Arboreal Unity

Arboreal Unity is a project that seeks to lightly but meaningfully improve the amenity at the Two Fold Aboriginal Corporation at Jigamy Farm. The project has taken place through an ongoing process of co- envisioning, where careful consideration of principles of country and a grounded ethos of respect, humility and integrity has resulted in a proposal that attempts to honour the wishes and knowledge of the Two Fold community. Both Greg Campbell’s account of elder Lulu’s teachings in ‘Total Reset’2 and the Uluru Statement from the Heart3 have been carefully read and deeply listened to, creating an environment of understanding, awareness and reciprocity. The proposal addresses the needs expressed by the co- envisioners initially, expanding the available office space and providing an improved and larger commercial kitchen.4 Further, the project proposal involved a redevelopment of the existing stage on site. A design concerned with flexibility and humility on the site made from locally sourced Spotted Gum aims to minimise the impact on country by expanding and contracting as needed to fulfill the program. Primarily this portion of the project has been considered to accommodate the annual Giiyong Festival. The project aims to be a synthesis of knowledge of the First Nations peoples and the contemporary sensibilities of kinetic architecture.