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Final Design
from Weave + Thread
ANALYSIS - REFLECTION - ACTION
FINAL DESIGN
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Weave + Thread incorporates two design components, situated in form and context: The Corridor and The Beacon. Functioning collectively and independently, these components create opportunities and experiences which engage the immediate and broader community, connect people, place and space and nourish through collective and individual experiences.
Sensory design components of the project focus on place making, wayfinding, shelter and diverse and sustainable use; building unity through engagement and human experience.
The Wingara Mura Aboriginal Design Principles of narrative, culture and values are represented through relationship of all design elements to ensure an inclusive and welcoming space.
WINGARA MURA DESIGN PRINCIPLES
The Wingara Mura Design Principles inform the design of Weave + Thread, from the development of the project brief through to the final design.
The concepts of engage, connect and nourish, are realised through The Wingara Mura Design Principles alongside the design elements of placemaking, shelter, wayfinding, diverse + sustainable use. This ‘woven’ approach ‘threads’ historical and cultural fragments of what is known to create a design, which from part to whole, has strength of identity, now and into the future.
‘When I do weaving and gathering of the materials it connects me and I feel connected to the land. I’m preserving the knowledge of our old people.’ - Flora Warria, Aboriginal Elder EE 1.1 Imagine a uniquely Australian university EE 1.2 Explore and advance ‘Storylines’ as design narratives
Weave + Thread design elements representing this principle: -climatically and culturally responsive design -inclusive of all users -The Corridor gives back to Country whilst maintaining its function in a contemporary context -sits sympathetically within the architectural urban landscape -The Corridor is relational to journeying across and beyond the site Weave + Thread design elements representing this principle: -organic form speaks to the original waterways of place -The Beacon provides a sit down space of gathering -flora provides connections to place -The Corridor’s form speaks to the original land -diverse spaces to explore relationships with Country and community -private and semi public spaces speak to nooks of contemplation EE 1.3 Deliver cultural experiences that are physically and visually tangible
Weave + Thread design elements representing this principle: -diverse intercultural spaces, including experiences of relational art, gathering and immersion in nature -provision of shelter and immersive journeying -as markers in the landscape, the design provides placemaking and connection with and beyond the site Weave + Thread design elements representing this principle: -the design facilitates community and social interaction -stewardship of environment and social responsibility through an immersive and diverse ecosystem -sustainable design and materiality for use now and into the future -porosity of elements within the site through form and material -emphasis on gathering and relational experience
EE1.4 Create an environment that supports and clearly reflects core Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander values
