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376 / Sergio Achury: Walyalup Aboriginal Centre

Submission #376 | Sergio Achury: Walyalup Aboriginal Centre — “The area around Arthur’s head has been an important location throughout the years. The area raises awareness of the past and history not only for Fremantle but for all Western Australia. This area represents different meanings for indigenous and non- indigenous people nevertheless, it is a place where both cultures meet and share with each other a big significance for the present and the future. Thorugh the last couple of decades, the Australian government has been putting a lot of effort to rectify the relationship between the two parts. Here is where architecture plays an important role.“

370 / Piermario D'Ortona and Ludovica Mochi: Finca Comunitaria

Submission #370 | Piermario D'Ortona and Ludovica Mochi: Finca Comunitaria — “The now planetary emergency of the climate issue - the rising temperatures of the planet due to the use of fossil resources - gives particular attention to the issues of indigenous peoples and the fate of the territories of which they are the custodian inhabitants. Moreover, it is precisely with respect to these extreme conditions that these communities have always shown extraordinary adaptive capacities - recognizable, for example, in the forms of the settlements and in the types of housing adopted - but also and above all in the organizational methods and statutory rules of life based on the sharing of territorial and village common goods.”