Summer 2006, 2007
I interned twice with Asakura Robinson Company, a landscape architecture and urban design firm. I assisted in preparing presentations, design studies, and construction documents for a wide range of project types including municipal, commercial, and residential.
Being part of the consultant team gave me insights into the life and shear volume of projects that go through a consultant’s office. It the first job where I utilized CAD in a production environment and it was good to start by being forced to navigate the different standards requested by each architectural firm. I was also given a few opportunities to assist with some hand drawn renderings.
The firm was still fairly new, so I worked with both founding principals Keiji Asakura and Margaret Robinson. However, the longest lasting influence on my career came from the time I spent with Patrick Chang, who passed away much too early a few years ago.
