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Katherine Melcher

Faculty 510B Caldwell Hall University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 (706) 542-2885 (office) (706) 542-4485 (fax) kmelcher@uga.edu

Education
  • Master of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University, 2001
  • Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, Vassar College, 1995
Areas of Interest
Community-based design, vernacular and cultural landscapes, social factors in design, public place and neighborhood design
Courses
  • LAND 2210 Design Communication I
  • LAND 3330 Landscape Engineering Processes and Materials
Projects
  • East Bay Greenway Concept Plan, Oakland, CA
  • Urban Promise Academy and Garfield Elementary Schoolyard Plans, Oakland, CA
  • Eco-Center Landscape, Heron's Head Park, San Francisco, CA
  • Moo Ban Nua Play Area, Ranong Province, Thailand
  • Various parks, streetscapes, neighborhood plans, and public place designs in California
  • McIntyre, L. (2008, January). Equal Opportunity Design. Landscape Architecture, 52-59.
Honors and Awards
  • APA California Northern Section, Focused Issue Planning Award for the East Bay Greenway Concept Plan, 2009
  • Urban Promise Academy Hero Award (awarded to Urban Ecology for the Urban Promise Academy Schoolyard Design process), 2007
  • Certificate of Honor, ASLA Louisiana Chapter, 2001
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2001
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1995
Professional Affiliation
  • Registered Landscape Architect, State of California
  • Vice President, Community Built Association
  • Association for Community Design
Selected Publications
  • Melcher, Katherine (2009) "East Bay Greenway" in Activist Architecture: A Field Guide to Community-Based Practice, Craig Wilkins, ed. Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press.
  • Melcher, Katherine (2009) "Moo Ban Nua Play Area" in 1000x Landscape Architecture. 1012.
  • Melcher, Katherine. (2007, June) Healing through Play. Landscape Architecture. 40-53.
  • Melcher, Katherine. (2007, May/June) Healing Community through Play. Designer/builder , 8-13.
  • Melcher, Katherine. (2003, August) Field of Vision. Landscape Architecture, 68-75, 100-103.
  • Melcher, Katherine. (2003, April) Back in Shape. Landscape Architecture, 90-97, 119-121.
  • Melcher, Katherine. (2001, November) Preserving our Changing Memories. Landscape Architecture, 134-136.
  • Melcher, Katherine. (2001) Preserving our Changing Memories: the Oklahoma City Memorial. Critique of Built Works of Landscape Architecture, Vol. 5.