Boroondara City Council

Design Factory Melbourne

Placemaking in Glenferrie.

Undergraduate students from Business and Design backgrounds were challenged by the City of Boroondara to design a placemaking solution for the Glenferrie Road precinct in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. Their solutions needed to enhance the sense of community while respecting sustainability and heritage concerns. Five interdisciplinary teams of students developed their own unique concepts to fit the brief. These concepts include:

The Glenferrie Terrace – a multi-story footpath above the ground level path that reduces foot traffic, increases road safety and allows for a greener area and aesthetic sense of place in the Boroondara region. Team: Beth Shell, Orin Giesbers, Lachlan Staciewicz, Georgia Ryan, Chloe Hondrokostas & Fraser McGill.

Garage Complex – a multifunctional garage structure to reduce traffic congestion and provide a rooftop community space for events. Team: Julia Persson, Joshua Trainor, Jake Sleeman, Mudhhi Saeed, & Corey Kain.

Railway Precinct – the redevelopment of Railway Arcade into a multi-purpose interactive Railway Precinct, with vertical gardens, seating and light panels. Team: Pip Wheaton, Joshua Henderson, Franco Melatti, Calvin Fardi Yakin & Julia Cinel.

Glenferrie Switch Park – a new park with art walls and sustainably-made play and gym equipment which can be moved by users to suit their needs. Team: Sarah Konda, Chris Pase, Grace Wilson, Luc Tunbridge & Jess Davey.

Pre-Park & Night Market – an app to increase car park efficiency and a night market to provide more space for socialising and recreational activities. Team: Ayano Nakamura, Celine Petsetas, Minh Anh Nguyen, Chloe Longo, Techchhay Keo.

Industry Partner: Boroondara City Council.

The Glenferrie Terrace

Glenferrie Switch Park

The Glenferrie Complex

Railway Precinct Redevelopment

Pre-Park & Night Market

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.