CHUCK mCDOWELL, PLA

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Chuck is a landscape architect with 10 years of experience in urban design and planning. His focus has been on bringing a holistic approach to urban projects that overlay with complex ecological systems. With a background in landscape architecture, urban design and aquatic science, Chuck brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to his work. With a breadth of work that includes coastal adaptation planning, park, and campus design, Chuck’s process highlights storytelling on projects from watershed planning down to designing details that express and reveal natural processes. Chuck is particularly interested in an integrated approach to sustainability that involves urban systems and design, exploring how sustainability can be applied across scales, while considering how performance related to ecology, stormwater management, resilience, and embodied and sequestered carbon can be advanced in all project types.

Education

  • Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning & Design, MLA

  • University of Michigan, MS, Natural Resources and Environment; Aquatic Sciences

Registrations

  • Landscape Architect, WA0

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News update! This week marks a momentous portion of the Solera project where one of the towers has completed its framing. The large mixed-use development is located in the Sunset neighborhood of Renton and includes a mix of 590 apartments, 96 to
It's officially Arbor Day, a holiday where communities around the globe gather to celebrate and plant trees for a greener tomorrow! Did you know DCG/Watershed offers urban forestry and arboriculture services? Our urban foresters are ISA Certified Ar
Join us in celebrating World Landscape Architecture Month (#WLAM)! Landscape architecture is vital because it involves the planning, designing, and managing of environments to improve our communities. From sustainable retrofits within the urban core
In case you haven’t heard it’s National Earth Day this Saturday! In an effort to promote all things sustainable we’ve put together 6 tips to go green, or greener over the weekend.  #DCGWatershed #GoGreen #EarthDay
Please join us in congratulating James Reynes, PE for officially becoming a Professional Engineer! We are very proud of this achievement and are excited to see his continued career growth. #dcgwatershed #naturalresources #environmental&nbs
We are very happy to announce that Allina Hakim joined us as a Marketing Specialist and Charles McDowell joined us as a Landscape Architect. Allina has over 6 years of marketing experience and Chuck has nearly 10 years of landscape architecture exper

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