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An Arts, Cultural & Treaty Centre
You will be asked to design an arts, cultural & treaty building in the heart of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct. The design of Australian cities post colonization have failed to include First Nations voices, cultures and traditions within them. The studio examines a future Melbourne where the cultures and traditions of our First Nations people are made visible within our colonized city. The studio fits into a lineage of Australian architecture that is ideas based, figurative and pluralist.
Wednesdays 1-5pm *check timetable clashes with electives
Led by Dr Christine Phillips, Stasinos Mantzis and Boon Wurrung Elder N’arwee’t Professor Carolyn Briggs The studio will draw on a range of design techniques to tackle the following design research questions: • • • • • • •
How architects can respectfully engage with Indigenous knowledge and knowledge holders within our built environment? Tackle the notion of a colonised country and how we might design a shared future architecture charged by multiple histories and different cultures. To consider Aboriginal notions of Country within an urban context? How to design a cultural building vertically on a tight urban site. How can the history and culture of the site and its surrounds inform the design of the building? How can we add to the current civic narrative of this Arts Precinct? How might a better understanding of the importance of the site to the people of the Eastern Kulin Nation make us consider how this new civic building should be sited within the context of Melbourne as a colonial city?