Caroline

Interior Architecture

From the two-year diploma, I learned a lot. At that time I had a passion for exploring new things, and I was excited about the unknown and creative. In the process of learning, I have a drafting skill, hand render skill and model making skill. While completing my assessments, I accumulated teamwork skills, analysis skills and problem solving skills. In more professional fields, I learned Indesign, Photoshop, AutoCAD and Revit, used it in my design work. When I first entered the bachelor, I pursued details. I think good design is meticulous. During my studies, I became a quick learner and had better verbal communication. In terms of professional skill, I learned to use Rhino, and I learned Revit more deeply. Throughout the learning process of bachelor, I am now more cautious and careful about design, and I will think more deeply about things. I also accumulated laser cutting and management skills, and learned to manage time and plan life well. In the process, I have been learning and developing professional skills, and at the same time I learned to use Lumion to make better renderings.

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WABI-SABI EDUCATION SPACE

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.