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Alex Holland

(he/him)
Researcher at Deep Design Lab and PhD Candidate at Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne

Alexander Holland an architect, designer, data scientist, researcher and PhD Candidate at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on creating better worlds for all living beings, with particular focus on arboreal habitats provided by large old trees.

Experience

  • 2018–2024
    PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2021 
    University of Melbourne, Bharat Daves Scholarship

Publications

  • 2024
    Terrestrial Lidar Reveals New Information About Habitats Provided by Large Old Trees, Biological Conservation
  • 2024
    Plants as Designers of Better Futures: Can Humans Let Them Lead?, Plant Perspectives
  • 2024
    Chapter 5: Designing More-than-Human Smart Cities: Beyond Sustainability, Towards Cohabitation, Designing More-than-Human Smart Cities: Beyond Sustainability, Towards Cohabitation
  • 2023
    Tree Designers and Bird Clients, Landscape Architecture Australia
  • 2023
    Modelling and Design of Habitat Features: Will Manufactured Poles Replace Living Trees as Perch Sites for Birds?, Sustainability
  • 2022
    An Artificial Intelligence Agent That Synthesises Visual Abstractions of Natural Forms to Support the Design of Human-Made Habitat Structures,, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • 2020
    Design Lessons from the Natural World: Laser Scanning Wildlife Habitat, Tasmanian Geographic