Connecting people and nature within our built environments and communities.
Fiona is a Living Future Accredited architect and ecological urban design researcher. Her diverse background spans the public, private, and non-profit domains. At the heart of her endeavours is a strong commitment to creating and championing healthy, sustainable, and equitable built environments, all geared towards supporting the well-being of all living things.
With over 30 years’ experience, Graham is a leader in site-specific public art, placemaking and cultural planning, with a passion for defining and connecting diverse contexts through research and a community driven consultative process.
Stephen’s work has included the development of global environmental assessment methods, designing and managing building projects, and embedding sustainable development into educational curriculum. He is Australia’s leading Living Building Challenge expert and LFIA's previous Executive Director, Projects.
Kieran is an architect and Principal at DesignInc who seeks to create sustainable and regenerative environments that encourage positive human experiences, interaction and connection.
Engaging with stakeholders, clients and consultants, he brings a generous and collaborative approach to his projects which span health and wellbeing, community, education and residential facilities.
Engaging with stakeholders, clients and consultants, he brings a generous and collaborative approach to his projects which span health and wellbeing, community, education and residential facilities.
Trish is a sustainability consultant with 30+ years’ experience in mechanical services, regenerative design and Zero Energy/Carbon solutions. In addition to directing TLC, she performs audits for the Living Future Institute, and lectures at Unitec. She enjoys hovering at the 30,000 foot level and swooping in with an engineering mindset when required.
Sam is an enthusiastic advocate for nature and regenerative design.
She is the Manager, Sustainability Advisory Services at Development Victoria where she starts every project with the ethos of Country as Client, applying the nature-positive outcomes and designing for future climate scenarios seeking the site-specific potential to allow both the community and environment to thrive.
A regeneratively-trained and registered architect with a multi-disciplinary career spanning permaculture, sustainability and community-led climate action across multiple sectors. As a creative, design-systems thinker and natural collaborator she believes in the power of co-design and authentic stakeholder engagement to find the best contextual and nuanced solutions so that hopefully projects are positioned to give back more than they take away.
When Sam is not a work you can find her in the vege patch on her family permaculture property nestled on Wadawurrung Country hatching family adventures with her husband and kids or camping somewhere preferably remote and deep in nature.
She is the Manager, Sustainability Advisory Services at Development Victoria where she starts every project with the ethos of Country as Client, applying the nature-positive outcomes and designing for future climate scenarios seeking the site-specific potential to allow both the community and environment to thrive.
A regeneratively-trained and registered architect with a multi-disciplinary career spanning permaculture, sustainability and community-led climate action across multiple sectors. As a creative, design-systems thinker and natural collaborator she believes in the power of co-design and authentic stakeholder engagement to find the best contextual and nuanced solutions so that hopefully projects are positioned to give back more than they take away.
When Sam is not a work you can find her in the vege patch on her family permaculture property nestled on Wadawurrung Country hatching family adventures with her husband and kids or camping somewhere preferably remote and deep in nature.
Vanessa is an experienced strategist, program manager and academic. She is motivated by the imperative for impact and transformative change towards a resilient, just and prosperous future. Formally trained in urban geography, urban design and project management, and well-versed in landscape architecture, Vanessa fuses her trans-disciplinary knowledge for civic impact.
Working for over 20 years at the intersection of strategy, governance and advocacy, she is renowned for bringing together diverse and dynamic people, with curiosity and empathy. Vanessa has worked across the public, private and for-purpose sectors – leading civic infrastructure projects, delivering public space activations, teaching as a sessional academic and mentoring emerging leaders.
Embracing the role of National Regenerative Design Lead at COX Architecture, Laura is on a journey to rethink the landscape of built environment design, championing the cause of regenerative development. With a firm belief that great design stems from a meaningful connection to Country, she envisions a future where projects foster a nurturing bond with the ecological, social, and economic systems they are enmeshed within; Yielding enduring co-benefits for the human and more than human communities our built environments serve. Believing that few places have as much potential for this radical reimagining than in Australia, Laura is currently developing her capacity to bring project teams along on the exciting journey through “The Regenerative Practitioner” course.
As a Living Future Accredited Professional and a Chartered RIBA Architect, Laura's approach is ambitious, yet grounded in consideration of the intricate and interrelated cultural, ecological, economic, and governmental tapestry. Her dedication earned Laura a finalist spot for 'Architect of the Year' at The Brit List awards in 2019.
In her spare time, Laura finds restoration and inspiration by meandering along the Yarra in Naarm, where she enjoys practicing seeing with childlike curiosity and wonder. She also revels in finding dark spots to stargaze; A humbling reminder of the profound history etched into the vast expanse of our beautiful planet, Earth, which we all call home.
As a Living Future Accredited Professional and a Chartered RIBA Architect, Laura's approach is ambitious, yet grounded in consideration of the intricate and interrelated cultural, ecological, economic, and governmental tapestry. Her dedication earned Laura a finalist spot for 'Architect of the Year' at The Brit List awards in 2019.
In her spare time, Laura finds restoration and inspiration by meandering along the Yarra in Naarm, where she enjoys practicing seeing with childlike curiosity and wonder. She also revels in finding dark spots to stargaze; A humbling reminder of the profound history etched into the vast expanse of our beautiful planet, Earth, which we all call home.
