Jessica Stewart

Collaborative and empathetic designer, skilled in situationally responsive communication and culturally sensitive landscape projects. Passionate about prioritising Indigenous self-determination and wellbeing and healing Country through supporting Indigenous-led initiatives.

2023, Sharing of Indigenous Knowledges Microcert, the University of Melbourne

2020, Grant Writing Workshop, Ross House Association

2019, Indigenous Engagement Workshop, Clean Air and Landscapes Hub

2015, Cultural Competency Training, IADV (Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria)

2022 - present, City of Casey Inaugural Design Review Panel member

2022, AILA Festival Creative Directorate: COUNTRY

2019 - present, AILA Connection to Country Committee member

2014 - 2015, AILA Cultivate Committee Convenor

2024, AILA QLD Presidents’ Award, Creative Directorate, AILA Festival, COUNTRY

2022, IFLA AAPME Climate Crisis Design Awards (Honourable Mention), Green Our City Action Plan: Strategic Justification for regulatory requirements for Sustainability (with OCULUS)

2022, AILA National Climate Positive Design Award, Green Our City Action Plan: Strategic Justification for regulatory requirements for Sustainability (with OCULUS)

2022, AILA Victoria Research, Policy and Communication Award, Green Our City Action Plan: Strategic Justification for regulatory requirements for Sustainability (with OCULUS)

2020, AILA NSW Landscape Architecture Award, Dyuralya Square (with OCULUS)

2020, AILA National Landscape Architecture Award, Dyuralya Square (with OCULUS)

2010, Vänersborg Kultruaxeln, Sweden, 1st prize (with MANDAworks)

2010, Nørre Campus, Copenhagen University, Round 1 (with N55)

2010, SUDes Workshop Conference, Lund, Sweden, 1st Prize

2009, 0CO2 Workshop Conference, Lund, Sweden, 1st Prize, Group proposal

Hamish Coates, Manager, Future Built Environment, GMCT, Melbourne, Australia, 0417 694 112

Roger Jasprizza, Associate Director, Oculus Landscape Architecture, Melbourne, Australia, 0439 362 478

Damon Obst, Director, OUTLINES Landscape Architecture, Melbourne, Australia, 0421 686 623

Received a grade of 95/100 for the Sharing of Indigenous Knowledges micro certification

Initiated and supported an Indigenous-led Creative Directorate to curate the 2022 AILA festival, COUNTRY

Lead a team of 5 landscape architects, designing and delivering various typology of built environment and strategic projects

Semester 2 - 2021, Language and Landscape, Design Research Seminar, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

Semester 1 - 2021, Project B (Masters Final Project), RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

Semester 2 - 2020, Language and Landscape, Design Research Seminar, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

Semester 2 - 2019, Theoretical Frameworks 2, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

Semester 1 - 2019, Lower Pool Studio, Repair, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

Semester 1 - 2018 (casual), Masters Architecture, Refuge Studio, UTS, Sydney, Australia

Semester 2 - 2017, Making Studio, UTS, Sydney, Australia

Semester 1 - 2016, Site Planning Studio, UNSW, Sydney, Australia

Semester 2 - 2016, Making Studio, UTS, Sydney, Australia

February 2024, Landscape Architecture Australia Issue 181, Virtual Botanicals

August 2022, Landscape Architecture Australia Issue 175, Making Time in Practice

February 2022, Landscape Architecture Australia Issue 173, Adjacent Practices: Cultivating an aesthetic of care in design

August 2021, Landscape Architecture Australia Issue 171, Wanting Words: Language and Landscape

May 2020, Landscape Architecture Australia website, Transitioning states: Practicing in the time of COVID-19

Dec 2019, Landscape Architecture Australia website, Landscape architecture education in Victoria: A discussion