Upcoming Workshops

The following workshops will be held in the Masters Studio

Thursday 25th July 2013 1 - 4pm

Masterclass on waterfront infrastructure & best practice for a liveable city by Perry Lethlean.

Friday the 26^th of July 11.00 -12.00 pm

An hour long workshop on the process of writing an exegesis for a practice-led research degree lead by Dr Inger Mewburn, Director of Research Training, Division of Research, The Australian National University.

Friday 9^th of August 1.00- 4.40  pm

How to write. We start with a class in how to write  landscape journalism led  by Michael Barnett, editor LA New Zealand.  This session will be followed by a class in  academic writing by Dr. Simon Nash.  This class will look at writing abstracts and conference papers finishing with writing a three minute thesis.

THE FOURTEENTH OF JUNE

As well as the successful examinations, 2^nd year MLA and MARCH students, Zoe Cooper, Maurits Kelderman, and Betsy Kettle presented their recent research work to the invited panel. Grace He, a part time MLAP student also presented her candidature proposal. The panel consisted of James Lundy, Director Lundy and Associates, Stuart Houghton, Associate Boffa Miskell, Will Thresher, Director Thresher associates, Jeremy Treadwell, Senior Lecturer, UoA, Hannah Ickert, PhD Candidate AUT, and Gyles Bendall,Principal Specialist Landscape, Auckland Council.

The MLA supervisors team, Penny Cliffen, Nikolay Popov, Hamish Foote, Renee Davis, Sue Wake, and Daniel Irving also gave invaluable feedback to the students. 

GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL

Ryan Hodgson and Jo Leather successfully passed their masters examination on the 14^th of June. Ryan was examined by David Irwin, Director, Isthmus Landscape Architects and  Claire O'Shauhnessy, Associate, Jasmax . Jo was examined by Dennis Scott, Director DJ Scott and Associates, and  Stuart Houghton, Associate Boffa Miskell. The examiners skilfully dissected both projects however the candidates carefully elucidated the more recondite aspects of their work for the panels benefit. Both candidates passed with flying colours. We were also joined by the Dean of Research at UIT, Associate Professor Simon Peel. 

THE THIRD OF MAY

An extremely busy workshop as nearly all the new masters students, MLA and MARCH, presented.  Kieran Dove, Helen Francis, Grace Warne, Jo Leather, Kelly Henderson, Jill Rice, Eloise Veber, and Henry Crothers all submitted their research proposals to a distinguished panel; Andrew Douglas,Senior Lecturer AUT, Gary Marshall, Associate Jasmax, Nat Lawrence, Senior Designer Reset Urban Design, Will Thresher, Director Thresher and Associates, Jeremy Treadwell, Senior Lecturer UoA, Eu Jin Chua Programme Leader, MDES UIT, Mike Austin, Professor of Architecture UIT, and Jeannette Budgett, Senior Lecturer UIT. The panel were unanimous in their praise for the student projects commending the wide range of topics and the obviously sincerity of inquiry. Second year MLAP students; Elizabeth Kettle, Jennifer Parlane, and James Walker, also presented work in progress. This was a good opportunity to test out their recent research work, subjecting the research to a rigorous examination from the panel. 

Practice 5 April

Thanks to the students who attended the all day practice workshop. It was very useful for us to see the nascent ideas of the pre candidates, thanks for the great effort guys. And thanks to the second years that presented, it was great to see how your projects have progressed. Special thanks to Helen Francis who  wins the endurance award for staying all day and our special and unexpected guest critic, Lisa Reihana.  

MLA Orientation 2013

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This year we have 8 new MLA candidates,  many thanks to Peter Connolly for his great effort last year in promoting the MLA. Many of the candidates bring strong research interests from their professional backgrounds. We met staff from the Department of Landscape Architecture who outlined their research areas.  Two research topics that attracted candidate’s interest were  landscape parametrics,  Nikolay Popov's research field,  and  children environments, Sue Wakes research interest. Assoc. Professor Ken Simpson introduced a collaborative research project with TEPU to develop new master plan for the Rosebank peninsula.   We also had professionals from Auckland practice; Gary Marshall from Jasmax, Will Thresher from Thresher Associates and Nat Lawrence from Reset Urban design presented research projects. These projects received  active interest from the candidates. We believe working with practice is a fantastic opportunity for postgraduates to explore important research areas that practice can bring to Unitec and to which postgraduates can respond with an in-depth research investigation.