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Michael is a respected urban designer, planner and strategic thinker, with broad experience working with communities, developers and governments across Australia.

He regularly leads teams to prepare plans at city and regional scales, as well as urban and landscape design projects for neighbourhoods, town centres and public spaces. Michael is an experienced and talented facilitator and enjoys working with community and business leaders in collaborative and creative workshops to build trust and shape project outcomes.

Under Michael’s ownership and leadership since 2015, Jensen PLUS has evolved and developed into a national and award-winning practice. He is committed to creating well-designed, greener and fairer cities by working collaboratively with communities in our cities and in regional Australia.

When he isn’t busy contributing to shaping places, spaces and cities, Michael can be found running his favourite trails or urban sketching with his family.

Karina has built a portfolio of experience in the structure planning and approval of neighbourhood scaled master plans. She has facilitated these projects while leading design teams across Australia, New Zealand and Dubai. Karina has built this experience across 20+ years of practice, from her early days working in State Government, to professional consulting and then business side working in-house for property developers.

Karina’s training in architecture provides a strong built form design skill set. Combined with her large-scale master planning skills and her leadership of multidisciplinary consulting teams in dynamic workshop settings, she enjoys driving project outcomes that combine commercial smarts with a desire to create liveable and sustainable neighbourhoods for clients and the community.

Karina is a principal urban designer who leads and supports the dynamic Jensen PLUS studio team. When she isn’t working on designs in the studio she can be found on her grand prix bike at the racetrack.

A Masters qualified town planner and urban designer, Pat brings more than 10 years’ experience to Jensen PLUS and our clients, having worked on projects in South Australia where he stared his career as a planner and Victoria where he refined his urban design expertise.

Pat’s multi-disciplinary background in planning and urban design underpins his successful delivery of diverse, comprehensive and well-informed projects that include urban design frameworks, concept plans, structure plans, neighbourhood character studies, urban design guidelines, 3D modelling, built form frameworks and major infrastructure projects. Additionally, Pat has extensive experience providing design advice for complex development applications at all scales.

With broad experience across public and private sectors, Pat has developed a sound understanding of what drives positive change in communities and cities, and is passionate about creating exemplary design outcomes.

Pat has been immersed in the urban environment for years not just professionally but also as a keen skateboarder. Though he claims age is turning this activity into a bit of a challenge, he still loves it!

Nina brings extensive professional experience as a landscape architect working across private and local government sectors.

Having worked on diverse projects predominantly in the therapeutic, educational and public open space fields, Nina also offers extensive project management experience in the planning and design of public realm projects, including streetscapes, parks and play spaces, many of which required stakeholder engagement and creative solutions to complex matters.

Nina’s passion is creating unique and site-specific outcomes for local communities that are sensitive to local culture and identity, history and the physical environment, meaning that her creative and innovative design solutions remain resilient into the future.

Outside of work, Nina takes great pleasure in spending time outdoors with family and friends and, when the opportunity presents, travel is definitely on the cards.

As the Business Manager of Jensen PLUS, Vicki is a highly treasured member of the team who knows just about everything there is to know about the business.

She proudly and energetically “wears many hats” from accounts, contracts and finance to tender coordination and everything in between, all with the clear purpose of ensuring that the office runs efficiently and smoothly for her colleagues and Jensen PLUS clients.

Vicki has also been instrumental in our ongoing Carbon Neutral certification through Climate Active and is proud of Jensen PLUS’ achievement to have undertaken this.

When not at the office, Vicki enjoys relaxing with a good book.