Matthew Dwyer is an architectural graduate, designer, design researcher and tutor, working in Melbourne Australia, on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin nation. His work focuses on how design interconnects with other disciplines and fields – with a particular focus on the social and ecological consequences within the design of environments. He won the inaugural Victorian Design Challenge in 2018 with Dr. Sanne Oostermeijer for their work on how architecture can affect and best contribute to positive outcomes in the Victorian Youth Justice system. Together with Dr Oostermeijer, he has developed and published a set of evidence-based design guidelines for therapeutic youth custody spaces and presented this work at conferences and events in Australia, the Netherlands and Portugal. He has previously studied facilities in the Netherlands, Norway and Spain and has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to extend his research in this area.
Project
To document the architectural design of a new youth custodial model that can address current challenges
Matthew Dwyer
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