{"id":48,"date":"2016-12-22T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T17:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2023-07-27T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:54:00","slug":"experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n2013 \u2013 present <strong>Temple University<\/strong>, <em>Tyler School of Art and Architecture, <\/em><em>Department of Architecture &amp; Environmental Design, <\/em>Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture<\/p>\n<p>2007 \u2013 2013\u00a0 <strong>Temple University<\/strong>, <em>The College of Liberal Arts, School of Environmental Design, <\/em><em>Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture,\u00a0<\/em>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>2006 \u2013 2007\u00a0 <strong>Temple University<\/strong>, <em>Ambler College, <\/em><em>Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture,\u00a0<\/em>Senior Lecturer<\/p>\n<p>2006 \u00a0 <strong>Philadelphia University,<\/strong> <em>School of Landscape Architecture,\u00a0<\/em>Adjunct professor, landscape architecture graphics<\/p>\n<p>2006<strong> \u00a0 Arizona State University<\/strong>,<em> College of Design, School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture; <\/em>Tempe, Arizona, Faculty associate instructor, co-taught junior landscape architecture design studio<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n2005-06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Steve Martino &amp; Associates, <\/strong><em>Landscape Architecture\/Urban Design,\u00a0<\/em>Phoenix, Arizona, Project Designer\/Manager<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Martino_New-Century-Garden-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"martino_new-century-garden\" width=\"708\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Martino_New-Century-Garden-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Martino_New-Century-Garden-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Martino_New-Century-Garden-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Martino_New-Century-Garden-624x374.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of my time and effort at Steve Martino &amp; Associates was devoted to the schematic and design development \u00a0construction drawings for the New Century Garden, shown above. Unfortunately, I did not work with Steve long enough to see the residential landscape design constructed.<\/p>\n<p>2003-04\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Geller DeVellis, Inc., <\/strong><em>Landscape Architecture\/Planning\/Civil Engineering,\u00a0<\/em>Boston, Massachusetts,\u00a0Project Landscape Architect<\/p>\n<p><em>Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged\/Rashi School. Brett Douglas, Project Manager.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Site design studies<\/li>\n<li>Inventory &amp; analysis<\/li>\n<li>Rezoning &amp; Lotting plans<\/li>\n<li>Grading studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Boston Convention &amp; Exhibition Center. Jeff Thoma, Project Manager.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Construction administration: site visits and monitoring; AutoCAD drawing revisions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Boston College High School. Bob Corning, Project Manager.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Site design development<\/li>\n<li>Construction drawings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2001-03\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.<\/strong>, <em>Landscape Architecture,\u00a0<\/em>Cambridge, Massachusetts, Staff Designer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-85\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Wellesley-LA-Mag-Award-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"wellesley-la-mag-award\" width=\"645\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Wellesley-LA-Mag-Award-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Wellesley-LA-Mag-Award-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Wellesley-LA-Mag-Award-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/files\/2016\/12\/Wellesley-LA-Mag-Award-624x799.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Wellesley College Alumnae Valley Landscape Renewal. Project Managers: Emily Mueller de Celis and Andrew Gutterman.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schematic Design<\/li>\n<li>Design Development<\/li>\n<li>Construction Drawings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was fortunate to work on a number of projects on the campus of Wellesley College. Most notably, I became heavily involved in the Alumnae Valley Landscape Renewal, wherein I created hand drawings and renderings, models, computer generated renderings, and AutoCAD construction drawings. Unfortunately, I did not remain at MVVA, Inc., long enough to participate in the construction of the project and see it through to completion.<\/p>\n<p><em>Competition Entries<\/em><br \/>\nI was quite involved in the creation of the graphic materials for the following design competition entries for MVVA, Inc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington Monument Grounds<\/li>\n<li>Central Artery (Rose Kennedy Greenway) Wharf District Parks<\/li>\n<li>Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, Massachusetts General Hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n2008-present\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Inactive as of May 2023)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2013 \u2013 present Temple University, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Department of Architecture &amp; Environmental Design, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture 2007 \u2013 2013\u00a0 Temple University, The College of Liberal Arts, School of Environmental Design, Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture,\u00a0Assistant Professor 2006 \u2013 2007\u00a0 Temple University, Ambler College, Department of Landscape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11230,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rkuper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}