Andrea is a driven, multi-award-winning landscape architect who has recently joined WSP-Opus as an Intermediate Landscape Architect, after working at AECOM for the past three years. Andrea simultaneously project manages a volunteer initiative called Pollinator Paths and has been doing so for the past 4 years. She has a passion for designing holistic, liveable spaces that connect communities with local ecology, culture, technology, industry and history. 

She has broad ranging experience from leading pollinator infrastructure design, to the design and delivery of public parks, urban spaces, residential developments and ecological restoration.

Andrea has a sound understanding of the broad range of landscape considerations required on projects within challenging or sensitive environments. She has also gained a strong understanding of the challenges around implementing environmental improvements within urban environments by working with Auckland Transport, Auckland Council and the Waitemata Local Board. 

Andrea developed a protocol for providing environmental enrichment for pollinators within the urban realm. Her ‘Pollinator Paths’ initiative has been included in several Council documents including the Auckland Transport Local Path Design Guide and the Waitemata Local Board 2017/2018 Plan. This also enabled her to form strong relationships with members of Council and community stakeholders allowing her to achieve this vision by implementing Auckland City’s first Pollinator Path.

She has been involved with the design of a range of project types including public realm, parks, town centres, wetlands, highway planting, streetscapes, cycleways, signage, residential developments, schools, playgrounds, police stations, cemeteries and ecological restoration.