Duc Anh Dang

Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

Architectural undergraduate with an eye for detail and a can-do attitude. From a young age, I have been captivated by LEGO and architectural scale models, often sketching and building small scenes and cities fuelled by imagination. During my time at Swinburne University of Technology, I developed a deep interest in architectural details and urban spaces, believing they are crucial in creating truly stimulating and healthy environments for us to live in.

My motto: Design with care.

Swinburne Student Housing

Swinburne Student Village is an alternative to the conventional
student housing. The site: part of car park at 4 Paterson Street,
just off Burwood Rd near Swinburne Hawthorn campus. The Village
provides short-term accomodation for students in a emergency or for
attending academic events at the university.

Olive oil guest house

Location: Barreira, Central Portugal. With its main goal of bringing
the guests together as a closer community, the guest house
complex features continuous U-shaped walkway to increase human
interactions, as well as enhances fluidity between the interior and
exterior. The project arranges itself around an olive tree in its
internal courtyard to pay homage to the client's traditional olive
oil business.

Vita Arte Casa: Elderly Home

This project is a response to the competition Beyond Isolation: Senior Housing by Buildner
addressing the growing isolation experienced by our aging population. Located in Collingwood,
Melbourne, an artistic neighborhood adorned with murals, graffiti, and various art spaces, Vita
Arte Casa aims to shift the dynamic of elderly housing from a retreat to a cultural center, not only
provide shelter for elderly residents but also actively integrate them into their communities.

Nexus Network Docklands

Nexus Network is a response to the design unit's Waterfront Placemaking brief, which
seeks to revitalize Docklands' Seafarer's Precinct by the Yarra River. This mixed-use
development integrates a creative coworking hub with student accommodation, aiming to
cultivate meaningful interactions between people and the waterfront. It offers a space where
professionals and students can collaborate, exchange knowledge, and find inspiration, thereby
further invigorating the Seafarer's Precinct and enhancing Melbourne's creative identity.

Museum of Childhood Memories: Lost stories of Melbourne's Western suburbs

Located in Newport, Melbourne, the Museum of Childhood Memories celebrates the unique identity of Melbourne's western suburbs, rooted in working-class pride and industrial heritage. Unlike traditional museums, it emphasizes immersive experiences over static displays, capturing the emotions and experiences of growing up in the industrial West.

The museum offers a fun and educational environment where families can connect through shared memories. Parents and grandparents are encouraged to recount their experiences in local industries, fostering intergenerational knowledge and connection. Through role-playing, workshops, and hands-on immersion, children gain a deeper understanding of the area’s history while making new memories, bridging the past and present.

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.