Mary Ann Jackson

Short Biography

Mary Ann Jackson (born Mary Ann Elsie Jackson, 26 November 1960) is an architect, planner and access consultant from Melbourne, Australia. Jackson is the owner of Visionary Design Development Pty Ltd an access consultancy business in North Melbourne specialising in universal design and sustainably accessible environments. Her professional career spans architectural roles firstly as a student architect in a small firm in Perth, Senior Architect at Gray Puksand Pty Ltd and Principal at MAG Designs, Architecture and Interior Design. Her current business, Visionary Design Development founded in 2005 by Jackson and her husband, vision scientist Ralph J. Green. The practice has a social justice commitment, works on housing projects with the Department of Human Services and recently began a pro bono studio arm with students and international architects living in Melbourne. Much of their work centres in the integration of health care and construction, the provision of specialist advice in researching, planning, designing and developing healthy cities and communities. A pilot study of a Universal Mobility Index is creating much interest both locally and abroad with governments and disability groups.