Tyson Morgan

Creativity and the construction industry runs deep in my family, with my passion for design evident from a young age. It started with me going shopping for basketball shoes, then filling sketchbooks with designs for shoes, the quickly to me taking interest in the built environment as I spent much of my childhood flying around the city on a skateboard. Architecture was a natural development for me, as I see it as a way that I could make a difference in the world. I believe that through smart, well thought out design, the built environment could allow everybody from all backgrounds and situations to have comfortable spaces that allow them to fully dive into their interests in spaces that make them comfortable, and cities and streetscapes that encourage and enhance everybody's wellbeing and lifestyles. I've had many amazing peers and role models that have helped guide and nurture my taste in design to where it is now, as not just a way to create visually interesting structures, but that architecture has a power far greater than that in helping bring society forward in a sustainable, healthy and nurturing way for everybody. I believe that architecture and those who work within it have a responsibility, and that we all need to work towards a brighter future for everybody.

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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.