and six strategies on different themes (economics, immigration, culture, housing, sustainability, safety), PBLQ (Dutch Institute for Public Administration), 2013-2014
Estimate costs and revenues on Land Development, in-house 2 day workshop, OGA (Land and Development, City of Amsterdam), 2011
Master class Science-Region Maastricht, Liège, Aachen, three- weeks on location on regional urban planning, 2005 – 2006
Several courses on presentation, personal development, inter-vision techniques and coaching (1995-2014).

Profesional Affiliations

Member of American Planning Association, APA ID 336510, www.planning.org
Registered as Landscape Architect at Architects Registration Bureau http://www.architectenregister.nl/en/home
Member of Netherlands Association for Garden- and Landscape Architecture (NVTL) and of International Federation of Landscape Architects IFLA http://www.nvtl.nl/en/

Last employer

City of Amsterdam

The department of Urban Planning and Sustainability

P.O. Box 2758

1000 CT Amsterdam

The Netherlands

http://www.amsterdam.nl/gemeente/organisatie/ruimte-economie/ruimte-duurzaamheid/ruimte-duurzaamheid/making-amsterdam/

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