JAMES R STEPHENSON
BACHELOR OF DESIGN - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE(HONS), VICTORIA UNIVERSITY 2007
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Email: jimbob.stephenson@gmail.com
E D U C AT I O N 2003-2006 Victoria University of Wellington 1996-2000 Te Awamutu College
Bachelor of Design B Bursary
BDes(LADN)
P R O F E S S I O N A L WO R K H I S TO R Y 2007 LA4 Landscape Architects Auckland, New Zealand 2008-2010 Darby Partners Ltd Queenstown, New Zealand 2011-Present Lat27 Brisbane, Australia S TO R Y I grew up in the Waikato region in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. Once finishing high school I took two years off to work, to race bikes and decide what I wanted to do with my future. After a winter season in the mountains of Colorado of the USA I decided to undertake a Bachelor of Design at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. During this time I undertook projects within NZ and international sites. I was fortunate to study a paper in India and be involved in a field trip to Sydney. Once I graduated I worked for an Auckland firm called LA4 for over a year. After this year I took a job with Darby Partners Ltd in Queenstown where I was based for a little over two years. I left Queenstown at the beginning of 2010 where I planned to gain some valuable life experiences on the road. Until the end of 2011 I lived/worked/breathed in Groote Eylandt of the Northern Territory of Australia, Singapore, Ontario, BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan of Canada, Washington, New York and Hawaii of the USA and Fiji. At the end of 2011 I moved to Brisbane where I gained a position with Lat27. That brings us to the now. PROJECT TYPES
FIRM
PROJECT TYPE
JOB
I N VO LV E M E N T
LA4
Infrastructure
Northern Motorway Proposal Included the preparation of graphic plans, planting plans, typical sections, pocket park development and plans.
LA4
Residential Subdivision
Point Ridge
Assisted in the preparation of planting plans and construction documentation
LA4
Streetscape
Swanson Street
Design development through 3D modelling, sections and plan. Assistance in construction documentation
LA4
Foreshore Upgrade
St Heliers
Assisted with preparation of landscape graphic plans. Preparation of tender and construction documentation
Darby Partners Ltd
Golf Clubhouse Landscape
Jack’s Point
Conceptual design, design development leading to documentation and construction observation.
Darby Partners Ltd
Site/Village Masterplanning
Jack’s Point
Planning for proposals at Jack’s Point including a school and retirement village. This would include site analysis and massing plans and studies to be presented to client. Within the Jack’s Point Village my role involved design development through consultation/workshops with others, the production of site analysis studies, yield plans, graphic representations, sections and views from 3D modelling
Darby Partners Ltd
Village Design
Jack’s Point
Once a scheme came forward from the village masterplanning sessions I was involved in adjusting and working these into a workable landscape solution at human scale. This could be for a series of proposed units on the lake edge to a group of residential/office block away from any water. This included the development of concepts through 3D modelling, site testing, visual simulations, graphic and CAD plans, sections and elevations