Michelle Delk

Michelle Delk is the Laurie Olin Professor of Practice in Landscape Architecture at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. She is a partner at Snøhetta in New York City, leading their Landscape Architecture practice in the Americas. Her work focuses on enhancing relationships between people and environments through innovative, non-hierarchical collaboration.

Delk emphasizes urban landscape vernacular, exploring the interplay of memory, environment, and social perceptions. She actively contributes to landscape advocacy through board memberships with the Urban Design Forum and Cultural Landscape Foundation Stewardship Council.

Her professional practice integrates aspirational design with pragmatic solutions, striving to create inclusive public spaces that reflect place-specific subtleties. She advocates for trans-disciplinary approaches in urban design and public realm projects.