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Connecting People and Place

Landscape Architecture Australia 139.

This issue of Landscape Architecture Australia explores the role and approach of landscape architects when engaging with the public and communities to transform neighbourhoods, social narratives and the public realm. Guest edited by Lucinda Hartley from CoDesign Studio and Greg Grabasch from UDLA, together with Vanessa Margetts, also from UDLA, the issue presents a wide-ranging collection of projects that display the exciting potentials of participatory design while also focusing on learning and reflection as integral parts of landscape architectural process.

Projects, articles and interviews include:

• The Urban Perspective – Games Night by Vibrant Places. Interview with Amy Grey.
• The Education Perspective – The Warburton Studio. Interview with Ben Proudfoot.
• The International Perspective – Diepsloot Slum Upgrade by Global Studio. Interview with Mark Tyrrell.
• Event Tactic. Small interactions that generate urban change in the landscape. Article by Ammon Beyerle and Michelle Emma James (Here studio).
• Process From The Other Side. Providing “good L_i_y_a_n_._” Article by Peter Yu.
• An Educated Ecology Of Wellbeing. Experimental approaches to education. Article by Grant Revell.
• Iconic Parks. New York’s “landscape celebrities.” Article by Simon Kilbane, Josephine Neldner, Sara Padgett Kjaersgaard, Gerard Siero.
• Going Glocal. Connecting people and parks. Review by Andrew Ferris and David Martin.
• Contemporary Design Dialogue. Making informed design processes. Article by David M Deeley.
• Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Wall by Sinatra Murphy. In Seymour, Victoria, Sinatra Murphy has designed a moving tribute to Vietnam veterans. Review by Tom Gray.
• The Pallet Pavilion by Gap Filler. Charitable trust Gap Filler constructed this temporary venue from wooden pallets. Review by Barnaby Bennett and Jessica Halliday.
• Bingara And The Living Classroom by John Mongard Landscape Architects. This project by John Mongard Landscape Architects engages the local Bingara community. Review by Suzanne Kyte.
• Everything Except Walk by Pollen Studio. Pollen Studio wraps trees in coloured rope to encourage active participation with locals. Review by Elizabeth Cummins.
• Larapinta Trail Campsites by Neeson Murcutt Architects. The Red Centre’s Larapinta Trail features temporary camps by Neeson Murcutt Architects. Review by Katelin Butler.
• Kibera Public Space Project by the Kounkuey Design Initiative. The Kounkuey Design Initiative is turning a polluted river corridor in Kenya into a productive space. Review by Mark Tyrrell.
• Design As A Process Of Enablement. What are the challenges involved in connecting people to place? Essay by Lucinda Hartley.

Cameron Bruhn, Editorial Director, Landscape Architecture Australia

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