Landscape architects will play a pivotal role in keeping Queenslanders cool and outdoors as the world copes with climate change, a professor has said.
2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the first landscape architecture graduates from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and professor Gini Lee is looking forward to the positive impact that her students will have on the world over the next 40 years.
"We want to encourage a more positive attitude to how people deal with climate change issues in Queensland, whether they are students, residents or planners," she said.
Lee believes that Queensland's public spaces need more shade and shelter, and the challenge for landscape architects is to provide diverse spaces that meet the needs of the people who come together in public areas.
She cites South Bank as an example of public space that has successfully provided various shelter options while still embracing an outdoor lifestyle.
"It will be interesting to see how development along other areas of the Brisbane River progresses - the city needs good landscape architecture that is an interface of infrastructure, design, art, ecology, practicality and sustainability," she said.
QUT last night celebrated the 40th anniversary of landscape architecture graduates at the Hassell Studio in Fortitude Valley, which included an exhibition of the key projects and people over the past 40 years.
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