Natia Kapanadze

Developed design concepts for various scale hospitality, ski resort, land and community planning projects. Managed workplans, budget, consultant and client relationships, prepared presentation materials, and did quality control at each stage of project development. Supervised and mentored junior team members while building relationships with senior designers and firm leadership.

Designed and managed various scales of commercial, urban, and high-end residential projects from concept through construction administration phases. Supervised and mentored junior team members, and led Design Studio Operations.

Worked on San Antonio's historic Pearl project Biergarten, various commercial and high-end residential projects.

Collected, edited, and prepared video recordings for screening for Ai Wei Wei's Bare Life exhibition at Kemper Museum.

Worked with professor Eric Ellingsen on video visualization, assisted and conducted Premier Pro for landscape architecture tutorials, assisted students in their assignments and design thinking using technology.

Actively participated and designed marketing materials for various events in the garden, helped organize and promote garden's first National Green Expo in 2017. Designed and supervised seasonal planting across different areas of historic botanical garden. Worked with local horticulturists and garden leadership team to create new event space and decorative grass garden.

The Civic Activities Development Society, CADS, is a youth-led organization focused on enhancing democratic health through voter education, particularly regarding ethnic minority rights in rural regions. With support of USAID and International Foundation for Electoral Systems, IFES, we organized and conducted public information meetings, village-level election simulations, trainings, photo exhibitions, and various other activities to promote civic action in underserved communities.

Worked with Swiss and Danish artists to conduct art projects in the refugee camp in Georgia. Helped connect with local singer and their band to turn refugee complaints into an art project. The song was a performance that carried out in various places in Georgia by the refugees.