Projects

An ongoing design studio established in collaboration with the Yarrabah Aboriginal community in Far North Queensland, exploring issues relating to identity, notions of country, story-telling and performance. How do we best tackle the unsatisfactory ‘one size fits all’ approach to Indigenous housing?

In small regional and rural communities, cultural and civic centres play a vital role, as a meeting place, as a way to foster a sense of community and to share culture.

These ongoing interdisciplinary studios connect promising University of Sydney students with rural NSW indigenous communities, allowing them to work on real world business and architectural propositions, such as art galleries and cultural centres, with meaningful and lasting impacts.

The Linden Observatory and the land it sits on has two-fold significance, as a key heritage item in Australia’s advancement in telescope making and also as an important spiritual site for First Nation’s people. How should we balance these interests for a present day audience?

Learn more about the ongoing evolution of Kevin O’Brien’s Finding Country project, which seeks to re-engage an Aboriginal origin for architecture (Country) in Australia. It rethinks the colonial grid of the Australian city and through an indigenous lens, challenges what architecture really is.