What is Human Centred Design?
What is Human Centred Design reflects upon the meanings of the word design and how the relatively complete definition of the paradigm of human centred design is formulated. The article explores design and various the meanings along with both the background and the current practice of the paradigm.
Wellington Project-Australia’s First Native Title Claim
Wellington Project-Missions Reserves and Camps
Thermal comfort modelling of Top End remote Indigenous housing in the Northern Territory
Wellington Project-Country, Spirit and Belonging, The Wiradjuri in Wellington Valley
Country, Spirit and Belonging: The Wiradjuri in Wellington Valley is a sixty-four-page newspaper–styled publication that centres on the history and community of Wellington, New South Wales and features contributions by and perspectives on the local Aboriginal community. The paper, an effort to record the historical narratives of the area, covers colonisation, reconciliation, complexities of cross-cultural engagement, censorship and community relationships
West Kimberly Regional Prison
A built project, the West Kimberley Regional Prison, the first culturally appropriate Indigenous prison. Designed in consultation with Kimberly Elders.
Occupying the centre: Indigenous presence in the Australian capital city
In this article, author Anoma Pieris discusses Indigenous spatial and political presence within Canberra in relation to urban geography with historical, political and spatial context. The article acknowledges the absence of a comprehensive record on Aboriginal communities and the significance of contemporary political occupations of the city with sites of socio-political significance.
National Indigenous Housing Guide
The National Indigenous Housing Guide is a written document from the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. It is a resource for everybody involved in providing housing to Indigenous people. It is a guide for improving the living environment, health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It provides practical information to assist in the design, construction and maintenance of housing.
Kartiya are like Toyotas: White workers on Australia’s cultural frontier
An essay published in the Griffith Review in 2012. The essay covers the influence and impact of white people working in remote Aboriginal communities. It assesses Indigenous identity and connection to Country within these communities and the effect of Non-Indigenous involvement.
Introduction: making Indigenous place in the Australian city
The essay Introduction: making Indigenous place in the Australian city written by Emily Potter explores Indigenous cultural centre design in settler-colonial Australia. It reviews concerns, acknowledging the small number of Indigenous architects in Australia along with the complex social, historical and political context of Indigenous cultural design against non-indigenous architectural and spatial practice.