Julia McKenzie

Interior Architecture

Hi! I am Julia McKenzie and have recently graduated from Swinburne University - Interior Architecture (Honours). My design style is centred around research, details and materiality which I believe all help to make a well rounded and thoughtful design. I centre my designs to respond directly to the site and its conditions, considering the clients needs but also what is needed by the site in regards to sustainability and functionality.

My capstone embodied all of my design ethos' in regards to having a focus on site and materiality. I was able to create a commercial project centred around redesiging gallery spaces to better engage the community with art. During this specfic project, my passion for desiging for people stood out and was a main driver. I wish to continue this passion in my future works with keeping the community and clients at the forefront of my designs.

I am very proficient with the Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign) as well as Rhino and Revit. I am also very familiar with Enscape for renderings and utilised all of these throughout my course and in particular, to produce my capstone project.

If you are interested in talking with me about my works, please contact me at any of my social media links.

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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.