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The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects SA Group -
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President's
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Welcome to the first edition of Earthquake for 2009. I hope you all had a good summer break and are now ready for the challenges of the year to come. Due to worldwide economic changes decisions may be tough but I hope we can all continue to contribute to improving the environment in which we live. The last few weeks have shown the extremes of the Australian climate and environment with floods in Queensland, well above average temperatures in here and bush fires in Victoria and New South Wales. I pass on my best wishes to all who have been personally affected. No doubt there will be changes in various planning regulations and the way development in peri urban areas is managed. Please help contribute to any discussion documents that may be released. We should be proactive in ensuring Landscape Architecture and its principles are evident and represented. It has already been announced that management of native vegetation will be reassessed. This year will be a busy year for our executive with the biennial awards. Planning is well under way (see more information below). Offer your services if you have a social bent and those with potential awards start getting your documentation together. ‘Place’ sent as a pdf to members and part of Adelaide Review will continue this year and Ben Willsmore has done a sterling job of representing us on the editorial board. Please contact him if you have any articles you have written or content that should be included. A CPD programme is being developed. Please provide details of any activities that might contribute. We also want to hear about subjects that you want to learn more about. The first event will be on 11th March with a presentation by last year’s Rodney Beames prize winner, John McIntyre (details below). Alison Radford President |
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AILA SA CPD 2009
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We are currently putting together a list of potential topics for 2009, and will continue to collaborate with the University and other institutes in providing combined events. At present the SA Group have identified the following topics:
Our goal is to provide an event every 2 months, additional to those events planned in collaboration with the University and other institutes. We would value your input in the creation of topics and potential guest speakers for future events. If you have any ideas or comments please email Heath Edwards or Alison Radford. Thanks.
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AILA SA response to Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy
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Please find here (hyperlink) the response by AILA SA to the draft Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy.
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Upcoming Events
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Rodney Beams Award Winner Presentation John Mcintyre is the 2008 Rodney Beams Award recipient and he will be presenting his project to interested AILA members following an official presentation of the award to John. His project involved extensive work with the people of Arnhem Land. Location: HASSELL studio Level 5, 70 Hindmarsh Square. Cities in systems of Cities: Adelaide, Australia and the World A lecture by Professor Sir Peter Hall, University College London Wednesday 11 March, 6.00pm for a 6.15pm start Jointly presented by the Centre for Building and Planning Studies and the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, UniSA Celebrating 60 years of planning education at UniSA (1949 - 2009) The outstanding feature of the contemporary urban world is global-scale competition between cities. The factors for urban success are now different from those that obtained in the 1960s. Quality of urban life becomes a new and significant factor in attracting a "creative class" – but what quality is most significant? And what does this mean for a city like Adelaide? Peter Hall is Professor of Planning and Regeneration at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London and President of the Town and Country Planning Association. From 1991-94 he was Special Adviser on Strategic Planning to the Secretary of State for the Environment, with special reference to issues of London and South East regional planning including Thames Gateway and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Peter Hall was also an adviser to the Bannon Government's 'Planning Review' in South Australia between 1990 and 1992. In 1998-99 he was a member of the Deputy Prime Minister's Urban Task Force. From 2004 to 2008 he was Chair of ReBlackpool, the Blackpool Urban Regeneration Company. He is author, co-author or editor of over 35 books on urban and regional planning and related topics - most recently, London Voices London Lives, published in 2007. He is also the author of Cities in Civilization: Culture, Technology, and Urban Order (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998). Peter Hall received the Gold Medal of the Royal Town Planning Institute in 2003, the Balzan International Prize in 2005 and the Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize of the International Union of Architects in 2008. |
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HASSELL TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP
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Since 1990 HASSELL has presented an annual scholarship to a student of Landscape Architecture in Australia who demonstrates outstanding potential for future contribution to the landscape architecture profession. The award sum is to be spent on overseas travel to explore significant urban renewal or development initiatives in landscape architecture. We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2008 Scholarship- Matt Sykes, a graduate of The University of Melbourne. The judges were very impressed with his outstanding project ‘Sustainable Dreaming’, his depth and clarity of thinking, ability to strategise, and presentation of innovative ideas. See some of his work here
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OTHER NEWS
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Landscape Architects in Local Government Forum The inaugural meeting of the Landscape Architects in Local Government Forum was convened last November following a number of years of discussion and procrastination but as they say ‘only bad things happen quickly’. Held in the Linden Room at the City of Burnside over lunch the event was attended by seven landscape architects representing their respective councils with another 4 sending their apologies. Landscape architects are currently represented at 8 of the 17 metropolitan Councils, including the Adelaide Hills Council. The gathering enjoyed the chance to share in the trials and tribulations of working at the coal face with the community. As individuals gave their accounts of Council life and shared their stories it became apparent that the role of a landscape architect in Local Government is varied and diverse. With experiences extending interstate and overseas we began to realise the extent of the communal body of knowledge sitting at the table with the unique position of working in a non competitive environment meaning that knowledge could be readily shared.
It was proposed that at following meetings, members each give an account of the role they serve at their respective council with topics of interest to form the basis for a series of discussions at later meetings.
The feedback from the meeting has been very positive and I wish to thank Simon Bradley and the City of Burnside for providing the venue and delicious lunch and I look forward to more members attending the next meeting. If you are a planner or urban designer in Local Government or an employee in Local Government that works in an allied field and believe you may have something to share or to gain from the Forum please contact me. e: pauhar@onkaparinga.sa.gov.au Paul Harding, Convener. Landscape Architects in Local Government Forum. February, 2009
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Reflections from Paul Harding
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As 2008 drew to close I paused to reflect on the events of that year and among other things, on my time as a National Councillor and the journey that had led me to that point and I came to realise that I very much enjoy being in the company of my peers and being part of current debates on the growing relevance of the profession of landscape architecture in the modern world. I have been an active member of the AILA since my university days, when as a mature age student from a world far removed from the professional realm I joined the AILA so that I could enjoy the status of hanging out with intellectuals. For more than 10 years since, I have been an active member of the SA Executive, including a short period as State President during which time I was also part of the organising committee for the 2003 National Conference in Darwin. I was also proud to be a member of the State Awards Committees in 2003 & 2005. Over that time I have been privileged to meet many fascinating, warm and engaging individuals from SA, interstate and overseas, including students, practitioners, academics and other allied professionals, many of whom I have come to regard as friends. Furthermore, I am proud to have been a part of the growth of the profession in this State since 1996 and look forward to being part of the current growth of the profession at the National level. I have enjoyed my involvement with the Institute over the years and find it interesting that many trade representatives and members of other professions that I meet say they also find landscape architects, as individuals to be refreshing members of the building profession. As 2009 begins to gain momentum I would like to take the opportunity to encourage all members to become involved in the AILA, be they students or practitioners. I am sure that they will find the experience very rewarding, particularly with the vibrant energy of new members around. All the best for 2009. Paul Harding AILA Registered Landscape Architect
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