Built on the land of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation
Bilya Marlee, the new home for the School of Indigenous Studies (SIS), the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health at the University of Western Australia (UWA), comfortably co-exists with a grove of existing mature marri trees on the site. This grove had a profound effect on the design response: the building is not the hero but instead works with the landscape to create a cohesive whole that is equal parts building and landscape.
Situated on Hackett Drive toward the southern corner of the campus, the SIS is the second project by
