Session 1.02 (double session)
Tracks
Track 2
| Thursday, June 13, 2024 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Boulevard room B2 |
Overview
Cherbourg's PRE-FAB Housing – Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in Design and Technology and aligned to new syllabus
Speaker
Mrs Sally Lawrence
Curriculum Specialist
Black Cockatoo
Cherbourg's PRE-FAB Housing – Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in Design and Technology and aligned to new syllabus
Presentation description
Using digital and analogue technologies to document Cherbourg buildings and stories.
This workshop will present two projects that combined archival research, digital technologies and community engagement to document two building types built in the Aboriginal town of Cherbourg. Destroyed by fire in the 1990s, the Girl’s Dormitory building was reconstructed by architect student Wei Win Loy as both a digital model and physical scale model based on archival records and photographs. We compared construction details of existing buildings from the 1930s. These models were presented to Cherbourg Elders for feedback on the accuracy of the reconstruction. Loy then further developed the digital model into a walk through video and interactive Virtual Reality experience that chronicles the history of the Girls’ dormitory.
The second project examined prefabricated housing built in Cherbourg by local Aboriginal tradesmen. Between 1969 and 1985, Cherbourg prefab houses were transported to towns and remote Indigenous communities across the state from Mt Isa to Erub (Darnley Island) in the Torres Straits. The pre-cut and panellised houses were constructed from locally milled timber with joinery and cabinets made in Cherbourg workshops. Collated for an exhibition at the University of Queensland in 2022, architectural drawings and archival photographs presented in Cherbourg elicited stories from the sawyers, carpenters and joiners that revealed the skill of the workforce and the community pride in their former manufacturing enterprise.
This workshop will explore how the complementary use of analogue and digital technologies can be used to generate important narratives about recent architectural histories, which carry design lessons for the present. Sally, Tim and Loy are keen to discuss how the different methods used in projects like these might be useful to design and technology curricula.
This workshop will present two projects that combined archival research, digital technologies and community engagement to document two building types built in the Aboriginal town of Cherbourg. Destroyed by fire in the 1990s, the Girl’s Dormitory building was reconstructed by architect student Wei Win Loy as both a digital model and physical scale model based on archival records and photographs. We compared construction details of existing buildings from the 1930s. These models were presented to Cherbourg Elders for feedback on the accuracy of the reconstruction. Loy then further developed the digital model into a walk through video and interactive Virtual Reality experience that chronicles the history of the Girls’ dormitory.
The second project examined prefabricated housing built in Cherbourg by local Aboriginal tradesmen. Between 1969 and 1985, Cherbourg prefab houses were transported to towns and remote Indigenous communities across the state from Mt Isa to Erub (Darnley Island) in the Torres Straits. The pre-cut and panellised houses were constructed from locally milled timber with joinery and cabinets made in Cherbourg workshops. Collated for an exhibition at the University of Queensland in 2022, architectural drawings and archival photographs presented in Cherbourg elicited stories from the sawyers, carpenters and joiners that revealed the skill of the workforce and the community pride in their former manufacturing enterprise.
This workshop will explore how the complementary use of analogue and digital technologies can be used to generate important narratives about recent architectural histories, which carry design lessons for the present. Sally, Tim and Loy are keen to discuss how the different methods used in projects like these might be useful to design and technology curricula.
Biography
Sally Lawrence has been an educator for 25 years with 20 of those years working with and for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Her vast experience and differing roles within education enable Sally to bring a wealth of knowledge, skills and understanding to any given task.
Timothy O'Rourke
The University of Queensland
Co-presenter
Biography
Tim O’Rourke is a senior lecturer in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at The University of Queensland, where he teaches architectural design, construction, research courses. Tim’s research investigates past and present applications of cross-cultural design across different building types and settings with a current focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing. His PhD documented Jirrbal and Girramay building traditions in the Wet Tropics Region of Queensland. Tim is a registered architect with interest in timber construction.
Wei Win Loy
The University of Queensland
Co-presenter
Biography
Wei Win Loy (Loy) is an accomplished BIM Manager who has worked with various architectural firms in Brisbane. He specialises in Autodesk Revit and is passionate about using XR technology, which includes both Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, to enhance users' experience and understanding of architectural designs. Currently, he's pursuing a PhD that explores the potential of XR technology in facilitating smooth, intuitive communication between collaborative robotic arms and architectural designers.
