2022 Class of Fellows, John Amodeo, Boston Chapter

IBI Placemaking, Boston, Massachusetts
by Staff

Boston Chapter Category: Works

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Boston Chapter Category: Works

Throughout forty years of practice, John Amodeo has provided superb leadership on an exceptional range of design and master planning efforts, including parks, plazas, streetscapes, greenways, and institutions both public and private. Always pursuing high-quality design in both the broader scale and in the details, John's practice has been undergirded by a consistent foundation of sustainability, stormwater management, and care for the natural environment. An urbanist with a passion for historic preservation, he designs the public realm to be context sensitive and enduring while being regionally authentic. Some of his award-winning projects include: a designated Boston Landmark, The Christian Science Plaza Restoration and Repair, that was carefully and subtly transformed to encourage sustainability and more public gathering while maintaining the Plaza's original character; the eleven-acre North Bank Bridge Park-Boston, Charlestown, and Cambridge-which reclaimed previously inaccessible riverfront with new connections such as a sinusoidal pedestrian bridge and also transformed the underbridge environment into a safe and whimsical plaza; and, the restoration of a highly damaged landscape, now known as Fresh Pond Reservation Northeast Sector, Cambridge, where John improved the water quality of Cambridge's drinking water supply, removed invasive plants, stabilized eroding steep embankments using bioengineering techniques, managed the remediation of contaminated soils, and planted over 60,000 native plants.