Scott believes people are interdependent and that our shared future depends upon a conscientious, designed relationship with nature. Landscape architecture brings all of us together in our vulnerabilities and dreams. Scott grew up in a working family in the west suburbs of Cleveland. Attending a Jesuit high school in the historic Ohio City neighborhood and working summers in a law firm on Public Square inspired Scott’s fascination with the life and death of cities. He attended Davidson College as Patricia Cornwell Scholar. He later earned an MFA from The New School in New York City.

Scott was a member of Architecture Research Office (ARO) from 2006 to 2012, steering that practice to recognition from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2010 and the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture in 2011. Scott’s participation in ARO’s materials for the Museum of Modern Art exhibition Rising Currents sparked recognition of landscape architecture’s leadership in creating resilient cities. Working closely with Principals and Directors, Scott helps to cultivate and to act upon new business opportunities while also overseeing a growing network of strategic partners and collaborators. He leads a prolific team working across the practice. 

Scott is a Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and he sits on the Planning Board for the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts. 

Scott’s writing has appeared in The Believer, Conjunctions, ICON, Nautilus, and Landscape Architecture Magazine among other publications, and on exhibit at Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York. He has taught writing and communications at The Rhode Island School of Design and appeared as a lecturer and panelist at the AIA Center for Architecture in New York City, Amherst College English Department, ASLA Annual Conference on Landscape Architecture, and Columbia University GSAPP. He has been a guest of the Corporation of Yaddo, an Artist Fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a recipient of the Pushcart Prize.