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- Business School
- Conservatorium of Music
- School of Allied Health
- Graduate Research School
- Graduate School of Education
- Law School
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- Oceans Graduate School
- School of Allied Health
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Allied Health
- School of Design
- School of Earth Sciences
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- School of Indigenous Studies
- School of Molecular Sciences
- School of Physics Mathematics and Computing
- School of Population and Global Health
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
PROFILE
Christina Nicholson
Started at UWA: 2014
Landscape architect and lecturer
My goal is to help students develop an identity as a designer based on an understanding of the dynamic systems of people and place.Christina Nicholson
Christina Nicholson is a registered landscape architect, founding director of banksia & lime, and lecturer at the UWA School of Design.
Christina’s teaching and design approach combines extensive experience with people, community, places and the natural environment, with professional consultation, design and documentation.
She now teaches Structures and Systems, Plants and Landscape Systems, and Design Studios at the School of Design. Through her teaching practice, Christina expresses her passion for enabling people to see complexity and respond positively and creatively to the world around them.
In her professional practice she is passionate about using local and productive plants as ever‐changing textures and colours. Christina designs landscapes that connect families and communities to nature and each other in their everyday lives.
She enjoys empowering students, clients and communities to contribute positively and powerfully to the Climate and Biodiversity Loss Emergency and helping make the world more biodiverse, livable and beautiful.
Qualifications:
- BLArch, UWA
- Registered Landscape Architect, Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture
Excellence in Teaching 2018
Winner of a 2018 UWA Excellence in Teaching Award
AILA executive
Member of the AILA WA Executive Committee
AILA Festival Director 2020
Selected as a Creative Director for the 2020 AILA Festival of Landscape Architecture
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