THE COLLABORATION
Lu & Lu was a cross-disciplinary body of work initiated by collaborators and friends, architect Lucy Moroney and designer Lucinda Dryden.
Over their 15 years of long-distance friendship, they shared an admiration of each other's work in their respective fields. With a mutual interest in expanding their practices beyond design to include hands-on fabrication techniques, this project was sparked by Lucy’s return home to Australia from the UK. They were finally in the same place at the same time, ready to embark on their next chapter: a creative exchange of skills.
Through a series of spatial installations, Lucy and Lucinda explored the intersection of their disciplines. They experimented with audience interaction and experiential storytelling. Alongside their practice, they designed and facilitated workshops for children and university students.
Over the three-year project, they worked with different mediums—textiles, botanicals, timber, sound, and scent—learning from each other, and their collaborators.
January 2022—January 2025
THE BODY OF WORK
Project Toria was a research and design lab that speculated on the future of the State of Victoria. It was a three-year intensive program series, culminating in a public exhibition.
University of Melbourne, Architectural Association Visiting School
Research, Public Exhibition
2024
An installation, public programme and live music performance, as artists in residence, for Sydney’s Inner West Council festival EDGE Greenway.
United Make, University of Melbourne, Architectural Association Visiting School
Textile Sculpture
2024
A child-led temporary installation that showcases young perspectives on the impact of climate change on their rural community.
Workshops, Ceramics, Textiles, Sculpture, Installation
Central Coast Council
2024
A collection of site-specific artworks for exhibition.
Workshops, Sculpture, Textiles, Sound Design, Installation
2024
United Make
An intimate live improv session between a guitarist and bassist.
Event Production, Lighting Design, Sound Design, Public Programme
Inner West Council, Harley Houghton, Adam Martinic, Jarad Avnell
2023
We designed a temporary sculpture for a public space activation, featuring a series of delicate A-frame portals forming an entryway to an outdoor room.
Timber Fabrication, Sculpture
Inner West Council, Wastewood
2023
Songs of Greenway was a site-specific installation that explored the spectrum of sound that exists outside the range of human hearing.
Installation, Sound Design, Textiles, Sculpture
2023
Inner West Council
Experiments in experiential storytelling—exploring the different tapestries we can weave to shape others’ understanding of our experience through installation design.
Workshops, Textiles, Sculpture, Set Design and Dressing
University of Melbourne, Architectural Association Visiting School
2023
We designed and built a botanical sculpture as a living library, thematically linking the learnings from five different research units, for a public exhibition.
Floristry, Sculpture, Exhibition
United Make
2022
We designed a two-week elective for Melbourne School of Design, examining the myth of wilderness in Australia.
Education
University of Melbourne, Architectural Association Visiting School
2022
The Architect + The Designer
LU & LU
Lucy Moroney + Lucinda Dryden