Crystal Gaudio

Crystal Gaudio is a registered landscape architect with Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) certification in both Connecticut and New York State. She has twenty years of experience building landscapes throughout the US . Combining her work in Prospect Park and independently at Rubus, Crystal designed: trail heads, public parks, nature-based play areas, traditional playgrounds, restored natural areas, historic landscapes, native pollinator and habitat gardens, new waterfront promenades and plazas, intensive and extensive green roofs and general circulation and planting designs.

career path:

Crystal Gaudio’s career began at CMG in San Francisco, establishing a strong design foundation with a public sustainability focus. Then hired as lead Landscape Architect at the Prospect Park Alliance, her main projects include: LeFrak Center and Leon Levy Esplanade at Lakeside, Vanderbilt Playground and the Zucker Natural Exploration Area. After seven exciting years, she and founded Rubus Landscape Architecture.

Awards:

ASLA-NY Merit Award for Design 2017 - Gardens Rising Green Infrastructure Feasibility Study (WE Design: Landscape Architect; NYCCGC: Client; Crystal Gaudio: Project Manager)

Best of New York 2014: Playground - Donald and Barbara Zucker Natural Exploration Area (March 2014 issue New York Magazine - Crystal Gaudio: Lead Designer at Prospect Park Alliance )

New York’s Most Amazing Playgrounds 2013 - Vanderbilt Playground (July 30, 2013 New York Magazine - Crystal Gaudio: Lead Designer at Prospect Park Alliance)

Lucy Moses Award for Historic Restoration 2012 - Restoration of the Prospect Park Lakeshore and Music Island (Crystal Gaudio: Lead Designer at Prospect Park Alliance)

ASLA-NY Merit Award for Design Excellence 2012 - Restoration of the Prospect Park Lakeshore and Music Island (Crystal Gaudio: Lead Designer at Prospect Park Alliance)

NYC Design Commission Award for Excellence 2010 - Restoration of the Prospect Park Lakeshore from the Summer House to the Concert Grove and Music Island (Crystal Gaudio: Lead Designer at Prospect Park Alliance)