Helen Kongsgaard

Helen Kongsgaard's research situates landscape architecture within the emergent field of urban adaptation, examining the relevance of design to urbanism as cities respond to environmental and societal change. She is assistant professor in landscape architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and leads a collaborative design practice focused on the reclamation, adaptation and conservation of urban landscapes. She earned her MLA at Harvard University, where her research was supported by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for Geographic Analysis and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Education

• Master of Landscape Architecture Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Companies

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Urban Design University of California, Los Angeles (2020)
• AUD Advanced Studio - Climate Pilots! (Winter 2020) University of California, Los Angeles (2020 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Rhode Island School of Design (2018 — 2019)
• Design Critic Rhode Island School of Design (2017 — 2018)
• Research Associate, Office for Urbanization Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2015 — 2016)
• Research and Teaching Assistant Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2013 — 2015)
• Design Team SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC (2011 — 2012)
• Research Assistant SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC (2010 — 2011)