LINK: full cv (updated 2016)
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LINK: full cv (updated 2016)
JAMES MESLOM CURICULUM VITAE PORTRAIT PUBLICATIONS 11.2015 JAMES MELSOM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT BSLA COORDINATOR LVML ETHZ Date of birth Nationality Residence Hometown Marital Status 7.2.1978 Australian, Swiss Basel, Switzerland Fremantle, Western Australia Married, 2 Children (*2007/2010) CONTACT ACADEMIC HIL H 55.3, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich Switzerland T +41 44 633 37 94 F +41 44 633 12 08 [email protected] girot.arch.ethz.ch PRACTICE Hochstrasse 70, CH-4053 Basel Switzerland T +41 76543 88 99 [email protected] landskip.eu jmla.eu RESIDENCE Sevogelstrasse 107, CH-4052 Basel Switzerland T +41 61 311 72 77 CURRENT POSITIONS 2007–present ETH Zurich, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Girot, Zurich, Switzerland Coordinator Landscape Visualisation and Modeling Lab (LVML) + DesignLab Masters Thesis Supervision (Landscape Architecture) Research Associate 2007–present James Melsom Landschaftsarchitekt BSLA, Basel, Switzerland 2014–present LANDSKIP - Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Landschaftsentwicklung Partner Firma: Ilmar Hurkxkens, Architekt EDUCATION 2004-2005 ETH Zurich, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Girot, Switzerland MAS Landscape Architecture 1996-2001 University of Western Australia B. Architecture (Hons) - (5 academic years, pre-dates M.Arch program) ADDITIONAL TRAINING Rhinoceros / Grasshopper GIS for Landscape Architecture Territorial Analysis, Remote Sensing Digital Fabrication Terrestrial Laser Scanning UAV Based Photogrammetry Arduino / Sensors McNeel EU - Registered Authorised Trainer ETHZ 2007 ETHZ 2014-15 RapLab, ETHZ 2007 RIEGL Geosystems 2010 ETHZ/Sensefly AG 2010 ETHZ/IAAC 2012 SOFTWARE - SHORT LIST AutoCAD / Civil3D / Revit Vectorworks / LAND Rhinoceros / Grasshopper ArcGIS / Q-GIS Adobe Suite + I/O Scripting 3D Studio MAX VRay + Octane Render + Cycles Cinema 4D 3D Coat (Sculpting) Processing Python (RhinoPython) C# (RhinoElements) LANGUAGES SPOKEN English - Native (AUS) Swiss German German COMPREHENSION Dutch - UvA - University of Amsterdam 2006 French - Alliance Française Australia (AURAL / READING) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2007-present James Melsom Landschaftsarchitekt BSLA Basel, Switzerland jmla.eu Consulting Landscape Architect 2014-present LANDSKIP ARGE Basel, Switzerland landskip.eu Research Lab Co-founded with Ilmar Hurkxkens 2005-2007 DS Landschapsarchitecten Amsterdam, the Netherlands dsla.nl Project Landscape Architect 2003-2004 Karres en Brands Landschapsarchitecten Hilversum, the Netherlands karresenbrands.nl Project Landscape Architect 2000-2003 Tierra, Landscape Architects Perth, Australia and Singapore tierradesign.com Project Landscape Architect PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 2009-present Swiss Institute of Landscape Architects (BSLA) Registered Landscape Architect, North-west Switzerland Chapter PROFESIONAL AWARDS 2014 Kleefeld School, with Werknetz Architekten, Zurich 5th Prize - City of Bern, Switzerland Invited Competition, Landscape Architecture 2012 KVA Warmbächliweg, with BHSF Architekten, Zurich 1st Prize - City of Bern, Switzerland Invited Competition, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture 2010 Aarau Brücke, with Bachelard Wagner Architekten, Basel 3rd Prize - City of Aarau, Switzerland Open Competition, Bridge Design and Landscape Architecture 2008 Stockäcker Süd with Bachelard Wagner Architekten, Basel 4th Prize - City of Bern, Switzerland Open Competition, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture 2001-07 Various project-related awards in the role of Project Landscape Architect at firms in Australia and the Netherlands (see details of firms in professional experience) PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2014 Architektur 0.14 Ausstellung - KVA Warmbächliweg, Bern - with BHSF Architekten - MAAG Halle Zurich 2014 Kleefeld School Competition Exhibition - Prize awarded Exhibition Bern, Switzerland 2012 ORDOS 100 - Film - Directed by Ai Weiwei 61‘ international Rotterdam Film Festival 2012 Warmbächliweg KVA Competition Exhibition - Prize awarded Exhibition Bern, Switzerland 2011 ORDOS 100 - Art & Architecture - Ai Weiwei - Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria 2010 Aarau Brücke Competition Exhibition - Prize awarded Exhibition Aarau, Switzerland 2009 Ordos 100 - with Ai Wei Wei Art Basel Exhibition, Basel 2008 IBA Stadtumbau Dessau, Invited Professional Workshop Exhibition Bauhaus Dessau, Germany 2007 Stockacker Süd Competition Exhibition - Prize awarded Exhibition Bern, Switzerland 2006 QUAP Invited Professional Workshop, project sites Valdobiadene and Oderzo Exhibition Treviso, Italy 2001-07 Various Exhibitions for projects of previous Firms including the Topos Award 2004 - Karres en Brands Landschapsarchitecten NL PUBLISHED LANDSCAPE PROJECTS 2013 TEC21: Energiezentrale Bern - Warmbächliweg KVA Project - 13-14/2013 2008/10/12/14 Various Competition Proceedings (Award related), Various at the Stadt Bern / Stadt Aarau 2007 Building Design weekly, United Kingdom, Olympic Park Overpass Project with PLUS office Architects (BE), London, UK 2006 QUAP Workshop Proceedings, Valdobiadene, 1st Prize, Municipality of Treviso, Italy 2004 Topos Magazine, Various works with Karres en Brands Landschapsarchitecten, Issue 49 INVITED PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS 2008 IBA Stadtumbau Dessau, Invited Professional Workshop Bauhaus Dessau, Germany 2006 QUAP Invited Professional Workshop, project sites Valdobiadene and Oderzo, Treviso, Italy ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2007–present ETH Zurich, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Girot Zurich, Switzerland girot.arch.ethz.ch Research Associate, Coordination LVML + DesignLab ACADEMIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 2012-present Diplom Master Thesis Coordinator , Prof. Girot, ETH Zurich Coordination and Organization 2012-present DesignLab Leader, Institute of Landscape Architecture, ETH Zurich Coordination and Organization 2009-present Landscape Visualization and Modeling Lab (LVML), ETH Zurich Coordination and co-founder with Christophe Girot 2007-present MAS LA Teaching Staff, Institute of Landscape Architecture, ETH Zurich Coordination of visualization, analysis and modeling modules (since 2010) 2007-present Landscape Design Studio, Institute of Landscape Architecture, ETH Zurich Studio Critiques and Visualization Workshop Leader INVITED ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS 2015 UAV automation landscape scanning workshop with Ilmar Hurkxkens, at Valldaura, IaaC, Institute of Advanced Architecture Catalunya, Barcelona, April 2015 2013 Smartgeometry 2013 Conference, Workshop Co-leader, Cluster (A)Synchronous Streams, with Luis Fraguada, Felipe Pacigueiro, Alex Dubor, London, UK 15-20 April 2013 2012 Design Workshop, From Suburb to City, International Summer Academy ILA ONA, Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland 22 July 05 - August 2012 2012 MLA Jakarta Studio, Prof. Rekittke, Design+Visualization Workshop Future Cities Laboratory, NUS, Singapore March 2012 2008 IBA Stadtumbau Dessau, Invited Professional Workshop Bauhaus Dessau, Germany 2008 2006 QUAP Invited Professional Workshop, project sites Valdobiadene and Oderzo, Treviso, Italy 2006 INVITED CRITIQUES 2013 M.Arch Studio, Profs. Secchi+Mascino, Design Critique, Milano Politechnico, Milan, Italy May 2013 2012 M.Arch Zernez Studio, Prof. Kees Christiaanse, Design Critique, May 2012 2007 MLA Course, KU Leuven, Prof. Kelly Shannon, Design Critique, March 2007 2007-2014 Various Invited Design Critiques, D.Arch, ETH Zurich INVITED LECTURES 2015 Invited Lecture on Methods of Territorial Landscape Design Department of Urbanism, GSAPP, Prof. Orff, Columbia University, New York, USA 26th Nov 2015 2015 Invited Lecture with Ilmar Hurkxkens on Professional & Academic work at ILA IaaC - Institute of Advanced Architecture Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain April 2015 2014 Invited Lecture Department of Landscape Architecture, Curtin University, Western Australia Dec 2014 2013 Invited Lecture on the Design of Dynamic Riverine Landscapes Department of Landscape Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand Aug 2013 2013 Invited Lecture on Landscape Design Workflows Department of Architecture and Planning, Profs. Secchi+Mascino, Milano Politechnico, Milan, Italy, 24 May 2013 2012 Invited Lecture on Methods of Territorial Landscape Design Department of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Kondolf, Berkley UC, USA 22nd Oct 2012 2012/13 Lecture: Landscape Architecture II, Seminar Lectures on the History and Theory of Landscape Architecture Institute of Landscape Architecture, ETH Zurich April 2012 2012 Invited Lecture on Future Scenarios for the City of Zurich World Intelligent Cities Summit 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, 14 Sept 2012 2007-14 Various Lectures, Institute of Landscape Architecture, ETH Zurich, 2007-14 PEER REVIEW INVITATIONS 2013 Journal of Urbanism, specialist paper review, Routledge Publishers, 2013 2013 Smart Geometry conference, candidate review and selection, London, 2013 ACADEMIC EXHIBITIONS 2014 Gotthard Landscape - Landscape Animations + Projections - Venice Biennale, Collateral Exhibition, Salon Suisse 2014 Jakarta, FCL and Sigorino Project Presentations IABR 2014 - International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam - Urban by Nature Exhibition 2013 Asynchronous Streams. April 15 – 20 2013. Exhibition and Smartgeometry 2013. The Bartlett, UCL, London. 2012 Workshop Exhibition, From Suburb to City, International Summer Academy ILA, ONA, Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland 22 July 05 - August 2012 2005 Decompression, MAS LA 2005, Zurich Bellevue PORTRAIT Conducting MAS LA field workshop, Zurich 2014 PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2015 Girot, C., Hurkxkens, I., Melsom, J. (2015): Directed Deposition: Exploring the Roles of Simulation and Design in Erosion and Landslide Processes. In: Peer-Reviewed Proceedings ACADIA 2015: Designing the Anthropocene, Cincinnati, OH 2014 Fraguada, L., Melsom, J. (2014): Urban Pulse: The Application of Moving Sensor Networks in the Urban Environment: Strategies for Implementation and Implications for Landscape Design. In: Peer-reviewed Proceedings Digital Landscape Architecture 2014, ETH Zurich. Wichmann Verlag, Offenbach 2013 Fraguada, L., Girot, C., Melsom, J. (2013): Ambient Terrain: The Generation of Largescale Landscape Site Data for Design Applications. In: Proceedings eCAADe 2013: Computation and Performance. Delft, NL Dubor, A., Fraguada, L., Melsom, J. (2013): Asynchronous Streams (workshop cluster leader). In: SmartGeometry 2013 Conference, smartgeometry.org (online only) Bartlett, UCL, London 2012 Fraguada, L., Girot, C., Melsom, J. (2012): Synchronous Horizons: Redefining spatial design in landscape architecture through ambient data collection and volumetric manipulation. In: Peer-Reviewed Proceedings ACADIA 2012: Synthetic Digital Ecologies, San Francisco Klein, T., Wissen Hayek, U., Neuenschwander, N., Melsom J., Grêt-Regamey, A. (2012): A Concept for Operationalizing Qualitative Factors Combining Sophisticated Visualization Workflows. In: Peer-reviewed Proceedings RealCorp 2012, 17th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society GeoMultimedia 2012 Fricker, P., Melsom, J., Werner P. (2012): From reality to virtuality and back again: Teaching experience within a postgraduate study program in Landscape Architecture. In: Peer-reviewed Proceedings Digital Landscape Architecture 2012, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Wichmann Verlag, Offenbach 2011 Fricker, P., Girot, C., Kapellos, A., Melsom, J. (2011): Landscape Architecture Design Simulation: Using CNC Tools as Hands-On Tools. In: Buhmann/Pietsch/Kretzler (Eds.): Peer-reviewed Proceedings Digital Landscape Architecture 2011, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Wichmann Verlag, Offenbach Wissen Hayek, U., Melsom, J., Neuenschwander, N., Girot, C., Grêt-Regamey, A. (2011): Interdisciplinary studio for teaching 3D landscape visualization: lessons from the LVML. In: Buhmann/Pietsch/Kretzler (Eds.): Peer-reviewed Proceedings Digital Landscape Architecture 2011, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Wichmann Verlag, Offenbach 2010 Girot, C., Bernhard, M., Ebnöther, Y., Fricker, P., Kapellos A., Melsom, J. (2010): Towards a meaningful Usage of Digital CNC Tools: Within the Field of large-scale Landscape Architecture. Peer-reviewed Proceedings of FUTURE CITIES 28th eCAADe Conference, ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Prize: Ivan Petrovic Award (2010), Presented by Pia Fricker Fricker, P., Girot, Hurkxkens, I., C., Kapellos, A.,Melsom, J. Werner, P., (2010) From Points to Project, New land surveying techniques and it’s impact on topological landscape design and visualization (Poster). Peer-reviewed Proceedings Digital Landscape Architecture conference, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, DE (Awarded Second Prize Posters) JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS 2015 Melsom, J. (2015): The Apparatus of the Invisible Landscape: Sensing Beyond Sight. In: Girot, C., Hurkxkens, I., Melsom, J., Konzett, J. et.al. ILA ETH Zürich (Ed.): Field Instruments of Design, Pamphlet 18. GTA Verlag, Zurich Melsom, J. (2015) Chapter: Mapping and Refining the Site. In: Landscape Visualisation: Digital. Nadia Amoroso Ed. Routledge, London. Girot, C., Melsom, J. (2015) Chapter: Case Study - Recasting Jakarta: Processing the Plastic River. In: Landscape Visualisation: Digital. Nadia Amoroso Ed. Routledge, London. 2014 Girot, C., Melsom, J. (2014) The Return of the Aviators. In: Topos Magazine, Issue 86, p.102-107 Koolhaas, R. (Ed.) et al. (2014) Gotthard Collatral Exhibition. In: Fundamentals Catalogue of the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale. La Biennale di Venezia, Venice 2012 Girot, C., Hoekstra, J., Melsom, J., Rossano, F., Shannon, K., et al. ILA ETH Zürich (Ed.) (2012): Rising Waters, Shifting Lands. Pamphlet 16. GTA Verlag, Zurich 2011 Girot, C., Rossano, F., Duner, I., ILA ETH Zürich (Ed.) (2011): Sion-sur-Rhône – Un nouveau paysage pour la vallée du Rhône à Sion | Eine neue Landschaft für das Rhonetal in Sion, GTA Verlag, Zurich (Content acknowledgements to LVML: Melsom J., Kapellos A.) Girot, C., Hurxkxens, I., Kapellos, A., Melsom, J. (2011): Scales of Topology: New Landscape Perception in Advanced Visualization and Modeling Techniques. In: New Geographies, 4: Scales of the Earth, El Hadi Jazairy (Ed.), Harvard Graduate School of Design. p.156-163 2010 Girot, C., Melsom, J., Kapellos, A. (2010): Iterative Landscapes. In: The Design of Material, Organism, and Minds: Different Understandings of Design, S. Konsorski-Lang and M. Hampe (Ed.) Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p.109-115 2008 Girot, C., Fricker P., Marot, S., Melsom J., Oswald F., Parish, J., Ponte, A., ILA ETH Zürich (Ed.) (2008): Upper Rhine Delta, MAS LA ETH, GTA Verlag, Zurich. (Articles: Girot, C., Melsom J.: Process, Methodology. p. 8-11. Melsom. J: International Workshop. p. 3233) PUBLISHED LANDSCAPE PROJECTS 2013 Warmbächliweg KVA Project, TEC21: Energiezentrale Bern, 13-14/2013 2008/10/12/14 Various Competition Proceedings (Award related), Various at the Stadt Bern / Stadt Aarau 2007 Olympic Park Overpass Project, Building Design weekly, United Kingdom with PLUS office Architects (BE), London, UK 2006 Valdobiadene, 1st Prize, QUAP Workshop Proceedings, Municipality of Treviso, Italy 2004 Various works with Karres en Brands, Topos Magazine Landschapsarchitecten, Issue 49, 2004 CONTACT James Melsom Landscape Architect MAS ETH BSLA Sevogelstrasse 107 CH-4052 Basel www.jmla.eu [email protected] M +41 76543 88 99
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