Campuses on Countries
The UQ Campuses on Countries Design Framework acknowledges Traditional Owners, including their custodianship of lands on and around UQ's campuses which range across Queensland. .
The Design Framework has produced a set of guidelines for those designing the built and landscape environments at UQ in recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples histories and connections to UQ. The guidelines address different project types, whether these are new works or adaptations to buildings, landscapes, infrastructure or any other works related to the physical settings of all UQ campuses.
The University of Queensland’s Strategic Plan 2021-25 and Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), 2019-2022, are committed to attract, support and retain a diverse and inclusive community. UQ's built environments recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's history, culture, values and excellence. The Campuses on Countries documents, define values and actions underpinned by Design Principles that guide designers to incorporate them into future buildings and landscapes at UQ campuses.
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Principles
The following six principles seek to capture Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples cultural values and how they will be used by UQ to positively influence the built and natural environments on its campuses.
First Caring for Country
Care for Country by connecting with environments.
Shared Respect, Shared Meaning, Shared Knowledge
Share respect, meaning and knowledge through built environments in which people can see themselves reflected.
Deep Listening
Listen deeply through purposeful action from project conception to completion.
Embedded voices
Embedded voices will become UQ’s business as usual and UQ will be a sector leader.
Celebrating Excellence
Celebrate excellence by unlocking the past and embracing current and future achievements .
Exploring Storylines
Explore storylines in different ways through story places, story customs and story cultures .
Design Framework and Engagement Report
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Design Framework and the Campuses on Countries: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Report sit together as companion documents.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Design Principles are set out in the Design Framework. The Design Framework will help designers incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's perspectives and values into their design work. The Campuses on Countries: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Report explains what is already highly valued at some UQ campuses, and where there is rich possibility for development of better built and landscape environments.
Together, these documents will guide project outcomes that respond to key RAP objectives. The objective is to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values, perspectives and involvement are embedded in planning and decision-making processes within the University’s capital works program.
Incorporating the Principles and Design Framework
Incorporating the Principles and Design Framework
The Design Framework outlines the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values that will drive the procurement, design, and management of UQ’s physical environment into the future.
UQ have developed a set of procedures that will be embedded into UQ’s governing terms of reference, ensuring their use develops into a business-as-usual activity. These procedures enable identification of design projects that should utilise the Principles, and how Designers, Project Managers, and others should work to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's perspectives contribute to their project. They provide guidance on where and how, within a project's journey from inception to delivery, the Principles and Design Framework will apply.
Campus Planning
If you have any questions, please contact;
Tim Sweeney, Director, Campus Planning