Marco Esposito
“I’m driven by a sense that much of what is built in the world these days doesn’t add up to anything. We live in a time of unusual wealth, which unfortunately seldom translates into civic drama or beauty,” says Marco, an urban designer for over 25 years. His goal? To break that cycle by creating “special places”—walkable cities and neighborhoods that are bold in form, complex in use, and well-used by residents and non-residents alike. Marco’s passion and enthusiasm—as well as his skill in creating striking, well-used, award-winning places on complex sites—stems from a lifelong love of cities and neighborhoods, fostered by world travels that have shown him “the full range of what is possible.”
Interests
City form-giving; neighborhood site planning; campus planning and landscape architecture; creating striking “postcard places” as a part of establishing, infilling or refilling cities, neighborhoods, and campuses.
Inspired by
Streets and buildings juxtaposed with natural beauty, because the pattern of these elements determine much of the power of a place; the sheer beauty and excitement of San Francisco, Miami Beach, and the Riviera, as well as smaller gems like Lugano and Amalfi; Hong Kong, where “the man-made vertical sculpture of Manhattan collides with the tropical beauty of Hawaii.”
Affiliations
Member, Urban Land Institute, American Society of Landscape Architects and San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture with High Honors, University of California, Berkeley
Awards
2006 Gold Nugget Grand Award, Best On-The-Boards Site Plan: Riverfront Neighborhood, Petaluma, CA. 2006 Gold Nugget Merit Award, Best Community Site Plan, 15 to 99 Acres: Mayfield Neighborhood, Fremont, CA. 2006 NCC/ASLA Merit Award: University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Campus Plan, Sacramento, CA. 2005 International Award for Livable Communities, Gold Award: Hawana, Liuxi River, Guangdong Province, China. 2003 Stockton Beautiful Award: University of the Pacific Infill Projects, Stockton, CA.