Monday, October 09, 2006

Student profile: Luke Baldwin

Luke Baldwin
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
0401 292 971
baldyone3@bigpond.com.au

Growing up in Sydney’s North Shore area and working as a landscape gardener, Luke has always been an active, outdoors person with a strong interest in the dynamics of the landscape, especially the relationship of water and the land. He is passionate about the natural environment and the beauty it holds and sees landscape architecture as a way of manipulating the landscape in positive and sensitive ways to enhance the beauty and to generate an appreciation of place for all people.

Luke has always envisaged himself working in a profession that involves the landscape. As a result of his studies and construction and design experience, he has become influenced by principles of sustainable design and creating spaces that balance both natural and built elements harmoniously. Luke hopes to create innovative and sustainable spaces at a range of scales for the enjoyment of all people.



Student profile: Daniel Crowle

Daniel Crowle
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture/Environmental and Resource Management
0404 035 053
dangule@hotmail.com

Taking on new challenges as they arise and seeking innovative design solutions for projects, Daniel is determined to succeed in the landscape field. An honest and hard working individual, he already has a Trade Certificate in Gardening and a Diploma in Garden Design.

Daniel has a range of practical experience, from the ground up, starting his career in the landscape industry as a gardener whilst living in Adelaide. After moving back to his home town of Sydney he explored other areas of the landscape industry: constructing hard landscapes for a range of Sydney clients and then planting out designs for an established garden designer. Finally, before commencing his university studies, Daniel worked on a large-scale commercial site implementing a public park and amenities in a housing estate in Sydney’s west.

Daniel continues to seek new challenges and is always setting new goals. After a semester studying on exchange in Bangkok he would like at some stage to work internationally on large scale urban and environmental jobs.


Student profile: Katie Earle

Katie Earle
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
0403 009 987
KatielEarle@hotmail.com

Katie is passionate about the role Landscape Architects have in the world. She is inspired by the idea that the world is an ant nest that needs to be refined and organized in order for the people to be able experience life to the fullest. Katie sees the role of the Landscape Architecture as making connections, linkages and pause points in order to allow cohesiveness and enjoyment of life.

Having relocated from Sydney to Canberra in 2003 after spending a gap year working full time in an Investment Banking firm, Katie hopes now to travel in order to see how different cities, landforms and climates change the appearance and dynamics of the landscape. She endeavors to see in a fine grain how people in different cultures see their landscape and want to interact within it.

Katie is fascinated by the resolutions made world-wide to allow people to interact positively with their landscape. In her design work she uses an objective-based approach with originality and excitement.

Student profile: Erica Green


Erica Green
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
04 23 501 795

ericagreen12@hotmail.com

For Erica, Landscape Architecture is about applying practical and creative thinking to develop ecologically sustainable and visually pleasing spaces for people to enjoy.

Erica is enthused by the opportunity to provide spaces that people will appreciate and ultimately create a lasting impression. She regards the most successful spaces as those that continue to add to society long after being built. Such designs embody a strong ‘sense of place’ and may hold special meaning or attachment to certain people, a concept both empowering and inspiring. Our designed spaces have a profound effect on society and our environment in an immediate, short and long term context. This is why Erica believes Landscape Architecture plays an important role in our built and natural environments.

As a graduate Landscape Architect, Erica is particularly interested to work in the field of urban design and landscape planning. She looks forward to increasing her understanding and skills to creating and designing high quality spaces.

Student profile: Peter Green

Peter Green
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
0439 899 483
peter.aj.green@gmail.com

Peter’s personal interests include surfing and music and his choice to study Landscape Architecture draws from his appreciation of the outdoor world. He now loves the role of designing landscapes and has developed a style that is strongly influenced by spatial and movement functionality. Peter particularly enjoys designing at scales ranging from a residential garden to a public park. Japanese and Asian native plants are personal favourites and this is evident in many of Peter’s designs.

Growing up on the North Coast and studying in Canberra, Peter has been exposed to a wide variety of landscape environments. He is an easy going and confident young man with a very positive attitude and friendly personality. Through past experience, he has proven that he works well as a team member or individually. Peter is keenly looking forward to graduation this year and joining the workforce to learn more of the industry and develop his style further.

Student profile: Anthony Hosking

Anthony Hosking
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture/Environmental Science.
(02) 6258 0352
ahosking@apex.net.au

Anthony feels that environmental science is an increasingly important aspect of landscape design in today’s world. Undertaking the double degree in landscape architecture and environmental science has given him the opportunity to blend science and logical problem solving with artistic creativity. Design, he feels, is a challenge which should at all times incorporate as many functions as possible, while still being aesthetically pleasing.

Anthony’s design ethos is based on the use of soft materials wherever possible, placing major emphasis on environmental sustainability. This has led to a romantic bent to his design work, contrasting with recent industry trends to modern austerity. Anthony aims to draw inspiration from design history to create aesthetically impressive landscapes and loves the challenge of combining this with environmental sustainability. He doubts he will ever be varnishing donuts but is determined never to rule anything out.

Student profile: Nicholas Jamonts

Nicholas Jamonts
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
njam07@hotmail.com
(02) 6258 1078(h), 0433 005 383(w)

Nicholas’ artistic free-hand drawing skills tempted him to begin a career in Industrial Design but he was won over by the variety of the Landscape Architecture profession.

His studies have given Nicholas the ability to analyse and design landscapes in great detail. Creating functional and valuable environments for people is always at the forefront of his designs. He draws inspiration from formal gardens and uses symmetry, axis and direction in his designs but also emphasises the use of form, curves and other shapes of the natural landscape.

A keen single figure handicap golfer, Nicholas’ long-term working goal is to be a golf course architect and become a member of the Society of Australian Golf Course Architects. In the short term he hopes to work in a Canberra Landscape Architecture practice dealing with small and large scale works and to continue developing his design skills.


Student profile: Liam McCartney

Liam McCartney
Bachelor in Landscape Architecture
0401 282 830
Liam.p_mccartney@hotmail.com

Growing up in the coastal town of Port Macquarie, the surrounding scenes of the coastal environment embedded a sense of appreciation for the sub-tropical green and blue surroundings. Liam finished college without any real idea about what to make of himself and headed for university. It was not until he began studying Landscape Architecture that his passion for the environment and creating spaces for people to live in was unearthed.

Liam finds inspiration within the idea of a relaxed tropical landscape. This allows him to create functional outdoors spaces to benefit people. Having studied and developed various techniques at university, Liam looks forward to trying these skills out in the workplace

Student profile: Asher McGuckin

Asher McGuckin
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
0414 334 968
A.McGuckin@student.canberra.edu.au

In her landscape design practice, Asher endeavors to attempt every design brief with a new and organic angle in order to explore the immense range of possibilities when manipulating a landscape. Her style can be described as smooth, flowing and sensitive to the land. Asher often designs her own landscape installations such as sculptures as a part of her design scheme.

Fascinated by the intricacies of nature and inspired by environmental artists and landscape photographers such as Andy Goldsworthy, Asher produced a series of eastern inspired paintings as a part of her Design Honors work that allowed her to explore an alternative perspective for interpreting the landscape.

Asher hopes to gain landscape experience in a variety of settings in the first few years of her career. She aspires to be a part of any landscape architecture work that will make a difference on a global scale.

Student profile: Suzanne Moulis

Suzanne Moulis
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours)
moulis@netspeed.com.au

Suzanne sees successful landscape design as a catalyst for making people happier and healthier. She is especially interested in the role and impact of public art and other creative elements within designed spaces. She is motivated by the generation of ideas and the development of themes which can be applied to the use and re-use of our surroundings. Suzanne looks to the future with anticipation and excitement, knowing that there is much to learn, and much to create.

Suzanne’s previous career in marketing and business has given her excellent communication skills and invaluable experience for today’s professional working environment. Her new career in landscape architecture allows her to twin her learning in the corporate world with her love of the natural world.

Born in the former Canberra Hospital, where the Garden of Australia Dreams now stands, Suzanne has a love of Canberra and its open spaces, and now a new love of the profession that helped create them.


Student profile: John Palmer

John Palmer
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
0401 017 761
johnpalmer@hotmail.com

Growing up surrounded by a palm nursery in the wet tropics of far northern Queensland was John Palmer’s inspiration for selecting this profession. He believes the greatest aspect of being a young and innovative designer in a such a limitless field as Landscape Architecture is that you have the ability to change outdoor spaces for generations in an educated and sustainable way.

John appreciates that the unique and growing field of Landscape Architecture allows him to use his problem solving skills combined with flair, innovation and creativity to design spaces. He looks forward to working as a Landscape Architect to create highly sustainable, functional and practical designs which educate generations and make an environmentally sustainable difference.

Student profile: Michael Roy

Michael Roy
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture/Environmental Science
0418 597 495
mick.roy@hotmail.com

Michael has always sought the creative outlet of design as a career. He found Landscape Architecture appealed most as it covers not only aesthetics but also environmental and socio-economic issues. It is because of this that Michael is undertaking the double degree of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Science which, he finds, facilitates effective interdisciplinary design. His studies in environmental science provide a broader education and help Michael to create effective sustainable designs.

The future Michael sees as one involving continuous learning including broadening his education in social disciplines. In terms of design, he is currently intrigued by the intricacies of Oriental gardens but is enthusiastic about all areas as sources of inspiration and potential for making new designs. Michael sees Landscape Architecture as a vehicle for making a difference.

Student profile: Andrew Slater

Andrew Slater
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
0407 006 230
ajslater@snowy.net.au

Andrew graduates from the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with a keen interest in the design and function of our urban environment. His objectives as a Landscape Architect are to create quality, functioning open spaces in city environments that challenge the current perception of city living. “I find designing very rewarding. Both design ideas and the landscape, growing and changing.”

Andrew hails from the Cooma region at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains and has a love of the natural environment. At the same time he has a high level of technical experience in computer programming and new technologies. Andrew brings these strengths and his interests in philosophy, mathematics and science to his design solutions.

After building his skills and experience in Australia, Andrew wants to continue his overseas travel and broaden his knowledge of landscape architecture around the world.

Student profile: Michaela Turner

Michaela Turner
Masters of Landscape Architecture
0427 467 220
michaelaturner@hotmail.com

As a child Michaela’s dream job was to become a radio cricket commentator. As a young adult a profession in aerial skiing appealed! Who would have thought the offspring of this would be Landscape Architecture.

Prior to studying Landscape Architecture, Michaela completed a degree in Communications. Several years of public relations and project management experience followed. Throughout, Michaela’s love of the outdoors and concern for the environment grew until in 2004, amongst some raised eyebrows, she decided to return to university to undertake a Masters in Landscape Architecture. Additionally, in 2005, Michaela completed a 12 month internship as a student Landscape Architect with the Wyong Shire Council.

For Michaela, one of the most exciting aspects of studying Landscape Architecture is the scope and diversity of the profession along with the realisation that she will never stop learning … the same, she says, cannot be said for writing press releases.