Place Making in International Practice of Landscape Architecture

Dr. Yun Zhang received her B.E. and M.E. in Architecture from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. Since August 1996, she had been in Hangzhou Architectural Design Institute as an architect for four years. In 2001, Dr. Zhang received M.Arch. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Sheffield, UK. She worked as a landscape architect in Sydney, Australia, for a year and then was teaching in China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, for another four years. In 2011, Dr. Zhang received a Ph.D. degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Since October 2011, she has been in Institute of Landscape Architecture in Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environment Sciences, Zhejiang University, China. She has been an associate professor in landscape architecture since December 2013.

Introduction.- Knowing and Re-forming Place.- Research Design.- Australia’s Supply of International Landscape Architectural Services.- China as a Site of Demand for International Landscape Architectural Services.- The Li Lake Area and the Proposed Development.- The Practice of Australian Landscape Architects.- The Identified Local Characteristics.