Faculty

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Jennifer Birkeland

Associate Professor

Phone: 212-650-5937

Email: jbirkeland@ccny.cuny.edu

Office: 3M24A

https://www.op-al.com/

Educational Credentials :

  • Master's of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2011
  • Bachelor's of Science in Landscape Architecture, Cal Polytechnic University Pomona, 2006

Teaching Experience :

  • Associate Professor with Tenure, Cornell University, 2025
  • Assistant Professor, Cornell University, 2018-2025
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Practitioner in Residence, The Pennsylvania State University, 2016-2018

Professional Experience :

  • Founding Partner, Landscape Architect, op-AL, 2013- Present
  • Project Manager, WEST 8, 2014-2016
  • Senior Landscape Designer, OLIN, 2011-2014
  • Landscape Designer, Ken Smith Landscape Architect, 2007-2009

Licenses/Registration :

  • Registered Landscape Architect, NY

Selected Publications and Recent Research :

  • “Welcome to the Landscape Heartbreak Club.” Landscape Architecture Magazine, Aug. 2024, pp. 106-115.
  • “The Next Urban H2Order / Fuel Cell Futurism.” Journal of Architectural Education, no. 74:1, 2020, pp. 83-91, https://doi.org/10.1080/10464883.2020.1693830.
  • “Cornell Tech Campus, Phase 1 Methods.” Landscape Performance Series, Landscape Architecture Foundation, 2021, https://www.landscapeperformance.org/case-study-briefs/cornell-tech-campus.
  • “Expanding the Virtual Classroom.” Landscape Research Record, vol. 10, 2021, https://thecela.org/wp-content/uploads/LRR-10-FINAL-12-16-21-TRO-D8.pdf.

Professional Memberships :

  • FAAR
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