About Third Nature
Third Nature Studio is a small San Francisco-based landscape design studio specializing in contemporary and contextual residential projects. Services offered range from design consultations to refined aesthetic detailing, planting & materials plans.
Randi Johnsen, a landscape designer with a youthful, artistic yet practical eye, runs Third Nature Studio. In 2004, she received a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley where she was given the prestigious American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award.
Randi has worked on projects throughout California and the world as an associate at Meyer + Silberberg Land Architects, and as a consultant for the offices of Walter Hood and Cheryl Barton. After designing and documenting large-scale public, commercial and institutional projects, Randi discovered that for her, the residential context is one of compelling intimacy and meaning. Third Nature Studio was formed as a result.
Professional Experience
- Founder, Third Nature Studio, San Francisco, California 2008-present
- Associate, Meyer + Silberberg | Land Architects, Berkeley, California 2004- 2008
- Consultant, The Office of Cheryl Barton, San Francisco, California 2005-2006
- Consultant, Hood Design, Oakland, California 2004
- Designer, The Office of Matthew Gaber, Berkeley, California 2001-2004
- Marketing Coordinator, SERA Architects P.C., Portland, Oregon 1999-2001
- Assistant to Sculptor Lee Kelly, Leland Iron Works, Oregon City, Oregon 1998-1999
Selected Projects
- NE 99th Street Residence, Portland, Oregon
- Brewer Road Residence, Sedona, Arizona
- La Salle Street Residence, Piedmont, California
- Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, California
- Fibrogen Headquarters, San Francisco, California
- Park of the Great Winds, Algiers, Algeria
- Ain Taya Masterplan, Algiers, Algeria
- Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
- Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou China
- University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medicine Facility, Davis, California
- IIPE Buddhist Monastery and School, Ukiah, California
- Park La Brea, Los Angeles, California
- Viet Heritage Garden, San Jose, California
- Cavallo Point, The Retreat at Fort Baker, Sausalito, California
- Emeryville Marina Masterplan, Emeryville, California
- Sonoma State University Student Housing, Rohnert Park, California
Education
- University of California Berkeley, Masters of Landscape Architecture, May 2004
- Reed College, Portland, Oregon, Bachelors of Art in Art History, May 1998
Awards & Publications
- Finalist, Santa Rosa Courthouse Square Competition, 2007
- ASLA Honor Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
- Thomas Church Design Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
- San Francisco Garden Club Design Award, 2003
- The Rhetoric of Ownership, Design & Use, Southern Humanities Council, 2004
- Modern Art in America Exhibition Catalogue, Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, 1997
Affiliations & Teaching
- Member, American Society of Landscape Architects
- Member, Association of Professional Landscape Designers
- Juror for Landscape Architecture studios, UC Berkeley, 2004-present
- Research Assistant to Walter Hood, 2004-2005
- Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
- Volunteer, Blake Garden, Kensington California