Shane Fagan is the current Director on STUDIOPLAATS | Landscape Architecture and Design. He received his BA in Biology from the University of Virginia and his Masters in Landscape Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design. Working in several regions of the US, the Netherlands and the UK has given him multiple perspectives on climate forward design, pro-pedestrian allocation of space and ideas on place-making. He established STUDIOPLAATS in 2017 after experience with Nelson Byrd Woltz and West8-Rotterdam with the goal to make unique work with cool people.