Connecting with Country — Webinar
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Join us for a deep dive into the Government Architect NSW Connecting with Country Framework, through a webinar series.
Gain the knowledge
and insights to implement the framework in your
own projects.
Gosford Waterfront Park & Koorie Heritage Trust
Thursday 13 June 2024, 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Focus
Gosford Waterfront Park
The creation of Gosford Waterfront Park has transformed sports fields into a nature inspired, playful public space reflecting local culture and history and referencing features and narratives from the Darkinjung landscape. This creative co-design process between Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation (HCCDC) working with Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council has ensured the park reflects local Indigenous landscape, culture and history.
Koorie Heritage Trust
Designed for interaction and exchange, the Koorie Heritage Trust visitor centre invites people to see, touch, and discuss collection items, offering an interactive and educational experience. With its galleries and exhibition space, the centre displays a rich collection of Koorie art and artefacts. Designed by Kulin Nation descendants in collaboration with Lyons Architecture, the space celebrates Aboriginal culture, heritage and connections to Birrarung (the Yarra River).
Speakers
Mike Horne
Founder and Director of Turf Design Studio - Mike has 30 years local and international experience; working across masterplan, civic, residential, education, infrastructure and open space projects - for both private and government sectors.
Mike was project lead for the NSW Government’s new waterfront city park at Gosford; working in collaboration with Hunter Central Coast Development Corporation, the Central Coast Council and Darkinjung Aboriginal Land Council.
Uncle Kevin (Gavi) Duncan
An elder from the Darkinjung community, Uncle Gavi was a key collaborator on the Gosford Waterfront Park with Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council. He received the Good Design Awards Indigenous 2021 Designers of the Year, in conjunction with Turf Design Studio.
Jefa Greenaway
As a proud Wailwan/Kamilaroi man (shared with German heritage) and a registered architect in private practice in both NSW and Victoria, Jefa seeks to reveal layers of history and memory through a to place, demonstrating the value of people centred design which interrogates one’s own philosophical or ethical underpinning and design responsibilities.
Free online event.
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Thursday 13 June 2024, 12.30pm to 1.30pm