WENDY ANDRINGA, RLA, WEDG, LEED AP, ASLA FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL
Wendy Andringa is the founder and principal of Assemblage. Her work is driven by innovation guided by the intelligence of natural systems. With over 20 years of experience designing, managing, and overseeing the implementation of award-winning landscapes, Wendy has developed deep expertise in public parks, waterfronts, and complex urban projects. She excels at leading multidisciplinary teams, integrating planning, technical design, and communications to create ecologically resilient spaces. Wendy is deeply committed to the creative reuse of reclaimed materials in landscape design, celebrating their histories while advancing sustainability and low-carbon design principles. Prior to founding Assemblage, Wendy worked at SCAPE Landscape Architecture, Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, and Dirtworks. 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). Wendy earned her MLA at SUNY ESF, where her capstone research took her to Brasília, Brazil to investigate the contemporary urban fabric of a modernist city. Wendy is a co-chair of the ASLA-NY Climate Action Committee, a founding member of the ASLA-NY Plant Research Group, and a member of RECLAIM NYC, an advocacy group leading the growth of material salvage and reuse in NYC’s design and construction industry.
CATE MEERSMAN, WEDG. LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Cate is a landscape designer with experience in both design and environmental planning at Assemblage. She is passionate about projects that enhance the health and resilience of land and communities through collaborative design. Her interdisciplinary design research explores the layered and complex histories of sites through drawing, mapping, and other forms of generative exploration. Cate is committed to improving the public realm in New York City through volunteering and stewardship with the local environmental organization Gowanus Canal Conservancy.
In addition to design, Cate enjoys teaching and most recently co-taught a summer intensive landscape architecture foundation studio at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. Cate holds an MLA from UC Berkeley, and a BLA from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign where she received a National ASLA Student Honor Award. She also serves as a guest critic at Columbia GSAPP student reviews.
ANDREA JOHNSON, AICP ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
Andrea is a certified environmental planner and researcher with over a decade of experience advancing community resilience and equitable infrastructure across New York State. She is skilled in site feasibility studies, renewable energy and urban-ecological systems analysis, GIS-based environmental assessments, and stakeholder coordination. With a demonstrated ability to translate research and technical data into actionable planning and communication strategies, she is well-positioned to help support public-sector climate and energy projects.
In 2021 Andrea was awarded the Kaplan Chair for Urban Design to advance a Rikers Island renewable energy hub concept in collaboration with the Renewable Rikers Coalition. in 2024, she consulted for the Independent Rikers Commission, leading project management and coordination for the Renewable Rikers subcommittee, providing research and analytical support on funding pathways, city planning initiatives, and best practices in wastewater and wet-weather management.
Andrea is an American Planning Association member, a Collective for Community, Culture and the Environment member, and a Public Power NY member working on the Build Public Renewables Act campaign.
PATRICIA MCKEE, RLA, WEDG, ASLA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Patricia’s passion is sustainable design and planning for diversity and resiliency Her built work in North America and the Middle East includes master planning, urban design, public parks, resilient waterfronts, neighborhood revitalization, and sustainable cultural, and civic campuses. She is a visionary thinker and conceptual designer, skilled at design language, graphics, and writing to tell the story of a place, from proposals to final presentation.
As a team leader, Patricia brings clarity of purpose and effective communication that comes with experience. Patricia excels at working collaboratively across disciplines and tapping the potential of community groups, clients, and government agencies to fulfill the potential of every project.
LUCIENNE SNYDER-ROBERTSON. LANDSCAPE INTERN
Lucienne Snyder-Robertson is currently in her final year of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Her design interests lie at the intersection of architecture and landscape, with a focus on creating cohesive public spaces that communicate narrative, memory, and collective identity through planting, materiality, and the sculptural use of spatial structure.
In the summer of 2025, Lucienne studied abroad in Denmark, an experience that reshaped her understanding of landscape architectural practice through close engagement with Scandinavian approaches to design, ecology, and public space. Beyond studio and scholarship, she is passionate about oil painting, backpacking, and protest through design research, all of which inform her commitment to socially and environmentally responsive landscapes. She has also served as a guest critic at Cornell AAP.