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Associate ProfessorBeau Beza

Associate Professor, Planning

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Architecture and Built Environment/HOME

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  • Associate Professor, Planning
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Architecture and Built Environment/HOME
  • +61 3 522 78554 (Work)
  • Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria 3220

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Deakin University (2014 - present)

Postgraduate Units

Research and Capstone Related

  • Architecture Masterclass Design Research Studio (SRD766) (Face to Face)
  • Built Environment Research Project (SRR722) (Face to Face & online) (e.g. Informal Urbanism Virtual Studio -a collaboration between Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia and Deakin University, Australia)
  • Construction Research Project (SRR721) (Face to Face)
  • Landscape Architecture Master Class (SRD768) (Face to Face)
  • Thesis (SRR711) (Face to Face & online)

 

Project Design & International Studio Related

  • Built Environment Practical Assessment (SRM772). (Development & deliver of Sensory Urbanism design research studio: https://mindlab.cloud/place-making-using-virtual-environments-2/)
  • Built Environment Study Tour (SRR767) (2015 unit in Bogotá, Colombia. 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 unit in Junbesi, Nepal. (Face-to-Face & online modes)
  • Indigenous Narratives and Process (SRL733) (Face to Face & online)
  • Urban Design Studio (SRD764) (Face-to-Face two week intensive mode with visiting design students from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia).

 

Spatial Design Related

  • Urban Dynamics and Change (SRP782) (Face-to-Face & online modes)
  • Urban Perspective (SRA742) (Face-to-Face & online modes)

 

Undergraduate Units 

Project Design

  • Architectural Design Studio 03: Earthscapes (SRD263) (Face to Face)

 

Research and International Studio Related

  • Built Environment Research Project (SRR311) (Face to Face & online modes) (e.g. Growing Up In Cities: Young people and public space in Australia)
  • Built Environment Study Tour (SRR367) (e.g. 2015 held in Bogotá, Colombia. 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 in Junbesi, Nepal. (Face-to-Face & online modes) 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Built Environment Research Project (SRR311/UG)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Landscape Design Masterclass (SRD768/PG)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Thesis (Landscape Architecture) (SRR716/PG)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Built Enviironment Study Tour (SRR367/UG & SRR767/UG)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Landscape Narrating and Meaning (SRL731/PG)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Built Environment Research Project (SRR311/UG & SRR722/PG)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Urban Perspectives (SRA742/PG)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Urban Dynamics and Change (SRP782/PG)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Intercultural Dialogue Through Design (SRD767/PG)
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The role of individual differences in the biophilia hypothesis & implications for biophilic design
    Jason Greymane - School of Architecture and Built Environment
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Teenage Third Place: Characteristics of Teenage Social Places Outside of Home and School
    Rudan Fan - School of Architecture and Built Environment
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Adaptive Resilience of Peri-urban Wetlands in Australia
    Liz Mariya Jacob - School of Engineering
  • CURRENT MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Indigenous Knowledge Systems
    Melinda Gaye Kennedy - School of Architecture and Built Environment
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Bali Aga Cultural Landscape Challenges: Conserving the Balinese Traditional Landscape forFuture Balinese Indigenous Villages (Bali Aga) and Communities
    . Ni Made Yudantini - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Art of Planning for Iconic Development in Melbourne
    Gregoria Todaro - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Multidimensional sustainability, landscape and food, and public urban agriculture in landscape architecture
    Joshua Zeunert - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Wadawurrung Ethnobotany as synthesised from the research of Louis Lane
    Jennifer Dearnaley - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Legacy of the Chongqing Cultural Routes Living Heritage
    Junli Chen - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Revitalising Open Spaces in the Densely Populated City of Chittagong
    Maharina Jafrin - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Landscape, Culture and Heritage. Changing Perspectives in an Asian Context
    Kenneth Taylor - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    What the Stones Tell Us: Gulidjan Country Stone Sites and Living Spaces
    Heather Threadgold - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Participatory Decision Support Framework for Brownfield Redevelopment in China
    Yan Cui - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Safeguarding Living Heritage: Considerations Versus Strategies on Traditional Villages in Luzhong, China
    Xiaofeng Shi - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Scenario Planning Framework for Urban Logistics Applications
    Gustavo Escudero Cavides - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Chinas Left-Behind Children: Understanding the Transitional Experience from Home to Boarding Schools
    Tianhong Yan - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2025