Janette Tran

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My name is Janette Tran, an international student from Vietnam, graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture. My inspiration to pursue architecture began with a lifelong love for drawing and crafting. Since childhood, I have always been fascinated by the way ideas and expression can come to life through lines, forms, and imagination.

Throughout my studies, I’ve discovered that architecture is not limited to construction alone; it’s an interconnected field that bridges art, storytelling, and experimentation. This curiosity has led me to explore beyond traditional boundaries, exploring typography, packaging, and visual communication.

I am fond of research and documentation. I enjoy understanding how things work, from the concept stage to the way people interact with space and design. Although I am still exploring my path as a designer, every project helps me grow closer to defining my creative identity. I hope that you enjoy discovering my work as much as I enjoy creating it.

INKD - Museum of Street Art and Urban Culture

Street art, a movement born from rebellion and expression, first exploded across the subways of New York City, where young artists used spray paint and walls to make their voices heard. It later evolved beyond vandalism, becoming a language of the people, constantly redefined by new generations.

INKD Museum is designed as a living canvas, an expressive space that unfolds the city’s stories through art and movement. Each section reveals a different layer of street culture: from graffiti, music, and skateboarding to its contemporary evolution across walls and railways. The museum connects artists, skaters, and visitors, blending exhibition, performance, and public space into one.

INKD Museum - Floor Plans

NOMA - North Wharf Maritime

NOMA, located at North Wharf, Docklands, reimagines the urban waterfront through a hybrid programme of culture, commerce, and community. The design integrates artist-focused programmes, temporary residential units and public exhibition areas that activate the harbour edge.

Its circular structure accommodates modular apartments, creative studios, and public courtyards. At its core, NOMA is a vertical and horizontal village, fostering interaction between residents and visitors. It connects past and present while celebrating the evolving relationship between art, industry, and the waterfront.

Studio 1 - Artists' House

My first studio marked the beginning of my journey in architecture. The project explored the design of a co-living residence for two artist families, focusing on shared spaces and massing relationships.

It wasn’t perfect, but it taught me valuable lessons and skills that I continue to apply throughout my studies. It encouraged me to think critically and understand the balance between space, people, and form.

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.