Senior Project Designer
RIOS
Los Angeles, California
Alex Marchinski is a senior project designer at RIOS, where he leads design and delivery of hospitality, residential, and civic landscapes across Southern California and beyond. He began his career focusing on the public realm, urban design, and community engagement, and has since shifted toward garden-making and crafting residential and hospitality landscapes. Alex brings a systems-based approach, translating ecological, cultural, and regulatory factors into cohesive landscape experiences. He is particularly interested in exploring spaces through movement, observation, and immersion to reveal hidden spatial, ecological, and social qualities. His work creates expressive, resilient environments grounded in place, narrative, and human experience.
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WED-C10: Los Angeles Beyond the Car: Hidden Landscapes of Nature, Culture, and Power
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT