Ryu Kim

Ryu is a Senior Project Manager at the Public Design Commission. She oversees the review of Landscape Architecture projects and manages the Commission's key initiatives, including the Annual Awards for Excellence in Design, the publication of the PDC Annual Report, and the design guidelines for Building a Family-Friendly City: Design Guidelines for a Safer, More Livable Public Realm, a mayoral initiative from 2025. Ryu brings background in Landscape Architecture, with contributions to projects such as Baltimore Inner Harbor Masterplan 2.0 and UNESCO City Icheon Ceramic Village Masterplan. As a landscape designer and an urban park management professional, she is committed to strengthening the connection between design excellence and long-term stewardship of public parks through the design review process. Ryu holds a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor’s of Landscape Architecture from the University of Maryland, as well as a certification in Urban Park Management from the City University of New York and Central Park Conservancy’s Institute for Urban Parks.