Landscape Architect · Portfolio 2026

Shape the living ground.

I design landscapes as connected systems of ecology, movement, memory and everyday delight.

01 / GROUNDED PRACTICE

Designing with what is already there.

Landscape is not the space between buildings. It is the living framework that gives every place its rhythm and resilience.

48sites shaped
12years of practice
31native species
9cities explored
02 / SELECTED LANDSCAPES

Three places, three climates.

CIVIC PARK · 2026

Canopy Commons

A former hardscape plaza reimagined as a shaded civic grove, with porous paths, rain gardens and a flexible event clearing.

HOSPITALITY · 2025

Terrace of Quiet

Warm mineral paving, fragrant planting and slow water create a sequence from arrival to retreat.

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION · 2024

Bluebank Loop

A flood-edge walking landscape restoring riparian habitat while giving the community a resilient promenade.

03 / STUDIO METHOD

Read. Draw. Test. Grow.

01 / READ

Listen to site

Soil, water, shade, edges and movement.

02 / FRAME

Build the system

Connect ecology with human experience.

03 / TEST

Prototype atmosphere

Study materials and seasonal change.

04 / GROW

Design for time

Detail for roots, shade and evolving use.

04 / START A CONVERSATION

Let's make room for something living.

Available for landscape architecture, public realm and site-led collaborations.

✉ elena@example.com ◈ Portland, OR