Jen Lynch is a lecturer in landscape architecture at RMIT University. Her research explores the commons as an alternative lineage to landscape.
Jen Lynch's Latest contributions
Collecting the community together: Melbourne Pollinator Corridor
This wildlife corridor spanning an area just south of the Melbourne CBD demonstrates the role that open-ended design processes and the fostering of caring relationships with public landscapes can play in the empowerment of ecologies and communities.
Shifting grounds
Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation and Parks Victoria reflect on more than a decade of joint management and the growing impact of this co-authored approach to the way land is understood, managed and designed.
Expanding the residential agenda #4: Mark Jacques
In the final interview in our four-part series on residential landscape approaches, Mark Jacques of Openwork discusses “ambiguous territory” and shared ownership in the design of Nightingvale Village.
Expanding the residential agenda #3: AKAS Landscape Architecture
In the third in our interview series with Melbourne practitioners pursuing new approaches to residential landscape design, Alistair Kirkpatrick and Anthony Sharples of AKAS speak about the importance of planting design in a changing climate.
Expanding the residential agenda #2: Sophie Dyring
In the second of our interviews with Melbourne practitioners, Sophie Dyring of Schored Projects discusses the landscape of social housing.
Expanding the residential agenda #1: Simone Bliss
In the first of a series of interviews with Melbourne practitioners engaging the complexities of a changing city through landscape design, Simone Bliss discusses her recent work on the Nightingale 2.0 development.
Catalysing the gender equity discourse
Addressing gender equity issues across the landscape architecture profession means bringing conversations about gender out into the open.