Annika McIntosh

Annika McIntosh was chosen as an intern based on her strengths in graphic and computer skills as well as thorough conduction of field work. She also had a strong interest and understanding of environmental issues.

Szu-Yu Huang

Szu-Yu Huang was chosen based on her understanding of issues related to public realm design and strong computer skills. She had previously completed a pedestrian-realm related research project and possessed strong GIS skills required for the City of Seattle-funded project.

Eric Scharnhorst

Eric Scharnhorst is a Master of Landscape Architecture and Certificate of Urban Design candidate. Eric is interested in tuning the leverage points of our built environment, especially the dynamic relationships between people, transportation, local economies, and market-priced car storage. He has a background in petroleum geology and industrial design.

Katherine Wimble

Katherine Wimble is a graduate student of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle. She plans to apply everything she learns from her time with Gehl Architects in 2009 towards completing her master’s thesis on walkability and gender in urban environments in 2010. Ms. Wimble is the recipient of several awards including the Richard Haag Endowed Scholarship in Landscape Architecture. She holds a Post Baccalaureate Graduate Degree in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor’s of Science in Forestry and Wildlife Resources from Virginia Tech.

Neighborhoods for People

While working for at Gehl Architects during Autumn 2009, interns Katherine Wimble and Eric Scharnhorst produced a guidance document for creating people-friendly neighborhoods titled Neighborhoods for People

Jenny Hampton

Jenny is currently a Masters of Landscape Architecture student at the University of Washington where she is interested in how cities operate within the urban landscape.  Her background includes a dual B.A. in Geography and Psychology from DePaul University in Chicago and a M.A. in Geography from Chicago State University where she focused on urban ecology and cultrual geography.  She has also worked as in intern for the City of Seattle Design Commission and as a project manager for a Seattle non-profit focused on sustainability and globabl issues education.  Jenny plans to utilize the skills she gains with her time at Gehl Architects towards completing her masters thesis in 2010.  Evaluation

Mary Fialko

Mary graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati.  Since then, she has worked at MUSHO Architecture and Design in New York City, and Zvi Hecker Architects and Arup GmbH in Berlin.  She is currently a Master of Architecture Candidate at UW, earning the Denice Johnson Hunt Internship and the Faculty Endowed Scholarship.  She is thrilled to partner with Scan Design, Gehl Architects, and the Green Futures Lab for a more sustainable Seattle.

The Green Alley Handbook:   "Activating Alley's for a Lively City"

Alleys possess compelling potential to produce a vibrant secondary public realm that might also help to repair the ecologial performace of our cities. Jenny Hampton and Mary Fialko developed this guidebook to assist and inspire individuals and institutions in their efforts to transform Seattle's alleys for the public realm. 

Simon Kallenbach Rasmussen

Simon graduated with a Bachelor Science in Landscape Architecture from the University of Copenhagen.  He was an intern at the Danish design firm Peter Holst Arkitektur & Landscab in Copenhagen.  He is currently an intern at SvR Design Company in Seattle.  He is very excited to be in Seattle and to be working with SvR.

Samuel Hastrup

Samuel recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Copenhagen.  His studies focused on urban development and design.  He is an avid skateboarder and he sees the city as a playground and a space that the public should be able to use in a greater way than it is possible in many cities today.  He is currently an intern at SvR Design Company in Seattle and is looking forward to working with SvR and exploring the Pacific Northwest

Betsy Jacobson

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Minnesota, Betsy began working at an urban design non-profit in her home town.  She has interned with the City of Seattle, worked with the Green Futures Lab researching form-based code, and currently serves on the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board.  Betsy is thrilled for the opportunity to learn from Copenhagen and explore her new city on bicycle.

Jennifer Richter

Jennifer is pursuing a Master's of Architecture at UW where the meeting point between design and human needs has captured her imagination.  While at UW, Jennifer has worked as a Research Assistant, has been awarded multiple departmental scholarships, and along with two peers, placed first in a USGBC design competition for the urban redevelopment of Roxbury, MA.  She is delighted to return to Copenhagen and to again order a cappuccino in Danish.

Emilie Kjedlsen Kjær

Emilie is studying Landscape Architecture at the University of Copenhagen.  She is an intern at SvR Design Company and is thrilled to be working on a proposal for part of a SvR design project for Bell Street which she hopes to use as a basis for her BA thesis.  She is excited to be in Seattle and to explore the Pacific Northwest.  Follow her experiences on seattlesnapshots

Louise Holst

Louise is studying Landscape Architecture at the University of Copenhagen and is an intern at SvR Design Company.  She is writing her bachelor thesis during her internship and will graduate with her BA this summer.  Besides studies, she works at the Romantic Garden, Public Park attached to the University of Copenhagen which, in her opinion, is one of the most beautiful parks Copenhagen has to offer.  She really enjoys being in Seattle and goes skiing whenever she gets the chance.

To see her portfolio and follow her work at SvR Design Louise Holst