Project Toria was a research and design lab that speculated on the future of the State of Victoria.

Research
Set Dressing
Scenography
Curation
Copywriting

Contributors
Uncle Bill (Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung)
Miriam Borcherdt (Kin Studio)
Allison Crank (Crank)
Brian Duong (MSD)
Bethany Edgoose (Inferstudio)
Arnaud Grignard (MIT Media Lab)
David SC Mah (MSD)
Sacha McMonagle-Ihasz (Hazeltree)
Mond Qu (UnitedMake)
Robert Smith (Bompas & Parr)
Nicoletta Stecca (rén collective)
Nathan Su (Inferstudio)
Samuel Wines (CoLabs Australia)
Leire Asensio Villoria (MSD)

Clients
United Make
Melbourne Design School, University of Melbourne
Architectural Association Visiting School

Project Toria was a three-year intensive program series, culminating in a public exhibition. We were engaged to deliver a winter elective each year. The work of our unit confronted the concept of wilderness—a terrain untouched by humans—that has pervaded the Victorian narrative.

Over three years, the research unraveled layers of cultural history and built an archive of first-hand observations on various identities within Victorian landscapes.

The exhibition was anchored by a staged scene of past findings, perspectives, and observations, contrasted with potential future states of these places.