majarch@vdd.com.au | 0409 404 941
552 Victoria Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Visionary Design Development Pty Ltd is an award-winning, transdisciplinary consultancy operating at the intersection of human needs and the built environment. We strive to deliver an equitable, accessible, built environment and believe that the best, people-centred, outcomes result when accessibility is continuously considered from the project outset to completion and beyond.
Director
PhD (in progress), M. Environment, Grad.Dip.Urban Plan., B.Arch., B.App.Sc. (Blt.Env)
Project Director, award-winning national and international sustainability competition entries. Educator, approved accessibility and design courses. Guest lecturer and invited speaker. Author, peer-reviewed papers. Member IAAP Accessible Built Environment Taskforce.
Project Services Manager
M.Int Dev Prac, Architect (ARBV), M.Arch (Melbourne), B.Arch (Mumbai)
Project Services Manager and registered Architect with 10+ years experience in built environment research, design, implementation and assessment. Has been hands-on with Access Consulting work and NDIS home modifications. She also has a lived experience of hearing impairment.
Research Assistant
B.Des (Architecture)
Research Assistant with first class honours from the University of Melbourne, completing specialisations in design histories and environmental design. He has assisted with a range of research, design and consultancy projects with interests in built environment accessibility and regenerative design.
This very problematic situation serves as a reminder to built environment practitioners (procurers, designers, and constructors) that the 'standards' are not necessarily logical nor harmonised and, most certainly, do not guarantee inclusion. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-04/high-court-rules-on-disability-access-parliament-square-hobart/101036226
In the spirit of reconciliation Visionary Design Development also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea, and community. We pay our respect to elders past, present, and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.