Michael is an experienced landscape architect and researcher whose work bridges digital technology and planting design. With a focus on urban biodiversity, resilience, and beauty, his research explores how digital tools—from custom-coded simulations to spatial data analysis—can inform and improve real-world planting strategies. He brings over a decade of practical experience, currently working as an Associate at international design studio Hassell in Sydney, and teaching while completing his PhD at UNSW. His work is grounded in a commitment to experimental, data-informed approaches that advance the performance and adaptability of designed landscapes.
White MG; Zeunert J; Haeusler MH, 2025, 'Biodiversity and species richness in planned urban landscapes: a method for data extraction from development proposals in Sydney, Australia', Landscape Research, ahead-of-print, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2025.2462224
White MG, 2025, 'Reconstructing the wetland: Response to Sanne Bech Holmgaard (2025), ‘This is not nature restoration, this is a technical installation’: nature values of disrupted and restored wetlands', Landscape Research, ahead-of-print, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2025.2505039
Journal articles | 2024
Ivankovic-Waters J; White MG; Hank Haeusler M; Zeunert J; Haeusler MH, 2024, 'Advancing Planting Design Through Digital Technologies in Teaching Landscape Architecture', Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 2024, pp. 848 - 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.14627/537752079
Journal articles | 2024
White MG; Haeusler MH; Zeunert J, 2024, 'Using Point Clouds to Capture Growth and Change in Experimental Urban Planting Trials', Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 2024, pp. 614 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.14627/537752056
Journal articles | 2022
White MG; Haeusler MH; Zeunert J, 2022, 'Embedded Sensors in the Landscape: Measuring On-site Plant Stress Factors', Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 2022, pp. 114 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.14627/537724012
Journal articles | 2022
White MG; Haeusler MH; Zeunert J, 2022, 'Simulation and Visualisation of Plant Growth Using a Functional-structural Model', Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 2022, pp. 191 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.14627/537724019
Journal articles | 2020
White M; Haeusler M; Zavoleas Y, 2020, 'Simulation of Plant-Agent Interactions in a Landscape Information Model', Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 5-2020, pp. 188 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.14627/537690020
Conference Papers | 2019
White M; Haeusler M; Zavoleas Y, 2019, 'Planting Design by Simulated Competition - A computational-ecological model for the selection and distribution of plant species on urban roof terraces', in Haeusler M; Schnabel MA; Fukuda T(eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference, CAADRIA, Victoria University of Wellington, pp. 31 - 40, presented at CAADRIA, Victoria University of Wellington, 15 April 2019 - 18 April 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.031
Landscape Foundation of Australia Research Fellowship 2024 - Spatial analysis of urban plantings
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Innovator Award 2024
