On today’s episode of Architectette we welcome Dena Prastos, AIA. Dena is an architect, engineer, and founder of the New York City based company, Indigo River. Indigo River is a women-owned transdisciplinary design firm focused on progressive waterfront architecture and resiliency. The firm specializes in climate adaptation through waterfront solutions.We talk about: - Graduating with a degree in architecture, feeling pigeonholed, and breaking out of a CAD jockey cycle with a master’s in civil engineering and a decade of exciting, diverse work in architecture, engineering, and construction.- Dena’s realization that there was an opportunity to focus her work on the waterfront which led to the start of Indigo River. - Recent projects and how the firm specializes in waterfront projects like marinas, sea walls, offshore infrastructure, climate adaptation, and code development. - Dena’s leadership at Indigo River: we talk about how she supports her employees with systems to encourage continuing education and self improvement .- We end by talking about the relationships that cities have to their waterfronts.
>>>Connect with Dena: Dena's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denaprastos/Indigo River: https://www.indigoriver.com/Indigo River Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indigo_river_/
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