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Keep Going....How non-Indigenous designers can advance First Nations in post referendum projects
No full textAs a Built Environment professional and in particular a landscape architect – I am encouraged to see First Nations issues and culture finally given a prominent place in the national conversation. As a landscape architect the extra joy arising from this is, of course, the concept of Caring for Country and the opportunity to enrich and maturate Australian cultural life by reimagining, restoring, and conserving our shared environment. Caring for Country – an interconnected concept concerning cultural/spiritual/practical ways of caring for the land - could be the cultural or more controversially the spiritual connection to accompany the modern practice of Landscape Architecture in Australia. The issue being - how is this expressed in a way that is as consultative and authentic as possible? And can non-Indigenous designers work in this space? And if so, how? It is obvious to say we must first engage with First Nations people, but there are some established and emerging ideas and protocols that can help non-indigenous designers achieve meaningful and authentic results for built projects
Neighbourhood open space in suburban liveability : [Review of the book Community Green: Rediscovering the Enclosed Spaces of the Garden Suburb Tradition, by David Nichols and Robert Freestone]
No full textThis encyclopaedic work by Nichols and Freestone is the result of extensive thinking, international review and research over several years. As the succinct preface page indicates, neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments. In this context, the book connects the past, present and future of planning specifically for small internal open spaces. It resuscitates the enclosed, almost secretive reserve from history as a distinctive form of local open space whose problems and potentialities are relevant to many other green community spaces. This then opens up wider connections between localism and globalism, the past and the future, and connects to broader global challenges of cohesion, health, food and climate change
A feeling for fieldwork : [A review of the book Landscape Fieldwork: How Engaging the World Can Change Design, by Gareth Doherty]
No full textThis book is about methodologies in the field for landscape architecture, which of course has always been part of the methodologies in the field of landscape architecture. It acknowledges that fieldwork is not new. But the concerns of climate have adjusted the lens, iniquitous power relationships are now more apparent, and the technologies for distancing ourselves from realities have become more available. So, we need to reinvent the way we do fieldwork, because reading about, feeling and tacitly knowing the relationship between a landscape and its people is still core to making creative turns in landscape architecture
Adaptive Flood Mitigation Planning: Harnessing the Maximum Capability of Strategic Green Stormwater Infrastructure : with video abstract
No full textFlooding in low-lying coastal cities is expected to worsen with climate change, and planning for long-term flood mitigation is challenging due to high uncertainty in projections. There are risks associated with under- or over-investment in expensive grey infrastructure. Implementing green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) on strategically large private properties may be a lower-risk alternative. In our previous studies published in 2022 and currently under review, we found that the capability of industrial properties to supplement city flood mitigation was substantial. They could offset climate change impacts in the long term, even under a major climate change scenario, and reduce flood probabilities. In this article, we restate their potential as a case study of large private properties to draw more attention from practitioners and transfer scientific knowledge into practice. The maximum flood mitigation capabilities of large private properties can be met through networks of GSI facilities and a long-term adaptation plan that considers all possible approaches to implementing GSI over time. However, government regulations and policies are likely to be needed to support their implementation to the maximum capabilities
Exploring the Design Thinking methodology to stimu-late alternative approaches in peri-urban landscape planning : with video abstract
No full textPeri-urban areas are vitally important to the function and value of our communities, our environment, and the economy. They often epitomise the relationship between a community and the landscape, providing essential eco-system services for the receiving settlement. With the expansion of cities and the resulting urban sprawl, the ability of peri-urban zones to sustain food provision is threatened in Aotearoa New Zealand. This study reports and reflects on a workshop facilitated by the Centre of Excellence: Designing Future Productive Landscapes, Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki | Lincoln University, with the Canterbury Mayoral Forum, to explore alternative land use topologies for the peri-urban areas of Waitaha | Canterbury region. The focus of this paper is on the application of a ‘design-thinking methodology’, to explore this issue, and the opportunities for engagement and solution ideation that it promoted. Workshop participants were engaged in three activities designed to provoke alternative and innovative thinking about the spatial relationship between urban growth (housing) and agricultural land (production). Key findings illustrate the strengths of the methodology to elicit alternative responses to land use within the peri-urban zone, with results indicating a desire to rethink how we plan and design the edges of cities to better protect and enhance their ability to produce food and support other essential eco-system services alongside urban expansion
Reflections on research and practice nexus through a Case Study Investigation at Phillip Island Nature Park
No full textThe article reflects on a collaboration between academia and the profession to conduct a case study, funded through and framed by the US-based Landscape Architecture Foundation Case Study Investigation program (LAF CSI), on the practitioner’s project Phillip Island Nature Parks (PINP) master plan and stage 1 (new visitor centre precinct). While benefits of such collaborations are well-known, nuanced, varying stakeholder objectives and relationships are inherent issues to negotiate in order to optmise collaborations. This include engaging with and acknowledging the client’s stewardship (PINP) of place. Such practices can leverage greater benefits that recognise and reinforce the landscape architecture disciplinary proficiency as ‘placemakers’. The role of LAF as a medium to facilitate the objectives, relationship and training is integral to successful collaboration. A good understanding of and respect for each other’s role is critical as is a constant engagement/communication throughout the process
Book Review
No full textAndrew Saniga and Robert Freestone (eds) (2023) Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities. UWA Publishin