Working as a Landscape Architect

VISUAL: Working as a Landscape Architect. Kathryn English – Landscape Architecture. RMITUniversity logo.

VISUAL: Kathryn English speaking to the camera.

Kathryn English: I chose RMITUniversity because it was the leading course in landscape architecture at the time.

VISUAL: Map of Australia. A dotted red line is drawn gradually from Melbourne up to Broome, Western Australia and camera zooms in on Broome on the map.

Kathryn English: One of the most memorable moments at RMIT was definitely when we got the opportunity to go to Broome.

VISUAL: Photograph of Kathryn English standing on sand and leaning against large red rocks.

Kathryn English: We lived with an Aboriginal tribe in Broome ...

VISUAL: Photograph of a waterhole with a sandy beach and surrounded by trees and cliffs.

Kathryn English: ... for approximately a month.

VISUAL: An aerial photograph of a waterhole, river and waterfall along an escarpment, probably near Broome.

Kathryn English: We walked on the Lurujarri Dreaming Trail.

VISUAL: Kathryn English speaking to the camera.

Kathryn English: I currently work for OUTR, the Office of Urban Transformation Research. It's a small research group that's embedded within RMITUniversity and we work on a number of diverse projects in countries all over the world. Some of the exciting projects that we've worked on recently would have to be ...

VISUAL: Close up of a banner sign hanging at the top of a building which reads: Urban/Headquarters with its logo underneath.

Kathryn English: ... Urban Realities. Urban Realities was a ...

VISUAL: Kathryn English standing beside two other unidentified males. They are all wearing white overalls and hardhats. Kathryn is smiling and holding above her head the upturned hardhats while one of the males reaches in the hat for something. The other male is holding a microphone.

Kathryn English: ... three?day design competition that we held down ...

VISUAL: Aerial photograph of some of the installations that were in the competition on display in Docklands. There are two large yellow numbers: 80 and 81 and also a square shaped cow upside down in a leaf?bare tree. Kathryn English: In the background are the apartments along the water’s edge and the bridge in the far distance.

Kathryn English: ... in Melbourne Docklands. We've also worked on a number of projects ...

VISUAL: Time?lapse computer design of the eco resort - starting with the outline and gradually building on it with grass, trees, footpaths and then finally the resort’s buildings. Lastly, a jetty comes out of the island to somewhere off?screen and three silhouettes of people appear and one begins walking along the jetty towards the island.

Kathryn English: ... in China. We've designed a five-star eco resort on an island in China, which was, you know, a fantastic experience and not something that you can do every day. In my final year ...

VISUAL: Kathryn English speaking to the camera.

Kathryn English: ... I was awarded ...

VISUAL: Photograph of Kathryn English and an unidentified man with their arms around each other smiling at the camera. They are standing outside in Holland, location unknown.

Kathryn English: ... a graduate position at Karres en Brands ...

VISUAL: Photograph of rows and rows of bicycles parked on racks in a city in Holland.

Kathryn English: ... and got to live and work ...

VISUAL: Photograph of the RedBridge in Amsterdam.

Kathryn English: ... in Holland for a year ...

VISUAL: Photograph of a parade in Amsterdam. A large banner which reads: I amsterdam is behind held up by a group of people across the road from where the camera is situated. Behind the banner and crowd are the traditional terrace houses of Amsterdam and the tree?lined street.

Kathryn English: ... which was a fantastic experience.

VISUAL: Kathryn English speaking to the camera.

Kathryn English: I liked landscape architecture because it gave me the ability to be quite creative, to really think outside the box and to look at design from a different perspective.

VISUAL: RMITUniversity Logo and website www.rmit.edu.au.

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