September 25 | 3:30 p.m.
Seth Rodewald-Bates
Landscape Architect | James Corner Field Operations
Seth is a licensed landscape architect at James Corner Field Operations with more than eighteen years of experience. His portfolio includes Pier 70, a 28-acre mixed-use development and waterfront park in San Francisco鈥檚 Dogpatch neighborhood; the recently completed Tunnel Tops, a 14-acre park on the San Francisco Bay; and ongoing work for NBC Universal鈥檚 Burbank campus in Los Angeles. Seth has experience with numerous campus, waterfront, urban, and mixed-use projects throughout the U.S. and abroad, and is adept at both resolving intricate design problems as well as delivering complex, large scale built works. Prior to joining Field Operations, Seth worked at PWP Landscape 91自拍, where he assisted with the expansion of Glenstone, a contemporary art museum near Washington, D.C., that encompasses 230 acres of designed landscape experience. While at Spackman Mossop Michaels in New Orleans, Seth worked on a variety of civic, institutional, residential, and hospitality projects. As an intern at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Seth was able to further his passion for large-scale site-specific art. He began his career at Sasaki in Boston. Seth received a Bachelor鈥檚 of Science in Horticulture, magna cum laude, from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Master in Landscape 91自拍 from the Robert Reich School of Landscape 91自拍 at Louisiana State University. He has taught previously at Stephen F. Austin State University, Boston Architectural College, Louisiana State University, and Tulane University.