Sunday, 13 November 2016

The Panel

Wade Robertson, Landscape Architect, Design Practice Manager, Beca.
Wade manages Beca’s Design Practice – a team of 60 Architects, Landscape Architects and Urban Designers located across offices in Christchurch, Tauranga and Auckland. After graduating from Lincoln University with an MLA he has gone on to work for MWH/ Stantec, Isthmus and Beca and has built a strong track record in the landscape planning, assessment and expert advisory realms. Wade’s current role reflects the value designers can bring as ‘connectors’ and provides an opportunity for him to apply his skills and interests in people development, change management, strategic thinking and relationship building in a creative commercial environment.

David Gregory, Landscape Architect, Isthmus.
David is a Registered Landscape Architect (NZILA + AILA) with experience in Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Architectural projects across Australia and New Zealand.
His expertise includes lead design and project management roles for a wide range of projects including urban design frameworks for regional and urban communities, streetscape and multi-residential design, civic and community precincts, schools, sports and recreation planning, water sensitive urban design and street furniture design.
David’s diverse design background has given him a strong appreciation of the relationship between people, landscape, built form and the urban realm, with a focus on collaborative design and community engagement processes as a driver for improved social and cultural identity and wellbeing within the design of public space.

Renata Jadresin Milic, Architect, Unitec.
Renata Jadresin Milic is an architect and architectural historian. She holds undergraduate architectural degree, MSc thesis (2007) and PhD thesis (2013) from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade in Serbia, and fellowship from the Institute of Classical Architecture in New York (2002). Renata started to teach at Unitec in December 2015, after eighteen years of teaching experience at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade. She took part in many international conferences and is the author of research papers and chapters in the monographs in the field of history and theory of architecture and its use in contemporary architecture. Renata holds award for the best PhD thesis in 2013 from the Institute for Architecture and Urban Planning of Serbia.

Magdalena Garbarczyk, Architect, Unitec.
After receiving her Master of Architecture from Deft University of Technology in the Netherlands in 2008 (Cum Laude) Magda has worked as an architect and design team leader in Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and New Zealand at various firms including PO2 arquitectos in Madrid, (Designed by) Erick van Egeraat in Rotterdam and Fearon Hay Architects in Auckland. Since 2012 she has been involved in architectural education at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland primarily teaching Design Studio - testing various typologies and new research & design methodologies in studio. Under CZYK studio (founded in early 2014) Magda is also involved in collaborations with other practices and individuals offering creative input to architectural and artistic projects of various scales.

Michael Barrett , Communications Manager NZIA.
Michael Barrett is a design and architecture journalist; and former editor of Interior. He was a judge at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore in 2013; and judge and convenor of the Interior Awards in 2012 and 2013.

Bridget Gilbert, Landscape Architect, BGLA.
Bridget has practised as a Landscape Architect for over twenty years in both New Zealand and England and is a Registered member of the NZILA. She has been involved in a wide range of projects throughout New Zealand including:
Landscape assessment in relation to Regional and District Plan policy;
Preparation of structure plans for rural and coastal developments;
Conceptual design and landscape assessment of infrastructure, rural, coastal and urban development; and,
Detailed design and implementation supervision of infrastructure, rural, coastal and urban projects.
Many of the projects that Bridget has been involved with have required an integrated design approach requiring close collaboration with other disciplines including engineering, architectural, ecological, heritage and planning expertise.
Bridget is an experienced expert witness and has presented evidence before Council, Environment Court and Board of Inquiry hearings.

Marita Hunt, Landscape Architect, Isthmus.
Marita is excited about the potential of dense urban environments, and the opportunities for designers to make cities healthy, liveable and stimulating places. She joined isthmus in early 2015 as an Intermediate Landscape Architect and is highly talented and motivated with an eye for identity, diversity and community. Marita completed her Masters at Victoria University in 2012 and her thesis investigated overlapping national and local identities in a complex urban site in Wellington. She has previously worked in practice and as a teaching fellow at Victoria University.

Ben Clark
Ben joined Boffa Miskell’s Auckland urban design team in early 2012 as a landscape architect and urban designer. Ben graduated from University of Auckland with a Master of Urban Design. Ben has acquired a broad range of analysis and design skills while studying, giving him an understanding of how networks and processes work from the larger macro scale down to the micro scale.
Ben has been involved in a number of landscape architecture and urban design projects since joining Boffa Miskell including masterplanning of residential and industrial areas in Auckland and Hamilton. Ben has also worked on a number of multimodal transport projects visioning how transport corridors will evolve in response to the changing demands of the city.
Ben has experience in a variety of landscape design projects including planting design for streetscapes, reserves and stormwater infrastructure.
Ben’s interests in urban design lie in regional growth strategies and masterplanning particularly addressing how Auckland’s urban form will respond to a significantly growing population in the near future.

Matt Riley, Senior Urban Designer, Barker And Associates.
Providing a full range of urban design services to clients, including site and structure planning, master planning, input to resource consent applications, Urban Design Panel and hearings presentations, urban design strategy, urban design assessments and peer reviews.

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