DYLAN WILSON

This project is from my first Landscape Architecture internship with LandPatterns in Dallas, TX. Another coworker (around my age fresh from college) and myself were given a project in Fort Worth, TX that would be redesigning parts of the famous Stockyards for a concrete convention coming to town. We had to show the versatility of the material in a unique design. I was able to take the lead on the project due to my coworker having a couple other projects of his own. We surveyed and documented the project site, and were able to come up with a idea that I’m still proud about nearly 3 years later. Of course I was already nervous leading my first real world project, but on the delivery date my boss surprised my coworker and I that we would be the ones presenting the idea to the interested parties without his help. Being new to all this I could have backed down, but I stepped up the plate and swung as hard as I could. The presentation went really well, and now looking back, I’m glad that my boss pushed me so hard to try new, uncomfortable things.