Samuel Cannon

From legacy to landfill. Seeding Landscapes of cultural renewal.

Samuel is a Landscape Architect whose study explores how the practice of Landscape Architecture can empower local councils to proactively support, activate and accelerate new approaches in sustainable public space renewal.

He will investigate the intersection of landscape architecture, resource recovery and horticultural industries to explore potential frameworks for the structured rehabilitation of underutilised urban landscapes. Leveraging recent Australian innovations in textile recycling, the research will seek to develop a ‘kit of parts’ to enable scalable urban restoration projects from recovered textile resources. The resource will explore the use of seed mixes integrated into cellulose integrated groundcover to strengthen cultural identity and biodiversity toward ecologically net-positive public spaces.