Claire Martin elected as AILA president

Victorian landscape architect Claire Martin has been elected as president of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

Martin is associate director of Oculus’s Melbourne studio and a contributing editor with Landscape Architecture Australia magazine. She is a member of the Office of the Victorian Government Architect’s Victorian Design Review Panel and frequently lectures at RMIT’s School of Architecture and Design.

In 2015, she was co-creative director for This Public Life, the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture’s Festival of Landscape Architecture.

“I am honoured to have been re-elected to the board by AILA members, alongside incumbent Katharina Nieberler-Walker and new director Jasmine Ong, and to have the support of my fellow directors for the role of president,” said Martin. “The three things that I would like to define my presidency, and our term as a board, are: collaboration, communication, and representation to ensure strong corporate governance and the prioritisation and implementation of AILA’s renewed strategic plan.”

Due to constitution changes in 2019, AILA’s national board is now elected via split elections. This year three positions were open for election. Claire Martin, Katharina Niebler-Walker (Qld) and Jasmine Ong (Vic) were elected in a competitive election. They joined Peta- Maree Ashford (WA) and Chris Tidswell (NSW) whose positions will be up for re-election in 2021.

Outgoing president Shaun Walsh retired after three terms on the board.

Martin pointed to climate change and biodiversity loss as the twin global challenges of our time, and noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the importance of the relationship between climate, people, and nature.

“By working across Australia, regionally and globally with our executives, committees and membership we will increase our capacity to implement change, raising the profile of landscape architects across all sectors,” she said.

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