Marjory Mejia joined Calthorpe Associates in December 2007. Her diverse educational background and experience inform her interdisciplinary, dynamic and holistic design approach. She is devoted to environmental and social awareness in the creation of thriving communities and looks to nature for inspiration. Born and raised in Peru, she has studied in Paris, Rome, and Shanghai in an ongoing effort to explore the complex relationship between natural and urban environments in distinct cities and cultures throughout time. At Calthorpe Associates, Marjory is currently working on the following project: Arabian Canal Master Plan, Dubai, UAE – Intended to be a showcase of sustainable development, the Arabian Canal Master Plan envisions the future of Dubai’s growth around the new airport. The plan proposes a new canal flanked on both sides by a broad corridor of mixed use development, doubling Dubai’s waterfront properties. The 32,600 acre Master Plan projects a total population over 2 million people to be settled in a strong hierarchy of urban places, with different modes of transportation and a wide range of open spaces. Establishing new energy and water conservation standards, the plan aims to utilize environment responsive design to deliver walkable and transit-oriented communities along the canal, thus creating an innovative paradigm for developments in the Middle East Marjory has worked in Miami and the San Francisco Bay Area in a variety of design fields, including interior design, landscape architecture, infill development, and affordable housing. While at EDAW in Miami, she collaborated on landscape architecture projects that embraced organic natural forms in urban environments. In San Francisco, she worked at Van Meter Williams Pollack on affordable and sustainable architecture projects. Notably, she was the team designer for Los Medanos, an affordable housing project in Pittsburg, California, working on it from its conceptual design to the final construction documents. Marjory received a bachelor’s degree in English Literature in 1999 and a master’s degree in Architecture in 2003 from the University of Miami. She had the honor of having the architectural historian Vincent Scully as a mentor and thesis advisor who inspired her interest in sacred space and deepened her appreciation of New Urbanism. After graduation, she enjoyed teaching a design studio that focused on architecture integrated into the natural and urban fabric. |