Urban / Landscape Designer
Profile
Mr. Balkan is an Urban / Landscape Designer. He contributes
to all phases of the design process, including production on schematic,
design development, and construction drawings, planting plans, construction
details, and specification writing. He is highly skilled in the production
of 3D drawings, sketches, models and color renderings, both free hand
and computer-aided.
Broad experience with computers, CAD, and a
variety of graphic software enables him to coordinate with any associated
firms. He also assists in the design and production of marketing materials.
Mr. Balkan has worked on a range of projects involving large-scale planning and smaller courtyard spaces, as well as numerous Chicago landscape ordinance based projects, for which he has a special expertise.
Work Experience
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION
Adams House, FLWright
Burton Westcott House, FLWright
Vachel Lindsay Home
Robie House, FL Wright
Ragdale Foundation
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Austin Garden Master Plan
Baha’i House of Worship Gardens
The Glen Athletic Fields & Tennis Courts
Lakefront Millennium Park
Oak Park Public Library
Southwest Women Working Together
Serenity Garden
Midway Airport Parking Garage
RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
Adamac
Barbato Roof Deck
Hoffmann Garden
Kent
Lopat / Drummond
Stoltz
CAMPUS DESIGN
& PLANNING
Northwestern University Ford Design Center
Oak Park & River Forest High School
Pedestrian Mall
Oak Park Comprehensive Plan
Webster University Garden Avenue Webster University Library Plaza
Webster University Master Plan
University of Illinois at Chicago
Mixed-use Development
COMMERCIAL
99th Street METRA Station
Joliet Metra Station
107th St Metra Station
Chicago Landscape Ordinance Reviews
Johnson Controls Headquarters
M & M Mars
Mather Café
Oak Park Public Works Facility
Education
KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL
LANGUAGE SCHOOL
Chicago, Illinois, March – June 2001
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN
Bilkent University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Landscape Architecture
and Urban Design, Ankara, Turkey, 1998
412 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 p. 708.524.1484 f. 708.524.1686 |
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