WENDY ANDRINGA, RLA, WEDG, LEED AP, ASLA

FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL

Wendy has over 18 years of experience designing, managing, and overseeing the implementation of award-winning landscapes in the New York metropolitan region. She excels at coordinating multidisciplinary teams and complex processes for public-private partnerships, municipalities, and development teams. Prior to founding Assemblage, Wendy was a Senior Associate at SCAPE Landscape Architecture, an Associate at Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, and an Associate at Dirtworks. At Dirtworks, she led projects in higher education and health care environments. At Starr Whitehouse, her project experience expanded to green infrastructure parks, public plazas, and adventure playgrounds. At SCAPE, her work pivoted to waterfront parks and developments such as Tom Lee Park (Memphis, TN), the Stapleton Waterfront Park (Staten Island, NY), the Newtown Creek Development and Waterfront Park (Long Island City, NY), and the Gowanus Green Residential Development and Park (Brooklyn, NY). Wendy has had academic appointments at the CCNY Spitzer School of Architecture, Columbia University GSAPP, and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), where she earned her MLA. At ESF, her capstone research took her to Brasília, Brazil to investigate the contemporary urban fabric of the modernist city. She holds a BA in Studio Art from Humboldt State University, where she studied photography, painting, sculpture, and drawing. Wendy is currently an ASLA-NY Board Member and founder of the ASLA-NY Plant Research Group.