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Presentation Type
Presentation
Location
The Kailis Room, Broome Campus and Online
Start Date
28-8-2026 12:30 PM
Description
This presentation reflects on the concept of ‘holding space for troubling truth-listening’ through three architectural case studies: Tanoa, Ioppolo and Eton. It informs the final, drafted chapter at the end of my doctoral dissertation that embraces this conceptual dynamic through engaging with three protocols;
- deep, as well as shallow time
- understanding where your kin(d) is from
- embodied wisdoms
The formation of this practice dynamic and the application of these protocols have shifted the way I teach and practice, calling for a change in engagement and creative processes. As applied research case studies in the 150km-long city I call home, Boorloo, Perth, where ecological and cultural erasure continues en masse through our development and building practices, this change is critical for the reparation of our suburban condition.
The protocols have established a First Nations voice to lead the design enquiry and a landscape-first approach to shift pre-formative architectural responses to place. Hence, the architect’s role becomes facilitator and primary binding agent, and the architecture itself becomes a tertiary participant in the rehabilitation and narration processes.
These architectural case studies have opened more questions than they have answered: who has the right of way in the design process? Where are the biases? What are appropriate cultural references? As oddkins , they are considered small steps toward cultivating a culture for the common good through careful examination of the past, its peoples and their stories, and the more-than-human, toward a more symbiotic future.
Recommended Citation
Ashe, Katherine, "Architectural oddkins: holding ground for troubling ‘Truth-listening’" (2026). Talking Heads Seminar Series. 14.
https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/nulungu_talkingheads/2026/Schedule/14
Architectural oddkins: holding ground for troubling ‘Truth-listening’
The Kailis Room, Broome Campus and Online
This presentation reflects on the concept of ‘holding space for troubling truth-listening’ through three architectural case studies: Tanoa, Ioppolo and Eton. It informs the final, drafted chapter at the end of my doctoral dissertation that embraces this conceptual dynamic through engaging with three protocols;
- deep, as well as shallow time
- understanding where your kin(d) is from
- embodied wisdoms
The formation of this practice dynamic and the application of these protocols have shifted the way I teach and practice, calling for a change in engagement and creative processes. As applied research case studies in the 150km-long city I call home, Boorloo, Perth, where ecological and cultural erasure continues en masse through our development and building practices, this change is critical for the reparation of our suburban condition.
The protocols have established a First Nations voice to lead the design enquiry and a landscape-first approach to shift pre-formative architectural responses to place. Hence, the architect’s role becomes facilitator and primary binding agent, and the architecture itself becomes a tertiary participant in the rehabilitation and narration processes.
These architectural case studies have opened more questions than they have answered: who has the right of way in the design process? Where are the biases? What are appropriate cultural references? As oddkins , they are considered small steps toward cultivating a culture for the common good through careful examination of the past, its peoples and their stories, and the more-than-human, toward a more symbiotic future.
