University Green | Proposed design ideas
• Dancing places • Learning places - graduation • Talking places • Flag pole
• Fire pit • Space to connect with each other
• Half-dome building or representation • Sculpture/Art
• Edge treatment - visibility
The Aboriginal Reference Group saw great potential for this area to be used as a main gathering site and it would be important for it become a destination, and an important landscape node between the campus, QVMAG and Willis Street, rather than the thoroughfare that is it’s current function. This space was seen as important for the whole of the University community and could be activated to perform a number of roles/functions including: • Engagement/Education – outdoor learning • Graduations • Welcomes • Performances – perhaps a ‘half hut’ or dome structure could provide a ‘sound shell’, along with a slightly raised area for a performance stage • Fire pit • Planting – plants that represent the cultural calendar, and ‘life’ – basket weaving, medicinal and healing plants • Partnership with QVMAG could assist this space being used for school engagement/other education
Requirements • Material representation of culture • Gathering opportunities for practicing culture
“Community and connection are vital to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people and as such the ability to pass on knowledges in both traditional and more modern methods is intrinsically linked to ‘place’ and ‘Country’. It is therefore imperative that space be available for gatherings and performances...” Knowledge of Country
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