Jock Gilbert is an academic in the School of Architecture and Urban Design at RMIT University. He is program manager of the Bachelor of Landscape Architectural Design and co-chair of the School of Architecture and Urban Design Reconciliation Action Committee. His research interests lie in community engagement, regenerative practice and Indigenous-led design research, focused around the development of green infrastructure through the convergence of concepts of place, Country and landscape. Jock is a registered landscape architect and member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. His academic practice has been recognised with research awards at state and national levels. His work has been exhibited nationally and published internationally and he is a regular participant in national issues through public presentations and interviews. Jock has presented at MPavilion events, participated in ABC Radio (local and national) interviews and contributed to publications, including The Conversation, Landscape Architecture Australia magazine and Foreground.
Jock Gilbert's Latest contributions
Reframing our relationship with plants
Jock Gilbert unpacks the latest book in the “First Knowledges” series edited by Margo Neale.
Billilia and the Boomerang Billabong: Regenerative landscape approaches through Country
At a station in south-west New South Wales, Traditional Owners and landscape architects are working together to explore ways to restore the degraded landscape, and to re-engage with the cultural and ecological significance of the site.
Respecting Country – a ‘New Australian Design’ approach
A powerful new book by Alison Page and Paul Memmott illuminates the ways that design, through engagement with First Nations knowledges, can become an expression of respect for Country.
Highlighting Māori thinking
A recent book by the Landscape Foundation brings Māori perspectives on landscape to the fore.
Lurujarri Dreaming Trail
Winding along the coast north of Broome, this 80-kilometre-long Aboriginal trail fosters a deep connection to Country through knowledge exchange and shared experience.
The poetry of gardening: Bejing Forestry University’s second Garden-making Festival
A team of students from RMIT University participated in the second edition of Beijing Forestry University’s Garden-making Festival, which explored the relationship between garden-making and the poetic.
The landscape of Country
Landscape, as a constructed idea, can separate us from our environment – with often drastic consequences for our surrounds. Rethinking landscape through Country can lead us to a new practice that emphasizes recognition and respect.
Representation, remembrance and the memorial
The RR.Memorial Forum held in June 2018 explored the future of memorials in Australia to the Frontier Wars. The forum included a series of Indigenous-led design charrettes that revealed the possibilities and challenges involved in creating places of healing.
Brief Garden
Just south of Colombo, an exquisite garden by Sri Lankan landscape architect Bevis Bawa provides a platform for an evolving design practice.
Cultivating landscape literacy: a workshop with Charles Massy
Agricultural scientist, farmer and writer Charles Massy advocates for a stronger relationship between humanity and the non-human world in agricultural practice. A workshop with Massy and members of the landscape profession offered opportunities to explore the relationship of Massy’s ideas to broader landscape practice.
