ELEONORA ZILIANTI PRINCIPAL

With extensive experience in landscape architecture, architecture and urban design, Eleonora Zilianti’s work encompasses local and international projects highly differentiated in scale, type and budget–furniture, gardens, rooftops, plazas, urban parks, waterfronts and urban plans. Projects  in New York City include Gowanus Canal waterfront /365Bond Street, Saint Mary playground, The Peninsula Mixed-Use Campus. In Italy, Eleonora Zilianti was part of a team led by Bernardo Secchi and Paola Vigano to develop the comprehensive master plan for the cities of Prato and Civitanova Marche; and with Gino Valle for the master plan for a 600 acre residential and commercial development in Rome. In France, her Butterfly Garden was selected as a winner of the 2004 Chaumont sur Loire Garden Festival.

Eleonora Zilianti has been a lecturer and visiting professor at the Universite’ de Montreal School of Landscape Architecture, the City College of New York School of Landscape Architecture, and the Universita’ degli Studi di Sassari, School of Architecture and Urban Design. She is a member of The American Society of Landscape Architects.

EDUCATION
Bachelor in Landscape Architecture, City University of New York, The City College School of Architecture and Environmental studies. 2002
Laurea in Architettura, ( eq. Bachelor + Master degree) Universita’ degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Italy. 1993
Ecole d’Art de Fontainebleau Post-Graduate Course award. France 2002
Laboratorio Prato PRG. Italy, Post-Graduate Course in Urban and City planning with Bernardo Secchi, George Descombes and Mirko Zardini. 1995
 

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Registered Landscape Architect, New York
Registered Architect, Italy

PAST EXPERIENCES

Elizabeth Kennedy  Landscape Architect, PLLC – New York       Senior Landscape Architect/Project Manager. 2019- Present

– The Peninsula Mixed-use  development – public plaza, planting residential roof decks, green roof,  and streetscape – Bronx, NY

-PS 443Q playground- Queens NY
-PS 253K playground- Brooklyn NY
-JFK Terminal One Schematic design for open spaces including Arrival and Departure areas – Queens NY

Abel Bainnson Butz  Landscape Architects, LLP – New York Landscape Architect consult. 2014-2019

– 233 Landing Road Residence- residential roof decks, terraces, roof-garden, garden and streetscape – Bronx, NY
– Saint Mary’s Park and Playground , Bronx, NY
-150 west 225 The Promenade, 24,000 sf residential roof deck, Bronx.           —PS 68 Playground, Parking, paved and green areas , Staten Island, NY

Lee Weintraub Landscape Architects, llc – New York Landscape Architect consult. 2008-2014

– Gowanus Canal/365 Bond Street, new mixed development and waterfront park, Brooklyn, NY                                                                                                                        -Westchester Creek/Bruckner Boulevard Esplanade, new mix use development, Bronx, NY
– City Point, residential green roof/terraces, Brooklyn, NY
– Saratoga Avenue, new residential development and park, Brooklyn, NY
– Ponce City Market, 8.5-acre retail and commercial re-development, Atlanta, GA
– Riverside Apartments, garden and new parking structure, Brooklyn, NY

Edaw – Shenzhen/Hong Kong, China – Project Lead Designer/Manager 2007

– Times Foshan Lishui,17-acre residential and retail development, Guangzhou, China
– Jiazhaoye Chengdu Wenjiang, 40-acre residential and retail development, Chengdu, China

New York City Parks and Recreation – New York – landscape designer 2004-2006

– Rainey Park Playground, Queens, New York
– Phoenix-Two Coves Park, Queens, New York
– Veteran Korean War Memorial, Queens, New York

Quennell Rothschild & Partners Landscape Architects – New York – landscape designer, 2002-2003

– Frederick Douglass Circle Memorial Plaza and streetscape, New York
– New York Stock Exchange / Financial District streetscape, New York

Signe Nielsen Landscape Architects PC – New York – landscape designer, 2001-2002

– Tuscan Garden at the Staten Island Botanical Garden, New York
– World Wide Plaza, New York
– Kowsky Plaza, Battery Park, New York

Meridian Design Architects, New York – architect, 1999-2000

– Eyada.com, office space renovation, New York
– Tribune Newspaper, office space renovation, New York
– The Feedroom, office space renovation, New York

Gino Valle Architect Studio – Roma, Italy – architect, 1997-1999

– Bufalotta, 700-acre residential and commercial development, Roma, Italy

Studio Secchi Vigano – Prato – Civitanova – architect – 1995-1998

– City of Prato, comprehensive master plan, Italy
– City of Civitanova Marche, comprehensive landscape plan, Italy

Studio Pantharch Consulting – Roma, Italy – architectural designer, 1991-1993

– State Route 77 at Foligno & Cesi, mitigation and environmental site assessment studies, Italy
– Rail line between existing rail line FS Terontola-Foligno, mitigation and environmental site assessment studies, Italy
– Pietrafitta Thermoelectric Power Plant ENEL, mitigation and environmental site assessment studies, Italy
– Roma–Napoli high-speed rail, mitigation and environmental site assessment studies, Italy
– Firenze–Milano high-speed rail, mitigation and environmental site assessment studies, Italy

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