Crystal Gaudio

FOUNDER
 

Crystal Gaudio is a registered landscape architect with WBE status in both Connecticut and New York State. She has twenty years of experience building landscapes throughout the US and is dedicated to the improvement and creation of sustainable public and private landscapes for the enjoyment of all.  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.

Awards:

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

Best of New York 2014: Playground - Donald and Barbara Zucker Natural Exploration Area (March 2014 issue New York Magazine)

New York’s Most Amazing Playgrounds 2013 - Vanderbilt Playground (July 30, 2013 New York Magazine)

Lucy Moses Award for Historic Restoration 2012 - Restoration of the Prospect Park Lakeshore and Music Island

ASLA-NY Merit Award for Design Excellence 2012 - Restoration of the Prospect Park Lakeshore and Music Island

NYC Design Commission Award for Excellence 2010 - Restoration of the Prospect Park Lakeshore from the Summer House to the Concert Grove and Music Island