DANIELLE N. CHOI

Danielle N. Choi is a landscape architect, writer, and educator. Her research explores landscape design as a cultural practice that brings technology, infrastructure, and ecology into dialogue with public life. She is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and a member of the Boston Public Design Commission. Before joining the GSD, Choi practiced in landscape architecture studios in New York City and Berlin.


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Monument Circle
Indianapolis, IN, USA

Consultant to Merritt Chase

2025

Category: Projects


Landscape architects Merritt Chase are leading the long-term transformation of Monument Circle into a pedestrian-oriented landscape. As a design research consultant, I contextualized the present day landscape in two centuries of landscape change: transitions in vegetation, the interplay between urban mobility and surface materials—and the causes and public reception of these spatial and material changes over time. This work serves several purposes as the design process unfolds over the next several years: to inform design decisions, to demonstrate to the public how the landscape around an iconic monument has changed over time, and to situate a local landmark in a global context of urban form.

Research assistants: Matthew Lioe, Yihan Zhang

Site Credit: August Sklar