First Nation’s Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Design

Join us for an insightful talk exploring the collaboration between First Nations Designer and Artist Jacob Nash and Anglo-Australian Artist Chris Fox. This presentation will highlight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in contemporary design, focusing on the significance of cultural heritage, sustainability, community well-being and design process. It will then explore how these core concepts are integrated into cross-cultural collaborations with a focus creative and personal partnerships.

Date: Tuesday, October 22

Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue: LT250, Wilkinson Building G04

Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how these values can shape and enrich urban spaces, leading to meaningful, lasting outcomes for all communities. The talk will also offer insights into incorporating First Nations principles into professional projects, enhancing participants' own design practice. Additionally, attendees will learn about advanced computational workflows and how these digital tools can coexist with ancient First Nations technologies and thinking, facilitating precise and innovative design solutions.

Following the presentation, there will be a showcase of the computational workflow used in their design process. This will be followed by an interactive session, where key points from the talk will be discussed, providing an opportunity to engage directly with the creative processes behind the park's design. Participants will leave with valuable knowledge and inspiration they can apply in their work, along with a renewed appreciation for the role of cultural heritage in contemporary design.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify the key principles of First Nations thinking in the design process

• Understand of Caring for country can be embedded in the design process and be a driving factor for the project outcome

• Be able to critically evaluate how to engage with First Nations People to build a coherent project design

• Understand how the computational workflow can be used to generate and actualise First Nations driven artworks

NSCA 2021 Performance Criteria for CPD points

Project Initiation and Conceptual Design

·  PC 17: Have an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ aspirations to care for Country and how these inform architectural design.

·         PC 18: Be able to apply creative imagination, design precedents, research, emergent knowledge and critical evaluation in formulating and refining concept design options, including the exploration of three-dimensional form and spatial quality.

·         PC 27: Understand how to embed the knowledge, worldviews and perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, shared through engagement processes, into the conceptual design in a meaningful, respectful and appropriate way.

Detailed Design and Construction Documentation

·         PC 36: Be able to apply creative imagination, design precedents, emergent knowledge, critical evaluation and continued engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to produce a coherent project design. This should be resolved in terms of supporting health and wellbeing outcomes for Country, site planning, formal composition, spatial planning and circulation as appropriate to the project brief and all other factors affecting the project

·         PC 39: Understand how the integration of material selection, structural and construction systems impact on design outcomes.