Munir Vahanvati

Munir is an urban designer with more than 15 years of experience in local government and private sector. He has been responsible for setting up the Urban Design team at Moreland City Council and developing innovative programs and strategies including the multi award winning Moreland Apartment Design Code, Moreland Parklet Program and the Virtual Moreland Project. Currently, he is working as a City Designer at Darebin City Council responsible for shaping and implementing Darebin’s Design Excellence program to create a culture of good design and improve design quality for public and private projects.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.