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Landscape Architecture Education in Adelaide

Clearly, it’s a special experience to come away from an exhibition feeling excited and that you have learnt something.

It’s even more so when the exhibition is a landscape students’ graduation exhibition!

It’s so exciting to see projects that amaze and challenge all of us.

Truly, there is not a shadow of doubt that these students will set a cracking pace in many directions for landscape architecture. These comments were prompted after I saw Switch 08, the University of Adelaide’s Masters of Landscape Architecture and Masters of Architecture exhibition.

Common Ground by Johnny McIntyre, proposes a new engagement process with aboriginal communities that considers how by listening, balancing opinions and being respectful, new planning and design outcomes can be achieved.

Breathing Space and Circulation of the Landscape by Amy Smith and Amelia Brereton, both deal with the plight of the Murray  Lakes and the Coorong.

These projects consider how human intervention and engineering can be mediated through landscape design processes to create sustainable environments for the future.

Jason Avery’s Skinscape used the healing properties of the flesh as an intriguing metaphor for the repair of the scarred landscapes of regional Wallaroo.

International projects range from the redevelopment of Copenhagen harbour and the creation of new suburbs for Singapore to the islands of Hong Kong with Dandelion, Xin Xin Yu’s sensitive adaptation of Tai O Island through a study of seasonal changes that affect the environmental, social and cultural ebb and flow of the land.

Su Sien Wong proposed an exciting ‘exit strategy’ for the Royal Adelaide Hospital, while maintaining the vitality and urban fabric of the East End.  Marion Chan challenged the conventional wisdom of the Adelaide Hills Face Zone in response to the current urban sprawl and future demand for housing in South Australia.

Adelaide 2018 by Alex Game, illustrated the potential for Adelaide to host the Commonwealth Games and how this event could be used a catalyst for the creation of a new urban context for the City. [I won’t offer any comment about the architectural students’ projects].

There is definitely something special happening amongst the landscape students at Adelaide Uni, and mention should be made of staff members: Tanya Court (Coordinator Landscape Architecture Program), Warwick Keats and Prof Nancy Pollock-Ellwand.

damien mugavin

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Testing the Waters: Conserving Historic Landscapes Training

Hello AILA folk!

We are considering the marketability of a Graduate Certificate (4 units or subjects) in Conservation of Historic Landscapes, or something similar.

I know I would love be involved in teaching it! Is anyone interested in studying it?

I trained at the University of York (MA-Conservation Studies 1990) which has informed my practice as a heritage consultant and a teacher. Professor Gini Lee has joined us here at QUT and we would be the chief staff involved, with special appearances by other QUT staff as needed.

I envisage lots and lots of expert guest lecturers which was the model at York. We want to make it solidly practical with an emphasis on conservation plans prepared through design studios investigating REAL historic landscapes.
Interested anyone?

Dr. Jeannie Sim, QUT, Brisbane.

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Schools: Australian landscape symbol libraries

The National Office was contacted by a teacher of Year 10 Graphics Technology at Port Hacking High School, on the southern side of Sydney.

He have the class currently undertaking a module on Landscape Drawing and was wondering if any AILA members could suggest a few good on-line Australian landscape symbol libraries they can access for symbols to use/duplicate in class exercises.

The school has found a handful, but none that they would describe as comprehensive by any means.

Failing that, are there any other sources of landscape drawing symbols  could be recommended? (ie. not on the internet)

Are there any good Landscape Drawing related teaching resources you can recommend? (on or off line)

This is the first time they have run the Landscape Drawing module and they are very low on resources for it!

Thank you in advance for /any / help your members might be able to provide.

Greg Bennett

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