Ellen Xie, Senior Designer

Ellen is passionate about public landscapes and equitable access to parkland. With over six years of experience, in Denmark and the eastern and western coasts of the United States, her experience in citywide parks planning, streetscape, parks, trails, and educational design inform her practice. She values the dynamic process of interdisciplinary collaboration, finds inspiration in the rich defining narratives of a site, and enjoys crafting simple and elegant solutions to complex problems.

She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies/English from Vassar College and Master of Landscape and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. In her academic work, she explores the design of space through cultural artifacts, the brooms of Rajasthan, the musical score of the Moldau River.