BOARD:
Bryce Gauthier, MLA, BCSLA Intern, LEED® AP Co-Founder
Bryce founded Projects In Place as a way for designers to share their time and expertise with members of the community as a way to make places better. He currently works as a designer for Sharp + Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc., a leader in the application of sustainable urban design strategies. He also teaches green roof technology for the Center for Architectural Ecology at BCIT.
Karen is dedicated to improving communities by involving them in the design process and working together through every phase. What she values most from each project is the challenge of incorporating exciting and fun concepts with well thought-out design. Often, “design” forgets reality, but too often, reality forgets about dreams. As an architect, Karen has been involved in the design and construction of a range of projects for clients with a strong community focus such as BC Housing, MPA, Atira, the YWCA and BC Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Edwin Guerra is originally from Mexico City. He received his BS in Civil Engineering at Idaho State University. He completed his MASc in Structural Engineering at the University of British Columbia.His research involved quantifying some of the environmental impacts of buildings over their life cycle. Edwin has a passion for green buildings and sustainable development which motivated him to join Projects in Place. He is also an active member of the UBC Emerging Green Builders and the Metro Vancouver Emerging Professionals group.
Kim McClymont’s background in human geography, interest in green roofs and love for travel have led her to a variety of opportunities. After two years of working for a green roof design company in Germany she returned and moved west, now making Vancouver home. In arriving here she quickly became connected with Projects in Place. Involvement in the diverse range of projects has provided her an opportunity for creative problem solving and unique connection to local community, industry and government. Kim works as a LEED coordinator for Cobalt Engineering.
Marc derives satisfaction from identifying “missed” value, a challenge that aligns perfectly with his pursuit of opportunities in environmentally sustainable business. A graduate of the University of Michigan with a MBA and a Master of Environmental Science, he now works for a major Asian conglomerate as a consultant advising its various divisions on how to profit from shrinking their and their customers’ environmental footprints. He hopes that his son will one day thank him for helping make the world a better place.
A strong business leader with 12+ years of experience, across, operations development, building the foundations of corporations, strategic growth plans, leadership, and sales and marketing coupled with a background in urban planning, geography, and executive business and sales marketing management.
In her spare time, Letitia enjoys participating in Triathlons across Western Canada and travelling to destinations that are listed on her “Bucket List” of things to do. She also has a dog named Sophie and she enjoys taking her for runs on a daily basis.
letitiawpip@gmail.comMEMBERS:
Heather Stuart, BDes, MA Community Projects Coordinator
Eamonn is a horticulturist, urban agriculturist and food enthusiast. With his Degree in Agroecology from the University of British Columbia and background in urban food production he provides a new dimension to our team. After graduating, Eamonn worked as a research assistant studying rangeland agroecosystems. Despite the rural implications of this work, he remains connected to the city and its challenging food system. His passion for asset-based community development has led him to a number of interesting projects. Most recently, Eamonn has been working with the YWCA Rooftop Food Garden to establish a fruit tree orchard in their rooftop farm.
eamonnw@projectsinplace.org
Christopher Campbell, PMPMaintenance Operations / Project Manager
Christopher was a businessman and project manager in multimedia design and development working for many diverse clients in the advertising, broadcasting, and event marketing sectors. After living in Tokyo, Japan for 10 years Christopher moved back to Vancouver with his family in 2009. Christopher’s interest in sustainable building was first sparked reading about Urban Green Roofing in Europe. Taking his interest to the next level, he enrolled at BCIT Center for Architectural Ecology and is working his way through the Green Roof program in his spare time. Christopher is currently volunteering with his PIPS colleagues on many interesting projects and using his project management experience to keep the green roof installation & maintenance program moving forward. He is getting his hands dirty for the sake of changing grey rooftops across the landscape to green ones.
Nicolas received his Masters in Physiology from the University of Poitiers (France) in 2006. He then went on to pursue an Engineering Degree in Horticulture in 2008, with a speciality in Green Buildings, from the National Institute of Horticulture in Angers (France).
A specialisation in green buildings took root for Nicolas in 2007 in Angers and Paris with the completion of two projects involving leading, living-wall technology. Both projects focused on designing an innovative system, and realized the creation of a tool to assist in the selection of best suited plants and the identification of target markets for various types of living-walls.
In January of 2009 Nicolas accepted a position with BCIT’s School of Construction and the Environment and has been fortunate to not only work on a large diversity of projects, but also to continue developing his own methodologies. Milestone projects have included assessing the evolution of seven sedum species growing on the BCIT Green Roof Research Facility (GRRF), studying green roof plant viability regarding different methods of planting and weeding frequencies, studying volunteer (weeds) successions on green roofs, and determining plant evolution on living walls.
It is in 2010 that Nicolas founded Urban Foliage Inc. Visit www.urbanfoliage.com for more information.
Claudia is originally from Brazil, where she got her Bachelors in Architecture and Urban Design and worked with urbanization of low-income communities in environmentally sensitive areas, as well as designing efficient and green buildings and infrastructure for parks and public spaces. After moving to Vancouver, where she got her Masters in Landscape Architecture, she started working as a designer for local landscape architecture Companies with a vast range of projects, including sustainable urban design, resort and public spaces. She is also a volunteer for the YWCA Rooftop Garden Program.
claudiaf@projectsinplace.org Carlos Guerrero, BSc Architecture,
His passion for the natural environment, community building and design, got this Colombian Architect with experience in passive solar architecture into new areas such as green roofing and urban agriculture, as a way of complementing his design skills with other environmental practices.
While taking the green roof courses at BCIT he met Bryce and Projects in Place,where he finds the place where he can share and learn while giving back tothe community. For him, sharing knowledge and expertise is a very important tool that community development relies on, and Carlos joined the Projects in Place team to share as an Architect, a Green Roof Professional, a Permaculture Designer and specially as someone who is constantly dreaming of ways to make our living environment a place we all feel proud of.
