Places of Belonging | Sumayya Vally and Sara Mansour

Architect Sumayya Vally and poet and co-founder of Bankstown Poetry Slam Sara Mansour discuss how places can be designed to bring communities together.

Vally was artistic director of the inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale in 2023, which demonstrated new ways that public spaces can be designed as cultural places. Vally’s practice of placemaking honours communities’ cultural needs; including ritual, faith and tradition.