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Bilya Koort Boodja Centre for Nyoongar Culture and Environmental Knowledge

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Cultural Architecture
Firm LocationPerth, Australia
Project locationNortham Australia
CompanyIredale Pedersen Hook Architects
Design TeamFinn Pedersen, Adrian Iredale, Martyn Hook, Joel Fuller, Leo Showell, Catherine Dupuy, Mary McAree, Craig Nener, Rebecca Hawkett, Thomas Forbes and Thylacine Exhibit Design
ClientShire of Northam
Projecthttps://www.bilyakoortboodja.com

In 1833 the town of Northam was gazetted; with the Ballardong Noongar people suffering intense and bloody repression until 1841. In 1933 the whole Aboriginal population of the town was exiled 200 km away and in another “country”. We worked in parallel with the Aboriginal community of Northam to design a place to teach Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people about Noongar culture and the environment. They desired a building that appeared unlike any European building of the town- a place that responded to the landscape and revealed it through Ballardong eyes.