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I have obtained two Level 9 academic research accomplishments through my completion of both Master of Architecture (MArch) and Master of Landscape Architecture (MLArch) degrees, and a Level 7 in a Bachelor of Design (Architecture) (BDArch) degree from Deakin University, with an average grade of Distinction.

My Master (MArch) Thesis (Grade: 78 Distinction) research is titled ‘Health and wellbeing of humans through biophilia, its architectural design interventions and new research opportunities’. My main research and analysis focused on, ‘What combination of natural biophilic elements and experiences of nature are recommended for human well-being when deployed in working office and health care facility indoor environments?’ I was fortunate to complete this under the supervision of Dr. Astrid Roetzel, a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University.

My broad design knowledge and approaches in both Professions in Architecture and Landscape Architecture may be distinct but is usually complementary, versatile and adaptive in continual changing human and worldly environments. Depending on each brief, the design objectives of both disciplines on selected and various sites and scales can, and often should be, among others, interactive, functional, proportional, complex and ordered, mysterious although truthful, biomorphic and organic, respectful, sustainable and sometimes playful with prospect and refuge elements so long as comprehensive research parameters and interpretative skillsets are applied. Thus, the design threshold between the built form and landscape environments should be holistically connected with shared outcomes.

Through thorough site analysis, specialised geometric-design techniques and applications in any space, and biophilic design patterns found in Nature and that represent Nature, I aim to achieve such outcomes with a profound and defined sense of place and loci that is enjoyed and that benefits human health and well-being.

Knowing how to apply such research is the key that unlocks restricted boundaries; a key that continually turns and revolves in each of my design deliverables.