livkeeffe@gmail.com | livkeeffe.com
proficiencies
auto-CAD / civil-3d
adobe photoshop
adobe inDesign
landfx
procreate hobbies
drawing (digital art)
community service
reading
About Me
education
University of Georgia
Master of Landscape Architecture
College of Charleston Honors College
B.A. Political Science
B.A. Historic Preservation and Community Planning
professional experience
Moon Meeks and Associates, inc.
Landscape Designer
University of Georgia’s Office of Service-Learning
Graduate Assistant
Cherokee Garden Library (Atlanta History Center)
Graduate Research Fellow
Experience UGA (Office of Service-Learning)
AmeriCorps Service Member
City Archives of Munich (Stadtarchiv)
Intern
SC
2024 - 2025 Columbus, GA
2021 - 2024 Athens, GA
Summer 2022 Whigham, GA
2020 - 2021
GA
Summer 2019 Munich, Germany
The Rev. Pearly Brown Music Park | Westside Pinetum
moon meeks & associates, inc | 2025
The Rev. Pearly Brown Music Park
First ordained by the Friendship Baptist Church, Rev. Pearly Brown eventually decided the sidewalk would be his pulpit, using music to preach, inspire, and build community. The Rev. Pearly Brown Music Park is being constructed in his hometown of Americus, honoring his legacy by creating a functional space to celebrate music, joy, and day to day life in Sumter County, Georgia. Working under the mentorship of E. L. French, PLA and Anthony Slaughter, PE, I was a crucial member of the design team, working directly with the client, subcontractors, and donors to design a space that emulates the spirit of Rev. Pearly Brown.
The project will be constructed in phases and is funded by a HUD grant.
section through central axis of amphitheater
Cutting through the central axis of the amphitheater, this section shows the thoughtful design at the core of the Rev. Pearly Brown Music Park. The seating areas have been intentionally spaced and sloped to allow a clear line of sight to the stage, allowing visitors ample opportunities and places to actively enjoy and engage with the performances.Furthermore, the amphitheater has been oriented so that the sun will not be in the audiences’, nor the performers’, eyes during peak performance times. The amphitheater has also been designed so that the area can be actively used during the day as a park rather than solely operating as an event venue.
entry plaza perspective
Whether attending a specific event or just coming to spend a day at the park, most visitors will enter through the main plaza and courtyard. Walking through the decorative gates, visitors will encounter a sculpture honoring Reverend Brown’s legacy in a courtyard surrounded by colorful plantings, bricks honoring the music park’s donors, and benches inviting folks to sit and truly experience the space. From this plaza, people can easily access all of the park’s aspects and amenities. Whether they are entering or leaving through the plaza, the space invites people to enjoy their time here encourages them to return time and time again.
Westside Pinetum
nature & sustainability studio | fall 2022
Awarded First Place | Team Members: Madison Smrz, Garrison Taylor, and Alexander Wright key:
underpass
bioswale
bridge
successional pinetum
pollinator meadow
beltline junction
wetland access
preserved grove
Trees Atlanta and Atlanta Beltline provided my class with six sites of future pocket parks to design as a competition. My team chose a site on the westside of Atlanta the clients hoped to turn into a pinetum. Using native plant species and local artists, we aimed to engage and educate visitors while showing the diversity of ecosystems within the Georgia Piedmont and improving ecological function of the area.
topographic section
Completed entirely by Olivia
The Westside Pinetum exposes the viewer to the various ecosystems present in the Georgia Piedmont; including pine forests, meadows, and wetlands. The successional pinetum in particular educates visitors about environmental succession through plant selections that represent the various stages of the process. As the pinetum ages, visitors can see succession occur firsthand.
Oak Street Depot | Garden Citings
community design studio | spring 2023
Oak Street Depot: a
preservation community
Assignment: redesign the oak street corridor to improve access and create a sense of place
Oak Street Depot is a community designed with the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s
Ten Principles of ReUrbanism at the forefront of its mission. It brings together people from all backgrounds while celebrating the unique history of East Athens. Utilizing preservation, Oak Street Depot increases density, addresses issues such as food insecurity, and provides citizens with a place to live, work, and play.
1: cottage court single family residences
2: historic mixed use area
3: historic commercial (adaptive reuse)
4: pocket park
5: new commercial with courtyard housing
6: single family residential using historic character
7: festival space
8:brewpub (adaptive reuse)
9: grocery store co-op (adaptive reuse) 10:
entering oak street (section a - a’)
plant and materials palette
black-eyed susan brick paving
coneflower
historic train cars/ trolleys flowering groundcover
photographs taken by Olivia
historic residential public festival space oak street historic commerce firefly trail
southern railway food park and community center
One of the central parts of the proposed Oak Street Depot development is the addition of the Southern Railway Food Park and community center. Central to the design, this repurposes railway cars into cafes, coffee shops, and other food stops and positions them southeast of the Firefly Trail. Accessible from both the trail and Oak Street, it offers a gathering place that also triggers economic growth and development. Furthermore, the community center fills a need as there are no nearby gyms, libraries, and event spaces.
Garden Citings Article
cherokee garden fellowship | summer 2022
Working for the Atlanta History Center, I completed extensive survey work and research about the Harrell Family in Whigham, GA, ultimately publishing this article in the Spring 2023 Issue of Garden Citings.
https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/app/uploads/2023/05/CGL_Garden_Citings_Spring_2023_WEB.pdf
Herschend Residence | Leber Residence | Residential Courtyard
Herschend Residence
garden design studio | fall 2023
Assignment: produce a conceptual master plan and supporting design documents that will show the site’s future aesthetic character and function based on the client’s design program - including a swimming pool, spa, and lawn space for outdoor
3: walled pool deck with a raised fire pit and evergreen screening
the planting plan
Utilizing a tudor revival bungalow that was documented by the Historic American Building Survey, this space provides the Herschend family with a cottage retreat amidst Atlanta’s bustling urban setting. Inspired by the work of A. J. Downing and Piet Oudolf, the project combines the historic character of english cottage gardens with modern amenities and a mix of native and non-native plantings. While the structure no longer remains, the project exhibits the possibilities available when adapting historic architecture for modern uses.
kitchen garden plan view
stepping stones
raised beds (herbs)
shrub
4’ brick wall
arbored walk
fragrant shrubs
vine
entry
perspective:
a cottage retreat
small ornamental trees
perennial border
tudor revival bungalow
procreate, adobe photoshop
Leber Residence
garden design studio | fall 2023
Assignment: produce a conceptual master plan and detailed grading plan that will show the site’s future aesthetic character and function based on the client’s design program - including a less steep driveway, maintaining the existing pool, a guest cottage, and a small lawn space.
brick wall enclosing pool patio
patio with travertine pavers
small ornamental tree i.e. eastern redbud
path to side deck and entrance
entry sequence with ornamental trees, perennial plantings, and stone path
existing tree canopy
retaining wall with brick veneer
illustrative master plan
auto-CAD, adobe photoshop
concrete drive
Situated on a steep hill, the Leber Residence presents multiple grading challenges, including a steep entrance, necessary retaining walls, and drainage issues on the Ww of the property. Thus, a detailed grading plan is necessary to show the various slopes, spot elevations, walls, steps, pipes, and drain locations.
key information:
a: main residence FFE: 100
b: porch FFE: 100.58
c: guest house FFE: 102.25
d1: slope at 2.27%
d2: slope at 14.29%
d3: slope at 7.4% with a 1% cross-slope
d4: slope at 14.9%
d5: slope at 2.86%
e: five-foot retaining wall sloping at 14.5%
f: pool spot elevation: 98.9
g: 20 triton s-29-b storm-water chambers
grading plan
auto-CAD
Residential Courtyard
garden design studio | fall 2023
Assignment: using the base provided, design a residential courtyard in plan and section
plan view
hand drafted and rendered via procreate
groundcover
i.e. southern shield fern
large evergreen flowering shrub
i.e. sasanqua camellia
low evergreen hedge
small ornamental tree
i.e. japanese maple
flowering perennials
i.e. baptisia
large deciduous tree
water feature
large evergreen flowering shrub
i.e. sasanqua camellia
small deciduous tree
section a-a’
hand drafted and rendered via procreate
large deciduous tree
small ornamental tree i.e. japanese maple
large evergreen flowering shrub i.e. sasanqua camellia water feature
flowering perennials i.e. baptisia
low evergreen hedge
low seating wall
Collages | A Place of my Own
Life’s Small Joys
Collages
community design studio | spring 2023
Assignment: Create a digital collage that showcases your overall design vision
Both of these collages were created to depict how the rich history of Athens could be combined with its diverse contemporary characterisitics to create places where all people belong regardless of age or background. The collage to the left focuses on the East Athens neighborhood and my plans for Oak Street Depot: A Preservation Community. The collage above was for a different project focusing on the Athens Multimodal Transportation Center downtown and the plans for the Classic Center Arena, expected to open in 2024.
garden design studio | fall 2023
A Place of my Own
Assignment: Create a setting and structure that embody a place of your own
It started with a sketch of a few of my favorite things: books, southern culture, william morris wallpaper, baseball, dogs, and flowers. And then, it got me thinking: If my life was a book, and the beginning had one of those fantasy maps in it, what would the landmarks be? What would be a “livi-able” community? From there, with talking to friends and family, it came rather quickly. Instead of the little old lady who lives in a shoe, it would be little ole Livi (with Mose and Tripp) living in a cowboy boot. There would be books everywhere, spaces to be proudly Jewish and ones to do my favorite activity: nap. There would be homages to all of life’s little joys: music, writing, winnie the pooh. baseball, places to wander outside, beaches to lay on and mountains watching over me. It wouldn’t just be a place of my own, but a land of my own, where I could be unapologetically Livi.
pasttime pavillion
Life’s Small Joys
Here is a small collection of drawings aimed at capturing my favorite parts of life.
memorials
As both a subject of design and research, memorials and their ability to commemorate loss have always fascinated me. Here are my interpretations of three of favorite memorials, all of which served as case studies for my thesis “Commemorating Covid-19: A Guide”.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
AIDS Memorial Quilt
SwissAir Flight III Memorial
pet portraits
As a fundraiser for the people who suffered because of Hurricane Helene, I raised money through commissions by people to draw cartoonized portraits of their pets, from dogs to cats and even chickens. The Appalachian region is extremely important to me, and I was able to use my favorite hobby of drawing to raise over $700 for the organization Beloved Asheville, helping the community of Asheville recover from the damage they faced.
All portraits were drawn by hand on my iPad using procreate.
portrait drawn by garrison taylor