Kimberwalli
The Kimberwalli Centre for Excellence is a community lead built project in Western Sydney. The project set out to create an educational community space that supports Aboriginal youth between high school and higher education. The Centre was designed using BVN’s Designing with Country methodology – an approach that connects First Nations thinking and contemporary architecture.
Ngarara Place, RMIT University
Ngarara Place is an addition to the cultural and campus life of RMIT University. The purpose of the built project was to establish visible presence and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and histories as connected among the lands of the Kulin Nation. The building design and landscape were influenced by Country, with culture reflected through motifs and contemporary art.
Girrawaa Creative Work Centre at Bathurst Jail
The Girrawaa Arts Centre at Bathurst Jail was opened in 1998. There was a consultation process undertaken with the Indigenous communities that these buildings were built for to reflect cultural needs. The building design is based on the shape of a goanna, decided upon in collaboration with inmates as it is the totem of the local Wiradjuri community.
Changes Gallery (WA Museum Boola Bardip)
Changes is an exhibition space in the Western Australia Museum Boola Bardip. Changes explores transforming landscapes, including the evolution of Western Australia of a millennia and Indigenous knowledge on Country and land management. The built space features interactive multimedia, graphics and objects.
Origins Gallery (WA Museum Boola Bardip)
Origins is one of the permanent gallery spaces that are a part of the Western Australian Museum, Boola Bardip (Many Stories). The Origins gallery explores the relationship between people, space, place and time and draws inspiration from the ancient landscapes of Western Australia. It draws on landforms on Country, Indigenous knowledge and utilises shape, texture, colour and light to transform the space.
Cape York Partnership Offices
Cape York Partnership Offices are a built project. Completed in 2015, the Offices are built on a site important to the Cairns community and designs aimed to respect shared heritage.
Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP)
Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) is a Victorian State Government project. The LXPR utilises Indigenous Design Guidelines created in consultation with WSP and Aboriginal Affairs Advisors to empower Traditional Owners and create further opportunities to share their culture and stories. The program involves the removal dangerous and congested level crossings.
Kununurra Courthouse
Kununurra Courthouse is a civic building. The Courthouse was built in response to the historical alienation of Aboriginal people from community and place within courtrooms. The building responds to the different needs of the Indigenous community. The narrative of the structure engages with local Aboriginal culture and responds to landscape and Country.
Djakanimba Pavilions
Djakanimba Pavilions – conceived as adaptable, modular, cool, local, theatrical and fun, the Djakanimba Pavilions use fold-up and fold-down solutions for local people, travellers, training places, itinerant exhibits, and many other needs. The Djakanimba Pavilions support local indigenous enterprises that facilitate training, employment, remote art, performance and culture., Djakanimba Pavilions – conceived as adaptable, modular, cool, local, theatrical and fun, the Djakanimba Pavilions use fold-up and fold-down solutions for local people, travellers, training places, itinerant exhibits, and many other needs. The Djakanimba Pavilions support local Indigenous enterprises that facilitate training, employment, remote art, performance and culture.
Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia Shelter
The Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia Shelter in Alice Springs provides crisis accommodation for women and their children who are experiencing domestic violence, offering safe respite, restoration of dignity and respect to those finding themselves in need of its shelter.