THE ARCHITECTURE OFFICE:
ARCHITECTURE (verb) : cultural endeavour, professional service.
OFFICE (noun) : position of authority of a public nature.
TURRABURRA

 

TURRABURRA_CENTRE_entry_web Entry to “Reorientation Gallery” 

PROJECT: Turraburra, Masterplan and Concept Design .
LOCATION: Iningai Country (Barcaldine, Central West Queensland)
YEAR: 2020
PEOPLE: [UQ] John de Manincor, Ayman Wagdy, Peter Reilly, Naomi Mackenzie, Loy Wei Win.
CLIENT: YACHATDAC; Yumbangku Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development Aboriginal Corporation.
COLLABORATORS: YACHATDAC, Phyre Design.

In 2020, working at The University of Queensland’s School of Architecture we collaborated with YACHATDAC to develop a masterplan for a 9,000 ha former cattle station on Iningai Country, north-east of Barcaldine in Central Western Queensland. YACHATDAC’s vision includes restoration and preservation of significant paintings, etchings and petroglyphs, regeneration of degraded pastural land, growing native food, the construction of tourist accomodation and a “Cultural Keeping Place”.

TURRABURRA_CENTRE_reception_webCultural Keeping Place

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View from Corroboree Ground.

 

 




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