Macquarie Group engaged with Balarinji, an Indigenous design and strategy studio to ensure that 1 Elizabeth Street and the wider Martin Place Metro Precinct reflects the area’s rich cultural and historical narrative. The collaboration ensured a best-practice methodology founded in community engagement and facilitated by community-led design elements and initiatives.
Connection to Country
Country dictates dynamic functionality
Replacing landmarks
Importance of language
Aboriginal culture is a living culture
Custodianship
These principles provided a framework that elicited a representation of Aboriginal peoples' voice and connection to Country. The design of the precinct embodies these principles in the following ways: