Ground Matters: Baracco + Wright, Taylor and Hinds ON DEMAND
Mat Hinds and Poppy Taylor discuss Tasmania's spatial and communal memory, highlighting the experiential pressure arising from the island's unique context. It explores the themes of history, meaning, and experience, particularly through the Krakani Lumi project with the palawa community. Following is a talk from Louise Wright and Mauro Baracco. They question how architecture can transform its environmental impact by focusing on land use and regeneration. They discuss concepts of remaking a relationship with the ground, as well as research, teaching, speculation and practice approaches of reuse and removal of built form and environmental repair from metropolitan to 1:1 scale.
Ground Matters: Baracco + Wright, Taylor and Hinds- ON DEMAND
On Demand
1 Formal CPD Point
Overview
In this talk from the Ground Matters Student Conference 2024, Mat Hinds and Poppy Taylor discuss Tasmania's spatial and communal memory, highlighting the experiential pressure arising from the island's unique context. It explores the themes of history, meaning, and experience, particularly through the Krakani Lumi - Wukalina project with the palawa community.
Following is a talk from Louise Wright and Mauro Baracco. They question how architecture can transform its environmental impact by focusing on land use and regeneration. They discuss concepts of remaking a relationship with the ground, as well as research, teaching, speculation and practice approaches of reuse and removal of built form and environmental repair from metropolitan to 1:1 scale.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course participants should be able to:
- Understand the significance of spatial and communal memory in Tasmania and its impact on the local community.
- Analyse how architectural design can integrate local traditions and historical contexts to create meaningful, experiential spaces.
- Recognise the historical and cultural importance of sites like Walena for the Tasmanian Aboriginal people, and appreciate the role of architecture in honouring and preserving these connections through thoughtful design and collaboration.
- Reflect on different ways of working within sensitive contexts, both culturally and ecologically
- Integrate ecological sensitivity in architectural design
2021 NSCA Performance Criteria
Speaker/s
BARACCO + WRIGHT
Practicing on Wurundjeri land, Baracco + Wright Architects was established by Louise Wright and Mauro Baracco in 2004. Baracco + Wright apply landscape-based strategies to all their work and use this lens working across multiple disciplines; architecture, academia, urban design and art. Their participation in the 2018 Venice Biennale with ‘Repair’ saw them covering the ground of the Australian pavilion with native endangered plants from southeast Australia, exploring the idea that architecture can play a role in repairing the places it engages with. This sensitive attitude is underpinned in all their works and research including ‘Garden House’, ’Rose House’ and the Antennae Spaces and Species issue that they co-edited.
TAYLOR + HINDS
Established by Mat Hinds and Poppy Taylor in lutruwita/Tasmania in 2011, Taylor and Hinds Architects has gained national and international acclaim, especially in the realm of cultural heritage. Their achievements include being shortlisted for the Swiss Architectural Award in 2021 and recently winning the Vogue living ‘On The Ascent’ Architect of the Year (2024). Taylor and Hinds’ work is centered around site-specific connections that are uncovered through rigorous research into the history and culture of lutruwita. Their care and respectful treatment of the ground in projects such as krakani lumi are to be commended. All of Taylor and Hinds’ works are beautifully composed with their attention to detail resulting in experientially rich environments that improve the quality of the users’ daily lives.
Price
Members $49
Non Members $74