{"id":23874,"date":"2019-01-15T09:53:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T09:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/principals\/marco-esposito\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T16:46:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T16:46:48","slug":"marco-esposito","status":"publish","type":"principals","link":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/marco-esposito\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Esposito"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;singlefimg&#8221;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-text \"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field-label\">Phone No<\/span>415.332.5100<\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-email \"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field-label\">Email<\/span><a href=\"mailto:mesposito@swagroup.com\">mesposito@swagroup.com<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973229250{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>FEATURED PROJECTS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-repeater \"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/yorba-linda-library-arts-center\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Yorba Linda Library + Arts Center<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/elk-grove-civic-center\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Elk Grove Civic Center<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/rochester-institute-of-technology-global-village-and-global-plaza\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">RIT Global Village and Global Plaza<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/raycom-city\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Raycom City<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/2018-winter-olympics\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">2018 Winter Olympics<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1550053533805{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"pname\">Marco Esposito<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-text ceo\">Principal, Sausalito<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg interest\"><p>\u201cI\u2019m driven by a sense that most of what is built in the world these days doesn\u2019t add up to much. We live in a time of unusual wealth, which unfortunately seldom translates into civic drama or beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;black&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549972932909{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Marco Esposito is a landscape architect and urban designer with 38 years of experience, focused on creating walkable cities and neighborhoods that are bold in form, complex in use, and well-used by residents and non-residents alike. Marco\u2019s passion and enthusiasm\u2014as well as his skill in creating striking, well-used, award-winning places on complex sites\u2014stems from a lifelong love of cities and neighborhoods, fostered by world travels that have shown him the full range of what is possible. Recent built projects include the Civic Center Commons for Elk Grove, the Library &#038; Cultural Arts Center for Yorba Linda, the Global Plaza outdoor living room for Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Nordic Events Venues for the 2018 Winter Olympics.  Recent and ongoing master plans include the Brabazon District and Lake Park in Bristol UK, a waterfront park in Singapore, and San Jose State University.  Projects currently on the boards include Bay Street Plaza in Emeryville, College of Marin&#8217;s Library and Social Slope, and Burlingame Town Square.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1550043365129{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>INSPIRED BY<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Streets and buildings juxtaposed with natural beauty \u2013 the pattern of these elements determine much of the power of a place; the sheer beauty and excitement of San Francisco, Vancouver, and the Riviera, as well as smaller gems like Lugano and Amalfi; Hong Kong, where the man-made vertical sculpture of Manhattan collides with the tropical beauty of Hawaii.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973613519{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture with High Honors, University of California, Berkeley (1984)<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973668697{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>AFFILIATIONS &amp; REGISTRATIONS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Member, Urban Land Institute (2009-Present)<\/p>\n<p>Member, American Society of Landscape Architects (1989-Present)<\/p>\n<p>Member, San Francisco Planning &amp; Urban Research Association (1998-Present)<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973711466{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>SELECTED AWARDS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>ASLA Northern California Honor Award: Waterway Park, Raycom City (2016)<\/p>\n<p>SCUP Excellence in Landscape Architecture: Rochester Institute of Technology Global Plaza (2015)<\/p>\n<p>Gold Nugget Merit Award, Infill Plan over 5 Acres: Mission Estates (2011)<\/p>\n<p>ASLA Northern California Merit Award: University of the Pacific Sacramento Campus Plan<\/p>\n<p>AIA Top Ten Green Project, and LEED Platinum: Sacred Heart Science &amp; 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