In her spotlight on regenerating Country, Budawang/Yuin woman and spatial designer Danièle Hromek explores the importance of healing, honouring and sustaining Country in urban contexts, highlighting successful approaches through case studies on Moondani Balluk by Realm Studios, Brunswick and Gertrude by Openwork and Sarah Lynn Rees, and First Building, Bradfield by Hassell with Djinjama.
Find out more on the topic of regenerating Country through expert insights, podcasts, projects and more below:
The Djinjama team observe that “urban areas are intentionally built to serve a single species: us. This goes against the nature of nature, which tends towards diversity and complexity.” In this article, they unpack how to incorporate the needs of non-human life forms by designing for them in urban place, noting how working with nature rather than against it can increase amenity and environmental conditions for all.
Architecture Australia Dossier: What can non-Indigenous designers do? by Danièle Hromek
In this Architecture Australia (July/August 2023) Dossier, Danièle Hromek gathers together a group of individuals, including Sarah Lynn Rees, Bradley Kerr, Michael Mossman, Kaylie Salvatori, and more, to answer how non-Indigenous architects can learn how to design with Country.
Earthly matters: Materiality, identity and Country by Jock Gilbert
Landscape architect Jock Gilbert speaks to Palawa woman and architectural practitioner Sarah Lynn Rees about the relationship between Indigenous ways of knowing, the principles of “reduce, reuse, recycle,” and the materials of the built environment.
Listening first: Designing beyond the tangible by Greg Grabasch
Part of a “Community”-themed series of articles guest-edited by landscape architects Ella Gauci-Seddon and Kaylie Salvatori, landscape architect Greg Grabasch shares his process to engaging with First Nations communities on a project, which begins long before pen meets paper.
Reducing, reusing and recycling in practice by Ella Gauci-Seddon
Five practitioners from across built environment practice talk to landscape architect Gauci-Seddon about how they’re pursuing “reduce, reuse, recycle” strategies in their work and what changes need to happen to make this agenda mainstream.