Margie Ruddick
Margie Ruddick is a New York-based landscape architect. In 2013 she won the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for landscape architecture. Her projects include designs at Queens Plaza [Dutch Kills Green], Urban Garden Room, New York Aquarium Perimeter Project, Shillim Retreat and Institute, Casa Cabo, Baja California, and Bay Garden, Florida.
Biography
She was born in Montreal, raised in New York City, and earned her undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College before completing her graduate studies at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.Career
Her design work includes urban and international projects that combine ecological restoration with cultural sensitivity.One of her projects is the redesign of Queens Plaza in New York City, which aimed to transform a challenging urban space into a more sustainable and pedestrian-friendly environment.
Internationally, Ruddick has worked on projects such as Living Water Park in Chengdu, China, which is considered the first ecological park in China, designed to clean polluted water biologically. She also contributed to the Shillim Institute and Retreat in the Western Ghats of India, focusing on reforestation and ecological restoration.
Ruddick has taught at several academic institutions, including Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, Yale, Princeton, and The University of Pennsylvania.
She is also the author of Wild by Design: Strategies for Creating Life-Enhancing Landscapes, in which she outlines her design principles and approach to landscape architecture.