Charles Morris Anderson
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[1]Charles Morris Anderson- Landscape Architect- Born in 1957, Anderson was raised in the barren, desolate farm lands of Jamestown, North Dakota. It was here that he acquired his passion for landscaping. Charles was interested in acknowledging the transition from “old to improved” and carried that idea into landscape contracting that he did during his high school years. He was mentored by those who had similar visions for transitions to the desolate landscapes of North Dakota. Some of his mentors included Peter Walker, affiliated with the team involved in the World Trade Center Memorial project; Richard Haag, famous for his Gas Works Park project in Seattle; and Laurie Olin who, in the 1980’s, served as the head chair of the landscape architecture program at Harvard University, as well as collaborating with others on the ARCO headquarters project. Anderson also had special interest in the work of both Robert Smithson, a very influential artist of the 1960’s and 1970’s, and James Turrell, a contemporary artist who focuses on light and space.
Anderson attended Washington State University where he received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree in 1981. He then continued his studies at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he earned his Master of Landscape Architecture degree in 1985. With over 21 years in the field of Landscape Architecture, Charles Anderson has accomplished numerous projects nationwide. In addition, he has received other multiple honors in his field.
Founded in 1994, [2]Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture, based in Seattle, Washington, became a well-known firm responsible for several landscape projects with Charles Anderson as the principal. Some of his work includes large projects such as the [3]Anchorage Museum of History and Art in Alaska, Seattle’s [4]Olympic Sculpture Park, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, [5]Manhattan’s Arthur Ross Terrace, and the [6]Bellingham Art and Children’s Museum. According to his firm’s profile, he has been involved in historical and ecological restoration, civic and institutional landscapes, and interpretive landscapes in addition to the large-scale projects. The [7]American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) has awarded Anderson for his designs in the [8]Tables of Water in Lake Washington, Washington; the Mount Saint Helens project, the [9]Trillium Projects in Seattle, Washington, and the Arthur Ross Terrace design in Manhattan, New York.
The Washington State Chapter of ASLA inducted Charles Morris Anderson into the Council of Fellows in 2006, giving him the suffix of FASLA. Now a professional in Washington State, Anderson is also a registered professional landscape architect in Alaska, Arizona, California and New York.
According to the ASLA and the Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture firm, Anderson’s work is a poetic design in “expressionistic landscape design and urban ecologies.” According to his firm, the bases of his projects are to establish a place of “civic expression and the revelation of ecological phenomena, processes, and relationships.” Charles Anderson is known for combining nature, community needs, and art into his designs, emphasizing local and national sustainability. Raising his work to new levels, Anderson has been considered a civic leader, ecologist, and philosopher in the landscape architecture field. Working on local restoration of native habitats and destroyed sites, his projects have become educational locations and have persuaded others to become involved in similar changes for the Northwest.
REFERENCES
Landscape Communications, Inc. September 21, 2006. Profile: Charles M. Anderson, FASLA[10]
Anderson, Charles M. 2007. Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture. [11]
ASLA.2006. Washington State Chapter of ASLA. [12]
