Matte McConnell

Matte McConnell is a proud Wiradjuri man and lecturer in the School of Architecture at UTS. He is the design director of garigarra, a design practice grounded in Wiradjuri epistemologies and practices of truth and authenticity (garigarra) and respect (yindyamarra).

Matte is currently coordinating first-year design, embedding Country-centred thinking at the foundation of architectural education. Through teaching, research and practice, Matte explores Indigenous design methodologies, positioning and storytelling - challenging students and designers to recognise architecture’s responsibility to care for and be guided by Country.