Zac Hoiles

My name is Zac and I am from the Yarra Valley in Victoria and always been passionate about Japanese cars, travelling, and good design. My interest in architecture comes from the way buildings combine critical thinking, problem-solving and a personal creativity to shape beautiful spaces. I’m eager to keep developing my skills and grow into a strong project manager in the industry; and hopefully, let my work and skills take me all around the world. Feel free to reach out to me through any of my socials!

Studio 05 - Motion//Newport

My final semester studio project that depicts the Museum of Australian Automotive and Locomotive Progression. The project features a large scale design that provides a hub for the community of Newport and wider to host events as an icon for Victoria's car and train following.

Studio 04 - The Estuary Connect

My favorite project, The Estuary Connect. A waterfront project 'the riverside community network' was a residential-mixed use building that featured a dynamic and responsive facade and a shared living network while responding to its Birrarung adjacency in form and functions.

Studio 03 - Ngarra-Warra Centre Construction Diagram

My second year final project was stemmed from an introduction to parametric and tectonic design. My final construction system diagram depicts our critical thinking in responding to difficult systems, structures and their connections on a smaller scale museum project.

Studio 03 - Ngarra-Warra Centre Physical Models

The Ngarra-Warra Centre was an office, gallery and museum for the local indigenous community of Warrandyte Victoria. Its parametric design urged occupants to look around the native area and pay their respects to the rich history of our own backyards.

BIM - Facade Redesign for the AMDC

In my final semester I lead my BIM group in the external or facade design for the AMDC. Above is an exploded axonometric depicting the buildup of the facade modules and how they extend the existing space and program of the existing floors while maintaining the iconic current facade design.

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.