Jonathan Huynh

I am currently a third year student whose undertaking a Bachelor’s of Design majoring in the Architectural field. I undertook this course as I enjoy perceiving lanscapes in a new perspective. Furthermore, I’m able to unleash my creativity, learn from my peers idea, and point of view to get a diverse understanding of how they see the evolution of architecture.

BIM: Home Office Extension

Jacaranda House, Adelaide

The Jacaranda House Home Extension in Adelaide is designed to bring together art, nature, and everyday living. It features an open green courtyard that offers a relaxing space for breaks or small public events. The project also includes a personal studio for the artist to work and experiment with new pieces, along with a display room to showcase finished artworks. The design creates an easy flow between creating, displaying, and enjoying art in a calm, natural setting.

Studio 3: Seaescape.

North Wharf, Docklands

Seaescape in North Wharf, Docklands, is a mixed-use project that connects history, craftsmanship, and modern living. The design includes a Boat Preservation Centre dedicated to restoring historic boats and ships, keeping the area’s maritime legacy alive. Alongside it, a museum showcases North Wharf’s rich heritage and the story of Alma Doepel’s boat works. The project also features contemporary apartments, offering residents the unique experience of living by the water while being surrounded by culture and history.

BIM: AMDC Retrofit

Studio 5: Museum of Culture, History & Arts

MOCHA, Newport

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.