Sunday 14 June 2020

Workshop 2 Critics

Kamelia Haydon. Associate Urban Designer Isthmus

Kamelia is an Urban designer with thirteen years experience in the industry and qualifications in architecture (Registered Architect, ARBV + NZRAB) and urban design (Masters of Urban Design). Her project experience is based predominantly in Auckland and Melbourne. This includes large-scale public projects delivered in partnership with international practices such as Auckland’s City Rail Link and Arts Centre Melbourne.

Having worked on the regeneration of Glen Innes, Mangere and Mount Roskill she has learnt that community, local understanding and forward planning are essential to placemaking. She is experienced in residential masterplanning, planning constraint testing, development feasibility studies, framework plan creation and structuring technical reports such as Business Case documentation and Guidelines to support these.

Kamelia has worked in and led large multi-disciplinary teams, having to deliver under intense time pressure. As an urban designer and registered architect, she offers conceptual strength blended with the ability to follow a project through to completion, ensuring the concept is accurately translated into the built environment.


Charlotte Greive. Landscape Architect at Auckland Council.

Charlotte has worked both in the Auckland Design Office doing strategic design and in Community Facilities doing design delivery. Overall experience working mostly in community and public space design. Most recent experience seeing projects from initial concept design to built construction, overseeing small to medium projects, and supporting on larger ones. About 7 - 8 years working experience in total, including a year and a half working in Sydney, Australia as a graduate. Skilled in ArchiCAD, SketchUp, and Adobe Programs. Graduated with an undergraduate and masters degree in landscape architecture, from Victoria University of Wellington, with a period of 6 months study abroad in Copenhagen. 

Deborah Lee Sang Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Manager, WSP

Deb Lee Sang has an established career as an urban designer. She has had involvement in the full gamut of projects the profession has to offer – from strategic direction, the regeneration of town centres, transit-led development, public realm improvements and engagement-led design initiatives

Taking a place-led approach is fundamental for Deb, respecting land and culture, whilst understanding the drivers and appetite for change is key. She firmly believes that leading with place is essential for sustainable change and creating uplifting urban environments.

Deborah manages a team of Landscape Architects & Urban Designers at WSP, a global consultancy who work in the spirit of integration, creativity and purpose.  They lead with place whilst keeping an eye on what the future holds.


Ella Henry. Associate Professor & Director of Māori Advancement for the Business School Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa, Ngāti Kuri, Te Rārawa

Ella has a background across multiple disciplines including sociology, business and Māori Indigenous development. She has been actively involved in research, teaching and advocacy for Māori media for over twenty years. Ella was a Treaty Negotiator for her Iwi, Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa, and has been involved with the Post-Settlement Governance Entity, as Trustee and Chair, until her appointment as Director of Māori Advancement for the Business School.
Research interests: 
Māori entrepreneurship, Māori leadership and decision-making, Māori and housing, Māori Indigenous research methodology and methods, Māori Indigenous networks and networking, Māori media
Teaching summary: 
Master of Management: Management of Organisation & People
Bachelor of Business: Entrepreneurship
Fields of research: 
Maori Information and Knowledge Systems
Studies of Maori Society
Maori Cultural Studies
Maori History
Appointment, affiliation, and membership
Member, Royal Society of New Zealand (2020 - ongoing)

Richard Mann.   BLA Pae Matua Ngāti Kahungunu + Ngāi Tūhoe

I whakapapa from my mother to tamaterangi and ruapani and from my father to kaianuanu in neiafu, tonga. I currently work part time at Auckland City Council in ACR Policy, focusing on volcanic landscapes within the city. I have taught onto the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture programme at Unitec with a focus on the landscape history of Aotearoa and advocate for Te Ao Maori content within the degree. I have my own practice, specialising in residential, commercial and parks landscape design. I bring to all my work, a desire to infuse our landscape (in policy, planning & design) with the values and aspirations of Tangata Whenua. I am particularly interested in notions of landscape identity and values borne out of this place... Aotearoa New Zealand.


Roger Birchmore. Senior Lecturer School of Building Construction Unitec. 


Roger had ten years of building services consulting and contracting experience in the UK and New Zealand before starting at Unitec in 1992. Roger believes that active building services should only be used when passive measures don't work. Roger tries to combine traditional educational values of support and empathy, with industry values of personal responsibility and high standards. 
Rogers is collaborating with  Building Technology, Electrotechnology and Civil Engineering staff and students to research energy use and comfort conditions using houses our carpentry students build.

Megan Rule. South Pacific Architecture 

Megan Rule graduated with honours from the Auckland School of Architecture in 1992 and worked on award winning projects, including Axis Building, D72 (Commercial Refits) and St Helier Residence with Auckland practice Patterson Co Partners until 1998. Prior to completing her degree she traveled extensively while based in the UK working for large commercial practice RHWL. In 1995 Megan participated in an international summer school based out of Macerata (Marche region) and Rome, Italy. From 1998 an extended break from the industry evolved into establishing an independent practice, South Pacific Architecture in 2000, with an expanding interest in the investigation of spatial and material context to produce environmentally sensitive enduring architecture.
Guest Lecturer Auckland University School of Architecture 2003, 2004, 2005.

Member of the NZIA NZ Awards Jury 2005, 2006

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