Midtown Marta
This is the pro bono project completed by the Gensler Atlanta 2014 summer interns. Our University Outreach team had reimagined its summer internship experience. Part of that reimagining was to have a project with a real client and deliverable for the summer interns to work on together as a team. We reached out to our contacts in the community and fortune favored us as Marta was embarking on a study to develop the air rights over their stations. One of the stations earmarked for the study was Midtown Marta Station, just two blocks from our office. The project developed by our team looked at the needs of the surrounding area as well as gathered research from passengers at the station to take a look at what a station could become if the air rights were developed.
Roles and Responsibilities: As Co-leader of the University Outreach Program my role is oversight of the project and team, in essence a project manager. The Summer Internship Team is a highly fluid team, and everyone has a hand in everything. My responsibilities include establishing contact with potential clients for selection of a pro bono project; selection of the client and project to be developed; recruitment and selection of the intern team; creating the project syllabus, program, and schedule in collaboration with the client; logistics with office leadership, studio leaders, studio admin, and office schedule; technical and design expertise/support and reviews; and point of contact for the client relationship.
2014 | Gensler | Marta | Midtown | Atlanta, Georgia | Research | Summer Interns: Van Dang, Jordan Davis, Fiorella Dimiceli, Emma Flynn, Angie Tran
