Jennifer
Parlane completed a successful MLA examination on the 8th of November
graduating with distinction . Jennifer, working with supervisors Peter Connolly
and Peter Griffiths, explores how leftover spaces in industrial zones could be connected
to the existing life of the upper Manukau harbour. Through a series of rigorous
and evocative mappings and careful site investigation, Jennifer proposed a sequence
of careful small-scale interventions that help to activate the social and
environmental potentials of the site. The two enfant terribles of the Auckland landscape profession, Claire
O’Shaughnessy and Garry Marshall examined Jennifer. The examiners were
unanimous in their appreciation of the rigour of the research process that
Jennifer had undertaken. They felt that the design work addressed the concerns
that the research question raised in a clear and confident manner. The overall
conclusion of the examiners was that the thesis was an important investigation
into an area of landscape practice that has been explored overseas has as yet to
be been thoroughly investigated in New Zealand.
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