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PATRICIA JOHANSON / OIKOS
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Academic Background

Painting and Sculpture at Bennington College (1962), Art History at Hunter College (1964), and Architecture at City College School of Architecture (1977)

Selected Projects

Pubic Work : Fair Park Lagoon - Dallas (1981-1986); Endangered Garden - San Francisco (1987-1996); Park for a Rainforest - Brazil (1992-2000); Ulsan Park - Korea (1996-2000); The Rocky Marciano Trail — Brockton, Massachusetts (1997-2000).
Collaborations : Georgia O'Keeffe, Mitchell / Giurgola Architects

Publications

Articles : Architecture as Landscape - Princeton Journal (1985),
The City as an Ecological Art Form — Les Annales de la Recherche Urbaine (1999)
Monographs : Art and Survival : Creative Solutions to Environmental Problems (1992)

Honors

Two Guggenheim Fellowships, NEA Fellowship, Gold Medal for Environmental Design - Accademia Italia del Arti, Townsend Harris Medal from the City College of New York


Fair Park Lagoon, Dallas
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