Ilana Smolyar

Experience

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  Sharon Shahar Landscape Architecture

  Jul 2005 - Oct 2005

  Student Landscape Architect
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  Greenstein Har-Gil, Landscape Architecture Ltd

  Mar 2006 - Mar 2007

  Junior Landscape Architect

  http://english.landscape.org.il/

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  Tibi Architecture & Landscape

  Mar 2007 - Oct 2010

  Landscape Architect

  Worked for a small-sized Landscape Architecture company, leading complex infrastructure landscape rehabilitation projects as well as rural tourism development projects.Key projects:1. Landscape planning for Krayot freeway construction (Road 22);2. Landscape planning for Yagur Level Crossing Removal Project;3. The Garden of Israeli Festivals in Goren village (the Upper Galilee);4. Tourism development Masterplan for Alonei Ha-Bashan village in the Golan Heights, including detailed planning of The Garden of Wind and Sound Show less

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  Miller-Blum Environmental Planning Ltd.

  Oct 2010 - Dec 2018

  Senior Landscape Architect and Urban Designer

  Worked for a large-sized company for Urban Design, Planning and Landscape Architecture. One of the most renowned Landscape Architecture and Urban Design companies in Israel working on key public projects.Key projects:1. Monfort Lake tourism and recreation development, Ma'alot town 1.1 Ecological Waterfalls Promenade 1.2 Extreme Park and Educational Farm 1.3 Artificial islands and constructed wetlands regeneration 2. Caesarea Harbor National Park, Israel3. Keshet Eilon Music Center Campus, Kibbutz Eilon4. The Eucalyptus Park - Beit Shean Urban Park, Beit Shean town5. Neot Peres new residential estate open space network, Haifa city6. New infrastructure connections between Port of Haifa and the city Show less

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  Redbox Design Group

  May 2019 - Mar 2020

  Landscape Architect

  Performed design for public and private projects, from preliminary sketch plans to construction documentation packages across a wide range of projects, including education, secure facility, greenfield and infill developments.

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Landscape Architect

  Driven by clients’ ideas and aspirations, working alongside them to create designs for community and private projects, preparing concept designs and development applications. Effectively collaborating with the client, community and permitting agencies to achieve consensus, promoting best project outcomes.

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  Tait Network

  Nov 2020 - Jan 2021

  Senior Landscape Architect
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  Jacobs

  Feb 2021 - now

  Associate Landscape Architect and Urban Designer
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  University of Melbourne

  Feb 2023 - Jun 2023

  Sessional Tutor for Constructed Ecologies

  Tutoring in Constructed Ecologies subject within Melbourne School of Design - a graduate subject in Masters of Landscape Architecture focusing on urban constructed ecosystems.

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  University of Melbourne

  Aug 2024 - now

  PHD Researcher

  Reimagining coastal adaptation: integrating placemaking and regenerative development strategiesin coastal resilience planning in Australia.The purpose of my research is to explore a potential of regenerative development and placemaking strategies to foster socio-ecological resilience of coastal environments. It aims to develop an integrated methodology for embedding placemaking and regenerative development approaches in coastal adaptation planning cycle to foster thriving communities and shorelines, facilitate community-led adapation and accelerate transition from strategic planning to implementation. Show less