Sonya Gimon is a designer with a focus on urban and landscape design, sustainable environmental systems and community engagement. Sonya’s strength lies in bringing people together around environmentally significant sites through a variety of design tools.
Prior to launching 3fwild, she worked as a landscape designer at MNLA, New York, NY. She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, Brooklyn, NY and taught at Montana State University’s Landscape Design program, Bozeman, MT.
- 2022 NYFA/NYSCA Fellow in the category of Architecture, Environmental Structures and Design.
- Founding Member of WIP Collaborative, a shared feminist practice of independent design professionals working together on projects that engage community and the public realm.
- MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems from Pratt Institute.
Project Experience
Flood Resiliency
Landscape Planning
Urban & Landscape Design
- Hunts Point Access Improvement Project, Bronx, NY (MNLA)
- Madison Square Flatiron Plaza Reconstruction, New York, NY (MNLA)
Research
Collaborators
Ruyun XiaoGraphic designer and artist
WIP Collaborative
Sonya Gimon is a Founding Member or WIP Collaborative, a shared feminist practice of independent design professionals working together on projects that engage community and the public realm.