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Landscape Design Competition Teams


The 19 teams that submitted eligible schemes for the OAA Landscape Design Competition are listed here, alphabetically by anonymous “tree” name.


Team Basswood’s Catch/Renew/Release


OAA Architect:
Lisa Rapoport, PLANT Architect Inc. (team lead)

OALA Full Member: Eric Klaver, PLANT Architect Inc.

Civil Engineer:
Chesley Blahut, Aplin Martin Consultants Ltd.

Additional Team Members:
Todd Fell, Dougan & Associates
Heather Schibli, Dougan & Associates
Elvan Eryoner,  A.W. Hooker Quantity Surveyors
Julie Ourceau, PLANT Architect Inc.
Siqi Lyu, PLANT Architect Inc.
Nico van Loggerenberg, PLANT Architect Inc.
Pamela Young, PLANT Architect Inc.

 



Team Birch’s
Reconcilience

 

OALA Full Member: Terence Lee, Senior Associate Landscape Architect, NAK Design Strategies (team lead)

Civil Engineer:
Andrea Dasek, Associate, Project Manager, Counterpoint Engineering Inc.

Additional Team Members:
Robert Ng, Principal Landscape Architect, NAK Design Strategies,
Haniya Abi Khuzam, Landscape Designer/Senior Project Manager, NAK Design Strategies
Carolinh Do, Design Intern, NAK Design Strategies,
Betsy Williamson, Architect, WILLIAMSON WILLIAMSON
Cameron Laidlaw, Senior Passive House Consultant, RDH Building Science Inc.
Scott Cressman, Partner - Estimating, Aldershot Landscape Contractors L.P.

 



Team Black Walnut’s An Organized Wild


OALA Full Member: Jean-Marc Daigle, Senior Landscape Architect, Beacon Environmental Ltd. (team lead)

Civil Engineer: Greg Rapp, Husson Engineering and Management

Additional Team Members:
Todd Smith, OALA
Stephan Crispin, OALA
Jenny Andrews, OALA Associate
Mike Bellingham, OALA Associate
Christie So, OALA Associate

 


 

Team Butternut’s Glass Bird


OAA Architect: Loghman Azar, Principal, LINE Architect Inc. (team lead)

OALA Full Member: Wm Jeffrey Cock, Principal Landscape Architect, MWLA Landscape Architects

Civil Engineer: Heather Simpson, Project Manager Land Development, R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited

Additional Team Members:
Kishika Mittal, LINE Architect Inc.
Jessica Costantin, Principal, Blackwell Structural Engineering
Ernie Groskopfs, Senior Civil Engineer, R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited
Harold Faulkner, Senior Stormwater Engineer, R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited
Jason Connacher, Project Manager, MWLA Landscape Architects
Zoe Scott, Landscape Architectural Designer, MWLA Landscape Architects

 


 

Team Cedar’s Nested Within


OALA Full Member: Bryce Miranda, Partner/Landscape Architect, DIALOG (team lead)

Civil Engineer: Charles Ormsby, Senior Civil Engineer/Associate/Canadian Climate and Sustainability Services Leader, Arup

 


 

Team Cherry’s Tread Lightly


OALA Full Member: Amy Lejcar, Landscape Architect, INTO THE WOODS Landscape Architecture & Arboriculture Ltd. (team lead)

Civil Engineer: Don McBrayne, Water Resources Engineer, Associated Engineering (Ont.) Ltd.

 


 

Team Chestnut’s The Grounding Meadow


OAA Architect: Nima Javidi and Behnaz Assadi, Ja Architecture Studio (team co-leads)

OALA Full Member: Todd Douglas, Janet Rosenberg & Studio

Civil Engineer: Kayam Ramsewak, Director, MTE Consultants

Additional Team Members:
Man Lam Cheng, Assistant Designer, Ja Architecture Studio
Zhiyuan Zhu, Assistant Designer, Ja Architecture Studio

 


 


Team Elm’s 4887 Saplings


OAA Architect: Kevin Weiss, Principal, Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited (team lead)

OALA Full Member: Robert Wright, Robert Wright Landscape Architect

Civil Engineer: David Sharp, Husson Engineering + Management 

Additional Team Members:
Minette Murphy, Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited: Design Team, Model Maker
Andrew Ard, Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited: Design Team, Model Maker
Bennett Weiss: Model Tree Maker 
Michael Pewes, Husson Engineering + Management 
Melony Ward: Copy Editor
Eden Robbins: Photographer

 


 

Team Fir’s Luminous Patchworks


OAA Architect: James Kenneth Brown, Brown & Storey Architects Inc. (team lead)

OALA Full Member: Lisa Mactaggart, Brown & Storey Architects Inc

Civil Engineer: Elia Edwards, Associated Engineering

Additional Team Members:
Kim Storey, Designer
Stephen King, Designer
Samuel Vandersluis, Designer
Jonathan Chung, Designer
Marcel Dion, Lighting Designer
Nicholas Béchard, Coordinator

 


 

Team Hemlock’s The Once and Future Forest


OALA Full Member: Ina Elias, Principal/Owner, Elias+ Inc. (team lead)

Civil Engineer: Patrice Desdunes, Manager, WSP

Additional Team Members: 
Xi Bai, Landscape Architectural Intern - Rendering 
Helen Mills, Historian
Alyssa Mohino-Barrie, Civil Engineer
Heather Schibli, Consultant, Miyawaki Forest

 


 

Team Hickory’s Roost Roost: A Landscape Becoming


OAA Architect/OALA Full Member: Francesco Martire, Principal, Architect/ Landscape Architect, large [medium] design office (team lead)

Civil Engineer: Cristina Iliescu, Project Manager/Senior Civil Engineer, LEA Consulting Ltd.

Additional Team Members: 
Adrian Phiffer, Principal, Office of Adrian Phiffer
Nadia Cannataro, Principal/Interior Designer, large [medium] design office 
Ankita Hazarika, Project Engineer, LEA Consulting Ltd.

 


 

Team Honeylocust’s Laminae


OALA Full Member: Aaron Hirota, Practice Lead– Landscape Architecture, Architecture49 Inc. (team lead)

OALA Full Member: Bhavana Bonde, National Practice Leader– Landscape Architecture & Urban Design, Architecture49 Inc.

Civil Engineer: Iain Smith, Senior Project Engineer– Water Resources, WSP Canada

Additional Team Members:
Jayant Gupta, Principal, Architecture49 Inc. 
Stef Goldsborough, Landscape Architectural Intern, Architecture49 Inc. 
Lara Kurosky, Landscape Technician, Architecture49 Inc. 

 


 

Team Ironwood’s OAA Landscape Reconnect


OAA Architect: Joël León Danis, Principal, Make Good Projects Inc. (team lead)

OALA Full Member: Victoria Taylor, Principal, VTLA Studio

Civil Engineer: Frank Fisl, Watercom Engineering Inc.

Additional Team Members: 
Kurtis Chen, Make Good Projects
Amelia Hartin, VTLA Studio
Andrew Hellebust, Rivercourt Engineering
James Bird, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto 

 


 

 

Team Maple’s From Memory


OALA Full Member: Mike Barker, Principal, SHIFT Landscape Architecture (team lead)

Civil Engineer: Andrew Tulk, WT Infrastructure

Additional Team Members: 
Ben O'Brien, Wild by Design: Planting

 


 

Team Pine’s A Layered Renewal


OAA Architect: Nicolas Koff, Office Ou Ltd. (team lead)

OALA Full Member: Kaari Kitawi

Civil Engineer: Kayam Ramsewak, Operational Director, Burlington & Toronto, MTE Consultants Inc.

 


 

Team Spruce’s Vision Canadensis


OALA Full Member: Kent W. Ford, Principal, Kent Ford Design Group Inc. (KFDG Inc.) (team lead)

Civil Engineer: Marco Zucarro, Senior Engineer, EMC Group

Additional Team Members: 
David Orsini, Senior Consulting Arborist and Landscape Architect, SunArts Design 
Sami Hassanian, Computer 3D Renderer, KFDG Inc.  
Nicholas Fung, CAD Manager, In-Design, Photoshop, Sketch-Up, KFDG Inc. 
Mark Kimmerly, Landscape Cost Estimator, Allweather Landscape Co. Ltd.

 


 

Team Sumac’s + Reconnect


OALA Full Member: Mark Schollen, Schollen & Company Inc. (team lead)

Civil Engineer: Chris Denich, Senior Engineer, Aquafor Beech Limited

Additional Team Members: 
Joel Sypkes, Landscape Architect, Aquafor Beech Limited

 


 

Team Sycamore’s The Talking Landscape


OALA Full Member: Yvonne Battista, Principal/Landscape Architect, STUDIO tla (team lead)

Civil Engineer: Paolo Albanese, Managing Partner, Fabian Papa & Partners

 


 

Team Tamarack’s Golden Repair


OAA Architect: Tekleab Schewai, Architect, Tekleab Hadgembes Schewai (team lead)

OALA Full Member: Lucien Marton, Landscape Architect, Marton Smith Landscape Architects (MSLA)

Civil Engineer: Justin Mawoko, KMG CivilEng Inc.

Additional Team Members: 
Andres Solanos, Tekleab Hadgembes Schewai
Dave Reid, Landscape Architect, MSLA
Connor Flannery, MSLA
Scott Passek, MSLA
Ally Lam, MSLA 
Silvia Loschiavo, MSLA 
Jacob Bethell, MSLA
Filmon Bein

 

CONTACTS

To preserve anonymity in this competition process, please direct any questions to:

Joe Lobko | Professional Advisor
joe@lobkoarchitect.ca

Mariam Tokhy | OAA Interim Public Outreach Specialist  
MariamT@oaa.on.ca

 

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