Melody Stein

Melody Stein is a landscape architect, writer, and interdisciplinary designer. She is the co-director of External Affairs, a creative agency for the environmental and life sciences as well as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute. Her work is dedicated to the implementation of forefront environmental research through land-based approaches. Melody is motivated by the urgency of climate change and environmental degradation and the need for interdisciplinary methods of working that prioritize collaboration and cross-scalar strategy.

Melody’s writing and research has been published and featured in the Architect’s Newspaper, Madame Architect, Re:Arc Institute’s Revisions Journal, Urban Omnibus, and Places Journal. She is a 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar hosted by National Taipei University (NTPU) in Taiwan. Her work has also been supported by the Urban Design Forum through a 2023-2024 Forefront Fellowship and the New Museum of Contemporary Art through New Inc.

Previously, she worked at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) on public space projects around the United States. She holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornell University.

MLA, Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design