Shreeyya Nair

I am Shreeyya, an architect driven by curiosity, innovation, and the power of thoughtful design to shape human experience. My studies with DFM (Design for Manufacture) have strengthened my ability to merge creativity with practical construction strategies, emphasizing efficiency, sustainability, and material intelligence. I have also had the valuable opportunity to collaborate with CBIA³, where I refined my understanding of design development, technical detailing, and interdisciplinary coordination. My architectural philosophy is grounded in the balance between form and function—creating spaces that are responsive, human-centered, and environmentally conscious. I am passionate about exploring new technologies, digital fabrication, and adaptive design as pathways to reimagine contemporary architecture. Every project I undertake reflects a commitment to innovation, integrity, and the transformative potential of design.

Aerozen

Australia is increasingly challenged by water scarcity and PFAS contamination due to climate change, urban growth, and heightened residential demand. The lack of decentralised access to clean water and insufficient public engagement with sustainable practices is a central issue. Aerozen and Oasis seek to address this gap by offering innovative, AI-enhanced, PFAS-free water solutions directly drawn from the atmosphere. By embedding these systems into homes and public infrastructure, they reduce stress on conventional water systems
and promote resilient, self-sustaining water behaviours across Australian communities

ConnectaSeat

ConnectaSeat presents futuristic public benches specifically targeted at older generations, addressing their need for social interaction while ensuring health safety in 2044. These benches feature integrated UV light sanitation and a nozzle system that emits a sanitising mist, shielding its users from airborne viruses. This design directly addresses the brief by integrating advanced technology to create a hygienic environment that encourages social engagement. By combining innovative features with a user-centred design tailored to older adults, our solution not only ensures their health and well-being but also provides a safe space to connect in 2044.

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.