Kelly Rotin

Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

My name is Kelly Rotin and I am a graduating architecture student that is passionate about creating immersive, user-centered designs that enhance everyday experiences. Driven by a commitment to prioritize user experience, I believe that architecture serves as a powerful tool for storytelling and journey creation, influencing how individuals interact with and feel within a space. With a keen interest in exploring innovative approaches to design, I constantly seek new methods to elevate client experiences and encourage unique interactions through thoughtful built forms. Recognizing that everyone’s experience within a space is distinct, I am inspired to design environments that not only meet functional needs but also provoke meaningful connections and personal journeys for users. This dedication to fostering individual stories within architectural spaces shapes my approach to design, emphasizing spaces that resonate emotionally and experientially.

Blank Canvas

A design aiming to reactivate Newports cultural identity and atmosphere. Blank Canvas is a Contemporary Art’s Museum, positioned as an extension of the artistic expression and creativity showcased in the surroundings of the site.

RISE

RISE is a proposed mixed-use program complex at 731-739 Flinders Street, featuring student accommodation alongside a community hub and garden space. The student accommodation
is specifically designed for young adults aged 18-25 who are pursuing tertiary education. The community hub and garden spaces are located on the ground level and open to the public, fostering community engagement.

RISE

Blank Canvas

RISE

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.