Meg Vorster

I am an Interior Architecture graduate who recently completed my Honours year, driven by a passion for modernisation and the revitalisation of existing spaces. My work explores how design can breathe new life into the built environment, balancing contemporary aesthetics with functionality.

Throughout my studies, I have developed a strong foundation in both conceptual thinking and technical execution. I enjoy the challenge of transforming underutilised spaces into environments that feel renewed, purposeful, and connected to the people who use them. My design approach combines clean, modern detailing with an appreciation for light, materiality, and spatial flow.

My projects often investigate the relationship between the old and the new, focusing on adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and the subtle integration of modern interventions within historical settings. I believe thoughtful design has the power to shape emotion, inspire productivity, and foster connection.

As I move into my professional career, I aim to continue exploring design that celebrates innovation through revitalisation, creating interiors that not only look modern, but also restore meaning, functionality, and life to the spaces we inhabit.

Solace Sanctuary Site

My Honours year project focused on reshaping physical rehabilitation and recovery. This is the communal portion of the site. Featured spaces include reception, living and socialising, garden, multi-use court and pool.

Solace Sanctuary Rehabilitation Gym

The gym has been designed with focus on healing together. The large windows with a view of the water distract from intense recovery journeys.

Solace Sanctuary Water Pavillion

The water pavillion sits on the water and features a built in waterfall to reconnect with nature and provide an interesting design element to the space.

Interlude

This project is the balance of work and life. The space is designed with unique work and study areas as well as relaxation and socialisation spaces.

Museum of the Handmade

This project was created for artists to make and display their work in one place, with particular focus on design features like the stairs and reception spaces.

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.