The main objective of the building is to facilitate the support pillars of the Dandjoo Darbalung program, which is to provide extensive academic support, carefully structured around personal student empowerment, and providing a clear pathway for young Indigenous people to obtain skilled, professional employment after graduation. Early research between the College and Wilson Architects identified that indigenous students, in particular, struggle with the dislocation and isolation of living away from their home as first-time university students when confronted with the tradition and institution of university life. For some students, traditional campus living can facilitate reduced social interaction, whereby social contact might occur only in dining halls or passing in the corridors, and these students can quickly become withdrawn and isolated in their rooms, leading to poor personal wellbeing, poor learning outcomes, and poor retention rates. The solution was to reconstruct the College living environment.

A culturally sensitive project required consultation with indigenous and non-indigenous stakeholders to ensure appropriate landscape places were developed. This particular meeting space that connects to earth, fire, wind and sky was one of many culturally diverse spaces created around this student housing project.

2024 Architecture AU Award for Social Impact - Commendation