Logan Drummond

Monday, 17th October 2022 at 1:50pm

Congratulations to past pupil, Logan Drummond, who was recently awarded the NZ Institute of Landscape Awards (Student Category) for his Landscape Architecture Masters thesis (Victoria University of Wellington) 'Ecological experience in Aotearoa's deathscapes' - exploring current and historic cemetery paradigms and investigated the ways in which societies relate death with the landscape. Alternative methods of burial were a driver for intertwining burial with ecology, including the creation of forested cemeteries in landscapes which have traditionally been ignored in burial zoning.

Judges’ Citation: This is a masterful design investigation of an important land use issue, that of mono-functional lawn cemeteries. Logan Drummond, of Victoria University of Wellington, notes that city cemeteries are reaching capacities and seeks solutions. He responds by first considering the rituals from Te Ao Māori, and the arid ecological implications of current lawn cemeteries. His approach is the adoption of alternative burial processes.

Logan now works locally for 02Landscapes, his bio can be seen HERE.