Curriculum Vitae
1 Experience
Academic Appointments
July 2014 >
Associate Professor (Tenured)
Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Graduate Group of Urban Design
College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley
January 2009 – June 2014
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Graduate Group of Urban Design
College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley
January 2005 – December 2008
Assistant Professor (Teaching)
Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, University of Western Australia
February 2007 – May 2008
Research Associate (funded by the Australian Research Council)
Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, University of Western Australia
Professional Appointments
January 2007 >
Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Consultant
Berkeley, California and Perth, Australia
January 2005 – January 2007
Senior Urban Designer
Urban Design Centre of Western Australia (Australian Urban Design Research Centre), Perth, Australia
February 2004 – January 2005
Senior Landscape Architect
Arbor Vitae: Landscape, Architecture & Urban Design, Perth, Australia
June 2001 – January 2004
Lead Design Landscape Architect
Lützow 7: Landscape Architecture & Garden Design, Berlin, Germany
March 1998 – April 2001 (part time)
Graduate Landscape Architect
Room 4.1.3: Interdisciplinary Design Studio, Perth, Australia
2 Education
July 2000
Master of Landscape Architecture by Research
University of Western Australia (including one year at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
Thesis: “(Dis)oriented Visions: Toward a Contemporary Poetics of Landscape Architecture"
July 1996
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with Honors
University of Western Australia
Dissertation: “The Paradox of Place: Investigations into the History, Theory and Prospects of a ‘Sense of Place’”
3 Research & Creative Work
Publications
Sole Authored Peer Reviewed Publications
2018. “The Landscape of Things.” Journal of Landscape Architecture 13 (1): 32–41.
2018. “Design With (Human) Nature: Recovering the Creative Instrumentality of Social Data in Urban Design.” Journal of Urban Design: 1–18.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2018.1433530
2017. “Reconceptualizing Suburban Terracing: Topographically Responsive Development Scenarios for a Sandy Coastal Site.” Landscape Journal 36 (1): 15–36.
http://lj.uwpress.org/content/36/1/15.full.pdf+html
2017. “The Drone’s Eye: Applications and Implications for Landscape Architecture.” Landscape Research: 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2017.1386777
2017. “Dis/orientation Machines: Journeys Into Labyrinthine Landscapes.” Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes. 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14601176.2017.1386422
2017. “The Mirage of the Metropolis: City Imaging in the Age of Digital Chorography.” Journal of Urban Design 23 (1): 123–141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2017.1311771
2017. “The Garden of Entangled Paths: Landscape Phenomena at the Albany Bulb Wasteland.” Landscape Review 17 (1): 58–77. https://journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/lr/article/view/1009/683
2016. “Innovations in Topographically Sensitive Urban Design: Evaluation of Landform Conservation Strategies in Perth’s Northern Suburbs.” Australian Planner 53 (3): 232–250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2016.1210657
2016. “Concave Worlds, Artificial Horizons: Reframing the Urban Public Garden.” Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes 37 (1): 15–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14601176.2016.1181939
2016. “Disciplinary Convergence: Landscape Architecture and the Spatial Design Disciplines.” Journal of Landscape Architecture 11 (1): 30–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2016.1144668
2015. “The Usefulness of Uselessness: Towards a Landscape Framework for Un-activated Urban Public Space.” Architectural Theory Review 19 (2): 154–173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13264826.2014.967330
2014. “Hyper-realism and Loose-reality: the Limitations of Digital Realism and Alternative Principles in Landscape Design Visualization.” Journal of Landscape Architecture 9 (3): 20–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2014.968412
2014. “The Emergence of Suburban Terracing on Coastal Dunes: Case Studies Along the Perth Northern Corridor, Western Australia, 1930–2010.” Journal of Urban Design 19 (5): 593–621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2014.943704
2014. “Red Loops, Green Links: Park Rabet and Urban Decline in East Leipzig.” Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes 34 (4): 259–274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14601176.2014.916035
2014. “Towards Topographically Sensitive Urbanism: Re-Envisioning Earthwork Terracing in Suburban Development.” Journal of Urbanism 8 (4): 331–351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2014.896395
2013. “Design for Decline: Landscape Architecture Strategies for the Western Australian Wheatbelt.” Landscape Journal 32 (2): 243–260. http://lj.uwpress.org/content/32/2/243.full.pdf+html
2012. “Green-Networks: Integrating Alternative Circulation Systems into Postindustrial Cities.” Journal of Urban Design 18 (1): 36–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2012.739545
2012. “De/framed Visions: Reading Two Collections of Gardens at the Xi’an International Horticultural Exposition.” Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes 32 (3): 182–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14601176.2012.681890
2011. “Thin Parks / Thick Edges: Towards a Linear Park Typology for (Post)infrastructural Sites.” Journal of Landscape Architecture 6 (2): 70–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2011.9723456
Multi-Authored Peer Reviewed Publications
Kondolf, G.M., Mozingo, L.A., Kullmann, K., McBride, J.R., & Anderson, S. 2013. “Teaching Stream Restoration: Experiences from Interdisciplinary Studio Instruction.” Landscape Journal 32 (1): 97–114. http://lj.uwpress.org/content/32/1/95.full.pdf+html
Sole Authored Book Chapters
2015. “Aerial Visions / Ground Control: the Art of Illustrative Plans and Bird’s Eye Views.” In N. Amoroso (ed.), Representing Landscapes: Digital. London: Routledge: 83–97.
Sole Authored Professional Publications
2017. “Things that Matter: Shaping Landscape Agency in the Anthropocene.” Kerb Journal (Contested Landscapes / Disruptive Practices) 25. In Press.
2018. “The Shape of Things: Re-imagining Landscape Parliaments in the Anthropocene.” Forty-Five: Journal of Outside Research190. http://forty-five.com/papers/190
2017. “Aerial Reconnaissance: Drone Mapping Complex Landscapes in High Fidelity.” Frameworks Fall 2017. https://frameworks.ced.berkeley.edu/2017/aerial-reconnaissance/
2017. “Fields of Decline: Landscape Strategies in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt Region.” Landscape Architecture Australia 155: 19–23.
2017. “Fluid Geographies: Strategies for the Landscape Left Behind.” Scenario Journal (Migration) 6. http://scenariojournal.com/article/fluid-geographies/
2017. “High Fidelity: Drone Mapping Fills a Missing Link in Site Representation.” Landscape Architecture Magazine 107 (5): 132–139.
2017. “Hong Kong, Grounded: Photographs of the Contact Zones Between the Mountain and the Multilevel Metropolis.” Places Journal. https://doi.org/10.22269/170502
2017. “Design Liquidity: Reflections on Procurement Processes.” Ground Up (Process) 6: 112–117.
2017. “The Satellite’s Progeny: Digital Chorography in the Age of Drone Vision.” Forty-Five (Journal of Outside Research) 157. http://forty-five.com/papers/157
2016. “Route Fittko: Tracing Walter Benjamin’s Path of No Return.” Ground Up (Delineations) 5: 70–75.
2015. “Ecologies of Spectacle: Reflecting on the New Presidio Parklands Design Competition.” Ground Up (Out West) 4: 100–105.
2015. “Grounding Landscape Urbanism and New Urbanism.” Journal of Urban Design 20 (3): 311–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2015.1030996
2012. “Garden of Resistance: Discovering the Albany Bulb.” Ground Up (Landscapes of Uncertainty) 1: 49–51.
2011. “De/Framed Gardens: 2011 World Horticultural Expo, Xi’an, China.” Topos (The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design) 76: 106.
2011. “Leaping Bridges, Forking Paths: Notes from the 2011 Xi’an World Horticultural Expo.” Landscape Architecture Magazine 101 (8): 98–110.
1999. “Avant-Gardener: Why There Are No Famous Landscape Architects and Other Stories.” Echo (Journal of the Western Australian Institute of Landscape Architects) 2: 23.
1996. “The Paradox of Place: Postmodern Transformations.” Proceedings of the Australasian Design Workshop (Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology) 1: 34–41.
1996. “The Big Sky: Landscape on the Pacific Edge.” Architecture Australia 85 (1): 24.
Co-Authored Professional Publications
Kullmann, K. & Weller, R. 2000. “Strange Parks: 1000 Words on the Downsview Five.” Juncus (Downsview Park) 1.
Book Reviews
2016. “Book Review: Gareth Doherty and Charles Waldheim, Editors: Is Landscape…? Essays on the Identity of Landscape” Journal of Architectural Education.
http://www.jaeonline.org/articles/reviews-books/landscape-%E2%80%A6-essays-identity-landscape#/page1/
Creative Work and Research included in Journals and Books
Map artwork in: Thompson, J. William and Sorvig, Kim. 2018. Sustainable Landscape Construction (Third Edition). Washington DC: Island Press. In Press.
Render artworks in: Cureton, Paul. 2017. Strategies for Landscape Representation: Digital and Analogue Techniques. London: Routledge: 147.
Research discussed in: Rekittke, Jörg. 2016 (February). “Editorial: Behind the Scenes.” Journal of Landscape Architecture 11 (1): 4–5.
Design project and discussion of research in: Hunt, John Dixon. 2016. The Making of Place: Modern & Contemporary Gardens. London: Reaktion Books. 126–130.
Research and creative work referred to in: Hunt, John Dixon. 2015 (August) “Book Review: Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks.” Landscape Architecture Magazine 105 (8): 144–148.
Drawings and discussion of research in: Hunt, John Dixon. 2014. Historical Ground: The Role of History in Contemporary Landscape Architecture. London: Routledge. 143–145.
Render artwork in: Swaffield, Simon and Deming, M. Ellen. 2012 (February). “Research Strategies in Landscape Architecture: Mapping the Terrain.” Journal of Landscape Architecture 6 (1): 34–45.
Plans and details in: 2011 (April). “Floating Garden.” International New Landscape: China Special Edition 2: 18.
Render artwork in: Such, Robert. 2010 (December). “Nature Gets a Job: an American curator assembles polemical gardens for next year's Xi'an expo.” Landscape Architecture Magazine 100 (12): 20, 22.
Plans and render artwork in: Jacobson, Clare. 2010 (August). “The World University Park in Xi’an: Creative Nature.” Landscape Architecture 4: 30–31.
Render artworks in magazine preview section in: 2010 (August). “The World University Park in Xi’an: Garden of Forking Paths.” Landscape Architecture 4: IX–X.
Plans and render artwork in: 2010. “Garden of Forking Paths.” Urban Flux 2: 21–22.
Render artworks in: Merkens, E. 2010. Visualizing Landscape Architecture: Functions / Concepts / Strategies. Basel: Birkäuser: 183–187.
Case studies and visualizations in: Weller, R. ed. 2008. Boomtown 2050: Ideas for a Rapidly Expanding City. Perth: UWA Press.
Case studies and journal cover image in: Weller, R. 2008. “Planning by Design: Landscape Architectural Scenarios for a Rapidly Growing City.” Journal of Landscape Architecture (Autumn): 18-29.
Design competitions, visualizations and book editorial structure in: Weller, R. ed. 2002. Room 4.1.3: Innovations in Landscape Architecture. Philadelphia: Penn Press.
Exhibitions
2012 (November). “The Garden of the Forking Paths.” Landscapes of the Western Imagination. Wurster Gallery, Berkeley.
2011 (September). “The Garden of the Forking Paths.” Chengdu Biennale (presented by the USC American Academy in China). Chengdu, China.
2010 (July–August). “The Garden of the Forking Paths.” Creative Nature (presented by the USC American Academy in China). Qingpu Teahouse, Shanghai, China.
Selected Significant Constructed Projects
2014-2015. White Lakes Garden of Beer (craft brewing venue). Client: Gastev Group Collective. Role: landscape condition report, concept masterplan, concept visualization, detail design, construction documentation (phased construction on-going).
2010–2011. International Horticultural Expo (permanent garden exhibit). Chan-Ba Ecological District, Xi’an, China. Client: Xi’an Government. Role: concept design and detail design.
2008–2010. The Esplanade Revitalization (urban park). Fremantle, Australia. Client: City of Fremantle. Role: consultant, concept master planning and urban design (phased construction on-going).
2004–2005. Burswood Peninsula (residential parks & plaza). Perth, Australia. Client: with Arbor Vitae per Mirvac Fini. Role: design & project management.
2001–2004. Park Rabet (urban park). Leipzig, Germany. Client: with Lützow 7 per City of Leipzig. Role: concept design and design development (phased construction completed 2011).
2001–2004. WESTside Freizeitzentrum (recreation centre). Bern, Switzerland. Client: with Lützow 7 per Studio Libeskind. Role: concept design and detail design.
Conference Papers
Sole Authored Peer Reviewed Papers
2016. “Suburban Terracing: Experiments in Topographically Responsive Urban Design.” Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah.
2013. “Topographically Calibrated Density: Towards a Suburban Template for Steep Sites.” Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference. Austin, Texas.
2011. “Green Infrastructure: Integrating Open Space Networks into Post-Industrial Cities.” Scales of Nature: International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress. Zurich, Switzerland.
2011. “Disciplinary Drift: Tracking Landscape Architecture in the Contested Field of Environmental Design.” Urban Nature: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference. Los Angeles, California.
2011. “Thin Parks/Thick Edges: Design Strategies for Linear Landscapes in Post-Infrastructural Cities.” Urban Nature: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference. Los Angeles, California.
Sole Authored Professional Papers
01. 2010 (July). “Leaping over the Garden Wall: Approaching the Chinese Landscape Vernacular.” Symposium: The New Chinese Landscape. Qingpu Library, Shanghai, China.
Conference Posters
Sole Authored Peer Reviewed Posters
02. 2011 (June). “Rails to Kale: Threading Urban Agriculture through Post-Industrial/Infrastructural Cities.” Scales of Nature: International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress. Zurich, Switzerland.
01. 2011 (June). “Amplified Emergence: Permanent Transitions for Temporary Community Originated Landscapes.” Scales of Nature: International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress. Zurich, Switzerland.
Multi-Authored Peer Reviewed Posters
01. 2016 (March). Kullmann, K. Bazo M., Hook M., Lachhwani, K. & Thompson A. “Seven Decades On: Urban Landscape Strategies for Nagasaki.” Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah.
4 Awards, Fellowships, Grants & Prizes
Awards
2016. American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award in Communications, Faculty Advisor of Ground Up Journal.
2013. American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award in Communications, Faculty Advisor of Ground Up Journal.
June–August 2012. “Losing Ground: Maps and scenarios for the eroding Pacifica coastline.” Regents' Junior Faculty Fellowship, $5,000 (salary supplement).
June 2011–July 2012. “Continuously Variable Density: Towards Topographically Sensitive Urbanism.” Hellman Faculty Fund Award, $10,250.
University Grants
January 2017–December 2020. “Aerial Fieldwork: Drone Mapping in Landscape Architecture.” Farrand Fund: Faculty Research Grant, $10,000.
February 2014–June 2014. “The evolution of suburban terracing on coastal dunes: case studies from the Perth northern corridor, Western Australia, 1940-2010.” Committee on Research: Research Enabling Grant, $1,500.
January 2013–December 2016. “Re-envisioning Earthworks: Towards a Model for Topographically Responsive Suburban Design.” Farrand Fund: Faculty Research Grant, $20,000.
February 2013–June 2014. “Defend, Adapt, Retreat: Design Strategies for Unstable Environments on The Pacific Coast.” Committee on Research: Research Enabling Grant, $1,500.
February 2012–June 2013. “Topographically Calibrated Density: Towards a suburban template for steep sites.” Committee on Research: Faculty Research Grant, $4,970.
December 2010–June 2011. “The Garden of the Forking Paths: Permanent U.C. Berkeley Exhibit at the World Horticultural Expo, Xi’an 2011.” Committee on Research: Faculty Research Grant, $4,500.
January 2009–December 2012. “Linear Landscapes: the role and potential of linear landscapes in the urban fabric.” Farrand Fund: Faculty Research Grant, $20,000.
Prizes
2010. Semi-finalist. One Prize International Ideas Competition (urban agriculture) (UC Berkeley).
2004. 2nd Prize. CBD Courts Project (urban forecourt). Perth, Australia (Arbor Vitae).
2003. 2nd/3rd Prize. Scheidemannplatz (traffic intersection). Kassel, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2003. Citation. Emscher River (river rehabilitation). Ruhrgebiet, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2003. 1st Prize. Augustusplatz (green square). Leipzig, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2003. 1st Prize. Johannisplatz (train station forecourt). Wiesbaden, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2003. 2nd Prize. Ludgeriplatz (gateway & traffic circle). Münster, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2002. 1st Prize. Kranzplatz (city square). Wiesbaden, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2002. 1st Prize. Bavaria Arcade (pedestrian mall). Hamburg, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2002. 1st Prize. Rabet Park (urban park). Leipzig, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2002. 2nd/3rd Prize. Kurpfalzachse (pedestrian precinct). Mannheim, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2002. 1st Prize. Stadtplatz (town square). Oberschöneweide, Germany (with Lützow 7).
2001. Citation. Reconciliation Place (memorial). Canberra, Australia (with UWA team).
1999. 2nd Prize. Centennial Park (city park extension). Sydney, Australia (with Room 4.1.3).
1998. Citation. Gallipoli Peace Park (regional planning). Gelibolu, Turkey (with UWA team).
5 Teaching
Courses taught
University of California, Berkeley
2009–2018 Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Architecture Thesis Advising
2009–2018 Undergraduate Site Design Studio
2011–2018 Graduate Publications Seminar
2014–2017 Graduate Advanced Site Design Studio
2009–2017 Graduate/Undergraduate Digital Visualization Course
2015 Postgraduate Advanced Urban Design Studio
2009–2012 Graduate Ecological Design Studio
2010–2011 Graduate Mapping Seminar
2009 Advanced Project Design Studio
University of Western Australia
2005–2008 Landscape Architecture Thesis Advising
2008 Advanced Garden Design Studio
2008 Advanced Landscape Philosophy Course
2007–2008 Advanced Urban Design Studio
2007 Rural Design Studio
2007 Contemporary Landscape Theory Course
2006–2007 Digital Visualization Course
2006 Multidisciplinary Foundation Design Studio
2005–2006 Advanced Detail Design Studio
2005 Bioregional Design Studio
2005 Materials Technology Course
2005 Topography Technology Course
Student Workshops
2018 (May 14–22). Kyoto Design Workshop (Co-coordinator), Kyoto, Japan.
2015 (May 18–25). Nagasaki Urban Design Workshop (Co-coordinator), Nagasaki, Japan.
2010 (January). Creative Nature Design Workshop. International Horticultural Expo, Xi’an, China.
