Haobo Sun
A landscape designer in Starr Whitehouse’s Atlanta Studio, Haobo is a CAD specialist who sees projects through from concept design to construction administration. For the AlphaLoop, an urban, multimodal transportation system in Alpharetta, GA, Haobo developed a full range of design drawings, renderings, and diagrams. For Atlantic Chestnut, an affordable housing development in Brooklyn, NY, Haobo focused on construction drawings and construction administration. For Roswell Riverparks, a ten-acre park on a former industrial site in Roswell, Haobo used ArcGIS to generate topography and flooding diagrams used to analyze the vulnerability of the site. Haobo completed his master’s in Landscape Architecture at Ohio State University, where he received the Ohio Chapter ASLA student honor award in 2021 for his academic achievements. Haobo has previous work experience at AECOM’s Shanghai office, and received his bachelor’s of Landscape Architecture from Chinese Cultural University in 2016.
Representative Projects:
Streets, Public Realm, and Infrastructure
North Point Parkway, Alpharetta, GA
AlphaLoop Link Downtown, Alpharetta, GA
Destination Greenways! Leif Ericson Park to Verrazzano Bridge, Brooklyn, NY
Green Infrastructure Challenge: MLK Living Lab, Atlanta, GA
Green Infrastructure Challenge: Continental Colony, Atlanta, GA
345 Courtland Streetscape Design, Atlanta, GA
Roswell River Parks Fitness Loop Trail, Roswell, GA
Park Design
Ace Sand Park, Roswell, GA
Don White Memorial Park, Roswell, GA
Riverside Park, Roswell, GA
Lakebottom Park and Theo Mcgee Park Restoration Plans, Columbus, GA
Jialu River Urban Park Design, Zhengzhou City, Henan, China*
Site Plans + Housing
Georgia Tech Alumni Garden, Atlanta, GA
98 Cone Street, Atlanta, GA
Midtown Manhattan High Rise, New York, NY
Orient Point Residence and Nature Preserve, Long Island, NY
Vine Street Waterfront Development, Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic Chestnut Affordable Housing, Brooklyn, NY
Greenpoint Hospital Redevelopment, Brooklyn, NY
Other
In Pieces: augment ecosystem capacity in Everglades Agricultural Area, FL*
* Work completed prior to joining Starr Whitehouse
Stephanie brings her unique background in the arts and office management to her role as Director of Operations at Starr Whitehouse. Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Stephanie earned her BFA in illustration from Parsons School of Design and spent several years working in antique restoration and decorative painting. Before joining Starr Whitehouse in 2022, she managed the office of Stand and Build, a design and build studio, where she designed concepts for art installations and luxury retail displays, as well as oversaw the workings of the entire company, from project tracking and staffing to job pricing and client relations management. Her expertise lies in fine-tuning minute details always with the big picture in mind. With a deep love for green, urban spaces, she’s also a bookworm, enjoys identifying trees as an amateur, and continues to illustrate for herself and others.
Amanda brings her logistical expertise over from the nonprofit world, where she applied her wide-ranging skill set and her passion for social change to causes she strongly aligned with. Most recently, she was with the ACLU, assisting the Deputy Executive Director for Strategy and Culture and the Chief Strategy Officer. Additionally, she is a published co-author of several neuroscience research papers through her time as a programmer at UCLA’s Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, where she worked to advance our understanding of brain health and disease. She spends her free time doing improv comedy, volunteering, and attending neighborhood dinner parties with friends.
John Ward, a Landscape Designer at Starr Whitehouse’s New York office, is passionate about shaping sustainable and vibrant communities. At Starr Whitehouse, John supports the design staff with visualization and production on a range of projects, including: a DOT maintenance facility at Flatlands Yards in Canarsie, Brooklyn, campus improvements for a historic Co-op in Manhattan, and renderings for the daylighting of Tibbetts Brook in the Bronx — New York City’s single largest green infrastructure project to date. His educational journey has equipped him with a robust understanding of urban planning principles, environmental sustainability, and innovative design strategies. John is a 2023 graduate from the University of Virginia with a Master of Urban Design and Master of Urban and Environmental Planning.
Representative Projects:
Park Design
Southwest Resiliency Park Expansion, Hoboken, NJ
Hart Island Master Plan, New York, NY
Riverside Park Dinosaur Playground Renovation, New York, NY
Letchworth State Park Pool Study, Mount Morris, NY
Fort Niagara State Park Pool Study, Niagara Falls, NY
Niagara Falls State Park Wayfinding, Niagara Falls, NY
Streets, Public Realm, and Infrastructure
Tibbetts Brook Daylighting, Bronx, NY
The Linc Highway to Park Transformation, New Rochelle, NY
Destination: Greenways! Brooklyn Implementation, Brooklyn, NY
Site Plans + Housing
Flatlands Yards DOT Maintenance Feasibility Study, Brooklyn, NY
Atlantic Chestnut Affordable Housing, Brooklyn, NY
Climate Resilience Planning
Climate Strong Communities
Corona Cloudburst Hub
Associate and Landscape Architect Tim Webster works out of Starr Whitehouse’s Hudson studio. Tim brings a background in residential, hospitality and institutional landscapes of the Hudson Valley and Berkshires, with experience executing projects from concept design through construction administration. At Starr Whitehouse, Tim has contributed to concept design for Brooklyn Greenways and applied GIS and visualization skills to a variety of projects. He holds a Master of Landscape Architecture with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he received the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and was nominated for a Boston Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award. Tim also holds a Master of Fine Arts in Studio from Hunter College, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Representative Projects:
Park and Plaza Design
Public Square Park Renovation, Hudson, NY
Charles Williams Park, Hudson, NY
New Windsor Cantonment Accessibility Improvements New Windsor, NY
Letchworth State Park Pool Study, Letchworth NY
Fort Niagara State Park Pool Study, Fort Niagara, NY
Riverside Dino Playground, New York, NY
Site Plans + Housing
Philmont Summit Lake, Philmont, NY
Catskill Hospitality Landscape, Catskill, NY
Flatlands Yards DOT Maintenance Facility Feasibility Study, Brooklyn, NY
Streets, Public Realm, and Infrastructure
Destination Greenways! Leif Ericson Park to Verrazzano Bridge, Brooklyn, NY
Tibbetts Brook Daylighting, Bronx, NY
Associate and Landscape Architect Yi Yang brings 7 years of experience with a variety of project types ranging from residential spaces to commercial, institutional, and public parks. She honed a wide array of skillsets from her work across different phases of projects, including solving design challenges, developing construction documentation, project management, and interdisciplinary design team coordination. Her recent work at Starr Whitehouse includes the rehabilitation of Belt Parkway, concept design for the Recreation Area at Tallman Mountain State Park, and overall landscape design for the redevelopment of the Green Point Hospital Complex. She has also been supporting the construction documents for the expansion and improvements of Bear Mountain State Park. Yi received her master’s in landscape architecture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a registered Landscape Architect in New York State.
Representative Projects:
Park Design
Bear Mountain State Park Restoration, Bear Mountain, NY
Tallman Mountain State Park, Sparkill, NY
Queens Plaza Park, Queens, NY
Marsha P Johnson State Park, Brooklyn, NY
Freshkills South Park Master Plan and Phase 1, Staten Island, NY
TOS Riverside Park – Conceptual Park Design, Southampton, NY*
Streets, Public Realm, and Infrastructure
Belt Parkway Rehabilitation, New York, NY
Site Plans + Housing
Packer Garden House Expansion, Brooklyn, NY
Atlantic Chestnut Affordable Housing, Brooklyn, NY
Greenpoint Hospital Redevelopment, Brooklyn, NY
Hampton Boathouses – Townhouse Development, Southampton, NY*
Canoe Place Inn – Restoration of the historical Canoe Place Inn, Southampton,
NY
* Work completed prior to joining Starr Whitehouse