
Adam joined Payette in 2015 as a Landscape Designer. From the outset, Adam immediately impacted the design of some of the firm’s most significant landscape work. Most recently, Adam played a key role in the signature landscape-based design of the Fifth Xiangya Hospital in Changsha, China. He has taught design studios in the Landscape Architecture Graduate Department at the Rhode Island School of Design since 2013.
EDUCATION
M. of Landscape Arch., 2012, Rhode Island School of Design
BS in Landscape Arch., 2004, The Ohio State University
FEATURED PROJECTS
Bates College, Bonney Science Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, New Inpatient Building
Breakthrough Properties, The 105 by Breakthrough
Central South University, Fifth Xiangya Hospital
Hengqin Hospital, Hengqin Island
Hengqin Island, Hengqin ICTR
Lafayette College, Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center
Land's Sake, Land’s Sake
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Scaife Hall Master Plan and Medical Education Building
Williams College, Science Center Expansion
TEACHING & LECTURES
“Healing Grounds: Landscape Strategies for Contemporary Healthcare Environments,” Boston Society of Landscape Architects Conference, May 2019
Rhode Island School of Design, Critic, September 2013 – Present
“Scale Strategies of Therapeutic Gardens: Beth Israel Deaconess Healing Garden and Fifth XiangYa Hospital Gardens,” ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO
“Design Principles Studio,” 1st Year Graduate Studio, Rhode Island School of Design, Critic, Fall 2013-Present
“Constructed Ground Studio,” 1st Year Graduate Studio, Rhode Island School of Design, Critic, Winter 2015-Present
“Landscape Mutations: Graduate Rhino Modeling and Digital Drawing Studio,” Rhode Island School of Design, Instructor, 2012
“Urban Systems:” 2nd Year Grad Landscape Arch. Studio, Rhode Island School of Design,Teaching Assistant, Spring 2012
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