Academic Training
Are you looking for someone to train your students or team through workshops, community meetings, or brainstorming sessions in the field of environmental Behavior? Please reach out.
UNDERGRADUATE | GRADUATE UNITS
Environment Behavior (EB) Methods for Design (ABPL90417)
Semester I 2021 - Melbourne University
I had the opportunity to share with the students lectures related to environmental behaviour methodologies useful for the design practice
Interior Architecture Studio 3: Design Exploration
Semester I and II 2021 - Swinburne University
From the lens of Urban Interiors the studio introduced to the students the urban strategy of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) to redesign their university campus. The first part of the semester the students worked on three mini-projects driving them from the perceptual self-knowledge of what it means "safety" to the objective site documentation. The students visited the sites, conducted observations, and mapped out their sites through several visits.
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Interior Architecture Studio 3: Design Exploration
Semester II 2019Â - Swinburne University
We sense space and alter our behaviour to adapt our perceptions of it through an understanding forged by sight, sound, touch and smell. Perception of these characteristics establishes our orientation and guides the way we navigate space. In this studio we will examine Swinburne Campus to consider what makes a space perceived as ‘safe’ or ‘unsafe’ and what strategies may be employed to improve ‘perception’. You will propose a design intervention to improve safety around Hawthorn’s Swinburne campus.
Cross-Cultural Social Design Strategy
Semester II 2018Â - Swinburne University
The unit outlines the importance of designing with and for different cultures, groups and communities. It addresses approaches to business planning and design strategy for social enterprise through case studies and briefs. This unit also examines Indigenous methodologies, knowledges and perspectives, which can be incorporated as part of culturally sensitive design solutions.
Community Training
Site visits and assessments
Gathering on-site data enables the opportunity to collect information not captured by other means, as well as evaluate insightful environmental datasets.
Community engagement strategies
Working collaboratively with communities bridges the gap between their needs and expectations with the designer intentions. The photo shown above demonstrates a community walk in a neighbourhood with safety issues.
Design of human-sensitive frameworks & guidelines
I aim to design frameworks and guidelines that put people first as a medium to reach better cities and precincts.