KRAKANI LUMI TAYLOR + HINDS

Architect’s statement.

How did the project krakani lumi come to you and how did it evolve?

Our involvement in krakani lumi (‘place of rest’) began in early 2012. We approached the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania (ALCT), on hearing that the chair Clyde Mansell, had proposed the idea of an Aboriginal owned and operated guided cultural walk in the area of wukalina and larapuna. We called Clyde the next day and offered our services to the project.

At the time we were teaching in the Masters program at the School of Architecture and Design at UTAS – as a way of supplementing our income from practice. We proposed a Design Studio for the following year, in which we set up the project as a speculative brief for the fourth year [students]. This allowed the ALCT an opportunity to engage with us over the project, while at the same time refining the brief for the project. It also allowed the students and the school to witness conversations with a potential client first-hand, and it presented a challenging opportunity for the students – which they relished.

Throughout this process Clyde Mansell, the ALCT general manager Graeme Gardner and the Aboriginal trainee rangers