Molly Bourne, a principal at Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, New York City, and lecturer in the Department of Landscape Architecture, has been elevated to the Council of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Election to the ASLA Council of Fellows is among the highest honors that ASLA bestows on members and is based on their works, leadership/management, knowledge, and service.
“ASLA Fellows represent the most accomplished and admired leaders in the entire field,” said ASLA President SuLin Kotowicz in the organization’s announcement.
In its nomination, the New York chapter of ASLA noted Bourne’s ability to craft harmonious spaces that blend beauty, functionality, and environmental sensitivity. In her 32 years of practice, she has championed the design of vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable public open spaces that enrich communities and nurture human connections, as well as integrate resiliency and climate adaptation.
Among the complex projects she has helped realize at MNLA are the Waterline Square brownfield transformation, an award-winning 2.8-acre park that showcases a robust design narrative reflective of the historic water flows that once existed in Manhattan; the South Bronx Greenway Master Plan, which led to the nationally recognized Hunts Point Landing and Randall’s Island Connector. Bourne’s contributions to the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project radically reimagined the interaction between humans and nature by weaving flood protection through, above, and below open space.
ASLA Fellows will be elevated during a special investiture ceremony at the 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture, which will be held in Washington, DC, October 6-9, 2024.
Bourne will teach the second-year landscape architecture design studio with Catherine Seavitt, the Meyerson Professor and chair of landscape architecture, in Fall 2024.
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