Designing with Country 2026
How can design reveal and strengthen our connections to Country? Bringing together leading voices in First Nations knowledge, architecture and urban design this conversation explores how pathways, trails and infrastructure can act as living cultural lines. Together, speakers reflect on approaches to ‘designing with Country’ and consider how lines—whether songlines, walking trails or transport corridors—carry...
How can design reveal and strengthen our connections to Country?
Bringing together leading voices in First Nations knowledge, architecture and urban design this conversation explores how pathways, trails and infrastructure can act as living cultural lines. Together, speakers reflect on approaches to ‘designing with Country’ and consider how lines—whether songlines, walking trails or transport corridors—carry knowledge, memory and responsibility, and how design can meaningfully support deeper, ongoing connections with Country.
In conversation:
– Senior Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin AO
– Dr Danièle Hromek, Director and Design Lead, Djinjama
– Stas Mantzis, Design Leader, Greenshoot Consulting
– Hosted by Dr Kat Nelligan
