University of Washington - College of Built Environments
Gehl Architects Intern Exchange Program
The internship program was created in order to facilitate student immersion in the architectural field. Students work directly with professionals, faculty, and local stakeholders. In this internship, students apply previous knowledge to a new situation to create new knowldge and advance innovative outcomes. Because the experience is intense immersion in a project or office, learning is multi-dimensional, integrative, and forged through social relationships as well as practical application.
Interns are selected from the group which participates in the Travel Study Tour and Master Studio, and apply Gehl Architects' methods to current projects. The interns spend Winter and Spring Quarter working with the City of Seattle - Department of Neighborhoods, Neighborhoods Alive! program and sixteen (16) weeks in the Fall in Copenhagen, Denmark, working in the offices of Gehl Architects. After they return to Seattle, the interns spend the following Winter and Spring Quarter mentoring the new interns.
Beginning in 2010, Danish students from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts or Copenhagen University will spend 16 weeks working for one of three Seattle landscape design firms. For more information about these internships click here. 2010 Scan Design Internships in Seattle, WA
The program is managed and facilitated by the University of Washington - Green Futures Lab.
2008 Interns
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Annika McIntosh
Annika McIntosh was chosen as an intern based on her strengths in graphic and computer skills as well as thorough conduction of field work. She also had a strong interest and understanding of environmental issues.
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Szu-Yu Huang
Szu-Yu Huang was chosen based on her understanding of issues related to public realm design and strog computer skills. She had previously completed a pedestrian-realm related research project and possessed strong GIS skills required for the City of Seattle-funded project.
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2009 Interns
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Eric Scharnhorst
Eric Scharnhorst is a Master of Landscape Architecture and Certificate of Urban Design candidate. Eric is interested in tuning the leverage points of our built environment, especially the dynamic relationships between people, transportation, local economies, and market-priced car storage. He has a background in petroleum geology and industrial design.
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Katherine Wimble
Katherine Wimble is a graduate student of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle. She plans to apply everything she learns from her time with Gehl Architects in 2009 towards completing her master’s thesis on walkability and gender in urban environments in 2010. Ms. Wimble is the recipient of several awards including the Richard Haag Endowed Scholarship in Landscape Architecture. She holds a Post Baccalaureate Graduate Degree in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor’s of Science in Forestry and Wildlife Resources from Virginia Tech.
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2010 Interns
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Jenny Hampton |
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Mary Fialko |
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