SAY IT LOUD
No Vacancy Gallery
Melbourne Design Week
03/2022
Exhibition Design
Curation
Community engagement
Advocacy
Exhibition Design
Curation
Community engagement
Advocacy
The exhibition celebrated the work of 111 diverse designers from across Australia. The contributors—BIPOC (he/she/they) and women (of any ethnicity)—came from a range of disciplines including architecture, interior design, furniture and object design, urban planning, and academia. The exhibition championed expansive ideas of design excellence, grounded in place, identity, and purpose.
At the time, Australian architecture and design professional bodies were not collecting data on the racial diversity of the profession -unlike counterparts such as NCARB and AIA in the U.S.. SAY IT LOUD Naarm-Melbourne helped bring visibility to that gap, while spotlighting the depth and breadth of talent within underrepresented communities, in Australia, by showcasing 111 BIPOC and women designers, the exhibition invited the profession -and the public- to rethink who shapes our built environment and how we define design leadership in Australia today.
Curated and led by a team of African-Australian creatives, the exhibition was grounded in the nuances of the local context. The selected projects were presented through visual displays, video, objects, and storytelling - offering multiple ways to engage with the work.
Over 1,100 people visited the space, which was further activated through:
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A public talk on Indigenous knowledge in the built environment with Kirstine Wallis, Jefa Greenaway, and Allen Kong.
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A session for youth (high school and university age) about becoming a built environment professional.
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A six-month mentorship program pairing over 20 emerging designers with established professionals.
The exhibition was supported by the Australian Institute of Architects, Design Institute of Australia, RMIT University, and several architecture and design practices.
AWARD: Designers Australia Awards 2022, Interact Category Winner
Participants:
ELEMENTS /Plus Architecture/ Candice Ng, Shannon Winsor, Xiaoying Liu, Erica Chen, Laura Brennan, Ian Briggs
voco® SOUTH MELBOURNE AND VIVERE
APARTMENTS /Plus Architecture/ Jessica Liew, Ivona Golubovic, Mei Yang, Sarah O’Halloran, Thom Huihao Shen, Dominic Versace, Ian Briggs
226 FLINDERS LANE /Plus Architecture/ Nigel Mak, Sunshine M Laudiano, Carolina Rodriguez Perez, Yarly Elvi Susanto, Elizabeth Duong, Ian Briggs
ELEVATED PUBLIC REALM /Plus Architecture/ Naa Atswei Adjei, Gabriel Mendoza, Nick
Antoniou, Ian Briggs
ORYGEN YOUTH HEALTH /Billard Leece Partnership/ Tonya Hinde
405 BOURKE STREET /Woods Bagot/ Clement Nyanja
GULULU DHUWALA DJALKIRI: welcome to the Yolŋu foundation /Catseye Bay/ Sarah Jamieson
(WHERE) FORM FOLLOWS /Woods Bagot/ Sarah Garba
YARRA ONE /Fender Katsalidis/ Nidhya
Sakathevan
SAINT MORITZ /Fender Katsalidis/ Syireen Ismail, Elisa Varela, Rebecca Lim
THE GRACE ALBERT PARK LAKE /Fender Katsalidis/ Jess Lee
KOORIE HERITAGE TRUST /Lyons in collaboration with IAD/ Fiona Lew
AUSTRALIAN UNITY / Bates Smart/ Rachael McCarthy
ADELAIDE HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES /Lyons/ Diana Jones
TWEED VALLEY HOSPITAL /Bates Smart/ Johan Hermijanto
HILTON MELBOURNE /Bates Smart/ Karen Wong BLACK DIASPORAS /Culture as Creative
+ afrOURban/ Kholisile Dhliwayo
MELBOURNE CITY MISSION FRONTYARD /Fender
Katsalidis/ Jess Lee
55 SOUTHBANK BOULEVARD /Bates Smart/ Celine Herbiet
THE CLUB STAND VICTORIA RACING CLUB /Bates Smart/ Jan Eastwood
MELBOURNE METRO CBD SOUTH /Hassell/ Tam Dao
THE EASTBOURNE /Bates Smart/ Claudia Fleuter
THE FIRST BUILDING /Hassell/ Dr Danièle Hromek (Budawang/Yuin), Liz Westgarth
MELBOURNE METRO CBD NORTH /Hassell/ Bisi Ashiru-Smiles
SEEK /Hassell/ Ingrid Bakker, Laura Vallentine
ONE HEART VILLAGE /Designed in collaboration Hassell w+ CHC/ Alix Smith
CRT+YRD NIGHTINGALE VILLAGE /Hayball/ Ann Lau, Bianca Hung
PROJECT 100 TRINITY COLLEGE /Hayball/ Ann Lau, Bianca Hung
WUNGGURRWIL DHURRUNG - Aboriginal Community Centre /Gresley Abas Architects/ Emily Cox
RESILIENCE STUDIO /IADV & University of Melbourne/ Kirstine Wallis
ODYSSEY HOUSE FAMILY THERAPY UNIT /Allen Kong Architect/ Allen Kong MARRI NGURANG /
blackandwhite creative and mili mili/ Nicole Monks
RE-MAKING INDIGENOUS PLACE IN MELBOURNE Fiona Johnson, Janet McGaw, Nadia Combe
DALES PARK PAVILION / k20 Architecture/ Anthony Uahwatanasakul, Joy Saikasem, India Mitchell
OLCH PRIMARY SCHOOL /k20 Architecture/ Anthony Uahwatanasakul, Joy Saikasem and India Mitchell LAUREL GROVE /Kirsten Johnstone Architecture/ Kirsten Johnstone
CASCADE HOUSE /Atelier Red+Black/ Sonia Sarangi
ROYD CLAN’S AUTONOMOUS HOUSE /Samaha Design and Construction/ Nadine Samaha
PARC VUE /Map Architecture/ Joshua Muyambo, Sagar Shirodkar
INDIGO SLAM /Smart Design Studio/ Nicole Leuning
HOBART AIRPORT /K5 Furniture/ Lisa Cunningham
LALOR HOME /Architecture by Semu/ Semu Ntulume
17 UNION STREET /BKK Architects/ Kanyanta Chipanta
MIDTOWN CENTRE /Moldt/ Anna Moldt
SEXTOPIA /Honours Project/ Diana Espiritu
THE BLOCK /gastudio/ Guled Abdulwasi
OUTDOOR LIVING Atong Atem (Artist), Electric Confetti (LED design and manufacturers), Justin Tolliday (Electrician), Happy Decay (Muralist)
CAMPUSES ON COUNTRIES Carroll Go-Sam
THE CREATIVE SPINE OF BRUNSWICK /Urbis/ Sika
Ella Manteaw
TAKING REFUGE Alexis Omwela
COLOMBO 1976 NAM SUMMIT MOTORCADE ROUTE /Univeristy of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design/ Anoma Pieris, Dhanika Kumaheri
SITIO Y LENGUA /Univeristy of Melbourne, Melbourne
School of Design/ Kelum Palipane
VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL / Greenaway Architects AUS/
MAJLIS - AUSTRALIAN PAVILION /Greenaway Architects AUS/ Jefa Greenaway
CONNECTION = COMMUNITY /Dean Norton and Sarah Hotchin/ Dean Norton, Sarah Hotchin
SHIMMER ROOM DIVIDER Bolaji Teniola
BIOSCAFFOLDS /BioLab Studio/ Natalie Alima
BLOOM /Sandra Githinji Studio/
YALINGUTH Elders: Aunty Rieo Ellis, Bobby Nicholls, Denis McGuinness, Rob Bundle, Uncle Colin Hunter. Contributors: Charley Woolmore, Graham (BJ)
Braybon, Janet McGaw, Kate Cawley, Larna Massari, Nicole Goodman, Pip Chandler, Rebecca McLean, Zoe Dawkins
CITY OF MELBOURNE /Binh Ly, Bronwen
Hamilton, Chelsea Chen, Danielle Jewson, Elisa Casagrande, Ella Gauci Seddon, Jocelyn Chiew, Joonmo Ai, Katie Cudal, Lavanya Arulanandam, Maggie Lokic, Skye Haldane, Tan Le, Truc Mai, Yijun Lu
ACMI (AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE) RENEWAL/BKK Architects/ Deb Adams
WHITEHORSE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT/BKK Architects/ Jennifer Salter
Team: Co-curators and Design:
Pascale Sablan (Beyond the Built Environment)
Sandra Githinji (Sandra Githinji Studio)
Kholisile Dhliwayo
Branding:
Edem Badu (Studio Badu)
Brett Danielsen
Yukako Iwamoto
Film:
Kalu Oji
Abdullah Yusuf Harare Jr
Fabricators:
Decals: Melbourne Frosted Glass
Plinths, stud walls and curtain fabrications: POD Museum and Art services
Reused electronic screens: Reboot IT
Printing: E Plot
Printing and Framing: Prism Imaging
Photography: Bonn Creative