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Claire McCaughn of Custom Mad
Ethics are shaped by culture, privilege and power. So the studio commences with the formation of an ethics framework – a mature plan that considers divergent positions, but is also a testimony that can be challenged by peers, community and Context.
In order to consider how power and privilege shape the places around us, this studio locates Gunnamatta Park and the Hacking River as occupation sites. The Hacking River is named after Henry Hacking, who was quartermaster of the HMS Sirius, one of many people who invaded Australia in 1788. The Dharawal-speaking people call the waterway Deeban. Unlike the Hacking River, many nearby places are named using deviations from the Dharawal language like Cronulla, Woollooware and Gunnamatta. In the most eastern part of the river system sits Gunnamatta Bay and Cronulla, notoriously known for the race riots of 2005.
Alongside understanding this long and layered history of Country, we can evolve our methods of site analysis to include the intersectional nature of ethics – and thereby commence a consideration of place, architecture and Country that better serves community.
