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CURRICULUM VITAE

DAYLE SHAND
BL(Hons), ML(Professional), PhD (UP)
Lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria
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Professional Landscape Architect
SACLAP Reg. no: 20255

 

dayle.shand@up.ac.za

dayleshand@gmail.com

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012 420 5533

Education

 

PhD in Landscape Architecture - University of Pretoria

Dissertation: 'Nature-based park making: interpreting nearby nature narratives to promote environmental justice in City of Tshwane parks'

 

ML(Prof) cum laude – University of Pretoria

(Dissertation Titled: Steenovenspruit Agrarian Conservancy)

 

BLArch(Hons) – University of Pretoria

 

BSc(Larch) – University of Pretoria

 

 

Experience

 

  • 2018 - Current: Lecturer & researcher at the University of Pretoria

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  • 2015 - 2018:  Professional Landscape Architect sub-consulting for various firms

 

  • 2016 - 2018: Studio Assistant at University of Pretoria Architecture Department : 3rd Year Landscape Architecture (Design, 8 hrs per week)

 

  • 2015 – 2016 Sub consultant : Van Riet and Louw Landscape Architects

 

  • 2015 – 2016 Sub consultant : Newtown Landscape Architects

 

  • 2012 – 2015 Candidate Landscape Architect: Newtown Landscape Architects

 

  • 2011 – 2012 Candidate Landscape Technologist – Sub consultant: Newtown Landscape Architects

 

  • 2010 – 2011 Candidate Landscape Technologist: Newtown Landscape Architect

 

  • 2009 – 2010 Candidate Landscape Technologist : Ecoscapes

 

 

 
Awards

 

Robert Gustav Schmikl Award 2018: Best Progress in Postgraduate Research Studies

 

ML(Prof) cum laude – University of Pretoria

 

  • Bapela Cave Klapwijk 2012 Final Year Award: For the most ecologically responsive project in the landscape architecture programme

 

  • ILASA Prize: Best student in Design (shared prize)

 

BLArch(Hons) – Univeristy of Pretoria

 

  • ILASA Design Prize: Best Student in Design

 

  • AURECON Prize: Student whose work demonstrates the best application of environmental and landscape design

 

  • GSLA: Highest average in all modules of the honours year: Landscape Architecture

 
Skills

 

Project Related:

  • All relevant skills for handling a project from inception to close out

  • Experience with environmental reports (Scoping, EIA, Basic Assessment, Water Use License Applications Reports)

  • Environmental Control Officer

 

Computer skills:

  • CAD

  • Photoshop

  • InDesign

  • Sketch Up

  • Microsoft Office

  • Some experience with GIS programs

 

 

Research activities & outputs

 

  • Shand, D 2021. ‘Promoting co-creation of teaching and learning in landscape architecture education through online teaching practice’, 7th Flexible Futures 2021, Higher Education Innovation Conference, Virtual Conference, University of Pretoria, 26 & 27 August 2021.

  • Shand, D 2021. ‘From Environmentalism to Environmental Justice, Shifting Perspectives in Local Community Park Provision’, In Whose Place Conference, Online Conference at the University of the Witwatersrand / History Workshop and the School of Architecture and Planning with the support of the European Union National Institutes for Culture. 20 - 21 May 2021.

  • Shand, D 2018. ‘A place-based landscape approach to the design of urban parks as valuable socio-ecological resources’, URBIO 2018 – International Conference on Urban Biodiversity and Design, Cape Town, 11-14 September.

  • Shand, D 2018. ‘A place-based landscape approach to community parks’, Institute of Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA) Conference, KZN, 13 & 14 August 2018.

  • Shand, D & Vosloo, P 2014. ‘A model for sustainable communal urban farming’, Australian Peri-Urban Conference 2014. (Presented by Professor Piet Vosloo)

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