Sharon Komarow is a senior landscape architect and associate with over fifteen years of experience in public, institutional design, and environmental planning. She has been with KMDG for over twelve years. Her educational background and previous work in environmental science influence her work as a landscape architect. At KMDG, she is lead technical designer responsible for developing construction documents and detail standards and working creatively within the schematic and design development phases. She has extensive public design and project management experience and has been the project manager for many of our park, campus, and educational projects, including Hoyt Sullivan Playground in Somerville, MIT Cogeneration Plant, Central Square, New England College Performing Arts Center, and Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary, among many others. While at Harvard University, she received a Community Service Fellowship to help the Town of Barnstable prepare a successful grant to fund park renovations and a Presidential Instructional Technology Fellowship to develop a reference website on the vegetation of the urban environment.
Sharon Komarow
Studio Director, ASLA, PLA (she/her)
Qualifications
Registration and Licensure
Landscape Architect
MA #4296
RI #482
Education
Harvard University
Master of Landscape Architecture
Stanford University
Bachelor of Science in Earth Systems
Select Honors and Awards
2019 – Central Square East Boston; Boston, MA; Merit Award for Design, BSLA
2019 – Hoyt Sullivan Park; Somerville, MA; Merit Award for Design, BSLA
2018 – Roemer Plaza, Suffolk University; Boston, MA; Architecture Masterprize in Education
2018 – Fisher Hill Reservoir Park, Brookline, MA; Merit Award, BSLA
2018 – Roemer Plaza, Suffolk University; Boston, MA; Merit Award for Design, BSLA
2016 – Roemer Plaza, Suffolk University; Boston, MA; Citation Award for Excellence in Architecture, Institutional Work, AIA NE
2014 – Boston Schoolyard Initiative; Boston, MA, Honor Award, BSLA
2007 – Studio Works 7, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Fun Facts
Fueled by // Tea and dark chocolate
Favorite lunch spot // In my imagination: a café in Barcelona. In reality: at my desk
In my free time, I can be found // Outside with my family
Favorite vacation destination // Anywhere with great swimming and hiking spots
Best thing about KMDG // The spirit of collaboration