Kirsten Bauer

Studio Director, Registered Landscape Architect, AILA



Master of Architecture by Design, RMIT Technical University of Berlin Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Hons), RMIT

Kirsten directs ASPECT Studios in Melbourne. She is highly reputable in landscape architecture and urban design and is passionate about sharing her experience in teaching and research development. She is an inspiring speaker at universities and conferences.

She is a former member of the National Council of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and is a guest lecturer at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology . She is an appointed panel member in the State of Victoria, Department of Planning and Community Development Melbourne 2030 Activity Centres Expert Assistance Program Panel and the Central Coburg Revitalisation Design Review Panel.

With over fifteen years experience in the disciplines of urban design, landscape architecture and design of public places, both in private and public practice, in Australia and overseas, her expertise lies in strong strategic direction and producing and directing leading edge design  She is also accomplished in complex transport and infrastructure planning and design projects.

  

Kirsten has contributed significantly to ASPECT Studios’ large scale and complex projects, design directing all projects including the Melbourne Convention Centre and South Wharf public realm, various projects in the Docklands, Artplay, the Tweed Heads promenade in northern NSW, award winning National Emergency Services Memorial in Canberra.

Kirsten’s responsibilities have included managing multi disciplinary teams and filtering divergent sets of information and issues into a clear and communicable form. Her track record in the management and design of projects is derived from her experience in university teaching and research, participation in design conferences, knowledge of current design exemplars, competitions and in the urban design debates of Melbourne.

 

Fields of Experience

 

Professional Achievements / Panel and Board Positions

  • The University of Melbourne, School of Design - Dean’s Honours Awards, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2010-2011

  • Guest speaker at 'The Meaning of Light’ hosted by Electrolight as part of Federation Square’s The Light in Winter Festival

  • Central Coburg Revitalisation Design Review Panel, 2009-2011

  • Guest lecturer — RMIT, Landscape architecture and Urban Design, 2003-2011
  • Guest lecturer — University of Melbourne, 2009-2011
  • Lecturer RMIT Landscape Architecture
    and Urban Design Program, 1997-2001
  • Former AILA National Council Member and Victorian Council, 2006-2008

 

Strategic Landscape Planning and Design

  • Monash University Master Plan, 2010

  • Stonnington Public Realm Strategy, City of Stonnington (AILA Award 2009)
  • Toolern Structure Plan and Precinct Plans, Shire of Melton and Growth Areas Authority, 2009-2010
  • Ringwood Commercial Precinct Plan, 2009-2010
  • Deakin University (Burwood Campus) Landscape Master Plan Review, 2009
  • Hume and Melton Growth Areas – Smart Growth Studies, DSE, 2005-2006
  • Melbourne Metropolitan Fringe, Growth Management Strategy, 2004
  • Strategic Coastal Planning Framework, Bass Coast Shire, 2003-2004

 

Public Realm Design

  • City Street and Station North Plaza, Dandenong, 2010

  • Melbourne Convention Centre, Multiplex – Plenary Group, 2005-2010
  • Jack Evans Boat Harbor Promenade, Tweed Heads, 2009-2010
  • Elwood Foreshore Promenade, City of Port Phillip, 2008-2010
  • Queen Victoria Women’s Centre Memorial Garden, 2006–2008
  • Dandenong Parklands Master Plan, 2007
  • Canberra Youth Detention Centre, 2008-2009
  • Fitzroy Civic Precinct Master Plan,
    City of Yarra, 2007-2009
  • Dandenong Gateways Strategy, 2005 (AILA Awards 2008)
  • National Emergency Services Memorial, Canberra, Winner National Concrete Associates in 2005, Year of the Built Environment Award and State National Design Award 2005 AILA
  • Frankston Foreshore Precinct, 2000-2003
  • St Kilda Botanic Gardens Master Plan and Design Implementation, City of Port Phillip, 2001-2004 (AILA Awards 2001 and 2004)
  

Infrastructure Design

  • Victorian Desalination Plant, 2008-2010

  • Chirnside Park Green Spine, 2008-2010
  • Geelong Bypass Freeway Landscape Assessment, Concept Design and EES, 2005-2009
  • Calder Highway, Keynton to Ravenswood, 1999-2003 (AILA award)
  • Barn Hill Wind Farm Visual Impact Assessment, 2005-2008

 

Articles/Publications

  • Sites of Significance, Landscape Architecture Australia, Issue 110, May 2006

  • ‘Infrastructure: Practices of Landscape Architecture’, The Mesh Book - Landscape /Infrastructure, J Raxworthy and J Blood (Ed), 2004
  • ‘Towards 2030’, Landscape Australia August 2004
  • Technique: Landscape Architecture Graduate Design Research at RMIT University 1995 – 2002, Ed. René van der Velde and Peter Connolly, 2002
  • Various articles in Kerb, Landscape Architectural Journal of RMIT and Landscape Australia