{HEALING PLACE 02} - Wimmera Healing Place, 2026


A social housing project in regional Victoria, developed through a co-design framework in collaboration with local Elders, custodians and community members. The program brings together housing, health and community spaces, responding to community-identified needs for a safe, supportive and culturally grounded environment. The brief and project design were shaped  through ongoing dialogue, exploring the connections between landscape and  architecture and the creation of spaces that heal and bring people together.




















{DESIGN BRIEF 02} - Wotjobaluk Cultural Design Brief, 2025

A Cultural Design Brief co-designed with the Wotjobaluk First-Nations community to support and guide the Wimmera Healing Place project. Produced in collaboration with Goolum Goolim Aboriginal Cooperative.






















{HOUSE ADDITION 02} - Room in Hawthorn, 2024


A small addition to a house in Hawthorn, Melbourne. The site is characterised by an intimate cul-de-sac connecting a set of 1970s brick housing units. The space between the units presented an opportunity to the clients to add a studio, fitting the new space between the tight gap above the existing carport.

















{COMMUNITY CENTRE 01} - Cathedral Ranges, 2023

A design for a community centre for traditional owner land council in north-eastern Victoria. The building is designed to support the restoration of the surrounding landscape and provide open and flexible spaces for the community to meet and connect with its river context.



















{HOUSE 02} - House in Seddon, 2015


A multi-generational house in Seddon, Melbourne. Built on land subject to inundation, the design sits as a floating form above the ground. The house is planned as a set of shared and more intimate spaces under a unifying roof form.


























Contact:
ben@watersarchitects.com
@benwatersarchitects
+61 (0) 3 4527 4413


Office Locations:
Warrnambool, South-West Victoria + Parkville, Melbourne / Naarm
Acknowledgement:
We acknowledge that we live and work on the lands of the Gunditjmara and Wurundjeri people who have been custodians of this land for thousands of years, and acknowledge and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.










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