Past Present Future

Stephanie Grizancic

Supervisor: Dr. Anna Johnson

This project is about rethinking public space in the city and what a city space could look like after the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic agitated our whole beings and sensibilities but offers the opportunity for a rethink – and reworking of the dominance of the colonial architectural language of the city to generate a city space that through program and through it’s design, approaches and enables other memories and other stories to be told such as Indigenous smoking ceremonies, Indigenous art and learning about climate change to better our cities and quality of life.

This happens through the program which is a Climate Research Centre that holds a cultural library and an archive and through a design process that acts to invert – taking the inside of some iconic city spaces and turning them inside out. Chosen for their large open space, high ceilings and various ornamentation patterns and the use of different materials in the one space.

These fragments have been reworked and reconfigured on site, such that they now open up space for new programmatic activity to occur. This new public space also holds cycles of events tied to Indigenous ceremonies and activities such as smoking ceremonies and dance. In hope that these programs will reclaim the city and bring life back to the city.

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