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Andrea Cochran

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Andrea Cochran
Born1954 (age 69–70)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationRutgers,[1] Harvard Graduate School of Design[1]
OccupationLandscape architect
Websitehttps://acochran.com

Andrea Cochran (born 1954,[2] New York City[3]) is an American landscape architect based in San Francisco. She is a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and one of seven designer women featured in the 2012 documentary Women in the Dirt.[4]

Early life and education

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Cochran was born in New York City and grew up in northwestern New Jersey.[5][3][1] For college, she had an early interest in attending art school but was dissuaded by family.[5][6] She enrolled at Rutgers originally intending to study animal science before eventually transferring to landscape architecture after attending a lecture by the head of the program, Roy DeBoer.[5] She received her undergraduate degree in 1976, then graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1979[7] with a Masters of Landscape Architecture.[8] In 1981, Cochran moved to the California Bay Area.[1]

Career

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Early in her career, Cochran worked on the east coast and in Europe before relocating to California.[9][5] She worked for The Planning Collaborative in San Francisco prior to forming the partnership Delaney, Cochran & Castillo, Inc.[9][10] with fellow landscape architect Topher Delaney in 1989. In 1998, Cochran founded Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture (ACLA). She became a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 2007.[3] In 2014, she was awarded the ASLA Design Medal[11] in recognition of her "body of exceptional design work at a sustained level for a period of at least ten years."[12]

Cochran has frequently been lauded as a master of minimalism in landscape design. Her firm's award-winning projects often feature clean lines, minimalist structure, and edges defined by plantings en masse. Her influences include fellow landscape architects Dan Kiley, Garrett Eckbo, and James Rose in addition to artists Robert Irwin and Fred Sandback.[1]

Major awards and honors

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  • 2014 National Design Award for landscape architecture.[13]
  • 2019 Kirby Ward Fitzpartick Prize for Helen Diller Civic Center Playgrounds.
  • 2020 ASLA Honor Award in Residential Design for 901 Fairfax Hunters View.[14]
  • 2017 ASLA Award of Excellence in Residential Design for Birmingham Residence.
  • 2016 WLA Magazine World Landscape Architecture Award for Windhover Contemplative Center.
  • 2016 Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and he European Center for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies for the Cochran Collection.
  • 2015 Society of American Architects for Windhower Contemplative Center.
  • 2015 Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Award- Outdoor Category for Windhover Contemplative Center.[15]

Major works

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  • Corn maze installation made from willow twigs, Sonoma Cornerstone, Sonoma, California[16]
  • Courtyard with reclaimed cypress, Curran House, San Francisco[17][18]
  • Outdoor furniture collection in collaboration with Landscape Forms, Inc.[1][19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Interview with Andrea Cochran, FASLA | asla.org". www.asla.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. ^ Sardar, Zahid; Writer, Chronicle Staff (2009-07-22). "Andrea Cochran: Landscapes for our times". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  3. ^ a b c "Alumni Q&A: Andrea (Andie) Cochran MLA79". Harvard Graduate School of Design. 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  4. ^ Lewis, Anna (2014). Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers. Chicago Review. p. 218. ISBN 9781613745113.
  5. ^ a b c d "Alumni Story: Andrea Cochran's Journey from Art to 'Artist of the Land'". Newsroom. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  6. ^ "Andrea Cochran: "It's Hard to Sell Nothing" | Smart Cities Dive". www.smartcitiesdive.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  7. ^ "GSD Alumna receives 2014 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award". 7 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. ^ "About". ACLA. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  9. ^ a b Lang, Owen (3 October 2007). "Fellows to be honored". San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. ^ Francis, Mark; Reimann, Andreas (1999-01-01). The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21450-7.
  11. ^ "American Society of Landscape Architects Announces 2014 Honors | asla.org". www.asla.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  12. ^ "The ASLA Design Medal | asla.org". www.asla.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  13. ^ "And the 2014 winners are..." Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  14. ^ "901 Fairfax Hunters View | ASLA 2020 Professional Awards". www.asla.org. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  15. ^ "About". ACLA. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  16. ^ Bing, Alison (2009). Napa and Sonoma. Lonely Planet. p. 76. ISBN 9781741794465.
  17. ^ Yglesias, Caren (2014). The Innovative Use of Materials in Architecture and Landscape Architecture: History, Theory and Performance. McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 9780786470808.
  18. ^ "ASLA 2007 Professional Awards". www.asla.org. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  19. ^ "Cochran Group". www.landscapeforms.com. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
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