Hannah Terwee

Interior Architecture

During my university experience I've had the opportunity to work on a range of projects including residential, commercial and hospitality. I've come a long way from being the kid who was obsessed with building houses in LEGO, to now starting profession as an interior architecture graduate. You will see in my portfolio that I choose to use sustainable materials in my designs and enjoy incorporating vegetation into indoor spaces. As designers, I believe that the spaces we create will have a significant impact on peoples mental and physical health, because the spaces we inhabit directly influence our attitudes and actions. In the future, I'd like to develop my skills further and become part of a team that creates finely tuned places with truly unique experiences.

South Yarra Townhouse - Located on block measuring only 6 meters in width with existing dwellings either side, the project focused on create small courtyards with pockets of greenery and bringing in light through strategically placed windows.

Student Residence - Reading nook space

Accessible Supermarket - Suspended plants and natural light flood the interior spaces

Accessible Supermarket - Spaciously laid out produce plinths create a market-like environment

Accessible Supermarket - Futuristic fridge design allows products to be within reach for everyone

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.