Yuqian Lin
Doctor of Philosophy candidate
Landscape Architecture, Cultural Geography, Community Actions, Digital Humanities, Creative Works, Creative Methods
Biography
Yuqian Lin is a PhD candidate at Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, an educational technologist at the University of Melbourne Student and Scholarly Services (SASS) Learning Environments (LE) Accessibility Team, and a research assistant at the Urban Ecology and Design Lab (UEDLAB). During her time studying and practicing design, architecture and environments in Australia and China, Yuqian became interested in interdisciplinary design, scarred landscape socio-ecological regeneration, human-environment relationships, and creative storytelling methods in research and design practices. She is passionate about unveiling the unseen in urban riparian post-quarry-landfill (URPQL) landscapes through creative works and methods. Through her research, she hopes to contribute to inclusive and accessible citizen knowledge-sharing hybrid environments for co-designing and co-planning a resilient and adaptive URPQL future for the generations to come.
Thesis
Unveiling the Unseen in the Past, Present, and Future: Citizen-centric Digital and Physical Urban Riparian Post-Quarry-Landfill (URPQL) Design
Yuqian's PhD research delves into the Urban Riparian Post-Quarry-Landfill (URPQL) landscapes in Victoria, Australia, with a focus on unveiling the hidden and often-unseen local histories, memories, stories and knowledge deeply connected to these typological landscapes. The central research question is: How can we unveil and integrate the unseen(s) within these landscapes to inform more sustainable and resilient co-design practices?
This innovative methodology combines digital and physical creative methods to reveal hidden layers of meaning within URPQL landscapes, providing a richer understanding that can guide future socio-ecologically resilient design alternatives. By experimenting with the interplay between physical, digital, and hybrid methods, this research seeks to construct a more complete image of URPQL landscapes. This comprehensive approach supports the recognition, learning, and understanding of these landscapes' past, present, and future, ensuring that their hidden histories are not only preserved but also actively inform sustainable and inclusive design practices. The research and the creative work outputs are hoped to be growing, living labs for collective memories, identities and knowledge about the URPQL landscape along Darebin and Merri Creek in Victoria, Australia. Through this approach, my research aims to contribute to more inclusive and sustainable planning outcomes, ensuring that the under-recognized stories and knowledge embedded within these landscapes are preserved and utilized for future generations.
Contact
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