DTB204 AS02 REWRITTEN BRIEF - draft

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DTB204 Project 2 - Rewritten Brief (draft)


Colonisation forcefully eliminated the interconnectivity with Country and replaced it with the sense of power and control. Buildings and monuments stand mathematically in alignment, right above the enforced natural rhythm and environmental control, showing their status and power. There is no response to the nature, and the connection to Country is lost.

In this project, a Museum of Racist Memorabilia will be designed to promote the social consciousness about Indigenous oppression. The concept and theme of the museum is “enforcement”. The clients are the QUT teaching team, and the indigenous community. The client requirements are:

-        Addition of a second level into the space, including access
-        Design integrated in the urban context
-        Thresholds and liminal spaces between interior and exterior elements
-        Sensory and inclusive design requirements addressed through design
-        Concepts of participatory design, co-design or collaborative design included
-        Design to be ethical and respectful

To provide this, the design and the curation of the exhibition will take the users on a journey to metaphorically experience enforcement and oppression in an ethical way through the materiality, tactility, threshold and art pieces. The goal of this exhibition is to understand and repent our painful history, and to further memorialise it, and promote the social consciousness.

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