Emmett Gregory will be speaking at the 2026 ASLA New Jersey Conference in his session, “Emotional Landscapes: Designing for Inclusivity and Healing.” Joined by other experts in the field, Emmett will be diving into how landscapes elicit emotional responses. His session...

Mikyoung sits down as a lecturer in the New York Botanical Garden’s 27th Annual Landscape Design Portfolios Lecture Series! Join us online as Mikyoung illustrates how landscapes are an important catalyst for public health and urban resilience through featured projects such...

Through the Landscape Architecture Foundation’s Post-Occupancy Case Study Investigation, this investigation focuses on Boston Children’s Hospital’s healing gardens. Working closely with Researchers from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD); Gareth Doherty, Anne Tong, Garett Craig-Lucas, and Shan He; the...

Over the past year, MYK has been researching the impact of noise on our cognitive functioning and developing toolkits to design with noise in mind. The team conducted a sound walk to explore the public spaces of Boston to accumulate...

At Boston Children’s Hospital we brought in our Landscape Architecture Foundation post-occupancy Case Study Investigators from Harvard GSD, Gareth Doherty (Faculty leader), Anne Tong, and Garret Craig-Lukas, to see the sight, navigate the different spaces and understand the unique conditions...

In the heart of bustling cities, our team at MYKD seeks to create havens of calm through carefully curated landscape experiences. At the forefront of our mission is the understanding that the environments we inhabit profoundly influence our well-being. This...

Throughout this year, our focus has been on the nuanced design considerations for neurodiversity within landscape architecture and urban environments. We’ve been investigating the delicate relationship between emotional systems and the sensory aspects of our surroundings. This exploration has led us into the realm of affective neuroscience,...

We wanted to share some exciting projects that have expanded our design research in human and ecological health and well being in 2020. With the black lives matter movement and the pandemic, the public landscape has become even more important in helping to...

As we adjust to this new way of living and think about what it means as our cities open up again, we wonder what the new normal will be. Featured in Boston Magazine, Mikyoung Kim and other local professionals discuss...