Dr. Heike Rahmann
Senior Lecturer
Details
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College: School of AUD
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Department: School of AUD
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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heike.rahmann@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0002-4898-0760
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Heike Rahmann, a landscape architect and urban researcher, is the Program Manager of the Bachelor of Landscape Architectural Design in the School of Architecture and Urban Design.
Dr Rahmann has a background in landscape construction and has worked with various practices within the fields of landscape architecture and urban design. She holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Tokyo and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, to undertake research on the culture and ecology of interstitial spaces in Tokyo. Through her work she has established strong partnerships with industry, community and government bodies, especially in Japan, Korea, Germany and Australia.
Dr Rahmann researches the intersection of landscape architecture and contemporary urbanism focusing on design practice, theory and urban ecology. Her current work engages with two areas: the application of digital technologies in landscape design and landscape approaches to Asian Urbanism.
Her creative work has been exhibited as part of the Victorian State of Design Festival and MoreArt Public Art Show. She has published widely, including two co-authored books: Tokyo Void- Possibilities in Absence (with Marieluise Jonas, Jovis, 2014) explores notions of vacancy and transformation processes in one of the largest urban areas in the world. Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies - Re-conceptualising Design and Making (co-authored with Jillian Walliss, Routledge 2016) draws on interviews and projects from a range of international designers and academics to expands the digital realm in landscape architecture practice and education. In 2018, Dr Rahmann has co-edited a special edition of the leading professional magazine in Australia, focusing on Australia's engagement with Asia in relation to design practice and education (Landscape Architecture Australia: Embracing the Asian Century. Heike Rahmann, Ricky Ray Riccardo, Jillian Walliss (Eds.), Issue 157/12018)
Awards
-2018 AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Award
Research Policy and Communication: Embracing the Asian Century, Landscape Architecture Australia
-2016 AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Award of Excellence
Research, Policy and Communication: Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Re-conceptualising Design and Making
Dr Rahmann has a background in landscape construction and has worked with various practices within the fields of landscape architecture and urban design. She holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Tokyo and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, to undertake research on the culture and ecology of interstitial spaces in Tokyo. Through her work she has established strong partnerships with industry, community and government bodies, especially in Japan, Korea, Germany and Australia.
Dr Rahmann researches the intersection of landscape architecture and contemporary urbanism focusing on design practice, theory and urban ecology. Her current work engages with two areas: the application of digital technologies in landscape design and landscape approaches to Asian Urbanism.
Her creative work has been exhibited as part of the Victorian State of Design Festival and MoreArt Public Art Show. She has published widely, including two co-authored books: Tokyo Void- Possibilities in Absence (with Marieluise Jonas, Jovis, 2014) explores notions of vacancy and transformation processes in one of the largest urban areas in the world. Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies - Re-conceptualising Design and Making (co-authored with Jillian Walliss, Routledge 2016) draws on interviews and projects from a range of international designers and academics to expands the digital realm in landscape architecture practice and education. In 2018, Dr Rahmann has co-edited a special edition of the leading professional magazine in Australia, focusing on Australia's engagement with Asia in relation to design practice and education (Landscape Architecture Australia: Embracing the Asian Century. Heike Rahmann, Ricky Ray Riccardo, Jillian Walliss (Eds.), Issue 157/12018)
Awards
-2018 AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Award
Research Policy and Communication: Embracing the Asian Century, Landscape Architecture Australia
-2016 AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Award of Excellence
Research, Policy and Communication: Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Re-conceptualising Design and Making
Supervisor projects
- Design Response to Applying Nature-based Solutions for Integrated Urban Water Management in Lower Mekong Region.
- 5 Mar 2024
- Investigating Public Responses to Public Artworks in Melbourne Public Spaces
- 1 Sep 2022
- Testing Terrain: Exploring the Computational Design of Natural Systems in Landscape Architecture
- 31 Mar 2017
- Structures Behind the Elusiveness: Exploring the mechanism of landscape design processes through a reflective practice in China
- 7 Mar 2016
Teaching interests
landscape architecture, urban design, urban transformation, urban ecologies, landscape and urbanism in the Asia Pacific region, digital techniques and design thinking , generative practice
Research interests
Architecture, Other Built Environment and Design, Urban and Regional Planning
