ASLA Oregon is delighted to celebrate ASLA’s announcement of the elevation of Dawn Uchiyama to the ASLA Council of Fellows.
Induction into the Council of Fellows is among the highest honors in the landscape architecture profession. Fellowship is granted to landscape architects for their lifetime contributions to their communities, their colleagues, and to the profession of landscape architecture as a whole.
Dawn has dedicated her career to advancing innovative stormwater infrastructure planning and design using landscape, spearheading Portland’s evolution as a world leader in that realm. As Deputy Director of the Bureau of Environmental Services—with over 600 employees and a $500 million annual budget—she has facilitated inclusive organization-wide strategic planning and diversity, equity, and inclusion awareness to improve both the internal and external work culture. Her efforts have supported improved design outcomes in all aspects and at all scales of public infrastructure—from pipes to green stormwater management to watershed restoration. Dawn’s early career focused on parks, natural areas, and trails, with an emphasis on community engagement and education, as well as watershed and stream protection and restoration. She integrated these foundational practices with emerging ideas for stormwater management, including facilitating a citywide effort to create the first published design details and specifications for green streets. Known for her commitment to collaboration and inclusivity, Dawn repeatedly demonstrates the value landscape architecture brings to public service and infrastructure provisioning by working creatively across disciplines as a designer, a leader, and a systems thinker.
Dawn will officially become a member of the Council of Fellows at a virtual investiture ceremony later this year. You can learn more about the landscape architects receiving this honor on the ASLA website: https://www.asla.org/ContentDetail.aspx?id=57881
Join us in congratulating Dawn and the entire 2020 Class of Fellows on their achievements!