Jillian Walliss is an Associate Professor in landscape architecture at the University of Melbourne. Her research explores the relationship between theory, culture, and contemporary design practice. She has published widely, including Landscape Architects as Change Makers (2023) and The Big Asian Book of Landscape Architecture (2020). In 2019, she curated The Square and the Park Festival of Landscape Architecture with Kirsten Bauer and Cassandra Chilton.
Jillian Walliss's Latest contributions
Building a professional culture: A decade of AILA festivals
Since its inaugural program in 2014, the AILA Festival of Landscape Architecture has brought together members of the profession and related disciplines to share knowledge, challenge disciplinary conventions, forge new relationships and extend community.
Conceptualizing Melbourne’s Level Crossing Removal projects
Melbourne’s Level Crossing Removal projects have contributed a suite of valuable new civic spaces to the public realm. But what do they contribute to landscape architecture in a broader sense?
Rewilding in a post-humanist world: Salad Dressing
The work of the Singapore-based landscape architecture practice envisions a future world in which humans, nature and machines co-exist and co-evolve.
The Authorship Issue
“The Authorship Issue” guest editors Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann considers the challenges and opportunities of authorship in the contemporary context.
The People’s Park: Why is the opening of Northcote Golf Course to the public so exciting?
The recent opening of Northcote Golf Course to the public offers valuable insight into understanding how Melbourne’s urban green spaces can contribute to the community, beyond conventional ideas of functionality and formal recreation.
Zaryadye Park: A new ecological heart for Moscow
A new park in Moscow’s centre draws Russia’s diverse landscapes into the city and creates an open and democratic space for cultural gathering.
An everyday civic: Yagan Square
At Perth’s new urban square, Yagan Square, flexibility and history provide a platform for engaging with changing notions of national identity, Reconciliation and civic life.
Reflections on an Australian education
Landscape architecture academics Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University respectively caught up with a group of international landscape architecture students to learn about their experiences in Australia and why they chose to study here.
A contemporary Asian practice
The potential of emerging Asian cities has often been defined by European and North American designers, denying the growth of local expertise. It’s time to celebrate the exciting work of homegrown designers, thinkers and critics in Asia.
February issue of LAA out now
A preview of the February 2018 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.