From Country, materials are taken, transformed, and to Country, they ultimately return. Materials can tell us stories about the environment, about the people that make them, and the transactional exchanges we often overlook in their production and disposal. In the Australian context, we see aspirational benefits in understanding a material’s deep connection to Country.
Join Wardle for an insightful discussion led by partners John Wardle and Meaghan Dwyer, and architectural graduate and researcher Michael McMahon. Michael is a descendant of the Bundjalung people of North East New South Wales. The panel will explore material culture, Indigenous context, provenance, Caring for Country, and material invention with burnt earth.
“We bring the future into form.”
Wardle is a studio of architects, inventors, designers, and makers that navigate beyond conventional practices into the emerging. From the curiosity of our enquiring minds, we gather together the influences of culture, technology, and crafts, to inspire new stories to be told and design for the unexplored possibilities of tomorrow.
This discussion is moderated by Dr. Rory Hyde from the University of Melbourne.
