Amy Prince

Principal Landscape Architect and Urban Designer

Amy is a Principal Landscape Architect and Urban Designer at GDstudia. Amy is passionate about the creative design process and thrives on collaboration with other design professionals. With over 20 years of experience, she is highly proficient in the design and documentation of landscape, urban and streetscape design projects, site assessment, and visual and spatial analysis. Strong client liaison and project co-ordination and management skills, with extensive experience in major residential subdivisions, streetscape, and parkland projects.

Qualifications

• Registered Landscape Architect with AILA (SA)
• Bachelor of Landscape of Architecture, University of Adelaide, 2000
• Bachelor of Design Studies, University of Adelaide, 1998

Paul Wong

Principal Landscape Architect

Paul has over 16 years experience in the Landscape Architecture Profession and is a Principal Landscape Architect at GDstudia. He is a creative and pragmatic problem-solver who delivers visually exciting and innovative solutions to many successful projects in both metro and rural South Australia, and interstate. Paul is passionate about creating unique/bespoke designs that utilise innovation through the incorporation of technology, and has significant experience in all aspects of design, delivering projects and acumen – completing the profile of an accomplished landscape architect.

Paul has extensive experience with a range of different projects ranging from large multidisciplinary infrastructure projects, Urban Design projects, land developments, Streetscape design, WSUD, Commercial & Industrial developments, Education, Childcare Centres, Playspace design, and ELC projects.

Qualifications

• Registered Landscape Architect with AILA (SA)
• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Adelaide, 2007
• Bachelor of Design Studies, University of Adelaide, 2005

Lisel McLeay

Principal Landscape Architect

Lisel is a passionate design champion and highly creative Principal Landscape Architect and Urban Designer.
Lisel knows the power of that one great idea to transform thinking, a project and a place. A fantastic original thought excites everyone involved and pushes design and the industry forward. There is nothing like it! This focus on creativity, design quality and beauty drives Lisel’s work and team. Based on her 18 years of experience in private consultancy, Lisel provides carefully considered and thoughtful advice and will enthusiastically advocate for that next great idea. She is often sought to critique, review and provide insight, while also loving the challenge of delivering a new technical design, space or high-level strategy.
Lisel appreciates watching Adelaide and South Australia succeed and evolve into a more resilient and connected place of culture that supports living. Landscape Architecture helps Lisel to influence these positive changes and embed wonderful ideas into the City that she loves.

Laura Johnson

Senior Landscape Architect

Laura is a Senior Landscape Architect for GDstudia and has over 15 years experience in the Landscape Architecture profession. Laura is an established designer with applied experience in all scales of Landscape Architecture. Her adaptability and attention to detail has been a benefit to many successful multidisciplinary project teams within South Australia and interstate. Laura is dedicated to environmentally and socially sustainable landscapes and is committed to creating innovative solutions to improve our future environments.

Laura has an intrinsic knowledge of landscape design principles and an ability to implement these through design. Her broad experience across open space and recreation, infrastructure, health, public space, and education projects has enabled her to build a highly flexible design skillset.

Qualifications

• Registered Landscape Architect with AILA (SA)
• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Hons.), University of Adelaide, 2005
• Bachelor of Design Studies, University of Adelaide, 2003

Simon Gallucci

Senior Landscape Architect

Simon’s professional career spans 8 years and through this, he has been responsible for all facets of the landscape design process on a diverse range of projects. This has included master planning, concept design, construction documentation, tendering and procurement, project management, and superintendency.

Simon has gained significant professional experience working in both Landscape Architecture to Architecture practices, which has exposed him to a diverse clientele base from Local Government to Residential Developers, to Department for Education, and Catholic Education working on a wide variety of Architectural Practices. This breadth of client types introduced Simon to an extensive typology mix of Landscape Architectural works which included Streetscape Design, commercial and public realm projects, reserves, and small, strategic interventions.

Qualifications

• Registered Landscape Architect with AILA (SA)
• Master of Landscape Architecture, 2016, University of Adelaide
• Bachelor of Architectural Design Studies, 2014, University of Adelaide
• Diploma of Garden Design, 2009, Urrbrae TAFE

Ben Dillon

Senior Landscape Architect

Ben has over 7 years industry experience in the Landscape Architecture profession. With experience from working within small design firms and larger multi-disciplinary offices, Ben has extensive experience on projects of diverse scales and typologies. This includes private & public education, early learning & childcare centre developments and refurbishments, aged care, disability enabling & wellbeing environments and general private & public landscapes, playgrounds and playspaces.

Ben is passionate on fostering relationships and with his Clients and fellow consultants and believes that communication is key to project success. Ben achieves effective collaboration through his strong attention to detail, proficient documentation skills and overall project understanding.

Qualifications

• Registered Landscape Architect with AILA (SA)
• Masters of Landscape Architecture, University of Adelaide
• Bachelor of Design Studies, University of Adelaide

Zhengji Zhang (Jessie)

Landscape Architect

Jessie is an Landscape Architect with over two years working experience in South Australia. Her project experience includes schools, childcare centers, reserves, playgrounds, basins design, commercial and recreational landscape projects, as well as residential developments. Jessie has experience is development of masterplans, concept design and detailed documentation.

Jessie has experience working in China as a Senior Landscape Architect for a several years delivering multi-disciplinary projects across China, in both the public and private sectors. Her previous project experience includes waterfront, urban public space, residential development, urban greenbelt and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• M. Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University
• B. Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University

Cara Sun

Graduate Landscape Architect

Cara has 3 years of experience in Landscape Architecture and Architectural design here is South Australia and interstate. Her experience includes projects in education, residential, land development and playspace design. In addition to Cara’s local experience here is SA, Cara has experience working on projects in China where she specialised in green infrastructure and amusement park renovations.

Cara has passion for creating captivating spaces that tell cultural, historical, and ecological stories while providing inclusive and livable space for all people.

Qualifications

• M. Landscape Architecture, University of Melbourne
• B. Landscape Architecture, Shandong Agricultural University

Cynthia Aybar

Graduate Landscape Architect

Cynthia is a Graduate Architect with a Master in Landscape Architecture. She graduated from the University of Adelaide where her thesis project was part of The 2022 Final Year exhibition night. During her experience as a graduate architect she was involved in the desing process of different type of buildings such as mining camp facilities, residential and commercial. As a graduate of Landscape Architect she finds great interests on developing spaces that considers cultural heritage.

Qualifications

• M. Landscape Architecture, University of Adelaide
• B. in Architecture, Ricardo Palma University