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DANI TORONYI

EDUCATION

  • Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture, NC State University, Raleigh, NC (2012)

  • Permaculture Design Certification, NC State University, Horticulture Department, Raleigh, NC (2011)

  • Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (2006)

  • Pratt Institute, Foundation Year, Fine Arts Department, Brooklyn, NY (2001-2002)

EXPERIENCE

  • Landscape Architecture Research Consultant (2023-Present)

  • Research Development & Knowledge Manager, OLIN, Philadelphia, PA (2015-2023)

    • Noteworthy projects include: Apple Park Landscape Tour App (2018-2020), LA River Master Plan, and OLIN Labs

  • Volunteer Landscape Architectural Designer, Community Design Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA (2014-2018)

    • Projects include: RAIR (Recycled Artist in Residency) (2018) and 17th Street: Design for Multi-Use Redevelopment (2014)

  • Landscape Designer, KMS Design, Phoenixville, PA (2014-2015)

  • Farm Volunteer, Pun Pun Organic Farm, WWOOF Program, Chiang-Mai, Thailand (2012)

  • Community Planning Research Assistant, Community Design Initiative, NC State University, Raleigh, NC (2011-2012)

PUBLICATIONS

  • "LA River Master Plan", Design with Nature Now, Columbia University Press (2019)

  • "Neurodiversity in the Sensorial City" KERB: Journal of Landscape Architecture. No. 27, RMIT University, (2019)

  • “Hidden Geographies: Design for Neurodivergent Ways of Hearing and Sensing" Cities & Health. DOI:

    10.1080/23748834.2019.1627059, (2019)

  • Advised on the American Society of Landscape Architects' Universal Design Resource Guide, (2019)

EXHIBITIONS

  • Learn a River’s Name, Schuylkill River Environmental Education Center (2018)

  • Sounding Nature, Cities & Sound (2018)

  • DATE/UM: Ecological Temporalities of the Lower Schuylkill River, #DataRescue, University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Center for Performing Arts (2017)

  • WetLand: Floating on Warmer Waters, University of Pennsylvania’s Program in Environmental Humanities (2015)

  • Camden Night Gardens (in partnership with DataGarden) (2015)

  • Diamond Meadows, Guerilla Outdoor Performance Festival in City Hall's Underground Pedestrian Concourse (2015)

PRESS

  • "Art installation interprets water pollution with sound" - Susan Phillips, NewsWorks Tonight, StateImpact Pennsylvania, WHYY / NPR (2017)

  • “Art and data marry to illuminate stories of life on the Schuylkill River” - Patricia E. Kim, NewsWorks, StateImpact Pennsylvania (2017)

SKILLS

  • Adobe Creative Suite

  • AutoCAD / Rhino / Grasshopper / VRay

  • ESRI ArcGIS Pro / ArcGIS Online