About Julieta Trevino Sherk, PLA, ASLA

Academic Professional Background

“Starting with my 10-day study abroad course in Venezuela to my work with colleagues in the LAR department at NCSU and collaborations with my architecture colleagues whom I met during my study leave in Mexico, I draw from all those experiences to enrich my teaching in my current position in Horticultural Science .”

  • Professor, 2021- present, NCSU, College of Agriculture and Life Science CALS, Department of Horticultural Science, NC
  • Associate Professor, 2015 – 2021, NCSU,CALS, Department of Horticultural Science, NC
  • Assistant Professor, 2009 – 2015, NCSU, CALS, Department of Horticultural Science, NC
  • Associate Faculty, 2003 – present, NCSU, College of Design (COD), Department of Landscape Architecture, NC
  • Teaching Assistant Professor August 2003 – July 2009, NCSU, COD, Department of Landscape Architecture, NC
  • Landscape Architect & NLI Design Assistance Coordinator – February 2006 -2009, NCSU, COD, The Natural Learning Initiative, College of Design, NC
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor March 1994, 95, 96, 97, 98, International Short Course to Venezuela, NCSU, COD, Department of Landscape Architecture, NC

Professional Practice

John and Fernando

"I have been fortunate to have had the influence of two extraordinary landscape architects during my apprenticeship at Stoddart y Tabora, John Stoddart and Fernando Tabora. My connections with the City of Raleigh and love of urban design began early in my career and plays out in my role as a 6-year member and chair of the COR Appearance commission. My time in practice helped me to fine-tune the skills and processes that I now use in the classroom."

  • JTSLA, LLC, Principal Landscape Architect (June 2006 – present) Raleigh, NC
  • OBS Landscape Architects Landscape Architect (Sept.2003 – August 2006) Raleigh, NC
  • Little & Little Landscape Architects Project Landscape Architect (Mar. 1997– Sept. 2003) Raleigh, NC
  • City of Raleigh Planning Planning Technician I (Jan. 1996 –   Feb.1997) City of Raleigh Planning Department,  Raleigh, NC
  • Stoddart & Tabora Landscape Architects & Land Planners Landscape Architecture Intern (Dec.1993 – April 1994)  Caracas, Venezuela

 

Professor Sherk is a professional landscape architect and an associate professor teaching landscape design at the NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in the Department of Horticultural Science and is an associate faculty in the Landscape Architecture department at the College of Design where she teaches during summer sessions.

She teaches a variety of studios to undergraduate and graduate students. She teaches lecture classes in Hand Graphics, Digital Graphics, Site Planning, Construction Materials and Methods, Plant Identification, Planting Design.  She has been on or led graduate committees for Master of Horticultural Science students and Masters of Landscape Architecture students.  She has worked with her graduate students to evaluate a variety of landscapes including the work on the “Evaluation and Comparison of Sustainability Performance, Visual Preference, and Area Use”.

She has coordinated community engagement projects and executed a variety of service-learning projects with her students across communities in her state and globaly.  Most recently she received city and state awards for her work on the Polk Hall ‘Heat Mitigation’ Garden, which is part of the streetscape at the corner of Polk Hall. The NCSU Grounds Management and Landscape Construction Services (GMLCS) office worked with a Horticultural Science studio to design and install a landscape at the southwest corner intersection of Stinson Drive.  The team came up with an innovative technique that ventilated the underground heat away from the soil through an insulation and pipe system. This made it possible to create a green, artful sense of place at this very visible and active corner. Plants now successfully shade the southwest side of the building, and the system is currently being evaluated over time to track the performance of the redesigned environment.

Queretaro aqueduct in MexicoShe used her bilingual abilities to lead a study abroad course to Córdoba, Mexico during summer 2011.  It is a course in community design strategies that involves a service-learning design project in which NC State students in conjunction with students from the Universidad Veracruzana, Córdoba developed small urban design improvement projects.  Students addressed urban design while focusing on assessing the cultural, social, and spatial needs of the community members through social active strategies.  Through conducting workshops with the community, students enriched their connection to the local people and experienced real-world applications of the skills introduced in the class.

Julieta is dedicated to working in her practice, JTSLA, and with her students to create natural, stimulating places that enhance the health of the community and the environment as a whole. She is particularly interested in addressing challenging sites and evaluating the results of her efforts.   She also focuses on the use of artful landforms and plants as design elements and believes in the critical role they play in improving and enhancing the human/natural experience. To this end, she is interested in opportunities to improve natural, social/cultural, and historic resources while incorporating living infrastructure such as bioretention gardens, pollinator, edible and ornamental landscapes that provide multiple benefits in people’s day to day life.