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Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Michaela Prescott is a Landscape Architect with experience in both professional and academic contexts. She is a research fellow in the Informal Cities Lab at Monash University. Her practice-based research relates to the urbanisation of water- and river systems, the impact of infrastructure on neighbourhoods and communities, and delivery and sustainability of community-based projects. She is involved in the following funded research projects: Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE); Water for Women: Toolkit for the gender responsive co-design of WASH facilities; and Citarum Action Research Program.
Michaela’s doctorate, ongoing research, design studios and publications primarily focus on the socio-cultural dimensions of landscapes and living environments, and the evolving relation of landscape, infrastructure and urbanisation. She teaches at Monash and RMIT universities, and has been a lecturer at RMIT University, and an invited design critic and guest lecturer at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), University Technology Sydney (UTS), and National University Singapore (NUS) Landscape Architecture programs.
Based in Singapore from 2012-2017, she worked on an interdisciplinary research project on rivers in Indonesia (Landscape Ecology, the Ciliwung Project) at the Singapore-ETH Centre, completed a doctorate with ETH Zurich, and worked as a landscape architect at HASSELL Singapore. Over the past decade, she has worked in private and commercial practice in Australia, Singapore and the Netherlands, and in municipal landscape design and urban strategic planning in Melbourne, Australia.
Education/Academic qualification
Architecture, Doctor of Science, ETH Zurich
Jan 2012 → Feb 2017
Award Date: 15 Feb 2017
Landscape Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture (Distinction), RMIT University
Feb 2010 → Dec 2011
Award Date: 14 Dec 2011
Landscape Architecture, Bachelor of Design (Distinction), RMIT University
Feb 2006 → Dec 2008
Award Date: 14 Dec 2011
Research area keywords
- Landscape architecture
- Informal Settlements
- Architecture
- Environmental stewardship
- Water Sensitive Cities
- Water Sensitive Urban Design
- Riverine Systems
Network
Projects
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WfW: Toolkit for the gender responsive co-design of WASH facilities
Batagol, B., Sinharoy, S., Clasen, T., Prescott, M., Spasojevic, D. & Francis, N.
1/07/19 → 30/07/21
Project: Research
Research output
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Mapping informal settlements: a process for action
Ramirez-Lovering, D., Spasojevic, D. & Prescott, M. F., 2020, Ecologies Design: Transforming Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism. Pedersen Zari, M., Connolly, P. & Southcombe, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 138-148 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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RISE Planetary Health Data Platform: Applied challenges in the development of an interdisciplinary data visualisation platform
Prescott, M. F., Ramirez-Lovering, D. & Hamacher, A., 2020, In : Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 5, p. 567-574 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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River Communities in Jakarta: Pedagogies in Environmental Stewardship
Prescott, M. F. & Ninsalam, Y., 2020, In : Journal of Environmental Studies. 66, p. 70-95 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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RISE: A Case Study for Design Research in Informal Settlement Revitalisation Interdisciplinary Design Research in Informal Settlements
Ramirez-Lovering, D., Prescott, M. & Kamalipour, H., 2018, Proceedings of the 1st Annual Design Research Conference (ADR18). Maxwell, D. W. (ed.). Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of Sydney, p. 461-478 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Phase Change 2.0: Design Research Studio Exhibition
Anderson, C. & Prescott, M. F., 26 Oct 2017Research output: Non-textual form › Curation › Other
Activities
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2020 AILA Land-E-Scape
Michaela Prescott (Invited speaker)
13 Oct 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship Mentoring Scheme
Michaela Prescott (Visiting researcher)
11 Feb 2019 → 15 Feb 2019Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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World Congress on Resilience, Reliability and Asset Management 2019
Michaela Prescott (Speaker), Diego Ramirez (Speaker) & Erich Wolff (Speaker)
30 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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UNESCO Great Rivers Forum
Michaela Prescott (Invited speaker)
28 Oct 2018 → 30 Oct 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Annual Design Research Conference 2018 (Event)
Michaela Prescott (Peer reviewer)
Mar 2018 → Sep 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press / Media
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RISE: 'RISE comes to life for Asian Development Bank President'
Diego Ramirez, Michaela Prescott, Hesam Kamalipour, Mohamed El-Sioufi, Brendan Josey, Dasha Spasojevic, Mahsa Mesgar, Erich Wolff, Amalie Wright, Anna Leersnyder, Kerrie Burge, Tony Wong, Peter Breen & Matthew French
2/03/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Blogs
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SMART CITY: 'Pj Wali Kota Resmikan Lokasi Percontohan RISE di Batua'
Diego Ramirez, Michaela Prescott, Hesam Kamalipour, Mohamed El-Sioufi, Brendan Josey, Dasha Spasojevic, Mahsa Mesgar, Erich Wolff, Amalie Wright, Anna Leersnyder, Kerrie Burge, Tony Wong, Peter Breen & Matthew French
19/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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ANTARANEWS: 'Penjabat Wali Kota Makassar siap replikasi program RISE'
Diego Ramirez, Michaela Prescott, Hesam Kamalipour, Mohamed El-Sioufi, Brendan Josey, Dasha Spasojevic, Mahsa Mesgar, Erich Wolff, Amalie Wright, Anna Leersnyder, Kerrie Burge, Tony Wong, Peter Breen & Matthew French
19/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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SULSEL SATU: 'Ubah Lokasi Kumuh Menjadi Layak Huni, Iqbal Suhaeb Harap Warga Sadar Lingkungan'
Diego Ramirez, Michaela Prescott, Hesam Kamalipour, Mohamed El-Sioufi, Brendan Josey, Dasha Spasojevic, Mahsa Mesgar, Erich Wolff, Amalie Wright, Anna Leersnyder, Kerrie Burge, Tony Wong, Peter Breen & Matthew French
19/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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TRIBUN MAKASSAR: 'Iqbal Suhaeb Bakal Terapkan Pengolahan Limbah Air RISE'
Diego Ramirez, Michaela Prescott, Hesam Kamalipour, Mohamed El-Sioufi, Brendan Josey, Dasha Spasojevic, Mahsa Mesgar, Erich Wolff, Amalie Wright, Anna Leersnyder, Kerrie Burge, Tony Wong, Peter Breen & Matthew French
19/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature