TRACE Visual is established in 2017 by Ata Tara after gaining more than a decade consultancy experience in Australia. Ata is a Registered Landscape Architect who has worked as a consultant for a number of international design firms including Cardno, MODE Design, and Tract Consultants. After completion of his Ph.D. , he became an academic and a lecturer at RMIT University, Landscape Architecture Discipline. He teaches in undergraduate and master programs and runs design studios and core courses in each semester.
Ata has considerable experience in preparation of landscape character and scenic amenity assessments, landscape and visual impact assessment (LVIA) of significant development proposals (ports, quarries and infrastructure), through to smaller projects (such as tall urban buildings). His technical knowledge in visual planning, advanced visualisation and modelling capabilities in CAD and GIS are highly in demand to assist and inform the decision-making process.
Dr Ata Tara
Director
BArch|MLA|Phd
Registered Landscape Architect, AILA
Membership # 1920
ABN 13 977 831 797
Tania Metcher is a Registered Landscape Architect with additional qualifications in Cultural Heritage Management. With over 15 years of experience in the public and private sectors, Tania has particular expertise in landscape evaluation and visual impact assessment of developments at the local and regional scales, as well as part of Environmental Impact Statements for ‘significant projects‘ in Queensland, including infrastructure projects, resorts, ports and quarries. Tania also provides expert witness support services with respect to landscape evaluation and visual assessment in the Planning and Environment Court, Land Court or QCAT. Tania has a keen interest in Australian cultural landscapes and contemporary cultural heritage issues in urban environments, and the ways in which planning and development can integrate themes of conservation, renewal and ‘place-making’.
Tania Metcher
Technical Report Writing
Alan Chenoweth is a Senior Consultant mainly in landscape planning and visual assessment. With over 30 years’ experience, he has particular expertise in the assessment of landscape and conservation significance, has developed integrated techniques for visual resource evaluation and is an experienced expert witness before the Planning & Environment Court on environmental, visual and open space impacts of developments. He is Chairman of the Certification Board for the CEnvP Scheme established by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand and has previously served as President and international representative of Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and Chair of the International Landscape Architecture Alliance. Alan has accepted to act as a peer reviewer for LVIA and LCA projects.
Alan Chenoweth
Peer Reviewer