Nadia Amoroso
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| Born | Toronto, Canada |
| Education | University of Toronto (BLA)
University of Toronto (MUD) The Barlett, University College, London, UK (PhD) |
| Occupation | Author, urban designer, landscape architect |
| Website | uoguelph |
Nadia Amoroso (born Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian author, urban designer, and landscape architect known for her creative cartography, data visualization, and design representation work.[1] She founded Nadia Amoroso Studio, focusing on mapping design, Geo-Design, and visual communication of landscape and urban concepts.[2]
Biography
Early life and education
Nadia Amoroso was born and grew up in Toronto, Canada, and developed an early interest in visual arts, math, and architecture.[3] She completed her Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) and Master of Urban Design (MUD) from the University of Toronto. She later completed her PhD in Architectural Design from The Bartlett, University College London, UK in 2010.
Career
Amoroso is a faculty member at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) in Landscape Architecture at the University of Guelph.[4] Her teaching and research focus on landscape representation, digital visualization, and innovative communication techniques. She has also taught at the University of Oklahoma, the University of Arkansas, and Cornell University.[5][6]
She integrates digital tools into teaching and leads design studios exploring creative cartography, urban data visualization, and environmental design. Her research combines design thinking and digital technology, focusing on mapping techniques, data visualization, and graphic representation in landscape architecture.[7]
Additionally, Amoroso is the founder of Nadia Amoroso Studio, a boutique design firm specializing in visualization and mapping applications. Her studio focuses on Geo-Design, data-driven visualizations, and high-quality illustrations of landscape and urban concepts.
In 2018, Amoroso guided her students in designing Rising Up, a winning entry in Toronto’s Winter Stations Competition. The installation highlighted climate change and rising water levels, blending design with environmental storytelling. Amoroso supervised her students in developing creative mapping images and climate change imagery of Venice using AI technology, exhibited at the European Cultural Centre, the Time-Space Existence, in conjunction with the Venice Architectural Biennale, in 2021 and 2023.
Selected publications
Amoroso is the author of several books, including:
- The Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles (Routledge, 2010)[6][8][9][10]
- Representing Landscapes: A Visual Collection of Landscape Architectural Drawings (Routledge, 2012)
- Digital Landscape Architecture Now (Thames & Hudson, 2013)[11]
- Representing Landscapes: Digital (Routledge, 2015)[4][12]
- Representing Landscapes: Hybrid (Routledge, 2016)
- Representing Landscapes: Analogue (Routledge, 2018)
- Representing Landscapes: One Hundred Years of Visual Communication (Routledge, 2022)
- Representing Landscapes: Visualizing Climate Action (Routledge, 2024)
Awards and honors
- Canada Foundation for Innovation – John R. Evans Leaders Fund Award
- Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Outstanding Communications Award
- Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA) Award for Research and Innovation
References
- ↑ "Nadia Amoroso - Architecture MasterPrize Jury Board Member". Architecture MasterPrize / Architecture, Interior & Landscape Design Awards 2025 - Architecture Awards 2025 - Celebrating Excellence in Architecture, Interior & Landscape Design. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ↑ "Nadia Amoroso | School of Environmental Design and Rural Development". www.uoguelph.ca. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ↑ ""Datascaper" Mixes Digital Mapping With Landscape Design". nextcity.org. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "AA School". www.aaschool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ↑ "Design for the Post-Peak Pandemic – Datascapes". Design Industry Advisory Committee. 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Popova, Maria (2011-08-16). "Creative Cartography: Mapping the Invisible City". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ↑ "U of G capturing the changing world of the pandemic through art". GuelphToday.com. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ↑ Patel, Amit (June 2012). "Book Review: The Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles". Journal of Planning Education and Research. 32 (2): 244–246. doi:10.1177/0739456X11436361.
- ↑ Ryan, Brent D. (February 2012). "Distributed Urbanism: Cities after Google Earth/The Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles". Journal of Urban Design. 17 (1): 155–157. doi:10.1080/13574809.2011.646144.
- ↑ Kaza, Nikhil (May 2012). "Review of The Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles, by Nadia Amoroso". Journal of Regional Science. 52 (2): 392–394. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9787.2012.00768_11.x.
- ↑ Meyer, Elizabeth K. (2013). "Drawing, Dreaming, Thinking, and Making Landscapes". Landscape Architecture. 103 (8): 126–132. ISSN 0023-8031. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ↑ Mawrey, Richard (2015). "The Business of Landscape". Historic Gardens Review (32): 37–37. ISSN 1461-0191. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
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