Theorist

Danièle Hromek

Indigenous spatial design; Country-centred design

Country Sovereignty Dwelling Care

Details

Nationality: Australian (Budawang/Yuin)

Notes

Saltwater woman of the Budawang tribe of the Yuin nation, with Dharawal ancestry and French/Czech heritage. First Indigenous person in Australia to complete a PhD in spatial disciplines (UTS, 2019). Director of Djinjama. Contributed to the Connecting with Country and Designing with Country frameworks (GANSW). INDIGENOUS-KNOWLEDGE FLAG. [RECONCILED — merged duplicate across slices; themes unioned.] culturalProtocol: CARE-2019; dataSovereignty: GIDA.

Connections

authored The (Re)Indigenisation of Space: Weaving narratives of resistance to embed Nura [Country] in design
proposed Country as Ontology
proposed Designing with Country (contested)
associated with Designing with Country
associated with Connecting with Country (GANSW)
developed Country as Ontology
collaborated with Connecting with Country Framework
central to Designing with Country
critiqued Designing with Country (contested)
collaborated with Connecting with Country (GANSW)

Sources

Hromek, Danièle. The (Re)Indigenisation of Space: Weaving narratives of resistance to embed Nura [Country] in design. UTS PhD thesis, 2019.
University of Technology Sydney. Danièle Hromek — UTS staff profile. 2024. https://www.uts.edu.au/staff/daniele.hromek.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Danièle Hromek." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/daniele-hromek/. Accessed July 17, 2026.